1985 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	1985
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Arlington Stadium
City:	Arlington, Texas
Record:	62-99 (.385)
Divisional Place:	7th
Owners:	Eddie Chiles
General Managers:	Tom Grieve
Managers:	Doug Rader, Bobby Valentine
Television:	KTVT (Freddie Patek, Phil Stone) HSE (Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Radio:	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)

The Texas Rangers 1985 season was the 14th for the franchise in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and the 25th overall. The Rangers finished seventh in the American League West with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses, 28½ games behind the eventual AL and World Series Champion Kansas City Royals.

Offseason

• November 7, 1984: Dave Hostetler was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Chris Welsh.^[1]
• November 26, 1984: Marv Foley was released by the Rangers.^[2]
• January 3, 1985: Rafael Bournigal was drafted by the Rangers in the 11th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[3]
• January 18, 1985: Danny Darwin and a player to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a 4-team trade. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Rangers. The Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Royals. The New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Brewers. The Royals sent Frank Wills to the Mets. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Bill Nance (minors) to the Brewers on January 30.^[4]
• February 13, 1985: Greg A. Harris was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the San Diego Padres.^[5]
• February 27, 1985: Billy Sample and a player to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Toby Harrah. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Eric Dersin (minors) to the Yankees on July 14.^[6]

Regular season

• April 29, 1985 – Larry Parrish hit three home runs in a game against the New York Yankees.
• Charlie Hough finished second in the American League with 14 complete games.

Notable transactions

• April 6, 1985: Randy Asadoor was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Mitch Williams.^[7]
• April 6, 1985: Daryl Smith was released by the Rangers.^[8]
• May 17, 1985: Geno Petralli was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[9]
• July 10, 1985: Ellis Valentine was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[10]
• July 30, 1985: Sammy Sosa was signed by the Rangers as an amateur free agent.^[11]
• August 28, 1985: The Rangers traded Cliff Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending Matt Williams and Jeff Mays (minors) to the Rangers on August 29, and Greg Ferlenda (minors) to the Rangers on November 14.^[12]
• September 13, 1985: Dave Stewart was traded by the Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rick Surhoff.^[13]

Opening Day starters

• Buddy Bell
• Toby Harrah
• Cliff Johnson
• Pete O'Brien
• Larry Parrish
• Don Slaught
• Frank Tanana
• Gary Ward
• Curtis Wilkerson
• George Wright

Roster

1985 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		102	343	96	.280	8	35
1B		159	573	153	.267	22	92
2B		126	396	107	.270	9	44
SS		129	360	88	.244	0	22
3B		84	313	74	.236	4	32
LF		154	593	170	.287	15	70
CF		111	406	97	.239	18	42
RF		94	346	86	.249	17	51
DH		82	296	76	.257	12	56

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	109	363	69	.190	2	18
	123	323	101	.313	1	18
	69	219	48	.219	6	21
	83	134	30	.224	5	23
	53	132	23	.174	5	11
	57	122		32	.262	1	6
	49	108	30	.278	0	5
	45	104	21	.202	1	5
	42	100	27	.270	0	11
	44	79	20	.253	1	12
	11	38	8	.211	2	4
	8	8	1	.125	0	0
	2	4	1	.250	0	0
	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	34	250.1	14	16	3.31	141
	38	179.0	8	15	4.83	92
	13	77.2	2	7	5.91	52
	13	62.0	3	6	7.55	44
	5	33.0	3	2	2.76	24

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	29	124.0	5	8	5.23	62
	28	110.1	4	8	5.06	59
	25	76.1	2	5	4.13	31
	9	40.0	2	3	9.45	19
	6	26.0	2	1	2.42	22
	7	20.1	0	2	7.52	13

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	58	113.0	5	4	11	2.47	111
	51	85.2	7	6	5	3.15	46
	42	81.1	0	6	4	5.42	64
	34	88.0	3	7	7	4.19	42
	16	21.0	2	2	3	2.57	20
	7	7.1	0	1	2	7.56	8
	4	7.0	0	0	0	11.57	6
	5	7.2	0	0	0	4.70	7
	1	1.0	0	0	0	18.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Gary Ward, outfield, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

Daytona Beach affiliation shared with Baltimore Orioles

References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hosteda01.shtml Chris Welsh
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foleyma01.shtml Marv Foley
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bournra01.shtml Rafael Bournigal
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darwida01.shtml Danny Darwin
5. Web site: Greg Harris Stats.
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/samplbi01.shtml Billy Sample
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willimi02.shtml Mitch Williams
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithda04.shtml Daryl Smith
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/petrage01.shtml Geno Petralli
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenel01.shtml Ellis Valentine
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sosasa01.shtml Sammy Sosa
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willima03.shtml Matt Williams
13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stewada01.shtml Dave Stewart

External links

• 1985 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
• 1985 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac