1985 Houston Astros | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |
City | Houston, Texas | |
Record | 83–79 (.512) | |
Divisional place | 3rd—tied | |
Owners | John McMullen | |
General managers | Al Rosen Dick Wagner | |
Managers | Bob Lillis | |
Television | KTXH HSE | |
Radio | KTRH (Gene Elston, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Jim Durham, Jerry Trupiano) | |
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The 1985 Houston Astros season was the 24th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 21st as the Astros, 24th in the National League (NL), 17th in the NL West division, and 21st at the Astrodome. The Astros entered the season as having tied for second place in the NL West with an 80–82 record and 12 games behind the division-champion and NL pennant-winning San Diego Padres.
On April 5, Nolan Ryan made his second Opening Day start for Houston, who hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers and won, 2–1. In the amateur draft, Houston's first round selection was outfielder Cameron Drew at 12th overall.
Left fielder José Cruz and Ryan each represented the Astros at the MLB All-Star Game and played for the National League. This was the second career selection for Cruz and seventh for Ryan.
In September, Dick Wagner became the ninth general manager in franchise history, replacing Al Rosen.
The Astros concluded the season with an 83–79 record, tying for third place with San Diego in the NL West, and 12 games behind Los Angeles, the division-winners.
Astros infielder Jim Pankovits posted a career day on May 19, leading a 7–3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. He collected up four hits, including a home run and two doubles. [2]
On May 29, Pankovits broke 3-all tie by crushing a grand slam in the seventh versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Starter Nolan Ryan got the win, locking down a 7–3 decision for the Houston Astros. [3]
On June 9, Joe Niekro was the winning pitcher after tossing a two-hit shutout versus the San Francisco Giants. The 138th of his career, Niekro took over the lead in franchise history. In spite of the strong effort against the Giants, he had failed in six previous attempts to secure this win. [4]
Nolan Ryan surrendered the only walk-off home run of his career on July 1 at Jack Murphy Stadium. Pitching into extra innings for the first time as Astro with a 5–5 score, former Astros catcher Bruce Bochy hit the game-winner in the 10th inning, also his first career walk-off home run. [5]
On July 11, Ryan's strikeout of Danny Heep of the New York Mets was 4,000th of his career.
On July 27, the Astros lost to the Mets, 16–4, despite not allowing a single earned run in the game. [6]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 48–33 | 47–34 |
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 72 | .553 | 5½ | 47–34 | 42–38 |
Houston Astros | 83 | 79 | .512 | 12 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
San Diego Padres | 83 | 79 | .512 | 12 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
Atlanta Braves | 66 | 96 | .407 | 29 | 32–49 | 34–47 |
San Francisco Giants | 62 | 100 | .383 | 33 | 38–43 | 24–57 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 5–6 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 11–7 | 6–5 | — | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 5–7 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 7–11 | — | 6–12 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 15–3 | 6–6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 13–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 12–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 7–5 | |||||
Montreal | 9–3 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 11–7 | |||||
New York | 10–2 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–9 | — | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 2-10 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 7–11 | — | 11–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–9 | 8–10 | 7–11 | — | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–15 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | — | 12–6 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 8–10 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 3–15 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–12 | — | 2–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 14–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 15–3 | 8–4 | 10–2 | — |
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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 |
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C | Mark Bailey | 114 | 332 | 88 | .265 | 10 | 45 |
1B | Glenn Davis | 100 | 350 | 95 | .271 | 20 | 64 |
2B | Bill Doran | 148 | 578 | 166 | .287 | 14 | 59 |
SS | Craig Reynolds | 107 | 379 | 103 | .272 | 4 | 32 |
3B | Phil Garner | 135 | 463 | 124 | .268 | 6 | 51 |
LF | José Cruz | 141 | 544 | 163 | .300 | 9 | 79 |
CF | Kevin Bass | 150 | 539 | 145 | .269 | 16 | 68 |
RF | Jerry Mumphrey | 130 | 444 | 123 | .277 | 8 | 61 |
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 |
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Denny Walling | 119 | 345 | 93 | .270 | 7 | 45 |
Dickie Thon | 84 | 251 | 63 | .251 | 6 | 29 |
Terry Puhl | 57 | 194 | 55 | .284 | 2 | 23 |
Alan Ashby | 65 | 189 | 53 | .280 | 8 | 25 |
Jim Pankovits | 75 | 172 | 42 | .244 | 4 | 14 |
Enos Cabell | 60 | 143 | 35 | .245 | 2 | 14 |
Harry Spilman | 44 | 66 | 9 | .136 | 1 | 4 |
Tim Tolman | 31 | 43 | 6 | .140 | 2 | 8 |
John Mizerock | 15 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 6 |
Ty Gainey | 13 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 0 |
Germán Rivera | 13 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
Bert Peña | 20 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 4 |
Chris Jones | 31 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Eric Bullock | 18 | 25 | 7 | .280 | 0 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Knepper | 37 | 241.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.55 | 131 |
Nolan Ryan | 35 | 232.0 | 10 | 12 | 3.80 | 209 |
Mike Scott | 36 | 221.2 | 18 | 8 | 3.29 | 137 |
Joe Niekro | 32 | 213.0 | 9 | 12 | 3.72 | 117 |
Mark Knudson | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ron Mathis | 23 | 70.0 | 3 | 5 | 6.04 | 34 |
Jeff Heathcock | 14 | 56.1 | 3 | 1 | 3.36 | 25 |
Charlie Kerfeld | 11 | 44.1 | 4 | 2 | 4.06 | 30 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dave Smith | 64 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 2.27 | 40 |
Frank DiPino | 54 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4.03 | 49 |
Bill Dawley | 49 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3.56 | 48 |
Jeff Calhoun | 44 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2.54 | 47 |
Julio Solano | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.48 | 17 |
Mike Madden | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 16 |
Mark Ross | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.85 | 3 |
Jim Deshaies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |