1985 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1985 Baltimore Orioles season was the 85th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 32nd in Baltimore, and the 32nd at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles finished 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]

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
1986 

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 9962 .615 5426 4536
New York Yankees 9764 .602 2 5822 3942
Detroit Tigers 8477 .522 15 4437 4040
Baltimore Orioles 8378 .516 16 4536 3842
Boston Red Sox 8181 .500 18½ 4337 3844
Milwaukee Brewers 7190 .441 28 4040 3150
Cleveland Indians 60102 .370 39½ 3843 2259

Record vs. opponents

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Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 5–87–58–48–56–76–69–46–61–127–56–610–24–8
Boston 8–55–74–8–18–56–75–75–87–55–88–46–65–79–4
California 5–77–58–58–48–44–99–39–43–96–79–49–45–7
Chicago 4–88–4–15–810–26–65–85–76–76–68–59–410–33–9
Cleveland 5–85–84–82–105–82–107–64–86–73–96–67–54–9
Detroit 7–67–64–86–68–55–79–43–99–38–45–77–56–7
Kansas City 6–67–59–48–510–27–58–47–65–78–53–106–77–5
Milwaukee 4–98–53–97–56–74–94–89–37–63–94–88–34–9
Minnesota 6–65–74–97–68–49–36–73–93–98–56–78–54–8
New York 12–18–59–36–67–63–97–56–79–37–59–38–46–7
Oakland 5–74–87–65–89–34–85–89–35–85–78–56–75–7
Seattle 6–66–64–94–96–67–510–38–47–63–95–86–72–10
Texas 2–107–54–93–105–75–77–63–85–84–87–67–63–9
Toronto 8–44–97–59–39–47–65–79–48–47–67–510–29–3

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

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Manager

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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
CRick Dempsey13236292.2541252
1BEddie Murray156583173.29731124
2BAlan Wiggins7629885.285021
3BFloyd Rayford105359110.3061848
SSCal Ripken Jr.161642181.28226110
LFMike Young139450123.2732881
CFFred Lynn124448118.2632368
RFLee Lacy121492144.293948
DHLarry Sheets11332886.2621750

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 Dwyer10123358.249736
Gary Roenicke11422549.2181543
Wayne Gross10321751.2351118
Rich Dauer8520842.202214
John Shelby6920558.283727
Fritzie Connally5011226.232315
Lenn Sakata559722.22736
Dan Ford287514.18711
Al Pardo347510.13301
Joe Nolan31385.13206
John Lowenstein12262.07702
Leo Hernández12211.04800
Tom O'Malley8141.07112
Kelly Paris590.00000

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 McGregor35204.014144.8186
Mike Boddicker32203.112174.07135
Dennis Martínez33180.013115.1568
Storm Davis31175.01084.5393
Mike Flanagan1586.0455.1342

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 Dixon34162.0843.67108
Brad Havens814.1018.7919
Phil Huffman24.20015.432

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 Aase54106143.7867
Sammy Stewart565793.6177
Tippy Martinez493345.4047
Nate Snell433252.6941
Eric Bell40004.764
John Habyan21000.002
Bill Swaggerty10005.402

Farm system

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Notes

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References

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