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.
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "The Chicago Champions and St. Louis Browns Play a Tie Game of Ball". Chicago Tribune. Internet Archive. October 15, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b "The St. Louis and Chicago Nines Did Not Finish Their Game Yesterday". Chicago Tribune. Internet Archive. October 16, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b "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.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b "The Chicagos Deprived of a Game by a St. Louis Base-Ball Crank". Chicago Tribune. Internet Archive. October 18, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b "Chicago Easily Defeats the St. Louis Browns at Pittsburg, and Without a Quarrel". Chicago Tribune. Internet Archive. October 23, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "St. Louis Drops Another Game to Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Internet Archive. October 24, 1885. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "A Row in St. Louis" (PDF). The New York Times. October 16, 1885. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ "This Game Of Games: 1885 World Series". Thisgameofgames.blogspot.com. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ "The Chronology – 1885". BaseballLibrary.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.