1985 Cleveland Indians season

1985 Cleveland Indians
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
1985 information
Owner(s)	Estate of F.J. "Steve" O'Neill
General manager(s)	Phil Seghi, Joe Klein
Manager(s)	Pat Corrales
Local television	WUAB
Local radio	WWWE
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Offseason

• October 15, 1984: Jamie Quirk was released by the Indians.
• October 15, 1984: Broderick Perkins was released by the Indians.
• January 7, 1985: Butch Benton was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
• January 9, 1985: Dave Von Ohlen was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
• March 22, 1985: Jerry Ujdur was released by the Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	99	62	.615	--
New York Yankees	97	64	.602	2
Detroit Tigers	84	77	.522	15
Baltimore Orioles	83	78	.516	16
Boston Red Sox	81	81	.500	18½
Milwaukee Brewers	71	90	.441	28
Cleveland Indians	60	102	.370	39½

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1985: Doug Jones was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
• April 19, 1985: Benny Ayala was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
• April 23, 1985: Geno Petralli was released by the Indians.
• May 7, 1985:Johnnie LeMaster was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Jeffcoat and Luis Quinones.
• May 30, 1985: Johnnie LeMaster was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later.
• 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.
• 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.

Draft picks

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

Roster

1985 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 49 Jeff Barkley 32 Rick Behenna 28 Bert Blyleven 13 Ernie Camacho 43 Bryan Clark 40 Keith Creel 36 Jamie Easterly 44 Neal Heaton 46 Mike Jeffcoat 35 Jerry Reed 31 José Román 50 Ramón Romero 48 Vern Ruhle 37 Don Schulze 33 Roy Smith 41 Rich Thompson 38 Dave Von Ohlen 54 Tom Waddell 31 Curt Wardle		Catchers 23 Chris Bando  9 Butch Benton 16 Jerry Willard Infielders  4 Tony Bernazard 22 Mike Fischlin 14 Julio Franco 21 Mike Hargrove 26 Brook Jacoby 11 Johnnie LeMaster 10 Pat Tabler 58 Jim Wilson		Outfielders 12 Benny Ayala  2 Brett Butler 30 Joe Carter  8 Carmen Castillo 27 Mel Hall 20 Otis Nixon 24 George Vukovich Other batters 29 Andre Thornton		Manager 18 Pat Corrales Coaches 25 Bobby Bonds 45 John Goryl 47 Don McMahon  1 Ed Napoleon  6 Dennis Sommers

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
SS	Franco, JulioJulio Franco	160	636	183	.288	6	90

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
Ayala, BennyBenny Ayala	46	76	19	.250	2	15
Benton, ButchButch Benton	31	67	12	.179	0	7

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
Blyleven, BertBert Blyleven	23	179.2	9	11	3.26	129
Schulze, DonDon Schulze	19	94.1	4	10	6.01	37
Wardle, CurtCurt Wardle	15	66	7	6	6.68	37
Smith, RoyRoy Smith	12	62.1	1	4	5.34	28

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
Reed, JerryJerry Reed	33	72.1	3	5	4.11	37
Romero, RamónRamón Romero	19	64.1	2	3	6.58	38
Román, JoséJosé Román	5	16.1	0	4	6.61	12

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Waddell, TomTom Waddell	49	8	6	9	4.87	53
Von Ohlen, DaveDave Von Ohlen	26	3	2	0	2.91	12
Barkley, JeffJeff Barkley	21	0	3	1	5.27	30

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Maine Guides	International League	Doc Edwards
AA	Waterbury Indians	Eastern League	Jack Aker
A	Waterloo Indians	Midwest League	Steve Swisher
Short-Season A	Batavia Trojans	New York-Penn League	Eddie Bane

References

• 1985 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference
• 1985 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.