1885 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1885 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1885 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American Association -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	0	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	112	79	33	.705	--	677	461	216	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
2	2	0	Cincinnati Red Stockings	T - S - R	112	63	49	.563	16.0	642	575	67	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
3	3	0	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	T - S - R	111	56	55	.505	22.5	547	539	8	dnq	0	0	---	Horace Phillips	---
4	4	0	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	113	55	57	.491	24.0	764	691	73	dnq	0	0	---	Harry Stovey	---
5	6	0	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	T - S - R	112	53	59	.473	26.0	624	650	-26	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
6	5	0	Louisville Colonels	T - S - R	112	53	59	.473	26.0	564	598	-34	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
7	7	0	Metropolitans (New York)	T - S - R	108	44	64	.407	33.0	526	688	-162	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
8	8	0	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	110	41	68	.376	36.5	541	683	-142	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Chicago White Stockings	T - S - R	113	87	25	.777	--	834	470	364	dnq	0	0	---	Cap Anson	West Side Park
2	2	2	New York Giants	T - S - R	112	85	27	.759	2.0	691	370	321	dnq	0	0	---	Jim Mutrie	Polo Grounds
3	3	3	Philadelphia Quakers	T - S - R	111	56	54	.509	30.0	513	511	2	dnq	0	0	---	Harry Wright	Recreation Park
4	4	4	Providence Grays	T - S - R	110	53	57	.482	33.0	442	531	-89	dnq	0	0	---	---	Messer Street Grounds
5	5	5	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	113	46	66	.411	41.0	528	589	-61	dnq	0	0	---	---	South End Grounds
6	6	6	Detroit Wolverines	T - S - R	108	41	67	.380	44.0	514	582	-68	dnq	0	0	---	---	Recreation Park
7	7	7	Buffalo Bisons	T - S - R	112	38	74	.339	49.0	495	761	-266	dnq	0	0	---	---	Olympic Park I
8	8	8	St. Louis Maroons	T - S - R	111	36	72	.333	49.0	390	593	-203	dnq	0	0	---	---	Seventh Street Park III
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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