1985 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1985 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 78 losses.

1985 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–78 (.516)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s)Hank Peters
Manager(s)Joe Altobelli, Cal Ripken, Sr., Earl Weaver
Local televisionWMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, Larry King)
Local radioWFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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Offseason

Regular season

Jim
Palmer
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Retired 1985

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9962 0.615 — 54–26 45–36
New York Yankees 9764 0.602 2 58–22 39–42
Detroit Tigers 8477 0.522 15 44–37 40–40
Baltimore Orioles 8378 0.516 16 45–36 38–42
Boston Red Sox 8181 0.500 18½ 43–37 38–44
Milwaukee Brewers 7190 0.441 28 40–40 31–50
Cleveland Indians 60102 0.370 39½ 38–43 22–59

Record vs. opponents
1985 American League Records

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 8–5—5–74–8–18–56–75–75–87–55–88–46–65–79–4
California 5–77–5—8–58–48–44–99–39–43–96–79–49–45–7
Chicago 4–88–4–15–8—10–26–65–85–76–76–68–59–410–33–9
Cleveland 5–85–84–82–10—5–82–107–64–86–73–96–67–54–9
Detroit 7–67–64–86–68–5—5–79–43–99–38–45–77–56–7
Kansas City 6–67–59–48–510–27–5—8–47–65–78–53–106–77–5
Milwaukee 4–98–53–97–56–74–94–8—9–37–63–94–88–34–9
Minnesota 6–65–74–97–68–49–36–73–9—3–98–56–78–54–8
New York 12–18–59–36–67–63–97–56–79–3—7–59–38–46–7
Oakland 5–74–87–65–89–34–85–89–35–85–7—8–56–75–7
Seattle 6–66–64–94–96–67–510–38–47–63–95–8—6–72–10
Texas 2–107–54–93–105–75–77–63–85–84–87–67–6—3–9
Toronto 8–44–97–59–39–47–65–79–48–47–67–510–29–3—

Opening Day starters
  • Rich Dauer
  • Storm Davis
  • Rick Dempsey
  • Wayne Gross
  • John Lowenstein
  • Fred Lynn
  • Eddie Murray
  • Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Larry Sheets
  • Mike Young[8]

Notable transactions

Roster
1985 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CRick Dempsey13236292.2541252
1BEddie Murray156583173.29731124
2BAlan Wiggins7629885.285021
3BFloyd Rayford105359110.3061848
SSCal Ripken161642181.28226110
LFMike Young139450123.2732881
CFFred Lynn124448118.2632368
RFLee Lacy121492144.293948
DHLarry Sheets11332886.2621750

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

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

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

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
Don Aase54106143.7867
Eric Bell40004.764

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/underto01.shtml
  2. Don Aase page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ron Jackson page at Baseball Reference
  4. Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  5. Vic Rodriguez page at Baseball Reference
  6. Mark Brown page at Baseball Reference
  7. Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference
  8. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1985&t=BAL
  9. Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference

References
  • 1985 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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