1985 Cleveland Indians season

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1985  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division Eastern Division
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
OwnersEstate of F.J. "Steve" O'Neill
General managers Phil Seghi, Joe Klein
Managers Pat Corrales
Television WUAB
Radio WWWE
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Offseason

Regular season

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—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

  • The Cleveland Indians drafted pitcher Mike Poehl with the ninth overall pick in the 1985 Draft. [14]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
2 Brett Butler CF
14 Julio Franco SS
27 Mel Hall LF
30 Joe Carter DH
10 Pat Tabler 1B
26 Brook Jacoby 3B
24 George Vukovich RF
23 Chris Bando C
4 Tony Bernazard 2B
28 Bert Blyleven P

[15]

Roster

1985 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

Contents

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Benny Ayala 4676101970215.2500
Chris Bando 73173112441013.1390
Butch Benton 31675124007.1790
Tony Bernazard 153500731372631159.27417
Brett Butler 1525911061842814550.31147
Joe Carter 143489641282701559.26224
Carmen Castillo 671842745511125.2453
Mike Fischlin 736012124102.2000
Julio Franco 16063697183334690.28813
Mel Hall 236672160012.3180
Mike Hargrove 1072843181141127.2851
Brook Jacoby 161606721662632087.2742
Johnnie LeMaster 1120030002.1500
Otis Nixon 10416234384039.23520
Pat Tabler 11740447111183559.2750
Andre Thornton 124461491091302288.2363
George Vukovich 14943443106220845.2442
Jerry Willard 1043003981130736.2700
Jim Wilson 414250004.3570
Team Totals1625527729146525431116689.265132

Pitching

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Jeff Barkley 035.27210141.026241530
Rick Behenna 027.7844019.2171784
Bert Blyleven 9113.2623230179.2766549129
Ernie Camacho 018.102003.13312
Bryan Clark 346.32313262.247443424
Keith Creel 254.79158062.035332331
Jamie Easterly 413.92507098.252435358
Neal Heaton 9174.9036330207.21191138082
Mike Jeffcoat 002.799009.25364
Jerry Reed 354.11335872.141331937
Jose Roman 046.6153016.117121412
Ramon Romero 236.581910064.148473838
Vern Ruhle 2104.3242163125.065603054
Don Schulze 4106.011918094.175631937
Roy Smith 145.341211062.140371728
Rich Thompson 386.30570580.063564830
Dave Von Ohlen 322.91260043.120142012
Tom Waddell 864.874999112.261613953
Curt Wardle 766.681512066.051493437
Team Totals601024.91162162281421.0861776547702

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

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  2. ↑ Broderick Perkins at Baseball Reference
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  4. ↑ Dave Von Ohlen at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Jerry Ujdur at Baseball Reference
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  15. ↑ 1985 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
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