1885 Providence Grays season

After the team's success in 1884, things went downhill for the 1885 Providence Grays. The team dropped in the standings, finishing 30 games back in fourth place and attendance fell drastically. After the season, the club's directors sold all the remaining players to the Boston Beaneaters and folded the team.

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	Barney Gilligan	71	252	54	.214	0	12
1B	Joe Start	101	374	103	.275	0	41
2B	Jack Farrell	68	257	53	.206	1	19
SS	Arthur Irwin	59	218	39	.179	0	14
3B	Jerry Denny	83	318	71	.223	3	24
OF		105	371	90	.243	0	32
OF	Cliff Carroll	104	426	99	.232	1	40
OF	Paul Hines	98	411	111	.270	1	35

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
Charley Bassett	82	285	41	.144	0	16
Con Daily	60	223	58	.260	0	19
	25	81	13	.160	0	8
Tim Manning	10	35	2	.057	0	0
Denny Lyons	4	16	2	.125	0	1
Wyman Andrus	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Mike Hines	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Ed Crane	1	2	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
	49	445.2	28	21	2.20	154
	49	399.2	23	26	2.57	194
Jim McCormick	4	37.0	1	3	2.43	8
Edgar Smith	1	9.0	1	0	1.00	1
	1	9.0	0	1	11.00	0
John Ward	1	8.0	0	1	4.50	3
	1	8.0	0	1	11.25	4
	1	8.0	0	1	4.50	2
Bill Stellberger	1	8.0	0	1	7.88	0

Other 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
	3	18.1	0	2	7.85	3

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
Ed Seward	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
	1	0	0	0	6.75	1