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1885 Detroit Wolverines season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Wolverines
season	1885
league	National League
ballpark	Recreation Park
city	Detroit, Michigan
record
league_place	6th
owner	Joseph Marsh
managers	Charlie Morton, Bill Watkins

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The 1885 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 41–67 record, finishing in sixth place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 15, 1885: Jim Keenan was purchased by the Wolverines from the Indianapolis Hoosiers.
June 25, 1885: Milt Scott was purchased from the Wolverines by the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.
July 1, 1885: Jim Keenan jumped from the Wolverines to the Cincinnati Red Stockings.

Roster

1885 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Charlie Bennett	91	349	94	.269	5	60
1B	Mox McQuery	70	278	76	.273	3	30
2B	Sam Crane	68	245	47	.192	1	20
SS	Marr Phillips	33	139	29	.209	0	17
3B	Jim Donnelly	56	211	49	.232	1	22
OF	Sam Thompson	63	254	77	.303	7	44
OF	Ned Hanlon	105	424	128	.302	1	29
OF		82	362	105	.290	5	28

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Joe Quest	55	200	39	.195	0	21
Jerry Dorgan	39	161	46	.286	0	24
	38	148	39	.264	0	12
Deacon McGuire	34	121	23	.190	0	9
	22	79	14	.177	0	3
Jim Manning	20	78	21	.269	1	9
	17	65	16	.246	0	2
Chub Collins	14	55	10	.182	0	6
Jim Halpin	15	54	7	.130	0	1
Gene Moriarty	11	39	1	.026	0	0
	6	23	4	.174	0	0
Nate Kellogg	5	17	2	.118	0	0
	1	4	2	.500	0	0
George Bryant	1	4	0	.000	0	1
Ed Gastfield	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Stump Weidman	38	330.0	14	24	3.14	149
	37	330.0	12	25	3.03	110
	21	179.1	11	9	1.86	135
	12	104.0	4	8	3.29	79
	1	5.0	0	1	3.60	0

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Gene Moriarty	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Notes

References

1885 Detroit Wolverines season at Baseball Reference

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keenaji01.shtml Jim Keenan page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scottmi01.shtml Milt Scott page at Baseball Reference]

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