1st July 1885
The fans of the Giants managed to see their teams form pick up a little in June. The team picked up 14 wins from their 26 games played. The team moved up the NL table into 5th place with a gap to the leaders of 12 games.
Series results
1-1 at home to the Boston Beaneaters
3-1 at home to the Brooklyn Grays
1-2 on the road to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
3-1 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers
1-3 on the road to the Chicago White Stockings
3-0 on the road to the St Louis Browns
2-2 at home to the Boston Beaneaters
0-2 at home to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
The following players made the AL All Star Squad for this year. Pitchers James Burke, Bill Wise and Joseph Knight.
The team traded 29 year old pitcher Ernie Hickman to the Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for 30 year old short stop John Richmond and 19 year old minor league catcher Ed Gastfield.
The teams solid performance in June was down to some excellent mound work from the pitchers. The top pitcher in June was Bill Wise. Wise managed to win 8 games from his 13 starts. He pitched 109.1 innings and gave up 88 hits and 15 earned runs. This saw him claim an ERA of 1.23 which was good enough to see him made the NL Pitcher of the Month for June.
Pitching
Batting
