1985 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series. Fernando Valenzuela set a major league record for most consecutive innings at the start of a season without allowing an earned run (41).
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1985 NL West Champions | |
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Owner(s) | Peter O'Malley |
General manager(s) | Al Campanis |
Manager(s) | Tommy Lasorda |
Local television | KTTV (11) Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter Dodgervision Eddie Doucette, Al Downing, Rick Monday |
Local radio | KABC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KTNQ Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas |
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Offseason
- February 4, 1985: Acquired Al Oliver[1] from the Philadelphia Phillies for Pat Zachry
Regular season
Game log
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April (11–10)
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May (12–14)
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June (15–10)
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July (20–7)
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August (16–11)
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September (18–12)
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Season standings
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 48–33 | 47–34 |
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 72 | 0.553 | 5½ | 47–34 | 42–38 |
Houston Astros | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 12 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
San Diego Padres | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 12 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
Atlanta Braves | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 29 | 32–49 | 34–47 |
San Francisco Giants | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 33 | 38–43 | 24–57 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 5–6 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 11–7 | 6–5 | — | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 5–7 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 7–11 | — | 6–12 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 15–3 | 6–6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 13–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 12–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 7–5 | |||||
Montreal | 9–3 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 11–7 | |||||
New York | 10–2 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–9 | — | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 2-10 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 7–11 | — | 11–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–9 | 8–10 | 7–11 | — | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–15 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | — | 12–6 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 8–10 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 3–15 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–12 | — | 2–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 14–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 15–3 | 8–4 | 10–2 | — |
Opening day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers
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Infielders
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Manager
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Notable Transactions
- July 9, 1985: Acquired Len Matuszek from the Toronto Blue Jays for Al Oliver[1]
- July 10, 1985: Acquired Enos Cabell from the Houston Astros for Germán Rivera and Rafael Montalvo
- July 14, 1985: Henry Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent.[2]
- August 31, 1985: Acquired Bill Madlock from the Pittsburgh Pirates for R.J. Reynolds, Sid Bream and Cecil Espy[3]
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 |
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C | Mike Scioscia | 141 | 429 | 127 | .296 | 7 | 53 |
1B | Greg Brock | 129 | 438 | 110 | .251 | 21 | 66 |
2B | Steve Sax | 136 | 488 | 136 | .279 | 1 | 42 |
SS | Mariano Duncan | 142 | 562 | 137 | .244 | 6 | 39 |
3B | Dave Anderson | 77 | 221 | 44 | .199 | 4 | 18 |
LF | Pedro Guerrero | 137 | 487 | 156 | .320 | 33 | 87 |
CF | Ken Landreaux | 147 | 482 | 129 | .268 | 12 | 50 |
RF | Mike Marshall | 135 | 518 | 152 | .293 | 28 | 95 |
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 |
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Candy Maldonado | 121 | 213 | 48 | .225 | 5 | 19 |
R.J. Reynolds | 73 | 207 | 55 | .266 | 0 | 25 |
Enos Cabell | 57 | 192 | 56 | .292 | 0 | 22 |
Bill Russell | 76 | 169 | 44 | .260 | 0 | 13 |
Steve Yeager | 53 | 121 | 25 | .207 | 0 | 9 |
Bob Bailor | 74 | 118 | 29 | .246 | 0 | 7 |
Terry Whitfield | 79 | 104 | 27 | .260 | 3 | 16 |
Al Oliver | 35 | 79 | 20 | .253 | 0 | 8 |
Len Matuszek | 43 | 63 | 14 | .222 | 3 | 13 |
Sid Bream | 24 | 53 | 7 | .132 | 3 | 6 |
Mike Ramsey | 9 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
Jay Johnstone | 17 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
José González | 23 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
Reggie Williams | 22 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Franklin Stubbs | 10 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Ralph Bryant | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Stu Pederson | 8 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Gilberto Reyes | 6 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Fernando Valenzuela | 35 | 272.1 | 17 | 10 | 2.45 | 208 |
Orel Hershiser | 36 | 239.2 | 19 | 3 | 2.03 | 157 |
Jerry Reuss | 34 | 212.2 | 14 | 10 | 2.92 | 84 |
Bob Welch | 23 | 167.1 | 14 | 4 | 2.31 | 96 |
Other pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Rick Honeycutt | 31 | 142 | 8 | 12 | 3.42 | 67 |
Bobby Castillo | 35 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 5.43 | 57 |
Tom Brennan | 12 | 31.2 | 1 | 3 | 7.39 | 17 |
Dennis Powell | 16 | 29.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.22 | 19 |
Alejandro Peña | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.31 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Niedenfuer | 64 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 2.71 | 102 |
Ken Howell | 56 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3.77 | 85 |
Carlos Diaz | 46 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2.61 | 73 |
Steve Howe | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.91 | 11 |
Brian Holton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
National League Championship Series
The Dodgers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 NLCS, the first year the championship series was in a "Best of seven" format. Jack Clark hit a 450-foot home run off Dodger closer Tom Niedenfuer to win game six and the NLCS for the Cardinals. With an open base, Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda was second guessed for not walking Clark, the only big power threat in the Cardinal line-up. Niedenfuer also gave up a walk-off home run to Ozzie Smith in game five contributing to Smith winning the NLCS MVP Award.
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Game 1
Wednesday, October 9 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0) L: John Tudor (0-1) SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – None STL – None |
Game 2
Thursday, October 10 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 13 | 1 |
W: Orel Hershiser (1-0) L: Joaquín Andújar (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Greg Brock (1) STL – None |
Game 3
Saturday, October 12 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
St. Louis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
W: Danny Cox (1-0) L: Bob Welch (0-1) SV: Ken Dayley (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – None STL – Tom Herr (1) |
Game 4
Sunday, October 13 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
St. Louis | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 12 | 15 | 0 |
W: John Tudor (1-0) L: Jerry Reuss (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (1) STL – None |
Game 5
Monday, October 14 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
St. Louis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
W: Jeff Lahti (1-0) L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (2) STL – Ozzie Smith (1) |
Game 6
Wednesday, October 16 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 |
Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
W: Todd Worrell (1-0) L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-2) SV: Ken Dayley (2) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (3) Mike Marshall (1) STL – Jack Clark (1) |
1985 awards
- 1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Pedro Guerrero reserve
- Fernando Valenzuela reserve
- NL Pitcher of the Month
- Fernando Valenzuela (April 1985)
- Fernando Valenzuela (July 1985)
- NL Player of the Month
- Pedro Guerrero (June 1985)
- NL Player of the Week
- Pedro Guerrero (June 10–16)
- Pedro Guerrero (July 22–28)
- Mike Marshall (Sep. 9–15)
Farm system
Major League Baseball Draft
The Dodgers drafted 37 players in the June draft and 16 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. They received an extra pick in the 2nd round of the June draft as compensation for losing pitcher Burt Hooton as a free agent.
The first pick in the June draft was outfielder Chris Gwynn from San Diego State. The brother of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, he would play 10 seasons in the Majors (7 of them with the Dodgers), primarily as a pinch hitter/backup outfielder. He hit .261 in 599 Major League games. The draft also included outfielder Mike Devereaux (round 5), who was briefly a starter with the Baltimore Orioles in the early 90s but was primarily a reserve, and relief pitcher John Wetteland (2nd round of the January secondary draft) who saved 330 games in 12 seasons (with the Dodgers, Expos, Yankees and Rangers).
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January draft
January Secondary phase
June draft
June secondary phase
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References
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oliveal01.shtml
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodrihe02.shtml
- Bill Madlock Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
- 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
- 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
- 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase