1985 Oakland Athletics season

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1985  Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place5th
Owners Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General managers Sandy Alderson
Managers Jackie Moore
Television KPIX
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Monte Moore)
Radio KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson)
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The A's hosting a game at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in 1985. 1985 Mother's Cookies - Oakland Coliseum.JPG
The A's hosting a game at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in 1985.

The Oakland Athletics' 1985 season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the Athletics' on-field performance continued to disappoint, the debut of slugger Jose Canseco gave fans a measure of hope.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 91710.562—50–3241–39
California Angels 90720.556149–3041–42
Chicago White Sox 85770.525645–3640–41
Minnesota Twins 77850.4751449–3528–50
Oakland Athletics 77850.4751443–3634–49
Seattle Mariners 74880.4571742–4132–47
Texas Rangers 62990.38528½37–4325–56

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—

Transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1985 Oakland Athletics
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 Mike Heath 138436109.2501355
1B Bruce Bochte 137424125.2951460
2B Donnie Hill 123393112.285348
SS Alfredo Griffin 162614166.270264
3B Carney Lansford 98401111.2771346
LF Dave Collins 11237995.251429
CF Dwayne Murphy 152523122.2332059
RF Mike Davis 154547157.2872482
DH Dave Kingman 158592141.2383091

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dusty Baker 11134392.2681452
Mickey Tettleton 7821153.251315
Steve Henderson 8519358.301331
Tony Phillips 4216145.280417
Rob Picciolo 7110228.27518
José Canseco 299629.302513
Mike Gallego 767716.20819
Steve Kiefer 406613.197110
Dan Meyer 14120.00000
Charlie O'Brien 16113.27301

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chris Codiroli 37226.014144.46111
Don Sutton 29194.11383.8991
Bill Krueger 32151.19104.5256
Tim Birtsas 29141.11064.0194
José Rijo 1263.2643.5365

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Steve McCatty 3085.2445.5736
Rick Langford 2359.0353.5121
Mike Warren 1649.0146.6148
Tommy John 1148.0266.198
Curt Young 1946.0047.2419

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jay Howell 6398292.8568
Keith Atherton 564734.3077
Steve Ontiveros 391381.9336
Steve Mura 231114.1329
Tim Conroy 160104.268
Jeff Kaiser 1500014.5810
Tom Tellmann 110005.068

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Keith Lieppman
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Brad Fischer
A Modesto A's California League George Mitterwald
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Jim Nettles
A-Short Season Medford A's Northwest League Grady Fuson
Rookie Pocatello Gems Pioneer League Dave Hudgens

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Huntsville

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References

  1. ↑ Rickey Henderson page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Don Sutton page at Baseball Reference
  3. 1 2 Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ "Rob Picciolo Stats".
  5. ↑ José Canseco page at Baseball Reference
  6. 1 2 "Bob Owchinko Stats".
  7. ↑ Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Tommy John page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Walt Weiss page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Dave Otto page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Wally Whitehurst page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ "Jim Pena Stats".
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