1985 Major League Baseball season explained

1985 MLB season
League:	Major League Baseball
Sport:	Baseball
Duration:	April 8 – October 27, 1985
No Of Games:	162
No Of Teams:	26
Tv:	ABC, NBC
Draft:	Draft
Draft Link:	1985 Major League Baseball draft
Top Pick:	B. J. Surhoff
Top Pick Link:	List of first overall MLB draft picks
Picked By:	Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	Regular season
Mvp:	NL Willie McGee (STL) AL: Don Mattingly (NYY)
Mvp Link:	Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
Playoffs:	Postseason
Playoffs Link:	1985 Major League Baseball postseason
Conf1:	AL
Conf1 Link:	1985 American League Championship Series
Conf1 Champ:	Kansas City Royals
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Toronto Blue Jays
Conf2:	NL
Conf2 Link:	1985 National League Championship Series
Conf2 Champ:	St. Louis Cardinals
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Los Angeles Dodgers
Finals:	World Series
Finals Link:	1985 World Series
Finals Champ:	Kansas City Royals
Finals Runner-Up:	St. Louis Cardinals
World Series Mvp:	Bret Saberhagen (KC)
World Series Mvp Link:	World Series Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslist:	List of Major League Baseball seasons
Seasonslistnames:	MLB
Prevseason Link:	1984 Major League Baseball season
Prevseason Year:	1984
Nextseason Link:	1986 Major League Baseball season
Nextseason Year:	1986

The 1985 Major League Baseball season ended with the Kansas City Royals defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh game of the I-70 World Series. Bret Saberhagen, the regular season Cy Young Award winner, was named MVP of the Series. The National League won the All-Star Game for the second straight year.

The League Championship Series playoffs were expanded to a best-of-seven format beginning this year,^[1] and both leagues ended up settling their pennant winners in more than five games, with the Royals beating the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games, and the Cardinals beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games. This was the first full season for Peter Ueberroth as commissioner.

There was a brief interruption during the regular season. The 1985 Major League Baseball strike occurred August 6 and 7, lasting only two days. The 25 cancelled games were for the most part made up later on in the season.

Standings

National League

Postseason

See main article: article and 1985 MLB Postseason.

Bracket

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Notes
	Joe Altobelli, Cal Ripken, Sr., Earl Weaver
Boston Red Sox	John McNamara	First season as Red Sox manager
	Gene Mauch
Chicago White Sox	Tony La Russa
	Pat Corrales
	Sparky Anderson
	Dick Howser	Won World Series
Milwaukee Brewers	George Bamberger	First season as Brewers manager
	Billy Gardner, Ray Miller
	Yogi Berra, Billy Martin
	Jackie Moore
	Chuck Cottier	Cottier's final season as a Major League manager
	Doug Rader, Bobby Valentine
	Bobby Cox	Won AL East

National League

Team	Manager	Notes
	Eddie Haas, Bobby Wine
	Jim Frey
	Pete Rose
	Bob Lillis	Lillis' final season with the Astros
	Tommy Lasorda	Won NL West
	Buck Rodgers
	Davey Johnson
	John Felske	First season as Phillies manager
	Chuck Tanner
	Whitey Herzog	Won National League Pennant
	Dick Williams	Williams' final season with the Padres
	Jim Davenport, Roger Craig

Umpires

American League Umpires
Name	G	HP	1B	2B	3B	LF	RF
	147	39	37	33	39	0	0
	125	32	33	31	29	0	0
	145	37	25	34	39	0	0
	139	35	36	34	34	0	0
	139	36	34	35	35	0	0
	135	35	35	31	34	0	0
	147	37	37	36	37	0	0
	144	37	34	34	39	0	0
	150	39	37	36	38	0	0
	152	39	40	35	38	0	0
	144	36	36	36	36	0	0
	149	37	38	37	37	0	0
	100	24	26	26	24	0	0
Rich Humphrey	16	5	5	3	3	0	0
	92	23	22	24	23	0	0
	144	36	36	36	36	0	0
	145	36	36	36	37	0	0
Tom Leppard	29	6	7	8	8	0	0
	144	36	35	37	36	0	0
	150	38	37	38	37	0	0
	137	34	36	35	32	0	0
	148	37	38	32	41	0	0
	149	37	38	36	38	0	0
	152	39	39	36	38	0	0
	150	37	38	37	38	0	0
	150	38	37	37	38	0	0
	147	36	37	37	37	0	0
	145	36	37	37	35	0	0
	148	37	37	35	39	0	0
	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
	115	28	31	28	28	0	0
	150	38	38	35	39	0	0
	27	6	6	9	6	0	0
	126	33	31	32	30	0	0
	127	33	32	30	32	0	0
	86	22	21	22	21	0	0

National League Umpires
Name	G	HP	1B	2B	3B	LF	RF
	24	7	5	6	6	0	0
	150	38	38	38	36	0	0
	139	34	34	35	36	0	0
	17	5	4	4	4	0	0
	148	37	37	38	36	0	0
	127	32	31	32	32	0	0
	84	21	19	22	22	0	0
	150	39	37	37	37	0	0
	147	37	39	35	36	0	0
	132	33	34	33	32	0	0
(#33) Scott Grinder	36	9	8	8	11	0	0
	31	8	8	9	6	0	0
	98	23	26	26	23	0	0
	145	37	38	34	36	0	0
	135	34	33	33	35	0	0
	149	36	37	38	38	0	0
	152	38	38	38	38	0	0
	151	37	38	39	37	0	0
	143	34	37	35	37	0	0
	7	2	2	2	1	0	0
	146	37	36	36	37	0	0
	145	36	37	35	37	0	0
	151	38	39	36	38	0	0
	84	21	21	21	21	0	0
	147	37	36	37	37	0	0
	149	37	37	37	38	0	0
	145	36	37	36	36	0	0
	143	37	36	33	37	0	0
	150	37	37	37	39	0	0
	152	39	36	38	39	0	0
	154	38	38	38	40	0	0
	151	38	39	40	34	0	0

Awards and honors

• Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Lou Brock
  • Enos Slaughter
  • Arky Vaughan
  • Hoyt Wilhelm

Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards

BBWAA Award	National League	American League
Rookie of the Year	Vince Coleman (STL)	Ozzie Guillen (CWS)
Cy Young Award	Dwight Gooden (NYM)	Bret Saberhagen (KC)
Manager of the Year	Whitey Herzog (STL)	Bobby Cox (TOR)
Most Valuable Player	Willie McGee (STL)	Don Mattingly (NYY)
Gold Glove Awards
Position	National League	American League
Pitcher	Rick Reuschel (PIT)	Ron Guidry (NYY)
Catcher	Tony Peña (PIT)	Lance Parrish (DET)
First Baseman	Keith Hernandez (NYM)	Don Mattingly (NYY)
Second Baseman	Ryne Sandberg (CHC)	Lou Whitaker (DET)
Third Baseman	Tim Wallach (MTL)	George Brett (KC)
Shortstop	Ozzie Smith (STL)	Alfredo Griffin (OAK)
Outfielders	Andre Dawson (MTL)	Dwight Evans (BOS)
	Willie McGee (STL)	Dwayne Murphy (OAK)
	Dale Murphy (ATL)	Gary Pettis (CAL) Dave Winfield (NYY)
Silver Slugger Awards
Pitcher/Designated Hitter	Rick Rhoden (PIT)	Don Baylor (NYY)
Catcher	Gary Carter (NYM)	Carlton Fisk (CWS)
First Baseman	Jack Clark (STL)	Don Mattingly (NYY)
Second Baseman	Ryne Sandberg (CHC)	Lou Whitaker (DET)
Third Baseman	Tim Wallach (MTL)	George Brett (KC)
Shortstop	Hubie Brooks (MTL)	Cal Ripken Jr. (BAL)
Outfielders	Willie McGee (STL)	George Bell (TOR)
	Dale Murphy (ATL)	Rickey Henderson (NYY)
	Dave Parker (CIN)	Dave Winfield (NYY)

Other awards

• Outstanding Designated Hitter Award

Don Baylor (NYY)

• Roberto Clemente Award (Humanitarian): Don Baylor (NYY)
• Rolaids Relief Man Award

Dan Quisenberry (KC, American); Jeff Reardon (MTL, National).

Player of the Month

Month	American League	National League
April		Dale Murphy
May		Dave Parker
June		Pedro Guerrero
July		Keith Hernandez
August		Willie McGee
September		Gary Carter

Pitcher of the Month

Month	American League	National League
April		Fernando Valenzuela
May		Andy Hawkins
June		John Tudor
July		Fernando Valenzuela
August		Shane Rawley
September		Dwight Gooden

Statistical leaders

Statistic	American League		National League
	Wade Boggs BOS	.368	Willie McGee STL	.353
	Darrell Evans DET	40	Dale Murphy ATL	37
	Don Mattingly NYY	145	Dave Parker CIN	125
	Ron Guidry NYY	22	Dwight Gooden NYM	24
	Dave Stieb TOR	2.48	Dwight Gooden NYM	1.53
	Bert Blyleven CLE/MIN	206	Dwight Gooden NYM	268
	Dan Quisenberry KC	37	Jeff Reardon MTL	41
	Rickey Henderson NYY	80	Vince Coleman STL	110

All-Star game

• All-Star Game, July 16 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis: National League, 6–1; LaMarr Hoyt, MVP.^[2]

Milestones

• On August 4, at Yankee Stadium, Tom Seaver won his 300th game as a member of the Chicago White Sox.^[3]
• On August 4, at Anaheim Stadium, Rod Carew got his 3000th hit as a member of the California Angels.^[3]
• On September 11, Pete Rose reached 4,192 hits, breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league career hits record.^[4]
• On October 6, Phil Niekro won his 300th game and became the oldest pitcher (age 46) to record a shutout as a member of the New York Yankees.^[5]

Home field attendance and payroll

Team name	Wins		Home attendance			Est. payroll
Los Angeles Dodgers^[6]	95	20.3%	3,264,593	4.1%	40,304	$10,967,917
New York Mets^[7]	98	8.9%	2,761,601	49.9%	34,094	$10,834,762
St. Louis Cardinals^[8]	101	20.2%	2,637,563	29.5%	32,563	$11,817,083
California Angels^[9]	90	11.1%	2,567,427	6.8%	32,499	$14,427,894
Toronto Blue Jays^[10]	99	11.2%	2,468,925	17.0%	30,862	$9,329,217
Detroit Tigers^[11]	84	-19.2%	2,286,609	-15.5%	28,230	$10,348,143
New York Yankees^[12]	97	11.5%	2,214,587	21.6%	27,682	$14,238,204
San Diego Padres^[13]	83	-9.8%	2,210,352	11.4%	27,288	$11,191,583
Kansas City Royals^[14]	91	8.3%	2,162,717	19.5%	26,375	$10,565,346
Chicago Cubs^[15]	77	-19.8%	2,161,534	2.6%	26,686	$12,702,917
Baltimore Orioles^[16]	83	-2.4%	2,132,387	4.2%	26,326	$12,085,712
Cincinnati Reds^[17]	89	27.1%	1,834,619	43.8%	22,650	$8,359,917
Philadelphia Phillies^[18]	75	-7.4%	1,830,350	-11.3%	22,597	$10,644,966
Boston Red Sox^[19]	81	-5.8%	1,786,633	7.5%	22,057	$10,897,560
Chicago White Sox^[20]	85	14.9%	1,669,888	-21.9%	20,616	$9,846,178
Minnesota Twins^[21]	77	-4.9%	1,651,814	3.3%	19,664	$5,764,821
Montreal Expos^[22]	84	7.7%	1,502,494	-6.5%	18,549	$9,470,166
Milwaukee Brewers^[23]	71	6.0%	1,360,265	-15.4%	17,003	$11,284,107
Atlanta Braves^[24]	66	-17.5%	1,350,137	-21.7%	16,668	$14,807,000
Oakland Athletics	77	0.0%	1,334,599	-1.4%	16,894	$9,058,606
Houston Astros^[25]	83	3.8%	1,184,314	-3.7%	14,621	$9,993,051
Seattle Mariners^[26]	74	0.0%	1,128,696	29.7%	13,599	$4,613,000
Texas Rangers^[27]	62	-10.1%	1,112,497	0.9%	13,906	$7,676,500
San Francisco Giants^[28]	62	-6.1%	818,697	-18.3%	10,107	$8,221,714
Pittsburgh Pirates^[29]	57	-24.0%	735,900	-4.9%	9,199	$9,267,500
Cleveland Indians^[30]	60	-20.0%	655,181	-10.7%	8,089	$6,551,666

Television coverage

Network	Day of week	Announcers
ABC	Monday nights Sunday afternoons	Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Howard Cosell,^[31] Tim McCarver, Don Drysdale
NBC	Saturday afternoons	Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola, Bob Costas, Tony Kubek

External links

• 1985 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. News: League playoffs expand to seven games . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . staff and wire reports . April 4, 1985 . C2.
2. News: AL is kept at arm's length . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. July 17, 1985 . C1.
3. News: Carew, Seaver have a Super Sunday . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press . August 5, 1985 . C1.
4. News: Rose finally breaks the Ty . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). (Cincinnati Herald). Richmond . Peter . September 12, 1985 . C1.
5. News: Niekro blanks Jays for 300th . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press . October 7, 1985 . C1.
6. Web site: Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
7. Web site: New York Mets Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
8. Web site: St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
9. Web site: Los Angeles Angels Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
10. Web site: Toronto Blue Jays Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
11. Web site: Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
12. Web site: New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
13. Web site: San Diego Padres Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
14. Web site: Kansas City Royals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
15. Web site: Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
16. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
17. Web site: Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
18. Web site: Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
19. Web site: Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
20. Web site: Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
21. Web site: Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
22. Web site: Washington Nationals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
23. Web site: Milwaukee Brewers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
24. Web site: Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
25. Web site: Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
26. Web site: Seattle Mariners Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
27. Web site: Texas Rangers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
28. Web site: San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
29. Web site: Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
30. Web site: Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
31. [Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "1985 Major League Baseball season".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.