1985 California Angels season

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1985 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
  • Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)Gene Autry
General manager(s)Mike Port
Manager(s)Gene Mauch
Local televisionKTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
SelecTV USA
Local radioKMPC
(Ron Fairly, Dick Enberg, Al Conin)
KLVE
(Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The California Angels 1985 season involved the Angels taking 2nd place in the American League West with a 90-72 record, finishing one game behind the eventual World Series champions, the Kansas City Royals.

Offseason[]

  • November 7, 1984: Ellis Valentine was released by the Angels.[1]
  • January 11, 1985: Rob Picciolo was released by the California Angels.[2]
  • January 30, 1985: Ruppert Jones was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[3]
  • March 31, 1985: Bill Mooneyham was released by the Angels.[4]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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  • t
AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 91 71 0.562 — 50–32 41–39
California Angels 90 72 0.556 1 49–30 41–42
Chicago White Sox 85 77 0.525 6 45–36 40–41
Minnesota Twins 77 85 0.475 14 49–35 28–50
Oakland Athletics 77 85 0.475 14 43–36 34–49
Seattle Mariners 74 88 0.457 17 42–41 32–47
Texas Rangers 62 99 0.385 28½ 37–43 25–56

Record vs. opponents[]

1985 American League Records
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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 —


Notable transactions[]

  • June 3, 1985: Bo Jackson was drafted by the Angels in the 20th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.[6]
  • June 19, 1985: Tommy John was released by the Angels.[7]
  • August 2, 1985: Pat Clements, Mike Brown and a player to be named later were traded by the Angels to the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Candelaria, George Hendrick and Al Holland. The Angels completed the deal by sending Bob Kipper to the Pirates on August 16.[8]
  • September 10, 1985: The Angels traded players to be named later to the Oakland Athletics for Don Sutton. The Angels completed the deal by sending Robert Sharpnack (minors) and Jerome Nelson (minors) to the Athletics on September 25.[9]

Roster[]

1985 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  •  3 Gene Mauch

Coaches

Player stats[]

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 Boone 150 460 114 .248 5 55
1B Rod Carew 127 443 124 .280 2 39
2B Bobby Grich 144 479 116 .242 13 53
SS Dick Schofield 147 438 96 .219 8 41
3B Doug DeCinces 120 427 104 .244 20 78
LF Brian Downing 150 520 137 .263 20 85
CF Gary Pettis 125 443 114 .257 1 32
RF Reggie Jackson 143 460 116 .252 27 85
DH Ruppert Jones 125 389 90 .231 21 67

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Juan Beníquez 132 411 125 .304 8 42
Rob Wilfong 83 217 41 .189 4 13
Mike Brown 60 153 41 .268 4 20
Jack Howell 43 137 27 .197 5 18
Jerry Narron 67 132 29 .220 5 14
Daryl Sconiers 44 98 28 .286 2 12
Craig Stuart Gerber 65 91 24 .264 0 6
Darrell Miller 51 48 18 .375 2 7
George Hendrick 16 41 5 .122 2 6
Rufino Linares 18 43 11 .256 3 11
Devon White 21 7 1 .143 0 0
Pat Keedy 3 4 2 .500 1 1
Gus Polidor 2 1 1 1.000 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Witt 35 250 15 9 3.56 180
Ron Romanick 31 195 14 9 4.11 64
Kirk McCaskill 30 189.2 12 12 4.70 102
Jim Slaton 29 148.1 6 10 4.37 60
John Candelaria 13 71 7 3 3.80 53
Geoff Zahn 7 37 2 2 4.38 14
Don Sutton 5 31.2 2 2 3.69 16
Tony Mack 1 2.1 0 1 15.43 0

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Urbano Lugo 20 83 3 4 3.69 42
Tommy John 12 38.1 2 4 4.70 17
Bob Kipper 2 3.1 0 1 21.60 0

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Donnie Moore 65 8 8 31 1.92 72
Stew Cliburn 44 9 3 6 2.09 48
Pat Clements 41 5 0 1 3.34 19
Doug Corbett 30 3 3 0 4.89 24
Luis Sánchez 26 2 0 2 5.72 34
Al Holland 15 0 1 0 1.48 14
Dave Smith 4 0 0 0 7.20 3
Alan Fowlkes 2 0 0 0 9.00 5

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Winston Llenas
AA Midland Angels Texas League Joe Maddon
A Redwood Pioneers California League Tom Kotchman
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Bill Lachemann
A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Bruce Hines

References[]

  1. ^ Ellis Valentine at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Rob Picciolo Stats".
  3. ^ "Ruppert Jones Stats".
  4. ^ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  6. ^ Bo Jackson at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Tommy John at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ John Candelaria at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Don Sutton at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 California Angels at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 California Angels at Baseball Almanac
  • 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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