1985 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit
OwnersTom Monaghan
General managersBill Lajoie
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Bill Freehan, Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
RadioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
← 1984 Seasons 1986 →

The Tigers entered the season as the reigning World Series champions. The 1985 Detroit Tigers finished in third place in the American League East with a record of 84–77 (.522), 15 games behind the Blue Jays. The Tigers outscored their opponents 729 to 688. The Tigers drew 2,286,609 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1983, ranking 3rd of the 14 teams in the American League.

Regular season

Season standings

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 record

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

Roster

1985 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Lance Parrish 140 549 150 .273 28 98
1B Darrell Evans 151 505 125 .248 40 94
2B Lou Whitaker 152 609 170 .279 21 73
3B Tom Brookens 156 485 115 .237 7 47
SS Alan Trammell 149 605 156 .258 13 57
RF Kirk Gibson 154 581 167 .287 29 97
CF Chet Lemon 145 517 137 .265 18 68
LF Larry Herndon 137 442 108 .244 12 37
DH Johnny Grubb 78 155 38 .245 5 25

Other batters

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
Nelson Simmons 75 251 60 .239 10 33
Bárbaro Garbey 86 237 61 .257 6 29
Dave Bergman 69 140 25 .179 3 7
Alejandro Sánchez 71 133 33 .248 6 12
Marty Castillo 57 84 10 .119 2 5
Bob Melvin 41 82 18 .220 0 4
Chris Pittaro 28 62 15 .242 0 7
Doug Flynn 32 51 13 .255 0 2
Mike Laga 9 36 6 .167 2 6
Doug Baker 15 27 5 .185 0 1
Scotti Madison 6 11 0 .000 0 1
Jim Weaver 12 7 1 .143 0 0
Rusty Kuntz 5 5 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Morris 35 257.0 16 11 3.33 191
Dan Petry 34 238.2 15 13 3.36 109
Walt Terrell 34 229.0 15 10 3.85 130
Frank Tanana 20 137.1 10 7 3.34 107
Milt Wilcox 8 39.0 1 3 4.85 20

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Juan Berenguer 31 95.0 5 6 5.59 82
Randy O'Neal 28 94.1 5 5 3.24 52
Mickey Mahler 3 20.2 1 2 1.74 14

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV GF ERA SO
Willie Hernández 74 8 10 31 64 2.70 76
Aurelio López 51 3 7 5 22 4.80 53
Bill Scherrer 48 3 2 0 14 4.36 46
Doug Bair 21 2 0 0 4 6.24 30
Chuck Cary 16 0 1 2 6 3.42 22
Bob Stoddard 8 0 0 1 3 6.75 11

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1985 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:

Award winners and league leaders

Tom Brookens

Darrell Evans

Kirk Gibson

Willie Hernández

Chet Lemon

Jack Morris

Lance Parrish

Dan Petry

Frank Tanana

Walt Terrell

Alan Trammell

Lou Whitaker

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds American Association Lee Walls, Leon Roberts, and Gordon Mackenzie
AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Gordon Mackenzie, Mark DeJohn, Frank Franchi,
and Jerry Grote
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Jerry Grote and Moby Benedict
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Tom Burgess

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bristol

References

  1. ^ "Roger Mason Stats".
  2. ^ Scott Lusader at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mark Lee at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Andy Stankiewicz at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ John Smoltz at Baseball Reference

External links

1985 MLB season by team
Detroit Tigers
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