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1985 Baltimore Orioles season

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1985 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore
Record83–78 (.516)
Divisional place4th
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
General managersHank Peters
ManagersJoe Altobelli, Cal Ripken, Sr., Earl Weaver
TelevisionWMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, Larry King)
RadioWFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
← 1984 Seasons 1986 →

The 1985 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 78 losses. The Orioles led Major League Baseball in home runs (214) and slugging percentage (.430).[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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Jim
Palmer

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Retired 1985

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 99 62 .615 54‍–‍26 45‍–‍36
New York Yankees 97 64 .602 2 58‍–‍22 39‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers 84 77 .522 15 44‍–‍37 40‍–‍40
Baltimore Orioles 83 78 .516 16 45‍–‍36 38‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 81 81 .500 18½ 43‍–‍37 38‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 71 90 .441 28 40‍–‍40 31‍–‍50
Cleveland Indians 60 102 .370 39½ 38‍–‍43 22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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


Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1985 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Rick Dempsey 132 362 92 .254 12 52
1B Eddie Murray 156 583 173 .297 31 124
2B Alan Wiggins 76 298 85 .285 0 21
3B Floyd Rayford 105 359 110 .306 18 48
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 161 642 181 .282 26 110
LF Mike Young 139 450 123 .273 28 81
CF Fred Lynn 124 448 118 .263 23 68
RF Lee Lacy 121 492 144 .293 9 48
DH Larry Sheets 113 328 86 .262 17 50

Other batters

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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
Jim Dwyer 101 233 58 .249 7 36
Gary Roenicke 114 225 49 .218 15 43
Wayne Gross 103 217 51 .235 11 18
Rich Dauer 85 208 42 .202 2 14
John Shelby 69 205 58 .283 7 27
Fritzie Connally 50 112 26 .232 3 15
Lenn Sakata 55 97 22 .227 3 6
Dan Ford 28 75 14 .187 1 1
Al Pardo 34 75 10 .133 0 1
Joe Nolan 31 38 5 .132 0 6
John Lowenstein 12 26 2 .077 0 2
Leo Hernández 12 21 1 .048 0 0
Tom O'Malley 8 14 1 .071 1 2
Kelly Paris 5 9 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott McGregor 35 204.0 14 14 4.81 86
Mike Boddicker 32 203.1 12 17 4.07 135
Dennis Martínez 33 180.0 13 11 5.15 68
Storm Davis 31 175.0 10 8 4.53 93
Mike Flanagan 15 86.0 4 5 5.13 42

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ken Dixon 34 162.0 8 4 3.67 108
Brad Havens 8 14.1 0 1 8.79 19
Phil Huffman 2 4.2 0 0 15.43 2

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Don Aase 54 10 6 14 3.78 67
Sammy Stewart 56 5 7 9 3.61 77
Tippy Martinez 49 3 3 4 5.40 47
Nate Snell 43 3 2 5 2.69 41
Eric Bell 4 0 0 0 4.76 4
John Habyan 2 1 0 0 0.00 2
Bill Swaggerty 1 0 0 0 5.40 2

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Frank Verdi and Mark Wiley
AA Charlotte O's Southern League John Hart
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Greg Biagini
A Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Jim Hutto
A-Short Season Newark Orioles New York–Penn League Art Mazmanian
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Mike Verdi

Daytona Beach affiliation shared with Texas Rangers

Notes

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  1. ^ "1985 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Tom Underwood Stats".
  3. ^ Don Aase page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Ron Jackson page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Vic Rodriguez page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Mark Brown page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ "1985 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  10. ^ Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference

References

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