1985 Baltimore Orioles season

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1985  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore
Record83–78 (.516)
Divisional place4th
Owners Edward Bennett Williams
General managers Hank Peters
Managers Joe Altobelli, Cal Ripken, Sr., Earl Weaver
Television WMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, Larry King)
Radio WFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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The 1985 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 78 losses. The Orioles led Major League Baseball in home runs (214) and slugging percentage (.430). [1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 99620.615—54–2645–36
New York Yankees 97640.602258–2239–42
Detroit Tigers 84770.5221544–3740–40
Baltimore Orioles 83780.5161645–3638–42
Boston Red Sox 81810.50018½43–3738–44
Milwaukee Brewers 71900.4412840–4031–50
Cleveland Indians 601020.37039½38–4322–59

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —5–87–58–48–56–76–69–46–61–127–56–610–24–8
Boston 8–5—5–74–8–18–56–75–75–87–55–88–46–65–79–4
California 5–77–5—8–58–48–44–99–39–43–96–79–49–45–7
Chicago 4–88–4–15–8—10–26–65–85–76–76–68–59–410–33–9
Cleveland 5–85–84–82–10—5–82–107–64–86–73–96–67–54–9
Detroit 7–67–64–86–68–5—5–79–43–99–38–45–77–56–7
Kansas City 6–67–59–48–510–27–5—8–47–65–78–53–106–77–5
Milwaukee 4–98–53–97–56–74–94–8—9–37–63–94–88–34–9
Minnesota 6–65–74–97–68–49–36–73–9—3–98–56–78–54–8
New York 12–18–59–36–67–63–97–56–79–3—7–59–38–46–7
Oakland 5–74–87–65–89–34–85–89–35–85–7—8–56–75–7
Seattle 6–66–64–94–96–67–510–38–47–63–95–8—6–72–10
Texas 2–107–54–93–105–75–77–63–85–84–87–67–6—3–9
Toronto 8–44–97–59–39–47–65–79–48–47–67–510–29–3—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1985 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rick Dempsey 13236292.2541252
1B Eddie Murray 156583173.29731124
2B Alan Wiggins 7629885.285021
3B Floyd Rayford 105359110.3061848
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 161642181.28226110
LF Mike Young 139450123.2732881
CF Fred Lynn 124448118.2632368
RF Lee Lacy 121492144.293948
DH Larry Sheets 11332886.2621750

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jim Dwyer 10123358.249736
Gary Roenicke 11422549.2181543
Wayne Gross 10321751.2351118
Rich Dauer 8520842.202214
John Shelby 6920558.283727
Fritzie Connally 5011226.232315
Lenn Sakata 559722.22736
Dan Ford 287514.18711
Al Pardo 347510.13301
Joe Nolan 31385.13206
John Lowenstein 12262.07702
Leo Hernández 12211.04800
Tom O'Malley 8141.07112
Kelly Paris 590.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Scott McGregor 35204.014144.8186
Mike Boddicker 32203.112174.07135
Dennis Martínez 33180.013115.1568
Storm Davis 31175.01084.5393
Mike Flanagan 1586.0455.1342

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ken Dixon 34162.0843.67108
Brad Havens 814.1018.7919
Phil Huffman 24.20015.432

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Don Aase 54106143.7867
Sammy Stewart 565793.6177
Tippy Martinez 493345.4047
Nate Snell 433252.6941
Eric Bell 40004.764
John Habyan 21000.002
Bill Swaggerty 10005.402

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Frank Verdi and Mark Wiley
AA Charlotte O's Southern League John Hart
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Greg Biagini
A Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Jim Hutto
A-Short Season Newark Orioles New York–Penn League Art Mazmanian
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Mike Verdi

Daytona Beach affiliation shared with Texas Rangers

Notes

  1. ↑ "1985 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Tom Underwood Stats".
  3. ↑ Don Aase page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Ron Jackson page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Vic Rodriguez page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Mark Brown page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ "1985 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  10. ↑ Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference

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