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1985 MLB Season Facts

The fact sheet for the 1985 MLB Season.


The list of the top 20 players who had the highest batting average (AVG) during the 1985 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Wade Boggs
.368
2
 
Willie McGee
.353
3
 
George Brett
.335
4
 
Don Mattingly
.324
5
 
Pedro Guerrero
.320
6
 
Tim Raines
.320
7
 
Tony Gwynn
.317
8
 
Rickey Henderson
.314
9
 
Dave Parker
.312
10
 
Brett Butler
.311
11
 
Harold Baines
.309
12
 
Keith Hernandez
.309
13
 
Keith Moreland
.307
14
 
Ryne Sandberg
.305
15
 
Tom Herr
.302
16
 
Dale Murphy
.300
17
 
Jose Cruz
.300
18
 
Phil Bradley
.300
19
 
Bill Buckner
.299
20
 
Paul Molitor
.297

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest on base percentage (OBP) during the 1985 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Wade Boggs
.450
2
 
George Brett
.436
3
 
Toby Harrah
.432
4
 
Pedro Guerrero
.422
5
 
Rickey Henderson
.419
6
 
Mike Scioscia
.407
7
 
Tim Raines
.405
8
 
Jack Clark
.393
9
 
Dale Murphy
.388
10
 
Keith Hernandez
.384
11
 
Willie McGee
.384
12
 
Eddie Murray
.383
13
 
Willie Randolph
.382
14
 
Alvin Davis
.381
15
 
Tom Herr
.379
16
 
Dwight Evans
.378
17
 
Brett Butler
.377
18
 
Mike Schmidt
.375
19
 
Keith Moreland
.374
20
 
Rod Carew
.371

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest slugging percentage (SLG) during the 1985 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
George Brett
.586
2
 
Pedro Guerrero
.577
3
 
Don Mattingly
.568
4
 
Dave Parker
.551
5
 
Dale Murphy
.539
6
 
Jesse Barfield
.536
7
 
Mike Schmidt
.532
8
 
Eddie Murray
.523
9
 
Darrell Evans
.519
10
 
Kirk Gibson
.518
11
 
Rickey Henderson
.516
12
 
Mike Marshall
.515
13
 
Ryne Sandberg
.504
14
 
Willie McGee
.503
15
 
Jack Clark
.502
16
 
Bob Horner
.499
17
 
Phil Bradley
.498
18
 
Gary Carter
.488
19
 
Carlton Fisk
.488
20
 
Jim Rice
.487

The list of the top 20 players who had the most games played during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Greg Walker
163
2
 
Bill Buckner
162
3
 
Alfredo Griffin
162
4
 
Steve Garvey
162
5
 
Dale Murphy
162
6
 
Kirby Puckett
161
7
 
Brook Jacoby
161
8
 
Glenn Wilson
161
9
 
Cal Ripken
161
10
 
Tony Fernandez
161
11
 
Juan Samuel
161
12
 
Keith Moreland
161
13
 
Wade Boggs
161
14
 
Gary Gaetti
160
15
 
Julio Franco
160
16
 
Steve Balboni
160
17
 
Dave Parker
160
18
 
Harold Baines
160
19
 
Don Mattingly
159
20
 
Pete O'Brien
159

The list of the top 20 players who had the most at bats during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Kirby Puckett
691
2
 
Bill Buckner
673
3
 
Juan Samuel
663
4
 
Steve Garvey
654
5
 
Wade Boggs
653
6
 
Don Mattingly
652
7
 
Cal Ripken
642
8
 
Phil Bradley
641
9
 
Harold Baines
640
10
 
Vince Coleman
636
11
 
Julio Franco
636
12
 
Dave Parker
635
13
 
Dave Winfield
633
14
 
Cecil Cooper
631
15
 
Tony Gwynn
622
16
 
Dwight Evans
617
17
 
Dale Murphy
616
18
 
Alfredo Griffin
614
19
 
Willie McGee
612
20
 
Ryne Sandberg
609

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs scored during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Rickey Henderson
146
2
 
Dale Murphy
118
3
 
Cal Ripken
116
4
 
Tim Raines
115
5
 
Willie McGee
114
6
 
Ryne Sandberg
113
7
 
Eddie Murray
111
8
 
Dwight Evans
110
9
 
George Brett
108
10
 
Don Mattingly
107
11
 
Vince Coleman
107
12
 
Wade Boggs
107
13
 
Brett Butler
106
14
 
Dave Winfield
105
15
 
Lou Whitaker
102
16
 
Juan Samuel
101
17
 
Phil Bradley
100
18
 
Pedro Guerrero
99
19
 
Julio Franco
97
20
 
Tom Herr
97

The list of the top 20 players who had the most hits during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Wade Boggs
240
2
 
Willie McGee
216
3
 
Don Mattingly
211
4
 
Bill Buckner
201
5
 
Kirby Puckett
199
6
 
Dave Parker
198
7
 
Harold Baines
198
8
 
Tony Gwynn
197
9
 
Phil Bradley
192
10
 
Ryne Sandberg
186
11
 
Cecil Cooper
185
12
 
Dale Murphy
185
13
 
George Brett
184
14
 
Tim Raines
184
15
 
Brett Butler
184
16
 
Steve Garvey
184
17
 
Keith Hernandez
183
18
 
Julio Franco
183
19
 
Cal Ripken
181
20
 
Tom Herr
180

The list of the top 20 players who had the most doubles during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Don Mattingly
48
2
 
Bill Buckner
46
3
 
Dave Parker
42
4
 
Wade Boggs
42
5
 
Glenn Wilson
39
6
 
Cecil Cooper
39
7
 
George Brett
38
8
 
Greg Walker
38
9
 
Tom Herr
38
10
 
Eddie Murray
37
11
 
Kirk Gibson
37
12
 
Tim Wallach
36
13
 
Keith Hernandez
34
14
 
Dave Winfield
34
15
 
Pete O'Brien
34
16
 
Jesse Barfield
34
17
 
Mike Davis
34
18
 
Hubie Brooks
34
19
 
Tom Brookens
34
20
 
Jose Cruz
34

The list of the top 20 players who had the most triples during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Willie Wilson
21
2
 
Willie McGee
18
3
 
Brett Butler
14
4
 
Kirby Puckett
13
5
 
Tim Raines
13
6
 
Juan Samuel
13
7
 
Vince Coleman
10
8
 
Tony Fernandez
10
9
 
Phil Garner
10
10
 
Jesse Barfield
9
11
 
Ozzie Guillen
9
12
 
Gary Pettis
8
13
 
Dan Gladden
8
14
 
Cecil Cooper
8
15
 
Mookie Wilson
8
16
 
Craig Reynolds
8
17
 
Phil Bradley
8
18
 
Lou Whitaker
8
19
 
R. J. Reynolds
7
20
 
Ernie Riles
7

The list of the top 20 players who had the most home runs during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Darrell Evans
40
2
 
Carlton Fisk
37
3
 
Dale Murphy
37
4
 
Steve Balboni
36
5
 
Don Mattingly
35
6
 
Dave Parker
34
7
 
Pedro Guerrero
33
8
 
Mike Schmidt
33
9
 
Gary Carter
32
10
 
Gorman Thomas
32
11
 
Eddie Murray
31
12
 
George Brett
30
13
 
Dave Kingman
30
14
 
Darryl Strawberry
29
15
 
Dwight Evans
29
16
 
Kirk Gibson
29
17
 
Mike Young
28
18
 
George Bell
28
19
 
Mike Marshall
28
20
 
Jim Presley
28

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs batted in (RBI) during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Don Mattingly
145
2
 
Dave Parker
125
3
 
Eddie Murray
124
4
 
Dave Winfield
114
5
 
Harold Baines
113
6
 
George Brett
112
7
 
Dale Murphy
111
8
 
Bill Buckner
110
9
 
Cal Ripken
110
10
 
Tom Herr
110
11
 
Carlton Fisk
107
12
 
Keith Moreland
106
13
 
Jim Rice
103
14
 
Glenn Wilson
102
15
 
Gary Carter
100
16
 
Hubie Brooks
100
17
 
Cecil Cooper
99
18
 
Lance Parrish
98
19
 
Kirk Gibson
97
20
 
George Bell
95

The list of the top 20 players who had the most stolen bases during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Vince Coleman
110
2
 
Rickey Henderson
80
3
 
Tim Raines
70
4
 
Willie McGee
56
5
 
Gary Pettis
56
6
 
Ryne Sandberg
54
7
 
Juan Samuel
53
8
 
Lonnie Smith
52
9
 
Gary Redus
48
10
 
Brett Butler
47
11
 
Davey Lopes
47
12
 
Willie Wilson
43
13
 
Mariano Duncan
38
14
 
Lloyd Moseby
37
15
 
Eddie Milner
35
16
 
Andy Van Slyke
34
17
 
Dan Gladden
32
18
 
Ozzie Smith
31
19
 
Bob Dernier
31
20
 
Jack Perconte
31

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (batting) during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Dwight Evans
114
2
 
Toby Harrah
113
3
 
George Brett
103
4
 
Rickey Henderson
99
5
 
Wade Boggs
96
6
 
Alvin Davis
90
7
 
Dale Murphy
90
8
 
Carmelo Martinez
87
9
 
Mike Schmidt
87
10
 
Vance Law
86
11
 
Pete Rose
86
12
 
Willie Randolph
85
13
 
Darrell Evans
85
14
 
Dwayne Murphy
84
15
 
Gorman Thomas
84
16
 
Eddie Murray
84
17
 
Jason Thompson
84
18
 
Pedro Guerrero
83
19
 
Jack Clark
83
20
 
Tim Raines
81

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (batting) during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Steve Balboni
166
2
 
Jesse Barfield
143
3
 
Juan Samuel
141
4
 
Dale Murphy
141
5
 
Reggie Jackson
138
6
 
Mike Marshall
137
7
 
Kirk Gibson
137
8
 
Mike Easler
129
9
 
Phil Bradley
129
10
 
Gorman Thomas
126
11
 
Gary Pettis
125
12
 
Dwayne Murphy
123
13
 
Brook Jacoby
120
14
 
Glenn Wilson
117
15
 
Mike Schmidt
117
16
 
Vince Coleman
115
17
 
Dave Kingman
114
18
 
Mariano Duncan
113
19
 
Jeffrey Leonard
107
20
 
Ron Cey
106

The list of the top 20 players who had the most wins during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Dwight Gooden
24
2
 
Ron Guidry
22
3
 
John Tudor
21
4
 
Joaquin Andujar
21
5
 
Tom Browning
20
6
 
Bret Saberhagen
20
7
 
Orel Hershiser
19
8
 
Danny Cox
18
9
 
Mike Scott
18
10
 
Britt Burns
18
11
 
Andy Hawkins
18
12
 
Frank Viola
18
13
 
Bryn Smith
18
14
 
Rick Mahler
17
15
 
Charlie Leibrandt
17
16
 
Bert Blyleven
17
17
 
Fernando Valenzuela
17
18
 
Doyle Alexander
17
19
 
Mike Moore
17
20
 
Jack Morris
16

The list of the top 20 players who had the most losses during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Matt Young
19
2
 
Jose DeLeon
19
3
 
Danny Darwin
18
4
 
Dave LaPoint
17
5
 
Mike Boddicker
17
6
 
Neal Heaton
17
7
 
Bert Blyleven
16
8
 
Bill Laskey
16
9
 
Jay Tibbs
16
10
 
Charlie Hough
16
11
 
Mike Mason
15
12
 
Rick Mahler
15
13
 
Buddy Black
15
14
 
Steve Bedrosian
15
15
 
Rick Rhoden
15
16
 
Mario Soto
15
17
 
Scott McGregor
14
18
 
Frank Tanana
14
19
 
John Butcher
14
20
 
Mike Smithson
14

The list of the top 20 players who had the most complete games during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Bert Blyleven
24
2
 
Dwight Gooden
16
3
 
John Tudor
14
4
 
Fernando Valenzuela
14
5
 
Charlie Hough
14
6
 
Mike Moore
14
7
 
Jack Morris
13
8
 
Oil Can Boyd
13
9
 
Ron Guidry
11
10
 
Danny Darwin
11
11
 
Danny Cox
10
12
 
Joaquin Andujar
10
13
 
Bret Saberhagen
10
14
 
Mike Boddicker
9
15
 
Orel Hershiser
9
16
 
Rick Reuschel
9
17
 
Frank Viola
9
18
 
Mario Soto
9
19
 
Scott McGregor
8
20
 
Dave Stieb
8

The list of the top 20 players who had the most shutouts during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
John Tudor
10
2
 
Dwight Gooden
8
3
 
Orel Hershiser
5
4
 
Bert Blyleven
5
5
 
Fernando Valenzuela
5
6
 
Danny Cox
4
7
 
Tom Browning
4
8
 
Jack Morris
4
9
 
Britt Burns
4
10
 
Rick Sutcliffe
3
11
 
Mike Smithson
3
12
 
LaMarr Hoyt
3
13
 
Jerry Reuss
3
14
 
Charlie Leibrandt
3
15
 
Walt Terrell
3
16
 
Oil Can Boyd
3
17
 
Danny Jackson
3
18
 
Bob Welch
3
19
 
Ron Guidry
2
20
 
Eric Show
2

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (pitching) during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Phil Niekro
120
2
 
Ron Darling
114
3
 
Steve Bedrosian
111
4
 
Jack Morris
110
5
 
Joe Niekro
107
6
 
Mario Soto
104
7
 
Fernando Valenzuela
101
8
 
Floyd Bannister
100
9
 
Mike Witt
98
10
 
Tim Lollar
98
11
 
Dave Stieb
96
12
 
Walt Terrell
95
13
 
Nolan Ryan
95
14
 
Mark Langston
91
15
 
Tim Birtsas
91
16
 
Mike Boddicker
89
17
 
Jose DeLeon
89
18
 
Eric Show
87
19
 
Joe Cowley
85
20
 
Jay Tibbs
83

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (pitching) during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Dwight Gooden
268
2
 
Mario Soto
214
3
 
Nolan Ryan
209
4
 
Fernando Valenzuela
208
5
 
Bert Blyleven
206
6
 
Floyd Bannister
198
7
 
Jack Morris
191
8
 
Bruce Hurst
189
9
 
Mike Witt
180
10
 
Sid Fernandez
180
11
 
Britt Burns
172
12
 
John Tudor
169
13
 
Dave Stieb
167
14
 
Ron Darling
167
15
 
Frank Tanana
159
16
 
Bret Saberhagen
158
17
 
Orel Hershiser
157
18
 
Tom Browning
155
19
 
Mike Moore
155
20
 
Oil Can Boyd
154

The list of the top 20 players who had the most saves during the 1985 MLB Season.

1
 
Jeff Reardon
41
2
 
Dan Quisenberry
37
3
 
Lee Smith
33
4
 
Bob James
32
5
 
Donnie Moore
31
6
 
Willie Hernandez
31
7
 
Jay Howell
29
8
 
Dave Righetti
29
9
 
Dave Smith
27
10
 
Ted Power
27
11
 
Rich Gossage
26
12
 
Ron Davis
25
13
 
Bruce Sutter
23
14
 
Tom Niedenfuer
19
15
 
Jeff Lahti
19
16
 
Rollie Fingers
17
17
 
Roger McDowell
17
18
 
Jesse Orosco
17
19
 
Ed Nunez
16
20
 
Kent Tekulve
14