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1885 Major League Baseball Retirements

1884 MLB / 1886 MLB Retirements

Batting

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Rk		Yrs	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Last Game	Age
1	Wiman Andrus	1	1885	1885	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 15	26.336
2	Ed Begley	2	1884	1885	48	182	173	17	31	5	0	1	11	0		9	31	.179	.220	.225	.445	Jul 4	0.00
3	Frank Bell	1	1885	1885	10	30	29	5	5	0	1	0	2	0		0		.172	.200	.241	.441	Jul 31	0.00
4	Joe Brown	2	1884	1885	20	80	80	8	16	1	0	0	3	0		0	15	.200	.200	.213	.413	Jul 16	26.103
5	George Bryant	1	1885	1885	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	Aug 6	28.177
6	Dick Burns	3	1883	1885	130	554	544	97	145	26	14	4	9	0		10	30	.267	.280	.388	.668	Jul 23	21.209
7	Dennis Casey	2	1884	1885	102	450	421	71	115	18	9	6	29	0		26		.273	.320	.401	.721	Jul 24	27.116
8	John Cassidy	11	1875	1885	634	2731	2642	353	650	87	33	5	191	0	1	84	132	.246	.271	.310	.580	Aug 12	0.00
9	Chub Collins	2	1884	1885	97	385	362	50	71	9	3	0	26	0		23	11	.196	.244	.238	.482	Jul 11	27.272
10	Bill Collver	1	1885	1885	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	Jul 4	18.105
11	John Connor	2	1884	1885	12	43	42	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		1	13	.095	.116	.095	.212	Aug 24	24.000
12	Fred Corey	7	1878	1885	432	1803	1738	239	427	70	43	7	124	0		60	70	.246	.273	.348	.620	Oct 5	0.00
13	Doug Crothers	2	1884	1885	22	75	66	13	10	0	0	0	0	0		8		.152	.253	.152	.405	Sep 3	25.291
14	Bill Crowley	8	1875	1885	521	2159	2057	263	540	83	22	8	225	0	0	102	171	.263	.297	.336	.633	Oct 10	28.185
15	Daisy Davis	2	1884	1885	40	146	140	9	22	2	1	0	3	0		6	11	.157	.192	.186	.377	Jul 29	26.243
16	Gene Derby	1	1885	1885	10	33	31	4	4	0	0	0	2	0		1		.129	.182	.129	.311	Sep 30	25.239
17	Buttercup Dickerson	7	1878	1885	408	1812	1762	302	500	84	34	4	127	0		48	51	.284	.304	.377	.680	Jun 1	26.233
18	Jerry Dorgan	4	1880	1885	131	547	531	74	150	22	4	0	49	0		14	11	.282	.303	.339	.642	Jun 25	0.00
19	Dennis Driscoll	1	1885	1885	7	21	19	2	3	0	0	0	0			2	5	.158	.238	.158	.396		0.00
20	Mike Drissel	1	1885	1885	6	20	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.050	.050	.050	.100	Sep 11	20.266
21	Charlie Eden	4	1877	1885	226	982	935	118	244	56	18	4	77	0		33	26	.261	.296	.372	.669	Oct 1	30.256
22	Dave Eggler	11	1871	1885	576	2594	2546	491	698	85	31	0	242	47	20	48	133	.274	.288	.332	.619	Jun 9	36.040
23	Bob Emslie	3	1883	1885	95	363	355	42	66	8	6	0	4	0		8		.186	.204	.242	.446	Jul 16	26.170
24	Jake Evans	7	1879	1885	472	1898	1831	215	435	70	21	1	168	0		63	172	.238	.264	.300	.565	May 19	28.239
25	J. Fisher	2	1884	1885	11	43	40	7	8	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	.200	.256	.250	.506	Aug 6	0.00
26	Joe Fogarty	1	1885	1885	2	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	Sep 19	21.118
27	John Foley	1	1885	1885	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	Sep 18	0.00
28	Ed Gastfield	2	1884	1885	25	90	88	6	6	1	0	0	2			2	37	.068	.089	.080	.168	Jul 11	19.344
29	Billy Geer	6	1874	1885	232	950	893	128	191	36	11	0	33	2	2	55	22	.214	.261	.279	.540	May 10	25.270
30	Walter Hackett	2	1884	1885	138	550	540	79	124	22	0	1	9	0		10	22	.230	.244	.276	.520	Oct 8	28.054
31	Charlie Hallstrom	1	1885	1885	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 23	21.244
32	Jim Halpin	3	1882	1885	63	233	230	27	38	5	0	0	1	0		3	14	.165	.176	.187	.363	Aug 26	21.326
33	Moxie Hengle	2	1884	1885	35	137	133	13	24	3	2	0	0	0		4	2	.180	.204	.233	.437	May 27	27.232
34	John Hiland	1	1885	1885	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	Aug 22	0.00
35	Bill Hughes	2	1884	1885	18	69	65	8	9	1	1	0	1	0		3		.138	.188	.185	.373	Oct 5	18.314
36	Harry Jacoby	2	1882	1885	42	173	164	21	27	3	1	1	1	0		9		.165	.208	.213	.422	Sep 19	0.00
37	Jones	1	1885	1885	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	Apr 30	0.00
38	Nate Kellogg	1	1885	1885	5	18	17	4	2	1	0	0	0			1	5	.118	.167	.176	.343	Sep 5	26.342
39	Sam Kimber	2	1884	1885	42	155	145	14	21	1	2	0	0	0		9	2	.145	.200	.179	.379	Sep 29	32.335
40	Lon Knight	8	1875	1885	545	2387	2288	391	555	93	37	3	198	2	0	97	54	.243	.274	.319	.593	Oct 10	32.116
41	Charlie Krehmeyer	2	1884	1885	29	107	104	7	23	1	2	0	10	0		3		.221	.243	.269	.512	Jul 19	22.014
42	Charlie Levis	2	1884	1885	92	394	390	61	88	11	4	6	0	0		3		.226	.234	.321	.554	Oct 1	25.102
43	Tom Lynch	2	1884	1885	42	178	159	20	41	10	3	0	4	0		19	3	.258	.337	.358	.696	Jun 3	25.061
44	Tim Manning	4	1882	1885	200	796	730	99	138	28	6	2	24	0		56	13	.189	.256	.252	.508	Jul 20	31.229
45	McCaffery	1	1885	1885	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	Jun 15	0.00
46	Sandy McDermott	1	1885	1885	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0						Jun 18	29.095
47	Jim McDonald	2	1884	1885	45	167	165	11	24	3	0	0	0	0		2	4	.145	.156	.164	.319	Oct 10	25.065
48	George McVey	1	1885	1885	6	23	21	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		2		.143	.217	.143	.360	Sep 29	20.013
49	Pete Meegan	2	1884	1885	42	147	142	9	25	2	2	0	5	0		5		.176	.204	.218	.422	Oct 1	22.322
50	Frank Meinke	2	1884	1885	93	350	344	28	56	5	7	6	24			6	90	.163	.177	.270	.447	May 22	21.216
51	Joe Miller	2	1884	1885	203	819	762	90	163	21	13	1	24	0		54		.214	.269	.280	.548	Sep 15	24.210
52	Jerrie Moore	2	1884	1885	35	134	133	13	35	4	1	1	10	0		1	3	.263	.269	.331	.599	May 28	0.00
53	Charlie Morton	3	1882	1885	88	344	325	34	63	7	8	0	3	0		19	10	.194	.238	.265	.503	Jun 23	30.254
54	Bill Mountjoy	3	1883	1885	59	230	200	25	29	2	1	0	10	0		24		.145	.257	.165	.422	Aug 18	26.250
55	The Only Nolan	5	1878	1885	102	417	405	33	97	17	2	0	35	0		12	31	.240	.261	.291	.553	Oct 9	27.336
56	Frank Olin	2	1884	1885	49	190	177	29	56	4	2	1	0	0		12	0	.316	.363	.379	.742	Jun 10	25.152
57	Palmer	1	1885	1885	4	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	1			3	7	.091	.286	.091	.377	Jun 3	0.00
58	Dick Phelan	2	1884	1885	107	434	422	66	102	14	3	4	4	0		12	5	.242	.263	.318	.580	Oct 3	30.297
59	Dick Pierson	1	1885	1885	3	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		.111	.273	.111	.384	Jun 25	27.244
60	Jim Powell	2	1884	1885	60	240	226	28	49	8	7	0	5	0		8		.217	.263	.314	.577	Oct 5	26.036
61	Phil Powers	7	1878	1885	155	592	573	56	103	12	6	0	42	0		19	22	.180	.206	.222	.428	Aug 26	31.031
62	Marshall Quinton	2	1884	1885	33	126	123	18	28	6	0	0	4	0		1		.228	.246	.276	.522	Jun 25	0.00
63	Joe Reilly	1	1885	1885	10	42	40	6	7	3	0	0	3	0		2		.175	.214	.250	.464	Jun 19	0.00
64	John Richmond	8	1875	1885	440	1833	1725	239	410	45	28	5	83	1	0	103	53	.238	.283	.305	.588	Jul 10	30.127
65	Charlie Ritter	1	1885	1885	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	Sep 23	0.00
66	Charlie Robinson	2	1884	1885	31	126	120	16	29	4	1	0	4	0		6		.242	.278	.292	.569	Jul 4	28.342
67	Bill Schenck	3	1882	1885	103	396	386	51	91	15	3	3	0	0		9		.236	.255	.313	.569	Sep 7	0.00
68	Gus Shallix	2	1884	1885	36	132	123	6	8	0	0	0	5	0		7		.065	.129	.065	.194	Jun 2	27.065
69	Frank Siffell	2	1884	1885	10	28	27	3	4	1	0	0	3	0		0		.148	.179	.185	.364	Sep 16	0.00
70	Joe Staples	1	1885	1885	7	22	22	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	9	.045	.045	.045	.091	Sep 29	0.00
71	Bill Stellberger	1	1885	1885	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	Oct 1	20.162
72	George Strief	5	1879	1885	362	1424	1360	145	281	50	14	5	64	0		64	23	.207	.242	.275	.517	Sep 8	28.327
73	Rooney Sweeney	3	1883	1885	76	317	298	51	64	12	3	0	0	0		19	4	.215	.262	.275	.537	Jun 9	26.220
74	Dasher Troy	5	1881	1885	292	1175	1127	166	274	42	20	4	51	0		41	52	.243	.274	.327	.601	Jul 9	29.062
75	Bill Vinton	2	1884	1885	37	141	134	16	15	3	0	0	9	0		7	21	.112	.156	.134	.290	Sep 16	20.142
76	Oscar Walker	6	1875	1885	282	1165	1128	155	287	46	23	11	51	0	0	34	56	.254	.278	.365	.643	Sep 4	31.170
77	Johnny Ward	1	1885	1885	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	Sep 19	0.00
78	Shorty Wetzel	1	1885	1885	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		.000	.125	.000	.125	Sep 2	0.00
79	Gurdon Whiteley	2	1884	1885	41	171	169	18	30	2	2	1	7			2	33	.178	.187	.231	.418	Jul 17	25.285
80	Wash Williams	2	1884	1885	3	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	Jun 8	0.00
81	Fred Wood	2	1884	1885	13	49	46	4	3	0	0	0	1			3	18	.065	.122	.065	.188	Sep 30	20.071
82	Tom York	15	1871	1885	963	4211	4002	743	1095	217	89	15	502	15	7	199	201	.274	.310	.384	.693	Oct 1	35.080
	Totals	239	1871	1885	9327	38736	37131	5324	8872	1389	544	110	2530	67	30	1503	1715	.239	.270	.315	.585

Pitching

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Rk		Yrs	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	Last Game	Age
1	Ed Begley	2	1884	1885	16	27	.372	4.39	46	44	2	40	0	0	381.0	427	311	186	14	147	148	8	0	50	1750	Jul 4	0.00
2	Joe Brown	2	1884	1885	4	6	.400	5.11	11	10	1	9	0	0	88.0	108	69	50	4	11	36	0	0	3	398	Jul 16	26.103
3	Dick Burns	3	1883	1885	25	27	.481	3.07	58	53	5	47	1	0	460.1	473	304	157	15	80	199	0	0	7	616	Jul 23	21.209
4	John Cassidy	11	1875	1885	2	21	.087	4.06	32	24	0	20	0	0	232.2	302	253	105	6	13	14		0	0	76	Aug 12	0.00
5	John Connor	2	1884	1885	2	8	.200	3.81	12	12	0	12	0	0	104.0	127	80	44	1	32	48	2	0	6	472	Aug 24	24.000
6	Fred Corey	7	1878	1885	27	46	.370	3.32	93	74	17	59	3	2	656.1	764	456	242	19	98	168	0	0	37	2204	Oct 5	0.00
7	Doug Crothers	2	1884	1885	8	13	.381	4.63	21	21	0	21	1	0	179.0	218	150	92	4	55	51	2	0	12	706	Sep 3	25.291
8	Daisy Davis	2	1884	1885	16	21	.432	3.78	40	39	1	33	2	0	323.2	356	207	136	5	71	186	14	0	11	1407	Jul 29	26.243
9	Charlie Eden	4	1877	1885	1	3	.250	5.53	6	2	4	1	0	0	27.2	34	22	17	1	6	8	1	0	3	124	Oct 1	30.256
10	Bob Emslie	3	1883	1885	44	44	.500	3.19	91	90	1	85	5	0	792.1	775	507	281	9	165	362	19	0	70	3432	Jul 16	26.170
11	Jake Evans	7	1879	1885	0	1	.000	6.60	3	1	2	1	0	0	15.0	24	18	11	1	0	3		0	1	71	May 19	28.239
12	J. Fisher	2	1884	1885	1	8	.111	3.73	9	9	0	9	0	0	79.2	86	58	33	0	15	46	0	0	2	41	Aug 6	0.00
13	John Foley	1	1885	1885	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	6	7	4	0	5	2	0	0	1	37	Sep 18	0.00
14	Billy Geer	6	1874	1885	0	0		12.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	14	12	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	26	May 10	25.270
15	Charlie Hallstrom	1	1885	1885	0	1	.000	11.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	18	16	11	3	6	0	0	0	1	50	Sep 23	21.244
16	Bill Hughes	2	1884	1885	0	2	.000	4.86	2	2	0	2	0	0	16.2	18	17	9	0	10	4	2	0	3	79	Oct 5	18.314
17	Sam Kimber	2	1884	1885	18	21	.462	3.97	42	42	0	42	4	0	369.1	379	253	163	7	77	126	15	0	1	1601	Sep 29	32.335
18	Lon Knight	8	1875	1885	16	28	.364	2.82	51	46	4	40	0	0	412.0	529	385	129	1	56	26	1	0	25	1440	Oct 10	32.116
19	McCaffery	1	1885	1885	1	0	1.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	13	9	6	1	2	2	2	0	2	42	Jun 15	0.00
20	Pete Meegan	2	1884	1885	14	20	.412	3.90	40	38	2	36	2	0	325.0	323	220	141	8	67	164	24	0	7	1403	Oct 1	22.322
21	Frank Meinke	2	1884	1885	8	24	.250	3.18	36	32	4	31	1	0	294.0	354	229	104	10	67	124	0	0	15	1337	May 22	21.216
22	Charlie Morton	3	1882	1885	0	1	.000	3.09	3	1	2	1	0	0	23.1	18	14	8	0	5	7	1	0	0	92	Jun 23	30.254
23	Bill Mountjoy	3	1883	1885	31	24	.564	3.25	57	57	0	56	5	0	503.2	504	288	182	11	110	164	27	0	35	2121	Aug 18	26.250
24	The Only Nolan	5	1878	1885	23	52	.307	2.98	79	78	1	74	1	0	676.0	720	434	224	6	135	274	0	0	36	2476	Oct 9	27.336
25	Palmer	1	1885	1885	0	4	.000	3.44	4	4	0	4	0	0	34.0	46	33	13	2	20	9	0	0	6	168	Jun 3	0.00
26	Bill Schenck	3	1882	1885	1	0	1.000	0.90	2	1	1	1	0	0	10.0	6	2	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	Sep 7	0.00
27	Gus Shallix	2	1884	1885	17	14	.548	3.56	36	35	1	30	0	0	291.0	258	172	115	7	86	93	39	0	14	1251	Jun 2	27.065
28	Bill Stellberger	1	1885	1885	0	1	.000	7.88	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	14	10	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	40	Oct 1	20.162
29	Bill Vinton	2	1884	1885	17	19	.472	2.46	37	37	0	34	2	0	314.0	302	231	86	7	73	160	4	0	25	1395	Sep 16	20.142
30	Johnny Ward	1	1885	1885	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	10	7	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	36	Sep 19	0.00
31	Shorty Wetzel	1	1885	1885	0	2	.000	8.47	2	2	0	1	0	0	17.0	27	26	16	0	9	6	3	2	9	93	Sep 2	0.00
32	Wash Williams	2	1884	1885	0	0		13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	5	3	0	5	0	0	0	1	10	Jun 8	0.00
	Totals	96	1874	1885	292	440	.399	3.49	821	760	50	694	27	2	6674.2	7255	4805	2587	142	1435	2438	164	2	386	24994

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