1985 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1985
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Harry Dalton
Managers:	George Bamberger
Television:	WVTV (Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
Radio:	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)

The 1985 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 90 losses.

Offseason

December 7, 1984: Don Sutton was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Ray Burris, Eric Barry (minors), and a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Ed Myers (minors) to the Brewers on March 25, 1985.^[1]
January 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.^[2]
January 8, 1985: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
January 18, 1985: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals as part of a 4-team trade. Danny Darwin and a player to be named later were traded by the Texas Rangers to the Brewers, and Tim Leary was traded by the New York Mets to the Brewers. Don Slaught was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Rangers. Frank Wills was traded by the Royals to the Mets. The Rangers completed the trade by sending Bill Nance (minors) to the Brewers on January 30.^[4]
April 3, 1985: Yutaka Enatsu was cut after a spring training tryout with the team at age 36.^[5]

June 3, 1985: B. J. Surhoff was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
June 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.^[2]

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	105	349	81	.232	0	31
1B	154	631	185	.293	16	99
2B	143	523	133	.254	5	44
SS	116	448	128	.286	5	45
3B	140	576	171	.297	10	48
LF	122	466	129	.277	15	68
CF	79	216	47	.218	2	18
RF	95	299	77	.258	11	34
DH	143	528	144	.273	12	76

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
101	341	99	.290	10	61
88	251	63	.251	0	21
53	194	47	.242	8	25
48	181	48	.265	1	21
37	108	28	.259	1	13
29	93	21	.226	0	8
24	66	14	.212	0	7
21	62	10	.161	1	5
34	58	10	.172	1	1
15	56	11	.196	0	0
18	51	9	.176	3	8
18	49	11	.224	0	3
15	21	1	.048	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	217.2	8	18	3.80	125
32	212.1	15	8	3.90	127
29	170.1	9	13	4.81	81
27	161.2	8	8	3.84	78
22	112.2	6	10	5.51	55
5	33.1	1	4	4.05	29
3	17.2	2	0	3.57	6

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	24	116.1	6	8	4.33	44
	6	13.2	0	0	1.98	8

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
47	1	6	17	5.04	24
41	6	7	11	3.90	53
38	4	1	3	4.31	57
33	1	4	1	5.92	36
29	0	0	2	4.53	22
24	3	2	1	6.51	24
5	0	1	0	6.55	3
5	1	0	0	9.95	5

https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/suttodo01.shtml Don Sutton
Web site: Steve Carter Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kernji01.shtml Jim Kern
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darwida01.shtml Danny Darwin
News: . Yanks to open season minor Henderson. Ocala Star-Banner . Ocala, Florida . April 4, 1985 . 6B .
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/surhob.01.shtml B.J. Surhoff
Web site: 1985 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.
Web site: Pacific Coast League Champions. Pacific Coast League. Minor League Baseball. December 31, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201205213322/https://www.milb.com/pacific-coast/history/champions. December 5, 2020.