1985 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 1985 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

1985 Houston Astros
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkThe Astrodome
CityHouston, Texas
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJohn McMullen
General managersAl Rosen, Dick Wagner
ManagersBob Lillis
TelevisionKTXH
HSE
RadioKTRH
(Gene Elston, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Jim Durham, Jerry Trupiano)
← 1984 Seasons 1986 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 .586 48‍–‍33 47‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds 89 72 .553 47‍–‍34 42‍–‍38
Houston Astros 83 79 .512 12 44‍–‍37 39‍–‍42
San Diego Padres 83 79 .512 12 44‍–‍37 39‍–‍42
Atlanta Braves 66 96 .407 29 32‍–‍49 34‍–‍47
San Francisco Giants 62 100 .383 33 38‍–‍43 24‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1985 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Mark Bailey 114 332 88 .265 10 45
1B Glenn Davis 100 350 95 .271 20 64
2B Bill Doran 148 578 166 .287 14 59
SS Craig Reynolds 107 379 103 .272 4 32
3B Phil Garner 135 463 124 .268 6 51
LF José Cruz 141 544 163 .300 9 79
CF Kevin Bass 150 539 145 .269 16 68
RF Jerry Mumphrey 130 444 123 .277 8 61

Other batters

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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
Denny Walling 119 345 93 .270 7 45
Dickie Thon 84 251 63 .251 6 29
Terry Puhl 57 194 55 .284 2 23
Alan Ashby 65 189 53 .280 8 25
Jim Pankovits 75 172 42 .244 4 14
Enos Cabell 60 143 35 .245 2 14
Harry Spilman 44 66 9 .136 1 4
Tim Tolman 31 43 6 .140 2 8
John Mizerock 15 38 9 .237 0 6
Ty Gainey 13 37 6 .162 0 0
Germán Rivera 13 36 7 .194 0 2
Bert Peña 20 29 8 .276 0 4
Chris Jones 31 25 5 .200 0 1
Eric Bullock 18 25 7 .280 0 2

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Knepper 37 241.0 15 13 3.55 131
Nolan Ryan 35 232.0 10 12 3.80 209
Mike Scott 36 221.2 18 8 3.29 137
Joe Niekro 32 213.0 9 12 3.72 117
Mark Knudson 2 11.0 0 2 9.00 4

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ron Mathis 23 70.0 3 5 6.04 34
Jeff Heathcock 14 56.1 3 1 3.36 25
Charlie Kerfeld 11 44.1 4 2 4.06 30

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Smith 64 9 5 27 2.27 40
Frank DiPino 54 3 7 6 4.03 49
Bill Dawley 49 5 3 2 3.56 48
Jeff Calhoun 44 2 5 4 2.54 47
Julio Solano 20 2 2 0 3.48 17
Mike Madden 13 0 0 0 4.26 16
Mark Ross 8 0 2 1 4.85 3
Jim Deshaies 2 0 0 0 0.00 2

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Jimmy Johnson
AA Columbus Astros Southern League Carlos Alfonso
A Osceola Astros Florida State League Dave Cripe
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Fred Hatfield
A-Short Season Auburn Astros New York–Penn League Bob Hartsfield
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Julio Linares

References

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  1. ^ Manuel Lee at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Houston Astros at New York Mets Box Score and Play by Play". Baseball-Reference.com. July 27, 1985. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  3. ^ Mike Simms at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "Brad Gulden Stats".
  5. ^ Jim Deshaies at Baseball Reference
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