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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