1985 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1985 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1985

World Series Champions

Kansas City Royals

Runner Up

St. Louis Cardinals

Most Valuable Players

AL: Don Mattingly NL: Willie McGee

Cy Young Winners

AL: Bret Saberhagen NL: Dwight Gooden

Rookies of the Year

AL: Ozzie Guillen NL: Vince Coleman

Managers of the Year

AL: Bobby Cox NL: Whitey Herzog

#1 Draft Pick

B.J. Surhoff (Milwaukee Brewers)

All-Star Game

Minneapolis,Minnesota

Teams

Players

942

Attendance

46,824,379

Payroll

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1985 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	161	99	62	.615	--	759	588	171	Lost ALCS (Royals)	2,468,925	5	Pat Gillick	Bobby Cox	Exhibition Stadium
2	2	4	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	161	97	64	.602	2.0	839	660	179	dnq	2,214,587	7	Clyde King	Billy Martin, Yogi Berra	Yankee Stadium I
3	6	10	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	161	84	77	.522	15.0	729	688	41	dnq	2,286,609	6	Bill Lajoie	Sparky Anderson	Tiger Stadium
4	7	12	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	161	83	78	.516	16.0	818	764	54	dnq	2,132,387	11	Hank Peters	Earl Weaver, Joe Altobelli, Cal Ripken	Memorial Stadium
5	8	15	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	18.5	800	720	80	dnq	1,786,633	14	Lou Gorman	John McNamara	Fenway Park
6	12	21	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	161	71	90	.441	28.0	690	802	-112	dnq	1,360,265	18	Harry Dalton	George Bamberger	County Stadium
7	14	25	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	60	102	.370	39.5	729	861	-132	dnq	655,181	26	Phil Seghi	Pat Corrales	Cleveland Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	6	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	--	687	639	48	Won World Series (Cardinals)	2,162,717	9	John Schuerholz	Dick Howser	Royals Stadium
2	4	7	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	1.0	732	703	29	dnq	2,567,427	4	Mike Port	Gene Mauch	Anaheim Stadium
3	5	9	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	6.0	736	720	16	dnq	1,669,888	15	Roland Hemond	Tony La Russa	Comiskey Park
4	10	17	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	14.0	705	782	-77	dnq	1,651,814	16	Howard Fox	Ray Miller, Billy Gardner	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
5	9	18	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	14.0	757	787	-30	dnq	1,334,599	20	Sandy Alderson	Jackie Moore	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
6	11	20	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	17.0	719	818	-99	dnq	1,128,696	22	Hal Keller	Chuck Cottier	The Kingdome
7	13	23	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	161	62	99	.385	28.5	617	785	-168	dnq	1,112,497	23	Tom Grieve	Bobby Valentine, Doug Rader	Arlington Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	101	61	.623	--	747	572	175	Lost World Series (Cardinals)	2,637,563	3	Dal Maxvill	Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II
2	2	3	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	3.0	695	568	127	dnq	2,761,601	2	Frank Cashen	Davey Johnson	Shea Stadium
3	5	11	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	161	84	77	.522	16.5	633	636	-3	dnq	1,502,494	17	Murray Cook	Buck Rodgers	Olympic Stadium
4	8	16	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	161	77	84	.478	23.5	686	729	-43	dnq	2,161,534	10	Dallas Green	Jim Frey	Wrigley Field
5	9	19	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	26.0	667	673	-6	dnq	1,830,350	13	Bill Giles	John Felske	Veterans Stadium
6	12	26	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	161	57	104	.354	43.5	568	708	-140	dnq	735,900	25	Hardy Peterson	Chuck Tanner	Three Rivers Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	682	579	103	Lost NLCS (Cardinals)	3,264,593	1	Al Campanis	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
2	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	161	89	72	.553	5.5	677	666	11	dnq	1,834,619	12	Bill Bergesch	Pete Rose	Riverfront Stadium
3	6	13	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	12.0	650	622	28	dnq	2,210,352	8	Jack McKeon	Dick Williams	Jack Murphy Stadium
4	7	14	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	12.0	706	691	15	dnq	1,184,314	21	Al Rosen	Bob Lillis	Astrodome
5	10	22	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	29.0	632	781	-149	dnq	1,350,137	19	John Mullen	Eddie Haas, Bobby Wine	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
6	11	24	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	62	100	.383	33.0	556	674	-118	dnq	818,697	24	Tom Haller	Jim Davenport, Roger Craig	Candlestick Park
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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