1985 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place5th (18+1⁄2 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
PresidentJean Yawkey
General manager(s)Lou Gorman
Manager(s)John McNamara
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
NESN
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Local radioWPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1985 Boston Red Sox season was the 85th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses, 18+1⁄2 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays.

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month[2]
Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 9 11 9 11 4th 4 [3]
May 12 14 21 25 6th 9+1⁄2 [4]
June 17 10 38 35 5th 7+1⁄2 [5]
July 14 12 52 47 4th 10+1⁄2 [6]
August 8 21 60 68 5th 20+1⁄2 [7]
September 19 9 79 77 5th 19+1⁄2 [8]
October 2 4 81 81 5th 18+1⁄2 [9]

The Red Sox also had one game end in a tie; on July 31, a home game against the Chicago White Sox was ended in the 7th inning due to rain, with the score tied, 1–1.[10] It was the first tie game for the Red Sox since June 8, 1961.[11] The game was replayed the following day as part of a doubleheader.[11] MLB games that end in a tie are not included in league standings, although individual player statistics (e.g. hits, errors, innings pitched) are counted.

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

Opening Day lineup

26 Wade Boggs 3B
24 Dwight Evans RF
14 Jim Rice LF
  7 Mike Easler DH
20 Tony Armas CF
  6 Bill Buckner 1B
10 Rich Gedman C
17 Marty Barrett 2B
41 Jackie Gutiérrez     SS
23 Oil Can Boyd     P

Source:[14]

Roster

1985 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Bill Buckner 162 673 89 201 46 3 16 110 18 30 .299 .447
Wade Boggs 161 653 107 240 42 3 8 78 2 96 .368 .478
Dwight Evans 159 617 110 162 29 1 29 78 7 114 .263 .454
Mike Easler 155 568 71 149 29 4 16 74 0 53 .262 .412
Jim Rice 140 546 85 159 20 3 27 103 2 51 .291 .487
Marty Barrett 156 534 59 142 26 0 5 56 7 56 .266 .343
Rich Gedman 144 498 66 147 30 5 18 80 2 50 .295 .484
Tony Armas 103 385 50 102 17 5 23 64 0 18 .265 .514
Steve Lyons 133 371 52 98 14 3 5 30 12 32 .264 .358
Glenn Hoffman 96 279 40 77 17 2 6 34 2 25 .276 .416
Jackie Gutiérrez 103 275 33 60 5 2 2 21 10 12 .218 .273
Marc Sullivan 32 69 10 12 2 0 2 3 0 6 .174 .290
Dave Stapleton 30 66 4 15 6 0 0 2 0 4 .227 .318
Rick Miller 41 45 5 15 2 0 0 9 1 5 .333 .378
Dave Sax 22 36 2 11 3 0 0 6 0 3 .306 .389
Reid Nichols 21 32 3 6 1 0 1 3 1 2 .188 .313
Mike Greenwell 17 31 7 10 1 0 4 8 1 3 .323 .742
Kevin Romine 24 28 3 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 .214 .286
Ed Jurak 26 13 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .231
Tim Lollar 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Team Totals 163 5720 800 1615 292 31 162 760 66 562 .282 .429

Source:[15]

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; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Oil Can Boyd 15 13 3.70 35 35 0 272.1 273 117 112 67 154
Bruce Hurst 11 13 4.51 35 31 0 229.1 243 123 115 70 189
Al Nipper 9 12 4.06 25 25 0 162.0 157 83 73 82 85
Bob Ojeda 9 11 4.00 39 22 1 157.2 166 74 70 48 102
Roger Clemens 7 5 3.29 15 15 0 98.1 83 38 36 37 74
Bruce Kison 5 3 4.11 22 9 1 92.0 98 43 42 32 56
Steve Crawford 6 5 3.76 44 1 12 91.0 103 47 38 28 58
Bob Stanley 6 6 2.87 48 0 10 87.2 76 30 28 30 46
Mike Trujillo 4 4 4.82 27 7 1 84.0 112 55 45 23 19
Tim Lollar 5 5 4.57 16 10 1 67.0 57 37 34 40 44
Mark Clear 1 3 3.72 41 0 3 55.2 45 26 23 50 55
Rob Woodward 1 0 1.69 5 2 0 26.2 17 8 5 9 16
Jeff Sellers 2 0 3.63 4 4 0 22.1 24 10 9 7 6
Jim Dorsey 0 1 20.25 2 1 0 5.1 12 12 12 10 2
Tom McCarthy 0 0 10.80 3 0 0 5.0 7 6 6 4 2
Mike Brown 0 0 21.60 2 1 0 3.1 9 8 8 3 3
Charlie Mitchell 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 1.2 5 3 3 0 2
Team Totals 81 81 4.06 163 163 29 1461.1 1487 720 659 540 913

Source:[16]

Statistical leaders

Wade Boggs
Wade Boggs
Category Player Statistic
Youngest player Mike Greenwell 21
Jeff Sellers
Oldest player Rick Miller 37
Wins Above Replacement Wade Boggs 9.1

Source:[15]

Batting

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
G Games played Bill Buckner 162
PA Plate appearances Wade Boggs 758
AB At bats Bill Buckner 673
R Runs scored Dwight Evans 110
H Hits Wade Boggs 240
2B Doubles Bill Buckner 46
3B Triples Tony Armas 5
Rich Gedman
HR Home runs Dwight Evans 29
RBI Runs batted in Bill Buckner 110
SB Stolen bases Bill Buckner 18
CS Caught stealing Steve Lyons 9
BB Base on balls Dwight Evans 114
SO Strikeouts Mike Easler 129
BA Batting average Wade Boggs .368
OBP On-base percentage Wade Boggs .450
SLG Slugging percentage Tony Armas .514
OPS On-base plus slugging Wade Boggs .928
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Wade Boggs 151
TB Total bases Wade Boggs 312
GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice 35
HBP Hit by pitch Dwight Evans 5
Glenn Hoffman
SH Sacrifice hits Marty Barrett 12
SF Sacrifice flies Bill Buckner 11
IBB Intentional base on balls Rich Gedman 11

Source:[15]

Pitching

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
W Wins Oil Can Boyd 15
L Losses Oil Can Boyd 13
Bruce Hurst
W-L % Winning percentage Roger Clemens .583 (7–5)
ERA Earned run average Oil Can Boyd 3.70
G Games pitched Bob Stanley 48
GS Games started Oil Can Boyd 35
GF Games finished Bob Stanley 41
CG Complete games Oil Can Boyd 13
SHO Shutouts Oil Can Boyd 3
SV Saves Steve Crawford 12
IP Innings pitched Oil Can Boyd 272+1⁄3
SO Strikeouts Bruce Hurst 189
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Oil Can Boyd 1.248

Source:[15]

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments
Surpassed by Albert Pujols in 2009
All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Greensboro Hornets replaced the Winston-Salem Spirits as a Class A affiliate.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Rac Slider
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Ed Nottle
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Dave Holt
A Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Doug Camilli
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

Source:[18][19]

References

  1. ^ Bruce Kison Statistics and History - Baseball Reference.com
  2. ^ "The 1985 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Events of Tuesday, April 30, 1985".
  4. ^ "Events of Friday, May 31, 1985".
  5. ^ "Events of Sunday, June 30, 1985".
  6. ^ "Events of Wednesday, July 31, 1985".
  7. ^ "Events of Saturday, August 31, 1985".
  8. ^ "Events of Monday, September 30, 1985".
  9. ^ "Events of Sunday, October 6, 1985".
  10. ^ "Boston Red Sox 1, Chicago White Sox 1". Retrosheet. July 31, 1985. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  11. ^ a b Price, Terry (August 1, 1985). "Red Sox Battle White Sox to Tie". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. C3. Retrieved October 11, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
  13. ^ "Dan Gabriele Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  14. ^ "Boston Red Sox 9, New York Yankees 2". Retrosheet. April 8, 1985. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  15. ^ a b c "1985 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  16. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  17. ^ "Bill Buckner". oldbaseball.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  18. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  19. ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1985. p. 94. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

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