diff --git a/glances/plugins/glances_plugin.py b/glances/plugins/glances_plugin.py
index 10ad6f127c81e055d1721ca8bfda892862161d32..73cc7fd92e713fe09e7bc984e09c58a83b8137be 100644
--- a/glances/plugins/glances_plugin.py
+++ b/glances/plugins/glances_plugin.py
@@ -310,10 +310,18 @@ class GlancesPlugin(object):
     def sorted_stats(self):
         """Get the stats sorted by an alias (if present) or key."""
         key = self.get_key()
-        return sorted(self.stats, key=lambda stat: tuple(map(
-            lambda part: int(part) if part.isdigit() else part.lower(),
-            re.split(r"(\d+|\D+)", self.has_alias(stat[key]) or stat[key])
-        )))
+        try:
+            return sorted(self.stats, key=lambda stat: tuple(map(
+                lambda part: int(part) if part.isdigit() else part.lower(),
+                re.split(r"(\d+|\D+)", self.has_alias(stat[key]) or stat[key])
+            )))
+        except TypeError:
+            # Correect "Starting an alias with a number causes a crash #1885"
+            return sorted(self.stats, key=lambda stat: tuple(map(
+                lambda part: part.lower(),
+                re.split(r"(\d+|\D+)", self.has_alias(stat[key]) or stat[key])
+            )))
+
 
     @short_system_name.setter
     def short_system_name(self, short_name):