1985 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1985
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Riverfront Stadium
City:	Cincinnati
Record:	89–72 (.553)
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Marge Schott
General Managers:	Bill Bergesch
Managers:	Pete Rose
Television:	WLWT (Ken Wilson, Joe Morgan)
Radio:	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

The Cincinnati Reds' 1985 season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West. The Reds finished in second place, 5½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. This year, the Reds adopted an alternate uniform. Reds pitcher Tom Browning became the last 20th century pitcher to win 20 games in his rookie year.^[1]

Regular season

Pete Rose

On September 11, 1985, Rose was thought to have broken Ty Cobb's all-time hits record with his 4,192nd hit, a single to left-center field off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show. A subsequent independent review of Cobb's hits, however, revealed that two of them were double-counted.^[2] ^[3] As a result, it has been suggested that Pete Rose actually broke the all-time hits record against the Cubs' Reggie Patterson with a single in the first in the Reds 5-5 called game against Chicago on September 8.

Notable transactions

April 10, 1985: Tony Pérez was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[4]
April 26, 1985: Skeeter Barnes was traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Max Venable.^[5]
June 3, 1985: Barry Larkin was drafted by the Reds in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.^[6]
June 12, 1985: Brad Gulden was purchased by the Houston Astros from the Cincinnati Reds.^[7]
July 19, 1985: Buddy Bell was acquired from the Texas Rangers for Duane Walker and a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds later sent Jeff Russell to the Rangers to complete the trade.
August 8, 1985: Alan Knicely, Tom Foley and a player to be named later were traded by the Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bo Díaz and Greg Simpson (minors). The Reds completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Phillies on August 27.^[8]
August 29, 1985: César Cedeño was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mark Jackson (minors).^[9]

Roster

1985 Cincinnati Reds roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	73	151	12	36	.238	2	24	0
1B	119	405	60	107	.264	2	46	8
2B	152	526	59	155	.295	1	34	5
3B	67	247	28	54	.219	6	36	0
SS	155	560	59	141	.252	7	48	16
LF	125	413	61	108	.262	21	66	3
CF	145	453	82	115	.254	3	33	35
RF	160	635	88	198	.312	34	125	5

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
101	246	51	62	.252	6	28	48
83	220	24	53	.241	3	30	9
72	183	25	60	.328	6	33	0
90	173	16	47	.272	4	25	0
51	161	12	42	.261	3	15	0
48	158	17	40	.253	5	26	0
77	135	21	39	.289	0	10	11
56	122	26	30	.246	8	18	16
42	102	6	17	.167	1	9	0
43	92	7	18	.196	0	6	1
37	48	5	8	.167	2	6	1
28	35	3	7	.200	0	0	0
5	12	1	4	.333	0	1	0
5	9	2	2	.222	0	2	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	261.1	20	9	3.55	155
36	256.2	12	15	3.58	214
35	218.0	10	16	3.92	98
15	94.1	3	3	3.72	83

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	108.1	7	7	3.99	76
33	99.0	8	5	4.55	38
26	64.2	2	2	3.90	52
17	54.0	2	1	3.83	29

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
64	8	6	27	2.70	42
67	12	3	12	2.18	61
56	3	5	3	3.26	50
14	1	0	0	8.44	3
11	1	0	1	9.22	6
2	0	0	0	5.40	2
2	0	0	0	6.00	1

Awards and honors

Dave Parker – National League Leader in RBIs (125)
Dave Parker – National League Leader in Doubles (42)

Farm system

References

1985 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference
1985 National League Standings at Baseball Reference
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

Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.347, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
Web site: The 2005 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia – book review . curledup.com . June 9, 2010.
News: Numbers Are Cast in Bronze, but Are Not Set in Stone . The New York Times . Alan . Schwarz . July 31, 2005 . May 22, 2010.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezto01.shtml Tony Pérez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barnesk01.shtml Skeeter Barnes
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/larkiba01.shtml Barry Larkin
Web site: Brad Gulden Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kniceal01.shtml Alan Knicely
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cedence01.shtml Cesar Cedeno
Web site: 1985 Cincinnati Reds Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.