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1st May 1885

After last seasons good form the fans have been bought back down to earth with a bump this year as the Americans have had a bad start to the year. The team have managed to win only 7 of their 23 games played during April. They now sit 7th in the AL table, 8 games behind the leaders.

Series results
0-2 on the road to the Detroit Wolverines
0-4 at home to the Philadelphia Athletics
1-3 at home to the Cleveland Blues
2-1 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles
1-1 at home to the Washington Nationals
1-1 at home to the Louisville Colonels
2-1 at home to the Detroit Wolverines
0-2 on the road to the Chicago White Sox
lost first game of home series to the Cleveland Blues

The team lost Short Stop Dave Rowe towards the end of the month with a strained oblique. He will miss 5 weeks of the season

The team claimed First Baseman John Smith from the Cleveland Blues

After the poor start the team has had to the season, we here at the Herald could not find any players that stepped up with a good performance.

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1st May 1885

The fans of the Boston Beaneaters have enjoyed the start to this season more than they enjoyed last year. The team managed to pick up 10 wins from the 22 games they played in April. This has left them in joint 5th place in the NL table, 7.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
0-2 at home to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
2-2 on the road to the Chicago White Stockings
2-1 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers
1-2 at home to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
2-0 on the road to the St Louis Browns
1-1 on the road to the New York Giants
0-3 on the road to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
2-0 on the road to the Brooklyn Grays
lost first game of a home series against the Philadelphia Quakers

The team picked up pitcher Only the Nolan from the Brooklyn Grays via waivers.

This month had seen the established stars produce the goods the team requires. The best of these was Third Baseman Deacon White. White picked up 27 hits from 71 at bats in 17 games. He scored 12 runs and 10 RBI's for an average of .380

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1st May 1885

The team got of to a steady start to their defence of the NL pennant but the fans were hoping for more. The team managed to win 11 games and lose 12. This has left them in 4th place in the NL table, 7 games behind the leaders.

Series results
1-1 at home to the Philadelphia Quakers
1-3 at home to the New York Giants
3-1 at home to the St Louis Browns
2-1 at home to the Chicago White Stockings
0-2 on the road to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
1-1 on the road to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
2-1 at home to the Philadelphia Quakers
0-2 at home to the Boston Beaneaters
won first game of home series against the St Louis Browns

The team suffered a major blow towards the end of the month as they lost star pitcher Jim Whitney for 4 months with a torn labrum.

The team also saw The Only Nolan leave via waivers to the Boston Beaneaters.

The team saw their star performer as First Baseman Dave Orr. Orr picked up 31 hits in 90 at bats during his 22 games. He scored 12 runs and 14 RBI's for an average of .344.

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1st May 1885

The fans of the White Sox have enjoyed a wonderful start to the new season. The team have put together some excellent performances on their way to a 15-8 record for the month of April. They lead the AL table by 1 game from the Cleveland Blues.

Series results
2-0 at home to the Washington Nationals
2-2 at home to the Cleveland Blues
2-2 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles
1-2 on the road to the Louisville Colonels
2-0 at home to the Philadelphia Athletics
2-0 at home to the Detroit Wolverines
1-2 on the road to the Washington Nationals
2-0 at home to the Boston Americans
won first game of road trip to the Baltimore Orioles

The star for the White Sox in their good start to the season was on the mound. Rookie pitcher Bob Caruthers put up some good numbers as he won 7 of his 12 games with 106.1 innings pitched. He gave up 81 hits and 14 earned runs for an ERA of 1.18. This earned him the Rookie of the Month award for the AL.

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1st May 1885

The White Stockings have given their fans a lot to be happy about at the start of this season. The managed to pick up 14 wins from their 23 games played. This has left them in 2nd place in the NL table, 4 games behind the leaders.

Series results
1-1 on the road to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
2-2 at home to the Boston Beaneaters
2-2 at home to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
1-2 on the road to the Brooklyn Grays
1-1 at home to the New York Giants
2-0 at home to the Philadelphia Quakers
2-1 at home to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
2-0 on the road to the St Louis Browns
won first game of home series against the Pittsburgh Alleghenys

The team suffered a blow late in the month as they lost star batter First Baseman Harry Stovey to a lattissimus dorsi strain. He will miss between 3 and 4 weeks.

The star with the bat all month was Short Stop Jack Glasscock. Glasscock managed to claim 38 hits from his 91 at bats in 22 games. He scored 20 runs and 12 RBI's for an average of .418. This earned him the NL Batter of the month award.

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1st May 1885

The Red Stockings fans are contented with their teams start for the new season. They have seen the team win 13 games from the 22 games they played. The team now sit in 3rd place in the NL table, 4.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
1-1 at home to the Chicago White Stockings
2-2 at home to the Philadelphia Quakers
2-1 at home to the New York Giants
2-1 on the road to the Boston Beaneaters
2-0 at home to the Brooklyn Grays
1-1 on the road to the St Louis Browns
1-2 on the road to the Chicago White Stockings
1-1 at home to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
won first game of a road trip to the New York Giants

Their was some bad news for starting pitcher Ed Cushman as he saw his season ended early due to injury. He ruptured his ulnar collateral ligament and will miss 10 months.

The team claimed Left Fielder Silver Flint from the Detroit Wolverines via waivers.

The wins were a team performance for the Red Stockings as there were few great performances. The best we could find was First Baseman John Morrill who managed 23 hits from 59 at bats in 21 games (14 as a started). He scored 17 runs and 14 RBI's for an average of .390

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1st May 1885

The fans of the Blues have again seen a strong start from their team this year. The team has managed to win 14 games while losing 9. They sit second in the AL tables 1 game behind the leading White Sox.

Series results
1-1 on the road to the Philadelphia Athletics
2-2 on the road to the Chicago White Sox
3-1 on the road to the Boston Americans
1-2 at home to the Washington Nationals
1-1 at home to the Louisville Colonels
2-0 at home to the Baltimore Orioles
1-2 at home to the Philadelphia Athletics
2-0 on the road to the Detroit Wolverines
won the first game of a road trip to the Boston Americans

The team lost First Baseman John Smith to the Boston Americans via waivers.

In a major revival to his career, Pitcher Bobby Mathews has won back the starters job in Cleveland and then went on to produce an excellent month from the mound. He claimed 9 wins from the 12 games he started with 106 innings pitched. He gave up 84 hits and 14 earned runs for an ERA of 1.19. This earned him the AL Pitcher of the Month award.

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1st May 1885

The fans of the Wolverines are again suffering another poor start to a season. The team managed to win only 6 games from the 22 they have played in April. This has left them back in their usual position of last in the AL table. They are 8.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
2-0 at home to the Boston Americans
0-4 at home to the Louisville Colonels
0-3 at home to the Washington Nationals
2-1 on the road to the Philadelphia Athletics
1-1 at home to the Baltimore Orioles
0-2 on the road to the Chicago White Sox
1-2 on the road to the Boston Americans
0-2 at home to the Cleveland Blues
lost first game of road trip to the Washington Nationals

The injury news for the team was the loss of Second Baseman Tim Manningwith a strained rib cage. He will be out for 4 weeks.

The team lost Left Fielder Silver Flint to the Cincinnati Red Stockings via waivers.

While the team struggled to find form one or two players did give some good performances. The best came from Third Baseman Jerry McCormick. McCormick managed to gain 29 hits from 93 at bats in 22 games played. He scored 11 runs and 10 RBI's for an average of .312

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1st May 1885

The Louisville Colonels have given their fans a steady start to the season. The team picked up 13 wins during April while giving away 9 losses. The team sit in joint 3rd place in the AL with 2 other teams. They are 1.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
1-1 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles
4-0 on the road to the Detroit Wolverines
1-2 at home to the Philadelphia Athletics
2-1 at home to the Chicago White Sox
1-1 on the road to the Cleveland Blues
1-1 on the road to the Boston Americans
1-2 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles
1-1 at home to the Washington Nationals
won first game of road trip to the Philadelphia Athletics

The star of the show during April was Centre Fielder George Gore. Gore managed to pick up 29 hits in 92 at bats while playing 22 games. He scored 17 runs and 9 RBI's for an average of .315. This lead the AL voters to name him the Batter of the Month in the AL.

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1st May 1885

The New York Giants fans have had to suffer a poor start to the season from their team. The team managed only 8 wins during April while giving up 14 losses. This has left them sitting in 7th place in the NL table, 9.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
0-2 on the road to the St Louis Browns
3-1 on the road to the Brooklyn Grays
1-2 on the road to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
0-3 on the road to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
1-1 on the road to the Chicago White Stockings
1-1 at home to the Boston Beaneaters
2-1 at home to the St Louis Browns
0-2 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers
lost first game of a home series against the Cincinnati Red Stockings

The team claimed Second Baseman Adam Rocap from the St Louis Browns via waivers.

Young Left Fielder Bill Schwartz finally started to show the form that he has been promising the last couple of seasons. April saw him pick up 21 hits from 66 at bats in 18 games. This led him to score 7 runs and 5 RBI's for an average of .318

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1st May 1885

The fans have seen a steady start to the Athletics defence of their AL pennant. The team picked up 13 wins from the 22 games they played. They are now sitting in joint 3rd place in the AL table along side 2 other teams, 1.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
1-1 at home to the Cleveland Blues
4-0 on the road to the Boston Americans
2-1 on the road to the Louisville Colonels
1-2 at home to the Detroit Wolverines
0-2 on the road to the Chicago White Sox
2-0 on the road to the Washington Nationals
2-1 on the road to the Cleveland Blues
1-1 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles
lost first game of home series against the Louisville Colonels

Their was a blow to the Athletics teams hopes early in the month when they lost starting pitcher Tim Keefe to injury. He will miss 3-4 weeks of the season with elbow tendinitis.

With both sides of the team showing some solid form their were a few good performers to select this months star from. We have decided to go for Pitcher Pud Galvin this month. Galvin gave a solid performance on the way to 7 wins from 10 games starts while pitching 90 innings. He gave up 74 hits and 16 Earned runs for an ERA of 1.60

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1st May 1885

The fans of the Quakers have had to settle for a steady start to the new season from their team. The Quakers picked up 10 wins and 12 losses during April. This has left them in joint 5th place in the NL table, 7.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
1-1 on the road to the Brooklyn Grays
2-2 on the road to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
1-2 at home to the Boston Beaneaters
2-1 at home to the St Louis Browns
0-2 on the road to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
0-2 on the road to the Chicago White Stockings
1-2 on the road to the Brooklyn Grays
2-0 at home to the New York Giants
won first game of a road trip to the Boston Beaneaters

The star for the month is second year First Baseman Mox McQuery. McQuery has suddenly found some form and managed to claim 29 hits from 79 at bats in 22 starts. He scored 9 runs and 13 RBI's for an average of .367

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1st May 1885

The fans of the Alleghenys are in a happy state of shock after the way their team has started the new season. The team picked up 18 wins from their 23 games played. This has seen them rise to the top of the NL table to lead by 4 games.

Series results
2-0 on the road to the Boston Beaneaters
4-0 on the road to the St Louis Browns
2-2 on the road to the Chicago White Stockings
3-0 at home to the New York Giants
2-0 at home to the Philadelphia Quakers
1-1 at home to the Brooklyn Grays
3-0 at home to the Boston Beaneaters
1-1 on the road to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
won first game of a road trip to the Chicago White Stockings

Even though the team had a good month on the field of play there were some set backs. The team lost Catcher Jack Clements mid month with a strained quadricep. He will be out for between 6 and 7 weeks. The team also lost Short Stop Paul Radford to a knee sprain late in the month. He will be out for 5 weeks.

After an excellent month for the team, picking a star was always going to be tricky from the long list of candidates. We have decided to go with Starting Pitcher John Clarkson. Clarkson managed to pick up 10 wins from his 12 starts while pitching 110 innings. He gave up 96 hits and 28 earned runs for an ERA of 2.29. This though didn't deter the NL Voters who decided to award him the NL pitcher of the month award

There was also a good month for Al Myers who picked up the NL Rookie of the Month award with a .319 average.

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1st May 1885

The fans of the St Louis Browns have had to suffer through a terrible start to the season from their team. The tream managed to gain only 6 wins from the 23 games they played. This has left them bottom of the NL table, 12 games behind the leaders.

Series results
2-0 at home to the New York Giants
0-4 at home to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
1-3 on the road to the Brooklyn Grays
1-2 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers
0-2 at home to the Boston Beaneaters
1-1 at home to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
1-2 on the road to the New York Giants
0-2 at home to the Chicago White Stockings
lost first game of road trip to the Brooklyn Grays

Second Baseman Yank Robinson will miss 2 weeks of the season after he sprained his wrist. He should return early in May.

The team lost Second Baseman Adam Rocap via waivers to the New York Giants.

Even though the Browns are playing badly as a team, star Centre Fielder Pete Browning continues to show good form. He claimed 30 hits from 87 at bats in 22 games. He scored 14 runs and 13 RBI's for an average of .345

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1st May 1885

The fans of the Washington Nationals have had more to cheer at the start of this season than they normally see as the team posted a winning record. They picked up 13 wins and 9 losses to move into joint 3rd place in the AL table. They are 1.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
0-2 on the road to the Chicago White Sox
3-1 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles
3-0 on the road to the Detroit Wolverines
2-1 on the road to the Cleveland Blues
1-1 on the road to the Boston Americans
0-2 at home to the Philadelphia Athletics
2-1 at home to the Chicago White Sox
1-1 on the road to the Louisville Colonels
won first game of home series to the Detroit Wolverines.

This month we have decided that pitcher Charlie Ferguson was the man to show the best form. He managed to claim 8 wins from his 10 starts while pitching 95.2 innings. He gave up 70 hits and 19 earned runs for an ERA of 1.79

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Standings after the May games

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1st June 1885

The fans of the Orioles continued to see their team perform poorly during May. The team managed to pick up 10 wins while losing 17. This has seen them move to 6th place in the AL table, 13.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
0-3 at home to the Chicago White Sox
1-1 at home to the Washington Nationals
0-4 on the road to the Cleveland Blues
0-2 on the road to the Louisville Colonels
2-2 at home to the Detroit Wolverines
1-1 on the road to the Boston Americans
2-2 on the road to the Philadelphia Athletics
2-1 on the road to the Chicago White Sox
2-1 at home to the Boston Americans

There was some good news for the team mid month when Dan Brouthers and Jack Lynch both returned from injury.

The star player for the month is Left Fielder Tip O'Neill. O'Neill put up an excellent showing in the 26 games he played. He hit the ball 34 times from 101 at bats and scored 14 runs with 13 RBI's. His average for the month was .337

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1st June 1885

The fans of the Americans are suffering through a tough year as May produced another poor performance for the team. The team picked up 9 wins from the 28 games they played. The team now sit bottom of the AL table, 17 games behind the leaders.

Series results
1-2 at home to the Cleveland Blues
1-1 on the road to the Philadelphia Athletics
1-3 on the road to the Louisville Colonels
1-2 on the road to the Detroit Wolverines
2-2 on the road to the Washington Nationals
1-1 at home to the Baltimore Orioles
1-3 at home to the Chicago White Sox
0-3 on the road to the Cleveland Blues
1-2 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles

Kemmler 3 game suspension for mistreating an umpire and after game comments.

The team lost Short Stop Davy Force for 3 weeks during the month after he strained an oblique.

Dave Rowe also returned from injury late in the month.

The team traded 34 year old Second Baseman Gene Kimball to the Washington Nationals in exchange for 23 year old minor league Catcher U Loughlin and 24 year old minor league Second Baseman John Reilly.

After a tough month for the team there is no player that produced an outstanding performance.

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1st June 1885

The Beaneaters season took a slight hit during May as their fans saw a below average performance. The team picked up 13 wins during the month while losing 16. This work has seen the team move into 5th place in the NL table.

Series results
2-1 at home to the Philadelphia Quakers
1-1 at home to the Chicago White Stockings
3-1 at home to the New York Giants
2-1 at home to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
1-3 on the road to the St Louis Browns
2-1 on the road to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
1-3 at home to the Brooklyn Grays
1-2 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers
0-3 at home to the Cincinnati Red Stockings

The team lost Charley Jones early in the month for 4 weeks with a fractured foot. He returned at the end of the month.

The team also traded 26 year old Third Baseman Buttercup Dickerson and 20 year old minor league Third Baseman Lou Hardie to the New York Giants in exchange for 25 year old Pitcher John Schappert.

The team saw an excellent perfomance from the plate by Catcher Amos Cross. Cross managed to claim 37 hits from 110 at bats in his 25 games played. He scored 22 runs and 10 RBI's for an average of .336

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1st June 1885

The fans saw a slight pick up in the teams form during May which has given them some hope for the rest of the year. The team managed to claim 15 wins from their 27 games played during the month. The team is now positioned in 4th place in the table, 3.5 games behind the leaders.

Series results
1-2 at home to the St Louis Browns
2-0 at home to the New York Giants
2-2 on the road to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
1-1 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers
1-3 at home to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
1-1 on the road to the Chicago White Stockings
3-1 on the road to the Boston Beaneaters
2-1 on the road to the St Louis Browns
2-1 at home to the Chicago White Stockings

The teams star during May was Rookie Starting Pitcher Norm Baker. Baker picked up 10 wins from the 14 games he started while he pitched 118.1 innings. He gave up 109 hits and 28 earned runs for an ERA of 2.13. These figures earned him the NL Rookie of the Month award for May.

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