1985 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 8 – October 27, 1985 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 26 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, NBC |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | B. J. Surhoff |
Picked by | Milwaukee Brewers |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | NL: Willie McGee (STL) AL: Don Mattingly (NYY) |
League postseason | |
AL champions | Kansas City Royals |
AL runners-up | Toronto Blue Jays |
NL champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
NL runners-up | Los Angeles Dodgers |
World Series | |
Champions | Kansas City Royals |
Runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
World Series MVP | Bret Saberhagen (KC) |
The 1985 Major League Baseball season ended with the Kansas City Royals defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh game of the I-70 World Series. Bret Saberhagen, the regular season Cy Young Award winner, was named MVP of the Series. The National League won the All-Star Game for the second straight year.
The League Championship Series playoffs were expanded to a best-of-seven format beginning this year,[1] and both leagues ended up settling their pennant winners in more than five games, with the Royals beating the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games, and the Cardinals beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games.
American League[edit]
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National League[edit]
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Main article: 1985 MLB Postseason |
League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) |
World Series | |||||||
East | Toronto | 3 | ||||||
West | Kansas City | 4 | ||||||
AL | Kansas City | 4 | ||||||
NL | St. Louis | 3 | ||||||
East | St. Louis | 4 | ||||||
West | Los Angeles | 2 |
Further information: 1985 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting |
Statistic | American League | National League | ||
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AVG | Wade Boggs BOS | .368 | Willie McGee STL | .353 |
HR | Darrell Evans DET | 40 | Dale Murphy ATL | 37 |
RBI | Don Mattingly NYY | 145 | Dave Parker CIN | 125 |
Wins | Ron Guidry NYY | 22 | Dwight Gooden NYM | 24 |
ERA | Dave Stieb TOR | 2.48 | Dwight Gooden NYM | 1.53 |
SO | Bert Blyleven CLE/MIN | 206 | Dwight Gooden NYM | 268 |
SV | Dan Quisenberry KC | 37 | Jeff Reardon MTL | 41 |
SB | Rickey Henderson NYY | 80 | Vince Coleman STL | 110 |
Team Name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per Game | Est. Payroll | %± |
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Los Angeles Dodgers[6] | 95 | 20.3% | 3,264,593 | 4.1% | 40,304 | $10,967,917 | |
New York Mets[7] | 98 | 8.9% | 2,761,601 | 49.9% | 34,094 | $10,834,762 | |
St. Louis Cardinals[8] | 101 | 20.2% | 2,637,563 | 29.5% | 32,563 | $11,817,083 | |
California Angels[9] | 90 | 11.1% | 2,567,427 | 6.8% | 32,499 | $14,427,894 | |
Toronto Blue Jays[10] | 99 | 11.2% | 2,468,925 | 17.0% | 30,862 | $9,329,217 | |
Detroit Tigers[11] | 84 | -19.2% | 2,286,609 | -15.5% | 28,230 | $10,348,143 | |
New York Yankees[12] | 97 | 11.5% | 2,214,587 | 21.6% | 27,682 | $14,238,204 | |
San Diego Padres[13] | 83 | -9.8% | 2,210,352 | 11.4% | 27,288 | $11,191,583 | |
Kansas City Royals[14] | 91 | 8.3% | 2,162,717 | 19.5% | 26,375 | $10,565,346 | |
Chicago Cubs[15] | 77 | -19.8% | 2,161,534 | 2.6% | 26,686 | $12,702,917 | |
Baltimore Orioles[16] | 83 | -2.4% | 2,132,387 | 4.2% | 26,326 | $12,085,712 | |
Cincinnati Reds[17] | 89 | 27.1% | 1,834,619 | 43.8% | 22,650 | $8,359,917 | |
Philadelphia Phillies[18] | 75 | -7.4% | 1,830,350 | -11.3% | 22,597 | $10,644,966 | |
Boston Red Sox[19] | 81 | -5.8% | 1,786,633 | 7.5% | 22,057 | $10,897,560 | |
Chicago White Sox[20] | 85 | 14.9% | 1,669,888 | -21.9% | 20,616 | $9,846,178 | |
Minnesota Twins[21] | 77 | -4.9% | 1,651,814 | 3.3% | 19,664 | $5,764,821 | |
Montreal Expos[22] | 84 | 7.7% | 1,502,494 | -6.5% | 18,549 | $9,470,166 | |
Milwaukee Brewers[23] | 71 | 6.0% | 1,360,265 | -15.4% | 17,003 | $11,284,107 | |
Atlanta Braves[24] | 66 | -17.5% | 1,350,137 | -21.7% | 16,668 | $14,807,000 | |
Oakland Athletics[25] | 77 | 0.0% | 1,334,599 | -1.4% | 16,894 | $9,058,606 | |
Houston Astros[26] | 83 | 3.8% | 1,184,314 | -3.7% | 14,621 | $9,993,051 | |
Seattle Mariners[27] | 74 | 0.0% | 1,128,696 | 29.7% | 13,599 | $4,613,000 | |
Texas Rangers[28] | 62 | -10.1% | 1,112,497 | 0.9% | 13,906 | $7,676,500 | |
San Francisco Giants[29] | 62 | -6.1% | 818,697 | -18.3% | 10,107 | $8,221,714 | |
Pittsburgh Pirates[30] | 57 | -24.0% | 735,900 | -4.9% | 9,199 | $9,267,500 | |
Cleveland Indians[31] | 60 | -20.0% | 655,181 | -10.7% | 8,089 | $6,551,666 |
Network | Day of week | Announcers |
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ABC | Monday nights Sunday afternoons |
Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Howard Cosell,[n1 1] Tim McCarver, Don Drysdale |
NBC | Saturday afternoons | Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola, Bob Costas, Tony Kubek |