1885 World Series

1885 World's Championship Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Chicago White Stockings (3) Cap Anson 87–25–1 (.774), GA: 2 St. Louis Browns (3) Charles Comiskey 79–33 (.705), GA: 16
Dates	October 14–24
Venue(s)	West Side Park (Chicago) Sportsman's Park (St. Louis) Recreation Park (Pittsburgh) American Park (Cincinnati)
Umpires	Dave Sullivan, Harry McCaffrey, William Medart, John Kelly
Hall of Famers	White Stockings: Cap Anson (player-manager)‡ John Clarkson King Kelly ‡ elected as a player.
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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.

Pitcher Jim McCormick started five of the seven games for Chicago, going 3–2.

Summary

Series tied, 3–3–1.

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

Game summaries

Game 1

Wednesday, October 14, 1885 at West Side Park, Chicago, Illinois ^[1]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Chicago White Stockings	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	5	6	11
St. Louis Browns	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	5	7	4
Starting pitchers: CHI: John Clarkson (0–0–1) STL: Bob Caruthers (0–0–1) Attendance: 3,000 Umpires: Dave Sullivan

Game 2

Thursday, October 15, 1885 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri ^[2]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Chicago White Stockings	1	1	0	0	0	3	5	6	5
St. Louis Browns	3	0	0	1	0	X	4	2	4
Starting pitchers: CHI: Jim McCormick STL: Dave Foutz WP: Jim McCormick (1–0)   LP: Dave Foutz (0–1) Attendance: 3,000 Umpires: Dave Sullivan Notes:Game forfeited to Chicago with 1 out in the top of the 6th inning.

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 3

Friday, October 16, 1885 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri ^[3]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago White Stockings	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	12
St. Louis Browns	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	7	8	4
Starting pitchers: CHI: John Clarkson STL: Bob Caruthers WP: Bob Caruthers (1–0–1)   LP: John Clarkson (0–1–1) Attendance: 3,000 Umpires: Harry McCaffrey

Game 4

Saturday, October 17, 1885 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri ^[4]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago White Stockings	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	3
St. Louis Browns	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	X	3	6	7
Starting pitchers: CHI: Jim McCormick STL: Dave Foutz WP: Dave Foutz (1–1)   LP: Jim McCormick (1–1) Home runs: CHI: Abner Dalrymple (1) STL: None Umpires: William Medart

Game 5

Friday, October 23, 1885 at Recreation Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ^[5]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chicago White Stockings	4	0	0	1	1	0	3	9	7	1
St. Louis Browns	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	7
Starting pitchers: CHI: Jim McCormick STL: Dave Foutz WP: Jim McCormick (2–1)   LP: Dave Foutz (1–2) Attendance: Less than 500 Umpires: John Kelly

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

Saturday, October 24, 1885 at American Park in Cincinnati, Ohio ^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago White Stockings	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	9	11	10
St. Louis Browns	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7
Starting pitchers: CHI: Jim McCormick STL: Bob Caruthers WP: Jim McCormick (3–1)   LP: Bob Caruthers (1–1–1) Attendance: 1,500 Umpires: John Kelly

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

Saturday, October 24, 1885 at American Park in Cincinnati, Ohio ^[7]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Chicago White Stockings	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	9	17
St. Louis Browns	0	0	4	6	2	1	0	X	13	12	10
Starting pitchers: CHI: Jim McCormick STL: Dave Foutz WP: Dave Foutz (2–2)   LP: Jim McCormick (3–2) Attendance: 1,200 Umpires: John Kelly

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

• 1885
• List of pre-World Series baseball champions

Footnotes

1. "The Chicago Champions and St. Louis Browns Play a Tie Game of Ball". Chicago Tribune . Internet Archive. October 15, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
2. "The St. Louis and Chicago Nines Did Not Finish Their Game Yesterday". Chicago Tribune . Internet Archive. October 16, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
3. "Chicago's Champion Ball-Players Taken Down a Peg by the St. Louis Club". Chicago Tribune . Internet Archive. October 17, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
4. "The Chicagos Deprived of a Game by a St. Louis Base-Ball Crank". Chicago Tribune . Internet Archive. October 18, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
5. "Chicago Easily Defeats the St. Louis Browns at Pittsburg, and Without a Quarrel". Chicago Tribune . Internet Archive. October 23, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
6. "St. Louis Drops Another Game to Chicago". Chicago Tribune . Internet Archive. October 24, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
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 February 8, 2025.
8. "A Row in St. Louis" (PDF). 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.

External links

• Baseball Reference – 1885 World Series