1985 Boston Red Sox season

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1985  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place5th
Owners Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
President Jean Yawkey
General manager Lou Gorman
Manager John McNamara
Television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
NESN
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Radio WPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1985 Boston Red Sox season was the 85th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses, 18+1⁄2 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month [2]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April9119114th4 [3]
May121421256th9+1⁄2 [4]
June171038355th7+1⁄2 [5]
July141252474th10+1⁄2 [6]
August82160685th20+1⁄2 [7]
September19979775th19+1⁄2 [8]
October2481815th18+1⁄2 [9]

The Red Sox also had one game end in a tie; on July 31, a home game against the Chicago White Sox was ended in the 7th inning due to rain, with the score tied, 1–1. [10] It was the first tie game for the Red Sox since June 8, 1961. [11] The game was replayed the following day as part of a doubleheader. [11] MLB games that end in a tie are not included in league standings, although individual player statistics (e.g. hits, errors, innings pitched) are counted.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9962.615—54‍–‍2645‍–‍36
New York Yankees 9764.602258‍–‍2239‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers 8477.5221544‍–‍3740‍–‍40
Baltimore Orioles 8378.5161645‍–‍3638‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 8181.50018½43‍–‍3738‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 7190.4412840‍–‍4031‍–‍50
Cleveland Indians 60102.37039½38‍–‍4322‍–‍59

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—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

26 Wade Boggs 3B
24 Dwight Evans RF
14 Jim Rice LF
  7 Mike Easler DH
20 Tony Armas CF
  6 Bill Buckner 1B
10 Rich Gedman C
17 Marty Barrett 2B
41 Jackie Gutiérrez   SS
23 Oil Can Boyd   P

Source: [14]

Roster

1985 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Bill Buckner 16267389201463161101830.299.447
Wade Boggs 161653107240423878296.368.478
Dwight Evans 15961711016229129787114.263.454
Mike Easler 155568711492941674053.262.412
Jim Rice 1405468515920327103251.291.487
Marty Barrett 15653459142260556756.266.343
Rich Gedman 144498661473051880250.295.484
Tony Armas 103385501021752364018.265.514
Steve Lyons 13337152981435301232.264.358
Glenn Hoffman 962794077172634225.276.416
Jackie Gutiérrez 1032753360522211012.218.273
Marc Sullivan 32691012202306.174.290
Dave Stapleton 3066415600204.227.318
Rick Miller 4145515200915.333.378
Dave Sax 2236211300603.306.389
Reid Nichols 213236101312.188.313
Mike Greenwell 1731710104813.323.742
Kevin Romine 242836200111.214.286
Ed Jurak 261343000001.231.231
Tim Lollar 1100000000.000.000
Team Totals163572080016152923116276066562.282.429

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Oil Can Boyd 15133.7035350272.127311711267154
Bruce Hurst 11134.5135310229.124312311570189
Al Nipper 9124.0625250162.015783738285
Bob Ojeda 9114.0039221157.2166747048102
Roger Clemens 753.291515098.18338363774
Bruce Kison 534.11229192.09843423256
Steve Crawford 653.764411291.010347382858
Bob Stanley 662.874801087.27630283046
Mike Trujillo 444.82277184.011255452319
Tim Lollar 554.571610167.05737344044
Mark Clear 133.72410355.24526235055
Rob Woodward 101.6952026.21785916
Jeff Sellers 203.6344022.12410976
Jim Dorsey 0120.252105.1121212102
Tom McCarthy 0010.803005.076642
Mike Brown 0021.602103.198833
Charlie Mitchell 0016.202001.253302
Team Totals81814.06163163291461.11487720659540913

Source:

Statistical leaders

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Wade Boggs
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest player Mike Greenwell 21
Jeff Sellers
Oldest player Rick Miller 37
Wins Above Replacement Wade Boggs 9.1

Source: [15]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
G Games played Bill Buckner 162
PA Plate appearances Wade Boggs 758
AB At bats Bill Buckner673
R Runs scored Dwight Evans 110
H Hits Wade Boggs240
2B Doubles Bill Buckner46
3B Triples Tony Armas 5
Rich Gedman
HR Home runs Dwight Evans29
RBI Runs batted in Bill Buckner110
SB Stolen bases Bill Buckner18
CS Caught stealing Steve Lyons 9
BB Base on balls Dwight Evans114
SO Strikeouts Mike Easler 129
BA Batting average Wade Boggs.368
OBP On-base percentage Wade Boggs.450
SLG Slugging percentage Tony Armas.514
OPS On-base plus slugging Wade Boggs.928
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Wade Boggs151
TB Total bases Wade Boggs312
GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice 35
HBP Hit by pitch Dwight Evans5
Glenn Hoffman
SH Sacrifice hits Marty Barrett 12
SF Sacrifice flies Bill Buckner11
IBB Intentional base on balls Rich Gedman11

Source: [15]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
W Wins Oil Can Boyd 15
L Losses Oil Can Boyd13
Bruce Hurst
W-L % Winning percentage Roger Clemens .583 (7–5)
ERA Earned run average Oil Can Boyd3.70
GGames pitchedBob Stanley48
GSGames startedOil Can Boyd35
GFGames finishedBob Stanley41
CG Complete games Oil Can Boyd13
SHO Shutouts Oil Can Boyd3
SV Saves Steve Crawford 12
IP Innings pitched Oil Can Boyd272+1⁄3
SO Strikeouts Bruce Hurst189
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Oil Can Boyd1.248

Source: [15]

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments
Surpassed by Albert Pujols in 2009
All-Star Game

Farm system

The Greensboro Hornets replaced the Winston-Salem Spirits as a Class A affiliate.

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Rac Slider
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Ed Nottle
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Dave Holt
A Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Doug Camilli
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

Source: [18] [19]

References

  1. ↑ Bruce Kison Statistics and History - Baseball Reference.com
  2. ↑ "The 1985 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet . Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, April 30, 1985".
  4. ↑ "Events of Friday, May 31, 1985".
  5. ↑ "Events of Sunday, June 30, 1985".
  6. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, July 31, 1985".
  7. ↑ "Events of Saturday, August 31, 1985".
  8. ↑ "Events of Monday, September 30, 1985".
  9. ↑ "Events of Sunday, October 6, 1985".
  10. ↑ "Boston Red Sox 1, Chicago White Sox 1". Retrosheet . July 31, 1985. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  11. 1 2 Price, Terry (August 1, 1985). "Red Sox Battle White Sox to Tie". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. p. C3. Retrieved October 11, 2020– via newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
  13. ↑ "Dan Gabriele Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Boston Red Sox 9, New York Yankees 2". Retrosheet . April 8, 1985. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  15. 1 2 3 "1985 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  16. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  17. ↑ "Bill Buckner". oldbaseball.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  18. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  19. ↑ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1985. p. 94. Retrieved March 14, 2021– via Wayback Machine.
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