1885 World Series

Summary

Series tied, 3–3–1.

Game summaries

Game 1

|Notes: Game called on account of darkness, ending the game in a tie. |}}

Game 2

|}} With Chicago leading 5–4 in the sixth inning, Browns manager Charles Comiskey called his team off the field to protest a ruling made by umpire Dave Sullivan. The game was forfeited to Chicago.

Game 3

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Game 4

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Game 5

|Notes: Game called on account of darkness. |}} The fifth game was played at Pittsburgh. The weather was cold and not over 500 people were present. Chicago won easily (9–2) through superior batting and fielding. At the end of the seventh inning, the game was called on account of darkness.

Game 6

|}} Friday, October 23, American Park, Cincinnati — The series moved from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati‚ setting a record for most host cities in a World Series. (The 1887 series was later staged in 10 cities.) Chicago took a 3–2 series lead by beating the Browns 9–2.

Game 7

|}} Behind pitcher Dave Foutz, St. Louis defeated Chicago 13–4 in the 7th and final game. The Browns claim the game 2 forfeit didn't count and therefore claim the championship. The two clubs split the $1,000 prize.

Unplayed games

There were five originally planned games to be played after Game 7; in Baltimore on the 27th, Philadelphia the 28th and 29th, and Brooklyn the 30th and 31st.

Footnotes

References

1. (1885-10-15). "The Chicago Champions and St. Louis Browns Play a Tie Game of Ball". [[Chicago Tribune]].
2. (1885-10-16). "The St. Louis and Chicago Nines Did Not Finish Their Game Yesterday". [[Chicago Tribune]].
3. (1885-10-17). "Chicago's Champion Ball-Players Taken Down a Peg by the St. Louis Club". [[Chicago Tribune]].
4. (1885-10-18). "The Chicagos Deprived of a Game by a St. Louis Base-Ball Crank". [[Chicago Tribune]].
5. (1885-10-23). "Chicago Easily Defeats the St. Louis Browns at Pittsburg, and Without a Quarrel". [[Chicago Tribune]].
6. (1885-10-24). "St. Louis Drops Another Game to Chicago". [[Chicago Tribune]].
7. (October 25, 1885). "THE CHICAGOS BADLY BEATEN; ST. LOUIS BROWNS WIN THE DECISIVE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME". [[The New York Times]].
8. (October 16, 1885). "A Row in St. Louis". The New York Times.
9. "This Game Of Games: 1885 World Series". Thisgameofgames.blogspot.com.
10. "The Chronology – 1885". BaseballLibrary.com.