1885 World Series
CountryWorld's Championship
Year1885
ChampionChicago White Stockings (3)
Champion managerCap Anson
Champion games, GA: 2
RunnerupSt. Louis Browns (3)
Runnerup managerCharles Comiskey
Runnerup games, GA: 16
DateOctober 14–24
VenueWest Side Park (Chicago)
Sportsman's Park (St. Louis)
Recreation Park (Pittsburgh)
American Park (Cincinnati)
UmpiresDave Sullivan, Harry McCaffrey, William Medart, John Kelly
HofersWhite Stockings:
Cap Anson (player-manager)‡
John Clarkson
King Kelly
‡ elected as a player.

The 1885 World Series (the "World's Championship") was an end-of-the-year playoff series between the National League champion Chicago White Stockings and American Association champion St. Louis Browns. The Series was played in four cities (Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati). It ended in a disputed 3–3–1 tie.

Summary

Series tied, 3–3–1.

GameDateScoreLocation
1October 14Chicago White Stockings – 5, St. Louis Browns – 5West Side Park, Chicago[1]
2October 15Chicago White Stockings – 5, St. Louis Browns – 4Sportsman's Park, St. Louis[2]
3October 16Chicago White Stocking – 2, St. Louis Browns – 3Sportsman's Park, St. Louis[3]
4October 17Chicago White Stocking – 2, St. Louis Browns – 3Sportsman's Park, St. Louis[4]
5October 22Chicago White Stocking – 9, St. Louis Browns – 2Recreation Park, Pittsburgh[5]
6October 23Chicago White Stocking – 9, St. Louis Browns – 2American Park, Cincinnati[6]
7October 24St. Louis Browns – 13, Chicago White Stockings – 4American Park, Cincinnati[7]

Game summaries

Game 2

With Chicago leading 5–4 in the sixth inning, Browns manager Charles Comiskey called his team off the field to protest a ruling made by umpire Dave Sullivan. The game was forfeited to Chicago.[8]

Game 5

The fifth game was played at Pittsburgh. The weather was cold and not over 500 people were present. Chicago won easily (9–2) through superior batting and fielding. At the end of the seventh inning, the game was called on account of darkness.[9]

Game 6

Friday, October 23, American Park, Cincinnati — The series moved from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati‚ setting a record for most host cities in a World Series. (The 1887 series was later staged in 10 cities.) Chicago took a 3–2 series lead by beating the Browns 9–2.

Game 7

Behind pitcher Dave Foutz, St. Louis defeated Chicago 13–4 in the 7th and final game. The Browns claim the game 2 forfeit didn't count and therefore claim the championship. The two clubs split the $1,000 prize.[10]

Unplayed games

There were five originally planned games to be played after Game 7; in Baltimore on the 27th, Philadelphia the 28th and 29th, and Brooklyn the 30th and 31st.[1]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ "The Chicago Champions and St. Louis Browns Play a Tie Game of Ball". Chicago Tribune. 1885-10-15. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  2. ^ "The St. Louis and Chicago Nines Did Not Finish Their Game Yesterday". Chicago Tribune. 1885-10-16. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  3. ^ "Chicago's Champion Ball-Players Taken Down a Peg by the St. Louis Club". Chicago Tribune. 1885-10-17. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  4. ^ "The Chicagos Deprived of a Game by a St. Louis Base-Ball Crank". Chicago Tribune. 1885-10-18. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  5. ^ "Chicago Easily Defeats the St. Louis Browns at Pittsburg, and Without a Quarrel". Chicago Tribune. 1885-10-23. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  6. ^ "St. Louis Drops Another Game to Chicago". Chicago Tribune. 1885-10-24. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  7. ^ "THE CHICAGOS BADLY BEATEN; ST. LOUIS BROWNS WIN THE DECISIVE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME". The New York Times. October 25, 1885. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/10/25/103640165.pdf. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  8. ^ "A Row in St. Louis". The New York Times. October 16, 1885. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "This Game Of Games: 1885 World Series". Thisgameofgames.blogspot.com. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  10. ^ "The Chronology – 1885". BaseballLibrary.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.