Milwaukee Brewers (1884–1885)

Milwaukee Brewers
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
  • N/A (1885)
  • Major (1884)
  • N/A (1884)
Previous leagues
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The Milwaukee Brewers of 1884–1885 were an American professional baseball team and a member of (in order) the Northwestern League, Union Association, and Western League. Of those leagues, the Union Association was considered a major league, while the others were considered minor league.

Season records

Tom Loftus, manager during part of 1884 and all of 1885
SeasonLeagueClass.Manager(s)RecordFinishRef
1884 Northwestern League
(1st half)†		– Charlie Cushman /
James McKee /
Tom Loftus		42–30 (.583)5th of 12[1]: 142 
Northwestern League
(2nd half)†		– Tom Loftus11–4 (.733)1st of 4[1]: 143 
Union AssociationMajor 8–4 (.667)5th of 12[1]: 142 
1885 Western League‡– 22–13 (.629)2nd of 6[1]: 144 
† In 1884, the Northwestern League played a split season after several clubs disbanded in early August.
‡ In 1885, the Western League disbanded on June 15.

Major-league history

After the Northwestern League completed its 1884 season in early September, the Brewers and St. Paul Saints joined the Union Association, a major league that only operated for one season, as replacement teams. Milwaukee (nicknamed the Cream Citys in some sources)[a] played twelve games and posted an 8–4 record, while St. Paul played eight games and posted a 2–6 record.[1]: 142 

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Not be confused with the earlier Milwaukee Cream Citys, a non-professional team of the 1860s.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 9781932391176.
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