1985 Cincinnati Reds season

The Cincinnati Reds' 1985 season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West. The Reds finished in second place, 5½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. This year, the Reds adopted an alternate uniform. Reds pitcher Tom Browning became the last 20th Century pitcher to win 20 games in his rookie year.[1]

1985 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record89–72 (.553)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Marge Schott
General manager(s)Bill Bergesch
Manager(s)Pete Rose
Local televisionWLWT
(Ken Wilson, Joe Morgan)
Local radioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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Regular season

Pete Rose

On September 11, 1985, Rose was thought to have broken Ty Cobb's all-time hits record with his 4,192nd hit, a single to left-center field off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show. A subsequent independent review of Cobb's hits, however, revealed that two of them were double-counted.[2][3] As a result, it has been suggested that Pete Rose actually broke the all-time hits record against the Cubs' Reggie Patterson with a single in the first in the Reds 5-5 called game against Chicago on September 8.

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9567 0.586 — 48–33 47–34
Cincinnati Reds 8972 0.553 5½ 47–34 42–38
Houston Astros 8379 0.512 12 44–37 39–42
San Diego Padres 8379 0.512 12 44–37 39–42
Atlanta Braves 6696 0.407 29 32–49 34–47
San Francisco Giants 62100 0.383 33 38–43 24–57

Record vs. opponents
1985 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–77–118–105–133–92–1010–26–67–1110–83–9
Chicago 7–5—5–65–75–77–114–1413–513–58–46–64–14
Cincinnati 11–76–5—11–77–118–44–87–59–39–912–65–7
Houston 10–87–57–11—6–126–64–84–86–612–615–36–6
Los Angeles 13–57–511–712–6—7–57–54–88–48–1011–77–5
Montreal 9–311–74–86–65–7—9–98–109–85–77–511–7
New York 10–214–48–48–45–79–9—11–710–87–58–48–10
Philadelphia 2-105–135–78–48–410–87–11—11–75–76–68–10
Pittsburgh 6–65–133–96–64–88–98–107–11—4–83–93–15
San Diego 11–74–89–96–1210–87–55–77–58–4—12–64–8
San Francisco 8–106–66–123–157–115–74–86–69–36–12—2–10
St. Louis 9–314–47–56–65–77–1110–810–815–38–410–2—

Notable transactions

Roster
1985 Cincinnati Reds roster
Roster
Pitchers
  • 34,53 Mike Smith
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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 R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CDave Van Gorder731511236.2382240
1BPete Rose11940560107.2642468
2BRon Oester15252659155.2951345
3BBuddy Bell672472854.2196360
SSDave Concepción15556059141.25274816
LFNick Esasky12541361108.26221663
CFEddie Milner14545382115.25433335
RFDave Parker16063588198.312341255

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Gary Redus1012465162.25262848
César Cedeño832202453.2413309
Tony Pérez721832560.3286330
Wayne Krenchicki901731647.2724250
Bo Díaz511611242.2613150
Alan Knicely481581740.2535260
Max Venable771352139.28901011
Eric Davis561222630.24681816
Dann Bilardello42102617.167190
Tom Foley4392718.196061
Duane Walker374858.167261
Tom Runnells283537.200000
Paul O'Neill51214.333010
Wade Rowdon5922.222020

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
Tom Browning38261.12093.55155
Mario Soto36256.212153.58214
Jay Tibbs3521810163.9298
Andy McGaffigan1594.1333.7283

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
Ron Robinson33108.1773.9976
John Stuper3399854.5538
Joe Price2664.2223.9052
Frank Pastore1754213.8329

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
John Franco67123122.1861
Ted Power6486272.7042
Tom Hume563533.2650
Bob Buchanan141008.443
Carl Willis111019.226
Mike Smith20005.402
Rob Murphy20006.001

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Zephyrs American Association Gene Dusan
AA Vermont Reds Eastern League Jack Lind
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Marc Bombard
A Cedar Rapids Reds Midwest League Jay Ward
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Sam Mejías
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Jim Lett

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vermont

References
  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.347, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. "The 2005 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia – book review". curledup.com. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  3. Schwarz, Alan (July 31, 2005). "Numbers Are Cast in Bronze, but Are Not Set in Stone". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  4. Tony Pérez at Baseball Reference
  5. Skeeter Barnes at Baseball Reference
  6. Barry Larkin at Baseball Reference
  7. "Brad Gulden Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  8. Alan Knicely at Baseball Reference
  9. Cesar Cedeno at Baseball Reference
  10. "1985 Cincinnati Reds Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
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