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 | |
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 Houston Astros' 1985 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 48–33 | 47–34 |
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 72 | 0.553 | 5½ | 47–34 | 42–38 |
Houston Astros | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 12 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
San Diego Padres | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 12 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
Atlanta Braves | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 29 | 32–49 | 34–47 |
San Francisco Giants | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 33 | 38–43 | 24–57 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | 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 | — |
1985 Houston Astros | |||||||||
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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 |
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