1985 Chicago White Sox season

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1985 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Comiskey Park (since 1910)
  • Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)Roland Hemond
Manager(s)Tony La Russa
Local televisionWFLD
Sportsvision
ONTV
(Don Drysdale, Ken Harrelson)
Local radioWMAQ (AM)
(Del Crandall, Lorn Brown)
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The 1985 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 86th season. They finished with a record 85–77, good enough for 3rd place in the American League West, 6 games behind the 1st place Kansas City Royals.

Offseason[]

  • October 19, 1984: Guy Hoffman was released by the White Sox.[1]
  • October 19, 1984: Casey Parsons was released by the White Sox.[2]
  • December 7, 1984: Bert Roberge was traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Expos for Bryan Little.[3]
  • January 12, 1985: Steve Fireovid was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[4]
  • January 14, 1985: Dave Wehrmeister was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[5]
  • March 23, 1985: Oscar Gamble was signed as a free agent by the Chicago White Sox.[6]

Regular season[]

  • September 22, 1985: José Canseco became the 27th player to hit a home run over the roof of Comiskey Park.

1985 Opening Day lineup[]

Standings[]

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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[]

  • April 1, 1985: Jerry Dybzinski was released by the Chicago White Sox.[7]
  • June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball draft
    • The Chicago White Sox drafted catcher Kurt Brown with the fifth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.[8]
    • Bobby Thigpen was drafted by the White Sox in the 4th round.[9]
    • Tom Drees was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round.[10]
    • Randy Velarde was drafted by the White Sox in the 19th round. Player signed June 14, 1985.[11]
  • June 26, 1985: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[12]
  • July 17, 1985: Bob Owchinko was purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Oakland Athletics.[13]
  • August 12, 1985: Oscar Gamble was released by the White Sox.[6]
  • August 12, 1985: Mike Stanton was released by the White Sox.[12]
  • September 24, 1985: Bob Owchinko was released by the Chicago White Sox.[13]

Roster[]

1985 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • 72 Carlton Fisk
  •  7 Marc Hill
  • 22 Joel Skinner

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  • 10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Harold Baines, RF 160 640 86 198 29 3 22 113 42 89 .309 1
Daryl Boston, CF 95 232 20 53 13 1 3 15 14 44 .228 8
John Cangelosi, OF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Julio Cruz, 2B 91 234 28 46 2 3 0 15 32 40 .197 8
Joe DeSa, 1B,DH 28 44 5 8 2 0 2 7 3 6 .182 0
Carlton Fisk, C,DH 153 543 85 129 23 1 37 107 52 81 .238 17
Scott Fletcher, 3B,SS,2B 119 301 38 77 8 1 2 31 35 47 .256 5
Oscar Gamble, DH 70 148 20 30 5 0 4 20 34 22 .203 0
Mark Gilbert, OF 7 22 3 6 1 0 0 3 4 5 .273 0
Ozzie Guillén, SS 150 491 71 134 21 9 1 33 12 36 .273 7
Jerry Hairston, DH,LF 95 140 9 34 8 0 2 20 29 18 .243 0
Marc Hill, C 40 75 5 10 2 0 0 4 12 9 .133 0
Tim Hulett, 3B,2B 141 395 52 106 19 4 5 37 30 81 .268 6
Ron Kittle, DH,LF 116 379 51 87 12 0 26 58 31 92 .230 1
Rudy Law, LF,CF 125 390 62 101 21 6 4 36 27 40 .259 29
Bryan Little, 2B 73 188 35 47 9 1 2 27 26 21 .250 0
Gene Nelson, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Reid Nichols, OF 51 118 20 35 7 1 1 15 15 13 .297 5
Tom Paciorek, OF,DH,1B 46 122 14 30 2 0 0 9 8 22 .246 2
Mark Ryal, OF 12 33 4 5 3 0 0 3 3 3 .152 0
Luis Salazar, OF,3B,DH,1B 122 327 39 80 18 2 10 45 12 60 .245 14
Joel Skinner, C 22 44 9 15 4 1 1 5 5 13 .341 0
Dan Spillner, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0
Mike Squires, PR 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Greg Walker, 1B,DH 163 601 77 155 38 4 24 92 44 100 .258 5
Team totals
 163 5470 736 1386 247 37 146 695 471 843 .253 108

Pitching[]

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Juan Agosto 4 3 3.58 54 0 1 60.1 45 27 24 3 24 39
Floyd Bannister 10 14 4.87 34 34 0 210.2 211 121 114 30 105 198
Britt Burns 18 11 3.96 36 34 0 227.0 206 105 100 26 80 172
Ed Correa 1 0 6.97 5 1 0 10.1 11 9 8 2 11 10
Joel Davis 3 3 4.16 12 11 0 71.1 71 34 33 6 26 37
Richard Dotson 3 4 4.47 9 9 0 52.1 53 30 26 5 18 33
Bob Fallon 0 0 6.19 10 0 0 16.0 25 11 11 5 11 17
Steve Fireovid 0 0 5.14 4 0 0 7.0 17 4 4 0 2 2
Jerry Don Gleaton 1 0 5.76 31 0 1 29.2 37 19 19 3 16 22
Bob James 8 7 2.13 69 0 32 110.0 90 31 26 5 27 88
Al Jones 1 0 1.50 5 0 0 6.0 3 2 1 0 3 2
Tim Lollar 3 5 4.66 18 13 0 83.0 83 48 43 10 59 61
Bill Long 0 1 10.29 4 3 0 14.0 25 17 16 4 7 13
Gene Nelson 10 10 4.26 46 18 2 145.2 144 74 69 23 71 101
Tom Seaver 16 11 3.17 35 33 0 238.2 223 103 84 22 75 134
Dan Spillner 4 3 3.44 52 3 1 91.2 83 39 35 10 35 41
Mike Stanton 0 1 9.26 11 0 0 11.2 15 14 12 2 8 12
Bruce Tanner 1 2 5.33 10 4 0 27.0 34 17 16 1 16 9
Dave Wehrmeister 2 2 3.43 23 0 2 39.1 35 15 15 4 10 32
Team totals
 85 77 4.07 163 163 39 1451.2 1411 720 656 161 604 1023

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons American Association John Boles
AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League Steve Dillard
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League
A-Short Season New York–Penn League
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League J. C. Martin

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Guy Hoffman at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Casey Parsons at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bert Roberge at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Steve Fireovid at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Dave Wehrmeister at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ a b Oscar Gamble at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ "Jerry Dybzinski Stats".
  8. ^ Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
  9. ^ Bobby Thigpen at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Tom Drees at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Randy Velarde page on Baseball Reference
  12. ^ a b Mike Stanton at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ a b "Bob Owchinko Stats".
  • 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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