1985 San Diego Padres season

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1985  San Diego Padres
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Jack Murphy Stadium
City San Diego
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place4th
Owners Joan Kroc
General managers Jack McKeon
Managers Dick Williams
Television KCST
San Diego Cable Sports Network
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
Radio KFMB (AM)
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain)
  1984 Seasons 1986  

The 1985 San Diego Padres season was the 17th season in franchise history. Led by manager Dick Williams, the Padres were unable to defend their National League championship.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 95670.58648–3347–34
Cincinnati Reds 89720.55347–3442–38
Houston Astros 83790.5121244–3739–42
San Diego Padres 83790.5121244–3739–42
Atlanta Braves 66960.4072932–4934–47
San Francisco Giants 621000.3833338–4324–57

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta 5–77–118–105–133–92–1010–26–67–1110–83–9
Chicago 7–55–65–75–77–114–1413–513–58–46–64–14
Cincinnati 11–76–511–77–118–44–87–59–39–912–65–7
Houston 10–87–57–116–126–64–84–86–612–615–36–6
Los Angeles 13–57–511–712–67–57–54–88–48–1011–77–5
Montreal 9–311–74–86–65–79–98–109–85–77–511–7
New York 10–214–48–48–45–79–911–710–87–58–48–10
Philadelphia 2-105–135–78–48–410–87–1111–75–76–68–10
Pittsburgh 6–65–133–96–64–88–98–107–114–83–93–15
San Diego 11–74–89–96–1210–87–55–77–58–412–64–8
San Francisco 8–106–66–123–157–115–74–86–69–36–122–10
St. Louis 9–314–47–56–65–77–1110–810–815–38–410–2

Notable transactions

Roster

1985 San Diego Padres
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 Terry Kennedy 143532139.2611074
1B Steve Garvey 162654184.2811781
2B Tim Flannery 126384108.281140
SS Garry Templeton 148546154.282655
3B Graig Nettles 137440115.2611561
LF Carmelo Martínez 150514130.2532172
CF Kevin McReynolds 152564132.2341575
RF Tony Gwynn 154622197.317646

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jerry Royster 9024970.281531
Kurt Bevacqua 7113833.239325
Bruce Bochy 4811230.268613
Al Bumbry 689519.200110
Bobby Brown 798413.15506
Mario Ramírez 376017.28325
Gerry Davis 445817.29302
Miguel Diloné 274610.21701
Alan Wiggins 10372.05400
Edwin Rodríguez 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Eric Show 35233.012113.09141
Andy Hawkins 33228.21883.1569
Dave Dravecky 34214.213112.93105
LaMarr Hoyt 31210.11683.4783

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mark Thurmond 36138.17113.9757
Ed Wojna 1542.0245.7918

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rich Gossage 5053261.8252
Craig Lefferts 607623.3548
Tim Stoddard 441614.6542
Luis DeLeón 290334.1931
Roy Lee Jackson 222322.7028
Lance McCullers 210252.3127
Greg Booker 170106.857
Gene Walter 150232.0518
Bob Patterson 300024.751

Award winners

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Bob Cluck
AA Beaumont Golden Gators Texas League Bobby Tolan
A Reno Padres California League Steve Smith
A Charleston Rainbows South Atlantic League Jim Skaalen
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Jack Maloof

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