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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1885 Providence Grays Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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

References 1885 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference