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1985 Houston Astros season
Major League Baseball team season
The Houston Astros' 1985 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.
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League | National League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | The Astrodome | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
Record | 83–79 (.512) | |||
Divisional place | 3rd | |||
Owners | John McMullen | |||
General managers | Al Rosen, Dick Wagner | |||
Managers | Bob Lillis | |||
Television | KTXH HSE | |||
Radio | KTRH (Gene Elston, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Jim Durham, Jerry Trupiano) | |||
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- December 3, 1984: Manuel Lee was drafted from the Astros by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1984 rule 5 draft.[1]
- July 11, 1985: Nolan Ryan got the 4000th strikeout of his career by striking out Danny Heep of the New York Mets.
- July 27, 1985: The Astros lose to the New York Mets, 16–4, despite not allowing a single earned run in the game.[2]
Season standings
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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 |
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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 | — |
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Notable transactions
- June 3, 1985: Mike Simms was drafted by the Astros in the 6th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.[3]
- June 12, 1985: Brad Gulden was purchased by the Houston Astros from the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
- September 15, 1985: Joe Niekro was traded by the Astros to the New York Yankees for Jim Deshaies and players to be named later. The New York Yankees completed the deal by sending Neder Horta (minors) to the Astros on September 24 and Dody Rather (minors) to the Astros on January 11, 1986.[5]
Roster
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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
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Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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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 |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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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 |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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See also: Minor League Baseball
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- Manuel Lee at Baseball Reference
- "Houston Astros at New York Mets Box Score and Play by Play". Baseball-Reference.com. July 27, 1985. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
- Mike Simms at Baseball Reference
- Jim Deshaies at Baseball Reference