1985 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1985
League:	American League
Owners:	Jerry Reinsdorf
General Managers:	Roland Hemond
Managers:	Tony La Russa
Television:	WFLD Sportsvision ONTV (Don Drysdale, Ken Harrelson)
Radio:	WMAQ (AM) (Del Crandall, Lorn Brown)

The 1985 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 86th season. They finished with a record of 85–77, good enough for third place in the American League West, 6 games behind the first place Kansas City Royals.

Offseason

• October 19, 1984: Guy Hoffman was released by the White Sox.^[1]
• October 19, 1984: Casey Parsons was released by the White Sox.^[2]
• December 7, 1984: Bert Roberge was traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Expos for Bryan Little.^[3]
• January 12, 1985: Steve Fireovid was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[4]
• January 14, 1985: Dave Wehrmeister was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[5]
• March 23, 1985: Oscar Gamble was signed as a free agent by the Chicago White Sox.^[6]

Regular season

• September 22, 1985: José Canseco became the 27th player to hit a home run over the roof of Comiskey Park.

1985 Opening Day lineup

• Ozzie Guillén, SS
• Rudy Law, LF
• Harold Baines, RF
• Greg Walker, 1B
• Ron Kittle, DH
• Luis Salazar, 3B
• Daryl Boston, CF
• Marc Hill, C
• Julio Cruz, 2B
• Tom Seaver, P

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1985: Jerry Dybzinski was released by the Chicago White Sox.^[7]
• June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball draft
  • The Chicago White Sox drafted catcher Kurt Brown with the fifth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.^[8]
  • Bobby Thigpen was drafted by the White Sox in the 4th round.^[9]
  • Tom Drees was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round.^[10]
  • Randy Velarde was drafted by the White Sox in the 19th round. Player signed June 14, 1985.^[11]
• June 26, 1985: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[12]
• July 17, 1985: Bob Owchinko was purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Oakland Athletics.^[13]
• August 12, 1985: Oscar Gamble was released by the White Sox.
• August 12, 1985: Mike Stanton was released by the White Sox.
• September 24, 1985: Bob Owchinko was released by the Chicago White Sox.^[13]

Roster

1985 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Third base)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Harold Baines, RF	160	640	86	198	29	3	22	113	42	89	.309	1
Daryl Boston, CF	95	232	20	53	13	1	3	15	14	44	.228	8
John Cangelosi, OF	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Julio Cruz, 2B	91	234	28	46	2	3	0	15	32	40	.197	8
Joe DeSa, 1B,DH	28	44	5	8	2	0	2	7	3	6	.182	0
Carlton Fisk, C,DH	153	543	85	129	23	1	37	107	52	81	.238	17
Scott Fletcher, 3B,SS,2B	119	301	38	77	8	1	2	31	35	47	.256	5
Oscar Gamble, DH	70	148	20	30	5	0	4	20	34	22	.203	0
Mark Gilbert, OF	7	22	3	6	1	0	0	3	4	5	.273	0
Ozzie Guillén, SS	150	491	71	134	21	9	1	33	12	36	.273	7
Jerry Hairston, DH,LF	95	140	9	34	8	0	2	20	29	18	.243	0
Marc Hill, C	40	75	5	10	2	0	0	4	12	9	.133	0
Tim Hulett, 3B,2B	141	395	52	106	19	4	5	37	30	81	.268	6
Ron Kittle, DH,LF	116	379	51	87	12	0	26	58	31	92	.230	1
Rudy Law, LF,CF	125	390	62	101	21	6	4	36	27	40	.259	29
Bryan Little, 2B	73	188	35	47	9	1	2	27	26	21	.250	0
Gene Nelson, P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Reid Nichols, OF	51	118	20	35	7	1	1	15	15	13	.297	5
Tom Paciorek, OF,DH,1B	46	122	14	30	2	0	0	9	8	22	.246	2
Mark Ryal, OF	12	33	4	5	3	0	0	3	3	3	.152	0
Luis Salazar, OF,3B,DH,1B	122	327	39	80	18	2	10	45	12	60	.245	14
Joel Skinner, C	22	44	9	15	4	1	1	5	5	13	.341	0
Dan Spillner, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Mike Squires, PR	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Greg Walker, 1B,DH	163	601	77	155	38	4	24	92	44	100	.258	5
	163	5470	736	1386	247	37	146	695	471	843	.253	108

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Juan Agosto	4	3	3.58	54	0	1	60.1	45	27	24	3	24	39
Floyd Bannister	10	14	4.87	34	34	0	210.2	211	121	114	30	105	198
Britt Burns	18	11	3.96	36	34	0	227.0	206	105	100	26	80	172
Ed Correa	1	0	6.97	5	1	0	10.1	11	9	8	2	11	10
Joel Davis	3	3	4.16	12	11	0	71.1	71	34	33	6	26	37
Richard Dotson	3	4	4.47	9	9	0	52.1	53	30	26	5	18	33
Bob Fallon	0	0	6.19	10	0	0	16.0	25	11	11	5	11	17
Steve Fireovid	0	0	5.14	4	0	0	7.0	17	4	4	0	2	2
Jerry Don Gleaton	1	0	5.76	31	0	1	29.2	37	19	19	3	16	22
Bob James	8	7	2.13	69	0	32	110.0	90	31	26	5	27	88
Al Jones	1	0	1.50	5	0	0	6.0	3	2	1	0	3	2
Tim Lollar	3	5	4.66	18	13	0	83.0	83	48	43	10	59	61
Bill Long	0	1	10.29	4	3	0	14.0	25	17	16	4	7	13
Gene Nelson	10	10	4.26	46	18	2	145.2	144	74	69	23	71	101
Tom Seaver	16	11	3.17	35	33	0	238.2	223	103	84	22	75	134
Dan Spillner	4	3	3.44	52	3	1	91.2	83	39	35	10	35	41
Mike Stanton	0	1	9.26	11	0	0	11.2	15	14	12	2	8	12
Bruce Tanner	1	2	5.33	10	4	0	27.0	34	17	16	1	16	9
Dave Wehrmeister	2	2	3.43	23	0	2	39.1	35	15	15	4	10	32
	85	77	4.07	163	163	39	1451.2	1411	720	656	161	604	1023

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

External links

• 1985 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoffmgu01.shtml Guy Hoffman
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/parsoca01.shtml Casey Parsons
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roberbe01.shtml Bert Roberge
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fireost01.shtml Steve Fireovid
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wehrmda01.shtml Dave Wehrmeister
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gamblos01.shtml Oscar Gamble
7. Web site: Jerry Dybzinski Stats.
8. Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thigpbo01.shtml Bobby Thigpen
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dreesto01.shtml Tom Drees
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velarra01.shtml Randy Velarde page on Baseball Reference
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi01.shtml Mike Stanton
13. Web site: Bob Owchinko Stats.