1985 Montreal Expos season explained

Montreal Expos
Season:	1985
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Olympic Stadium
City:	Montreal
Owners:	Charles Bronfman
General Managers:	Murray Cook
Television:	CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Ken Singleton) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
Radio:	CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch) CKAC (French) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
Record:	84–77
Divisional Place:	3rd

The 1985 Montreal Expos season was the 17th season in franchise history. They finished with a record of 84–77, third in the National League East and 16 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

November 7, 1984: Chris Welsh was traded by the Expos to the Texas Rangers for Dave Hostetler.^[1]
November 14, 1984: Larry Walker was signed by the Expos as an amateur free agent.^[2]
December 4, 1984: Jack Daugherty was purchased by the Expos from the Helena Gold Sox.^[3]
December 7, 1984: Bob James was traded by the Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Vance Law.^[4]
December 7, 1984: Bryan Little was traded by the Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Bert Roberge.^[5]
December 10, 1984 Gary Carter was traded by the Expos to the New York Mets for Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, Herm Winningham and Floyd Youmans.^[6]
January 9, 1985: Mike Stenhouse was traded by the Expos to the Minnesota Twins for Jack O'Connor.^[7]
March 28, 1985: Bobby Ramos was released by the Expos.^[8]

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their ninth season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

April 30, 1985: In an 11–0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, position player Razor Shines pitched one inning as the Expos pitching resources were depleted.^[9]

Notable transactions

May 12, 1985: Dave Hostetler was purchased from the Expos by the Chicago Cubs.
June 3, 1985: Randy Johnson was drafted by the Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. Johnson signed June 9, 1985.^[10]
June 22, 1985: The Expos traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mitch Webster. The Expos completed the deal by sending Cliff Young to the Blue Jays on September 10.^[11]
August 12, 1985: Doug Frobel was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[12]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Andrés Galarraga (Aug 23)
- Al Newman (June 14)
Pitchers:
- Tim Burke (Apr 8)
- John Dopson (Sep 4)
- Floyd Youmans (Jul 1) ^[13]

Roster

1985 Montreal Expos

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

(Pitching)
(First Base)
(Bullpen)
(Third Base)
(Hitting)

Player stats

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	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	108	295	61	.207	5	34
1B	91	312	78	.250	6	25
2B	147	519	138	.266	10	52
SS	156	605	163	.269	13	100
3B	155	569	148	.260	22	81
LF	150	575	184	.320	11	41
CF	125	312	74	.237	3	21
RF	139	529	135	.255	23	91

Other batters

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
107	281	75	.267	2	31
74	212	58	.274	11	30
68	193	48	.249	1	17
70	125	24	.192	1	15
67	120	24	.200	3	12
51	84	16	.190	0	6
24	75	14	.187	2	4
42	71	12	.169	0	1
47	50	6	.120	0	3
34	32	9	.281	0	4
25	29	5	.172	0	1
19	26	4	.154	0	0
12	23	3	.130	1	4
20	21	4	.190	0	0
9	13	4	.308	1	1
5	11	2	.182	0	0
9	6	1	.167	0	0
3	5	0	.000	0	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
32	222.1	18	5	2.91	127
29	181.1	14	12	3.52	68
25	155.1	10	5	2.49	113
24	135.2	7	10	3.71	106
14	77.0	4	3	2.45	54
9	48.1	1	4	3.54	32
8	38.0	2	4	5.68	18

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
24	104.1	3	5	3.80	64
11	34.1	0	5	9.44	18
4	13.0	0	2	11.08	4

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
63	2	8	41	3.18	67
78	9	4	8	2.39	87
49	6	2	1	3.19	31
42	5	3	0	3.93	25
42	3	3	2	3.44	34
20	0	2	0	4.94	16
5	0	0	0	14.14	4
3	0	0	0	19.29	2
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

External links

1985 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
1985 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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

https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hosteda01.shtml Dave Hostetler page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkela01.shtml Larry Walker page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daughja01.shtml Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lawva01.shtml Vance Law page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roberbe01.shtml Bert Roberge page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartega01.shtml Gary Carter page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'conja02.shtml Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramosbo01.shtml Bobby Ramos page at Baseball Reference
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198504300PHI Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, April 30, 1985 at Veteran's Stadium
https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsra05.shtml Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngcl01.shtml Cliff Young page at Baseball Reference
Web site: Doug Frobel Stats.
Web site: The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft.