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1985 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1985 Milwaukee Brewers
File:MilwaukeeBrewers 100.gif
DivisionEast Division
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
ManagersGeorge Bamberger
TelevisionWVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The 1985 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing 6th 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]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 99 62 .615 — 54‍–‍26 45‍–‍36
New York Yankees 97 64 .602 2 58‍–‍22 39‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers 84 77 .522 15 44‍–‍37 40‍–‍40
Baltimore Orioles 83 78 .516 16 45‍–‍36 38‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 81 81 .500 18½ 43‍–‍37 38‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 71 90 .441 28 40‍–‍40 31‍–‍50
Cleveland Indians 60 102 .370 39½ 38‍–‍43 22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 5–8 7–5 8–4 8–5 6–7 6–6 9–4 6–6 1–12 7–5 6–6 10–2 4–8
Boston 8–5 — 5–7 4–8–1 8–5 6–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 5–8 8–4 6–6 5–7 9–4
California 5–7 7–5 — 8–5 8–4 8–4 4–9 9–3 9–4 3–9 6–7 9–4 9–4 5–7
Chicago 4–8 8–4–1 5–8 — 10–2 6–6 5–8 5–7 6–7 6–6 8–5 9–4 10–3 3–9
Cleveland 5–8 5–8 4–8 2–10 — 5–8 2–10 7–6 4–8 6–7 3–9 6–6 7–5 4–9
Detroit 7–6 7–6 4–8 6–6 8–5 — 5–7 9–4 3–9 9–3 8–4 5–7 7–5 6–7
Kansas City 6–6 7–5 9–4 8–5 10–2 7–5 — 8–4 7–6 5–7 8–5 3–10 6–7 7–5
Milwaukee 4–9 8–5 3–9 7–5 6–7 4–9 4–8 — 9–3 7–6 3–9 4–8 8–3 4–9
Minnesota 6–6 5–7 4–9 7–6 8–4 9–3 6–7 3–9 — 3–9 8–5 6–7 8–5 4–8
New York 12–1 8–5 9–3 6–6 7–6 3–9 7–5 6–7 9–3 — 7–5 9–3 8–4 6–7
Oakland 5–7 4–8 7–6 5–8 9–3 4–8 5–8 9–3 5–8 5–7 — 8–5 6–7 5–7
Seattle 6–6 6–6 4–9 4–9 6–6 7–5 10–3 8–4 7–6 3–9 5–8 — 6–7 2–10
Texas 2–10 7–5 4–9 3–10 5–7 5–7 7–6 3–8 5–8 4–8 7–6 7–6 — 3–9
Toronto 8–4 4–9 7–5 9–3 9–4 7–6 5–7 9–4 8–4 7–6 7–5 10–2 9–3 —


Notable transactions

  • June 17, 1985: Jim Kern was released by the Brewers.[3]

Draft picks

  • 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]

Roster

1985 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Charlie Moore 105 349 81 .232 0 31
1B Cecil Cooper 154 631 185 .293 16 99
2B Jim Gantner 143 523 133 .254 5 44
SS Ernie Riles 116 448 128 .286 5 45
3B Paul Molitor 140 576 171 .297 10 48
LF Robin Yount 122 466 129 .277 15 68
CF Rick Manning 79 216 47 .218 2 18
RF Paul Householder 95 299 77 .258 11 34
DH Ted Simmons 143 528 144 .273 12 76

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
Ben Oglivie 101 341 99 .290 10 61
Ed Romero 88 251 63 .251 0 21
Bill Schroeder 53 194 47 .242 8 25
Randy Ready 48 181 48 .265 1 21
Mark Brouhard 37 108 28 .259 1 13
Bobby Clark 29 93 21 .226 0 8
Doug Loman 24 66 14 .212 0 7
Carlos Ponce 21 62 10 .161 1 5
Brian Giles 34 58 10 .172 1 1
Mike Felder 15 56 11 .196 0 0
Billy Jo Robidoux 18 51 9 .176 3 8
Dion James 18 49 11 .224 0 3
Dave Huppert 15 21 1 .048 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
Danny Darwin 39 217.2 8 18 3.80 125
Teddy Higuera 32 212.1 15 8 3.90 127
Ray Burris 29 170.1 9 13 4.81 81
Moose Haas 27 161.2 8 8 3.84 78
Pete Vuckovich 22 112.2 6 10 5.51 55
Tim Leary 5 33.1 1 4 4.05 29
Bill Wegman 3 17.2 2 0 3.57 6

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
Jaime Cocanower 24 116.1 6 8 4.33 44
Chuck Porter 6 13.2 0 0 1.98 8

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
Rollie Fingers 47 1 6 17 5.04 24
Bob Gibson 41 6 7 11 3.90 53
Bob McClure 38 4 1 3 4.31 57
Ray Searage 33 1 4 1 5.92 36
Pete Ladd 29 0 0 2 4.53 22
Rick Waits 24 3 2 1 6.51 24
Jim Kern 5 0 1 0 6.55 3
Brad Lesley 5 1 0 0 9.95 5

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1985.[7] The Vancouver Canadians won the Pacific Coast League championship.[8]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Tom Trebelhorn
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Terry Bevington
Class A Stockton Ports California League Tom Gamboa
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Dave Machemer
Rookie Helena Gold Sox Pioneer League Mike Easom

Notes

  1. ^ Don Sutton at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ a b "Steve Carter Stats".
  3. ^ a b Jim Kern at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Danny Darwin at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ "Yanks to open season minor Henderson". Ocala Star-Banner. Ocala, Florida. April 4, 1985. p. 6B.
  6. ^ B.J. Surhoff at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ "1985 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "Pacific Coast League Champions". Pacific Coast League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

References

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