1985 Cleveland Indians season

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1985 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
  • Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)Estate of F.J. "Steve" O'Neill
General manager(s)Phil Seghi, Joe Klein
Manager(s)Pat Corrales
Local televisionWUAB
Local radioWWWE
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Offseason[]

  • October 15, 1984: Jamie Quirk was released by the Indians.[1]
  • October 15, 1984: Broderick Perkins was released by the Indians.[2]
  • January 7, 1985: Butch Benton was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.[3]
  • January 9, 1985: Dave Von Ohlen was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[4]
  • March 22, 1985: Jerry Ujdur was released by the Indians.[5]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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  • t
AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 99 62 0.615 — 54–26 45–36
New York Yankees 97 64 0.602 2 58–22 39–42
Detroit Tigers 84 77 0.522 15 44–37 40–40
Baltimore Orioles 83 78 0.516 16 45–36 38–42
Boston Red Sox 81 81 0.500 18½ 43–37 38–44
Milwaukee Brewers 71 90 0.441 28 40–40 31–50
Cleveland Indians 60 102 0.370 39½ 38–43 22–59

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 3, 1985: Doug Jones was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[6]
  • April 19, 1985: Benny Ayala was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[7]
  • April 23, 1985: Geno Petralli was released by the Indians.[8]
  • May 7, 1985:Johnnie LeMaster was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Jeffcoat and Luis Quiñones.[9] Lemaster was made the starting shortstop. The previous shortstop, Julio Franco, moved to second base a position he had never played before, and Tony Bernazard benched in spite of his leading the team in home runs at the time. Bill James called these maneuvers 'strangest, most incomprehensible organizational stratagem in many years'.[10]
  • May 30, 1985: Johnnie LeMaster was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later.[11]
  • July 3, 1985: The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Scott Bailes to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on May 30, 1985, for Johnnie LeMaster.[12]
  • August 1, 1985: Bert Blyleven was traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Curt Wardle, Jay Bell, Jim Weaver and a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins completed the deal by sending Rich Yett to the Indians on September 17.[13]

Draft picks[]

  • The Cleveland Indians drafted pitcher Mike Poehl with the ninth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.[14]

Opening Day Lineup[]

Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
2 Brett Butler CF
14 Julio Franco SS
27 Mel Hall LF
30 Joe Carter DH
10 Pat Tabler 1B
26 Brook Jacoby 3B
24 George Vukovich RF
23 Chris Bando C
4 Tony Bernazard 2B
28 Bert Blyleven P

[15]

Roster[]

1985 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

  • 29 Andre Thornton
 Manager
  • 18 Pat Corrales

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Benny Ayala 46 76 10 19 7 0 2 15 .250 0
Chris Bando 73 173 11 24 4 1 0 13 .139 0
Butch Benton 31 67 5 12 4 0 0 7 .179 0
Tony Bernazard 153 500 73 137 26 3 11 59 .274 17
Brett Butler 152 591 106 184 28 14 5 50 .311 47
Joe Carter 143 489 64 128 27 0 15 59 .262 24
Carmen Castillo 67 184 27 45 5 1 11 25 .245 3
Mike Fischlin 73 60 12 12 4 1 0 2 .200 0
Julio Franco 160 636 97 183 33 4 6 90 .288 13
Mel Hall 23 66 7 21 6 0 0 12 .318 0
Mike Hargrove 107 284 31 81 14 1 1 27 .285 1
Brook Jacoby 161 606 72 166 26 3 20 87 .274 2
Johnnie LeMaster 11 20 0 3 0 0 0 2 .150 0
Otis Nixon 104 162 34 38 4 0 3 9 .235 20
Pat Tabler 117 404 47 111 18 3 5 59 .275 0
Andre Thornton 124 461 49 109 13 0 22 88 .236 3
George Vukovich 149 434 43 106 22 0 8 45 .244 2
Jerry Willard 104 300 39 81 13 0 7 36 .270 0
Jim Wilson 4 14 2 5 0 0 0 4 .357 0
Totals 162 5527 729 1465 254 31 116 689 .265 132

Pitching[]

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Jeff Barkley 0 3 5.27 21 0 1 41.0 26 24 15 30
Rick Behenna 0 2 7.78 4 4 0 19.2 17 17 8 4
Bert Blyleven 9 11 3.26 23 23 0 179.2 76 65 49 129
Ernie Camacho 0 1 8.10 2 0 0 3.1 3 3 1 2
Bryan Clark 3 4 6.32 31 3 2 62.2 47 44 34 24
Keith Creel 2 5 4.79 15 8 0 62.0 35 33 23 31
Jamie Easterly 4 1 3.92 50 7 0 98.2 52 43 53 58
Neal Heaton 9 17 4.90 36 33 0 207.2 119 113 80 82
Mike Jeffcoat 0 0 2.79 9 0 0 9.2 5 3 6 4
Jerry Reed 3 5 4.11 33 5 8 72.1 41 33 19 37
Jose Roman 0 4 6.61 5 3 0 16.1 17 12 14 12
Ramon Romero 2 3 6.58 19 10 0 64.1 48 47 38 38
Vern Ruhle 2 10 4.32 42 16 3 125.0 65 60 30 54
Don Schulze 4 10 6.01 19 18 0 94.1 75 63 19 37
Roy Smith 1 4 5.34 12 11 0 62.1 40 37 17 28
Rich Thompson 3 8 6.30 57 0 5 80.0 63 56 48 30
Dave Von Ohlen 3 2 2.91 26 0 0 43.1 20 14 20 12
Tom Waddell 8 6 4.87 49 9 9 112.2 61 61 39 53
Curt Wardle 7 6 6.68 15 12 0 66.0 51 49 34 37
Totals 60 102 4.91 162 162 28 1421.0 861 776 547 702

Awards and honors[]

All-Star Game

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Maine Guides International League Doc Edwards
AA Waterbury Indians Eastern League Jack Aker
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Steve Swisher
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Eddie Bane

References[]

  1. ^ Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Broderick Perkins at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ "Butch Benton Stats".
  4. ^ Dave Von Ohlen at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Jerry Ujdur at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Doug Jones at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Benny Ayala at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Diaz, Roberto (May 7, 1985). "Looking for improved fielding at shortstop, the Cleveland Indians..." United Press International. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  10. ^ James, Bill (1986). The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1986. Ballantine Books. p. 154.
  11. ^ "Johnnie LeMaster Stats".
  12. ^ "Scott Bailes Stats".
  13. ^ Bert Blyleven at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
  15. ^ 1985 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  • 1985 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 Cleveland Indians 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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