1985 Seattle Mariners season

1985  Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	George Argyros
General managers	Hal Keller
Managers	Chuck Cottier
Television	KSTW-TV 11
Radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)
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The Seattle Mariners 1985 season was their ninth since the franchise creation. They finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 74–88 (.457).

Regular season

• July 9: Against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Kingdome in Seattle, Jays catcher Buck Martinez executed a double play by tagging out two runners at home plate. In the third inning, Phil Bradley was on second when Gorman Thomas singled. Bradley was tagged out at home, on a throw from Jesse Barfield to Martinez with a collision in which Martinez broke his ankle; he was sitting on the ground in agony and threw the ball to third base in an attempt to tag out Thomas. The throw went into left field and Thomas continued running; left fielder George Bell threw the ball back to Martinez, still seated on the ground in pain, who tagged Thomas out. ^[1]

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	91	71	.562	—	50‍–‍32	41‍–‍39
California Angels	90	72	.556	1	49‍–‍30	41‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	6	45‍–‍36	40‍–‍41
Minnesota Twins	77	85	.475	14	49‍–‍35	28‍–‍50
Oakland Athletics	77	85	.475	14	43‍–‍36	34‍–‍49
Seattle Mariners	74	88	.457	17	42‍–‍41	32‍–‍47
Texas Rangers	62	99	.385	28½	37‍–‍43	25‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	6–6	9–4	6–6	1–12	7–5	6–6	10–2	4–8
Boston	8–5	—	5–7	4–8–1	8–5	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	5–7	9–4
California	5–7	7–5	—	8–5	8–4	8–4	4–9	9–3	9–4	3–9	6–7	9–4	9–4	5–7
Chicago	4–8	8–4–1	5–8	—	10–2	6–6	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–6	8–5	9–4	10–3	3–9
Cleveland	5–8	5–8	4–8	2–10	—	5–8	2–10	7–6	4–8	6–7	3–9	6–6	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	9–4	3–9	9–3	8–4	5–7	7–5	6–7
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	10–2	7–5	—	8–4	7–6	5–7	8–5	3–10	6–7	7–5
Milwaukee	4–9	8–5	3–9	7–5	6–7	4–9	4–8	—	9–3	7–6	3–9	4–8	8–3	4–9
Minnesota	6–6	5–7	4–9	7–6	8–4	9–3	6–7	3–9	—	3–9	8–5	6–7	8–5	4–8
New York	12–1	8–5	9–3	6–6	7–6	3–9	7–5	6–7	9–3	—	7–5	9–3	8–4	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	7–6	5–8	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	5–8	5–7	—	8–5	6–7	5–7
Seattle	6–6	6–6	4–9	4–9	6–6	7–5	10–3	8–4	7–6	3–9	5–8	—	6–7	2–10
Texas	2–10	7–5	4–9	3–10	5–7	5–7	7–6	3–8	5–8	4–8	7–6	7–6	—	3–9
Toronto	8–4	4–9	7–5	9–3	9–4	7–6	5–7	9–4	8–4	7–6	7–5	10–2	9–3	—

Notable transactions

• June 3, 1985: Mike Schooler was drafted by the Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft. ^[2]
• June 20: Mike Stanton was released by the Mariners. ^[3]

Roster

1985 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 38 Salomé Barojas 45 Jim Beattie 39 Karl Best 37 Dave Geisel 12 Mark Langston 46 Jack Lazorko 34 Jim Lewis 55 Bob Long 52 Paul Mirabella 25 Mike Moore 35 Mike Morgan 30 Edwin Núñez 33 Brian Snyder 46 Mike Stanton 18 Bill Swift 49 Roy Thomas 41 Dave Tobik 32 Ed Vande Berg 51 Bill Wilkinson 43 Frank Wills 40 Matt Young		Catchers 11 Bob Kearney  2 Donnie Scott  5 Dave Valle Infielders 19 Darnell Coles 21 Alvin Davis  7 Spike Owen 14 Jack Perconte 17 Jim Presley  3 Domingo Ramos 24 Harold Reynolds 38 Danny Tartabull		Outfielders  9 Barry Bonnell 29 Phil Bradley 13,22 Iván Calderón 16 Al Cowens 42 Dave Henderson 26 John Moses 10 Ricky Nelson Other batters 23 Al Chambers 44 Ken Phelps 20 Gorman Thomas		Manager 15 Chuck Cottier Coaches  8 Deron Johnson  6 Jim Mahoney 43 Marty Martínez 27 Phil Regan  4 Phil Roof

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bob Kearney	108	305	74	.243	6	27
1B	Alvin Davis	155	578	166	.287	18	78
2B	Jack Perconte	125	485	128	.264	2	23
SS	Spike Owen	118	352	91	.259	6	37
3B	Jim Presley	155	570	157	.275	28	84
LF	Phil Bradley	159	641	192	.300	26	88
CF	Dave Henderson	139	502	121	.241	14	68
RF	Al Cowens	122	452	120	.265	14	69
DH	Gorman Thomas	135	484	104	.215	32	87

Other batters

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
Iván Calderón	67	210	60	.286	8	28
Donnie Scott	80	185	41	.222	4	23
Domingo Ramos	75	168	33	.196	1	15
Ken Phelps	61	116	24	.207	9	24
Barry Bonnell	48	111	27	.243	1	10
Harold Reynolds	67	104	15	.144	0	6
Dave Valle	31	70	11	.157	0	4
John Moses	33	62	12	.194	0	3
Danny Tartabull	19	61	20	.328	1	7
Darnell Coles	27	59	14	.237	1	5
Al Chambers	4	4	0	.000	0	0
Ricky Nelson	6	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Moore	35	247.0	17	10	3.46	155
Matt Young	37	218.1	12	19	4.91	136
Mark Langston	24	126.2	7	14	5.47	72
Frank Wills	24	123.0	5	11	6.00	67
Bill Swift	23	120.2	6	10	4.77	55
Jim Beattie	18	70.1	5	6	7.29	45
Mike Morgan	2	6.0	1	1	12.00	2
Bill Wilkinson	2	6.0	0	2	13.50	5

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Salomé Barojas	17	52.2	0	5	5.98	27
Brian Snyder	15	35.1	1	2	6.37	23
Jim Lewis	2	4.2	0	1	7.71	1

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Edwin Núñez	70	7	3	16	3.09	58
Ed Vande Berg	76	2	1	3	3.72	34
Roy Thomas	40	7	0	1	3.36	70
Bob Long	28	0	0	0	3.76	29
Mike Stanton	24	1	2	1	5.28	17
Karl Best	15	2	1	4	1.95	32
Jack Lazorko	15	0	0	1	3.54	7
Dave Geisel	12	0	0	0	6.33	17
Paul Mirabella	10	0	0	0	1.32	8
Dave Tobik	8	1	0	1	6.00	8

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Floyd
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Bill Plummer
A	Salinas Spurs	California League	R. J. Harrison
A	Wausau Timbers	Midwest League	Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season	Bellingham Mariners	Northwest League	Gary Pellant

Sources ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Tagging 2 Runners on Double Plays". Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers.
2. "Mike Schooler Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
3. "Mike Stanton Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
5. "1985 Seattle Mariners Minor League Affiliates". Baseball Reference. Retrieved November 26, 2025.

External links

• 1985 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
• 1985 Seattle Mariners team page at Baseball Almanac