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1885 Brooklyn Grays

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1884 / 1886

53-59, Finished 5th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Hackett (15-22) and Charlie Byrne (38-37)
Scored 624 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-58

Ballparks: Washington Park I ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104


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1884 / 1886 Roster (40-man)

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Frank Bell 22 6' 0" 1863 1st 10 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 4 -0.5
John Cassidy 30 R L 5' 8" 168 1855 11 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 54 -1.0
John Harkins 26 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 12, 1859 2 43 43 34 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 2 9 -1.3
Jackie Hayes 24 R 5' 8" 175 Jun 27, 1861 4 42 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Mike Hines 22 R L 5' 10" 176 Sep, 1862 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Pete Hotaling 28 L R 5' 8" 166 Dec 16, 1856 7 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 94 1.2
Bill Krieg 26 R R 5' 8" 180 Jan 29, 1859 2 17 17 0 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Bill McClellan 29 B L 5' 5" 156 Mar 22, 1856 5 112 112 0 0 0 55 57 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Jim McTamany 21 R R 5' 8" 190 Jul 1, 1863 1st 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 35 0.2
George McVey 19 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 16, 1865 1st 6 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
Dave Oldfield 20 B L 5' 7" 175 Dec 18, 1864 2 10 10 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.3
Jimmy Peoples 21 R 5' 8" 200 Oct 8, 1863 2 41 41 0 37 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0.2
Bill Phillips 28 R R 6' 0" 202 Apr, 1857 7 99 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9
George Pinkney 26 L R 5' 7" 160 Jan 11, 1859 2 110 110 0 0 0 57 51 3 0 0 0 0 2.0
Henry Porter 27 R R 142 Jun, 1858 2 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.2
Charlie Robinson 28 L R Jul 27, 1856 2 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bill Schenck 30 5' 7" 171 Jul, 1854 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Germany Smith 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 21, 1863 2 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 3.4
Phenomenal Smith 20 L L 5' 6" 161 Dec 12, 1864 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Ed Swartwood 26 L R 5' 11" 198 Jan 12, 1859 5 99 99 0 1 4 0 0 1 47 0 48 95 0.8 $1,800
Adonis Terry 20 R R 5' 11" 168 Aug 7, 1864 2 71 71 25 0 0 0 1 0 26 11 10 47 -2.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1884 / 1886 Roster (40-man)