1985 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record84–77
Divisional place3rd
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersMurray Cook
ManagersBuck Rodgers
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Ken Singleton)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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The 1985 Montreal Expos season was the 17th season in franchise history. They finished with a record of 84–77, third in the National League East and 16 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their ninth season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

April 30, 1985: In an 11–0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, position player Razor Shines pitched one inning as the Expos pitching resources were depleted.[9]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 101 61 0.623 — 54–27 47–34
New York Mets 98 64 0.605 3 51–30 47–34
Montreal Expos 84 77 0.522 16½ 44–37 40–40
Chicago Cubs 77 84 0.478 23½ 41–39 36–45
Philadelphia Phillies 75 87 0.463 26 41–40 34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 57 104 0.354 43½ 35–45 22–59

Record vs. opponents

1985 National League record

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

Major League debuts

Roster

1985 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 Mike Fitzgerald 108 295 61 .207 5 34
1B Dan Driessen 91 312 78 .250 6 25
2B Vance Law 147 519 138 .266 10 52
SS Hubie Brooks 156 605 163 .269 13 100
3B Tim Wallach 155 569 148 .260 22 81
LF Tim Raines 150 575 184 .320 11 41
CF Herm Winningham 125 312 74 .237 3 21
RF Andre Dawson 139 529 135 .255 23 91

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
Terry Francona 107 281 75 .267 2 31
Mitch Webster 74 212 58 .274 11 30
U L Washington 68 193 48 .249 1 17
Jim Wohlford 70 125 24 .192 1 15
Sal Butera 67 120 24 .200 3 12
Miguel Dilone 51 84 16 .190 0 6
Andrés Galarraga 24 75 14 .187 2 4
Steve Nicosia 42 71 12 .169 0 1
Razor Shines 47 50 6 .120 0 3
Scot Thompson 34 32 9 .281 0 4
Al Newman 25 29 5 .172 0 1
Skeeter Barnes 19 26 4 .154 0 0
Doug Frobel 12 23 3 .130 1 4
Mike O'Berry 20 21 4 .190 0 0
Fred Manrique 9 13 4 .308 1 1
Ned Yost 5 11 2 .182 0 0
Doug Flynn 9 6 1 .167 0 0
Roy Johnson 3 5 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting 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
Bryn Smith 32 222.1 18 5 2.91 127
Bill Gullickson 29 181.1 14 12 3.52 68
Joe Hesketh 25 155.1 10 5 2.49 113
David Palmer 24 135.2 7 10 3.71 106
Floyd Youmans 14 77.0 4 3 2.45 54
Mickey Mahler 9 48.1 1 4 3.54 32
Steve Rogers 8 38.0 2 4 5.68 18

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
Dan Schatzeder 24 104.1 3 5 3.80 64
Bill Laskey 11 34.1 0 5 9.44 18
John Dopson 4 13.0 0 2 11.08 4

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Reardon 63 2 8 41 3.18 67
Tim Burke 78 9 4 8 2.39 87
Gary Lucas 49 6 2 1 3.19 31
Randy St.Claire 42 5 3 0 3.93 25
Bert Roberge 42 3 3 2 3.44 34
Jack O'Connor 20 0 2 0 4.94 16
Rick Grapenthin 5 0 0 0 14.14 4
Ed Glynn 3 0 0 0 19.29 2
Razor Shines 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Sal Butera 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Award winners

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Felipe Alou
AA Jacksonville Expos Southern League Tommy Thompson
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League J. R. Miner
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Ed Creech

References

  1. ^ a b Dave Hostetler page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Larry Walker page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Vance Law page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Bert Roberge page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Gary Carter page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Bobby Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, April 30, 1985 at Veteran's Stadium
  10. ^ Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Cliff Young page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ "Doug Frobel Stats".
  13. ^ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".

External links

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