1885 Chicago White Stockings Roster by Baseball Almanac

1885 Chicago White Stockings Roster

The 1885 Chicago White Stockings team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1885 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1885 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1885 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1885 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1885 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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John Clarkson

5-10

155

Right

1861-07-01

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Larry Corcoran

5-03

127

Right

Left

1859-08-10

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Ted Kennedy

5-08

178

Unknown

Left

1865-02-07

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Jim McCormick

5-10½

215

Right

1856-11-03

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Silver Flint

6-00

180

Right

1855-08-03

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Ed Gastfield

5-09½

155

Unknown

Right

1865-08-01

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Jim McCauley

6-00

180

Right

Left

1863-03-24

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Sy Sutcliffe

6-02

170

Left

1862-04-15

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Cap Anson

6-00

227

Right

1852-04-17

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Tom Burns

5-07

152

Right

1857-03-30

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Fred Pfeffer

5-10½

184

Right

1860-03-17

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Jimmy Ryan

5-09

162

Left

Right

1863-02-11

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Ned Williamson

5-11

210

Right

1857-10-24

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Abner Dalrymple

5-10½

175

Right

Left

1857-09-09

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George Gore

5-11

195

Right

Left

1857-05-03

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King Kelly

5-10

170

Right

1857-12-31

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Bill Krieg

5-08

180

Right

1859-01-29

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Billy Sunday

5-10

160

Right

Left

1862-11-19

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Wash Williams

5-11

180

Unknown

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The 1885 Chicago White Stockings played 112 games during the regular season, won 87 games, lost 25 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at West Side Park (Park Factors: 115/108) where 117,519 fans witnessed their 1885 White Stockings finish the season with a .777 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1885 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1885 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1885 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1885 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list:

1885 Chicago White Stockings
Opening Day Starters

Cap Anson
Tom Burns
Larry Corcoran
Abner Dalrymple
Silver Flint
George Gore
King Kelly
Fred Pfeffer
Ned Williamson
1885 Chicago White Stockings
Most Games by Position
C Silver Flint (68)
1B Cap Anson (112)
2B Fred Pfeffer (109)
3B Ned Williamson (113)
SS Tom Burns (111)
LF Abner Dalrymple (112)
CF George Gore (108)
RF King Kelly (69)

SP John Clarkson
SP Jim McCormick

CL Fred Pfeffer

1885 Chicago White Stockings
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1885 Chicago White Stockings
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1885 Chicago White Stockings Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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