1985 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1985
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Estate of F.J. "Steve" O'Neill
General Managers:	Phil Seghi, Joe Klein
Managers:	Pat Corrales
Television:	WUAB
Radio:	WWWE

The 1985 Cleveland Indians season was the 85th for the franchise.

Offseason

• October 15, 1984: Jamie Quirk was released by the Indians.^[1]
• October 15, 1984: Broderick Perkins was released by the Indians.^[2]
• January 7, 1985: Butch Benton was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[3]
• January 9, 1985: Dave Von Ohlen was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[4]
• March 22, 1985: Jerry Ujdur was released by the Indians.^[5]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1985: Doug Jones was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[6]
• April 19, 1985: Benny Ayala was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[7]
• April 23, 1985: Geno Petralli was released by the Indians.^[8]
• May 7, 1985:Johnnie LeMaster was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Jeffcoat and Luis Quiñones.^[9] Lemaster was made the starting shortstop. The previous shortstop, Julio Franco, moved to second base a position he had never played before, and Tony Bernazard benched in spite of his leading the team in home runs at the time. Bill James called these maneuvers 'strangest, most incomprehensible organizational stratagem in many years'.^[10]
• May 30, 1985: Johnnie LeMaster was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later.^[11]
• July 3, 1985: The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Scott Bailes to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on May 30, 1985, for Johnnie LeMaster.^[12]
• August 1, 1985: Bert Blyleven was traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Curt Wardle, Jay Bell, Jim Weaver and a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins completed the deal by sending Rich Yett to the Indians on September 17.^[13]

Draft picks

• The Cleveland Indians drafted pitcher Mike Poehl with the ninth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.^[14]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
2		CF
14		SS
27		LF
30		DH
10		1B
26		3B
24		RF
23		C
4		2B
28		P

^[15]

Roster

1985 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches

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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
align=left		46	76	10	19	7	0	2	15	.250	0
align=left		73	173	11	24	4	1	0	13	.139	0
align=left		31	67	5	12	4	0	0	7	.179	0
align=left		153	500	73	137	26	3	11	59	.274	17
align=left		152	591	106	184	28	14	5	50	.311	47
align=left		143	489	64	128	27	0	15	59	.262	24
align=left		67	184	27	45	5	1	11	25	.245	3
align=left		73	60	12	12	4	1	0	2	.200	0
align=left		160	636	97	183	33	4	6	90	.288	13
align=left		23	66	7	21	6	0	0	12	.318	0
align=left		107	284	31	81	14	1	1	27	.285	1
align=left		161	606	72	166	26	3	20	87	.274	2
align=left		11	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	.150	0
align=left		104	162	34	38	4	0	3	9	.235	20
align=left		117	404	47	111	18	3	5	59	.275	0
align=left		124	461	49	109	13	0	22	88	.236	3
align=left		149	434	43	106	22	0	8	45	.244	2
align=left		104	300	39	81	13	0	7	36	.270	0
align=left		4	14	2	5	0	0	0	4	.357	0
Team Totals	162	5527	729	1465	254	31	116	689	.265	132

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
align=left		0	3	5.27	21	0	1	41.0	37	26	24	15	30
align=left		0	2	7.78	4	4	0	19.2	29	17	17	8	4
align=left		9	11	3.26	23	23	0	179.2	163	76	65	49	129
align=left		0	1	8.10	2	0	0	3.1	4	3	3	1	2
align=left		3	4	6.32	31	3	2	62.2	78	47	44	34	24
align=left		2	5	4.79	15	8	0	62.0	73	35	33	23	31
align=left		4	1	3.92	50	7	0	98.2	96	52	43	53	58
align=left		9	17	4.90	36	33	0	207.2	244	119	113	80	82
align=left		0	0	2.79	9	0	0	9.2	8	5	3	6	4
align=left		3	5	4.11	33	5	8	72.1	67	41	33	19	37
align=left		0	4	6.61	5	3	0	16.1	13	17	12	14	12
align=left		2	3	6.58	19	10	0	64.1	69	48	47	38	38
align=left		2	10	4.32	42	16	3	125.0	139	65	60	30	54
align=left		4	10	6.01	19	18	0	94.1	128	75	63	19	37
align=left		1	4	5.34	12	11	0	62.1	84	40	37	17	28
align=left		3	8	6.30	57	0	5	80.0	95	63	56	48	30
align=left		3	2	2.91	26	0	0	43.1	47	20	14	20	12
align=left		8	6	4.87	49	9	9	112.2	104	61	61	39	53
align=left		7	6	6.68	15	12	0	66.0	78	51	49	34	37
Team Totals	60	102	4.91	162	162	28	1421.0	1556	861	776	547	702

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perkibr01.shtml Broderick Perkins
3. Web site: Butch Benton Stats.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vonohda01.shtml Dave Von Ohlen
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/ujdurje01.shtml Jerry Ujdur
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesdo01.shtml Doug Jones
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/ayalabe01.shtml Benny Ayala
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/petrage01.shtml Geno Petralli
9. News: Looking for improved fielding at shortstop, the Cleveland Indians... . Roberto . Diaz . . 1985-05-07 . 2020-05-18.
10. Book: The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1986 . James . Bill . . 1986 . 154.
11. Web site: Johnnie LeMaster Stats.
12. Web site: Scott Bailes Stats.
13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blylebe01.shtml Bert Blyleven
14. Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
15. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198504080.shtml 1985 Opening Day Lineup

• 1985 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1985 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac
• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.