1985 San Francisco Giants season

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1985  San Francisco Giants
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Candlestick Park
City San Francisco, California
Owners Bob Lurie
General managers Tom Haller, Al Rosen
Managers Jim Davenport, Roger Craig
Television KTVU
(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
Radio KNBR
(Hank Greenwald, David Glass)
KOFY
(Tito Fuentes, Armando Provedor)
  1984 Seasons 1986  

The 1985 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 103rd season in Major League Baseball, their 28th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 26th at Candlestick Park. It resulted in the team finishing in sixth place in the National League West with a record of 62 wins and franchise-record 100 losses. This was the first, and as of 2025, the only time in the history of the franchise that they reached the triple-digit mark in losses. It is also the highest number of games they have lost in a season, as well. The Giants were managed by Jim Davenport, who was dismissed on September 18, after compiling a dismal 56–88 record, and Roger Craig, who guided the team to a 6–12 mark during the final 2½ weeks of the season. They finished 33 games behind the division champion and their main rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

1985 Mother's Cookies - Chili Davis.JPG
1985 Mother's Cookies - Chris Brown.JPG
1985 Mother's Cookies - Jeff Leonard.JPG
1985 Mother's Cookies - David Green.JPG
The Giants' Opening Day starters included (clockwise from top left) Chili Davis (RF), Chris Brown (3B), David Green (1B) and Jeffrey Leonard (LF).

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9567.58648334734
Cincinnati Reds 8972.55347344238
Houston Astros 8379.5121244373942
San Diego Padres 8379.5121244373942
Atlanta Braves 6696.4072932493447
San Francisco Giants 62100.3833338432457

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
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 Francisco Giants
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 Bob Brenly 13344097.2201956
1B David Green 10629473.248520
2B Manny Trillo 125451101.224325
SS José Uribe 147476113.237326
3B Chris Brown 131432117.2711661
LF Jeffrey Leonard 133507122.2411762
CF Dan Gladden 142502122.243741
RF Chili Davis 136481130.2701356

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Joel Youngblood 9523062.270424
Dan Driessen 5418142.232322
Brad Wellman 7117441.236016
Rob Deer 7816230.185820
Alex Treviño 5715734.217619
Ron Roenicke 6513334.256313
Ricky Adams 5412123.190210
Scot Thompson 6411123.20706
Gary Rajsich 519115.165010
Mike Woodard 248220.24409
Matt Nokes 195311.20825
Johnnie LeMaster 12160.00000
Duane Kuiper 953.60000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave LaPoint 31206.27173.57122
Mike Krukow 28195.08113.38150
Atlee Hammaker 29170.25123.74100
Jim Gott 26148.17103.8878
Bill Laskey 19114.05113.5542
Roger Mason 529.2132.1226

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Vida Blue 33131.0884.47103
Colin Ward 612.1004.388

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Scott Garrelts 7496132.30106
Mark Davis 7751273.54131
Greg Minton 685443.5437
Frank Williams 492404.1954
Mike Jeffcoat 190205.3210
Bobby Moore 110003.2410
Jeff Robinson 80005.118

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Jim Lefebvre
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Duane Espy
A Fresno Giants California League Wendell Kim
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Tim Blackwell
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Joe Strain

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fresno, Everett

References

  1. "Guy Sularz Stats".
  2. Doug Gwosdz at Baseball Reference
  3. Gary Lavelle at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 Gary Rajsich at Baseball Reference
  5. "1985 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  6. "Roger Mason Stats".
  7. Vida Blue at Baseball Reference
  8. "Chuck Hensley Stats".
  9. John Rabb at Baseball Reference
  10. "Jeff Cornell Stats".
  11. "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  12. Will Clark at Baseball Reference