1985 Minnesota Twins season

The 1985 Minnesota Twins finished with a record of 77-85, tied for fourth in the American League West, and 14 games behind the division winner and eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals.

1985 Minnesota Twins
77-85, fourth in the AL Western Division
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Carl Pohlad
General manager(s)Howard Fox, Andy MacPhail
Manager(s)Billy Gardner, Ray Miller
Local televisionKMSP-TV
(Bob Kurtz, Harmon Killebrew)
Spectrum
(Harmon Killebrew, Dick Bremer)
Local radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Joe Angel)
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Offseason

Regular season

On June 20, after a disappointing start, manager Billy Gardner was replaced by Ray Miller.

Minnesota, the Twins and the Metrodome hosted the All-Star Game. Only one Twins player made the American League team, outfielder Tom Brunansky. Bruno finished second in the first-ever Home Run Derby, behind Dave Parker. Three Minnesota natives, not yet Twins, played as a team on the same major league field for the first and only time -- Dave Winfield, Jack Morris and Paul Molitor.

In Anaheim on August 4, pitcher Frank Viola gave up a double to longtime-Twin now-an Angel Rod Carew. The two-bagger was Carew's 3000th career hit.[5]

The pitcher on the mound on September 25, as the Twins won their 2000th game, is the same pitcher that won Minnesota's 1000th game on July 12, 1972 -- Bert Blyleven.

1,651,814 fans attended Twins games, a Twins attendance record, but still the sixth lowest total in the American League.

Offense

Leadoff batter Kirby Puckett hit .288 and scored 80 runs. Kent Hrbek hit .311 with 21 HR and 93 RBI. Tom Brunansky hit 27 HR and 90 RBI. Gary Gaetti hit 20 HR and 63 RBI.

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
HRTom Brunansky27
RBIKent Hrbek93
BAKirby Puckett.288
RunsKirby Puckett80

Pitching

For the first time in years, the Twins had three solid starting pitchers: Frank Viola (18-14), Mike Smithson (15-14), and John Butcher (11-14). Reliever Ron Davis had 25 saves.

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
ERAFrank Viola4.09
WinsFrank Viola18
SavesRon Davis25
StrikeoutsFrank Viola135

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9171 0.562 — 50–32 41–39
California Angels 9072 0.556 1 49–30 41–42
Chicago White Sox 8577 0.525 6 45–36 40–41
Minnesota Twins 7785 0.475 14 49–35 28–50
Oakland Athletics 7785 0.475 14 43–36 34–49
Seattle Mariners 7488 0.457 17 42–41 32–47
Texas Rangers 6299 0.385 28½ 37–43 25–56

Record vs. opponents
1985 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —5–87–58–48–56–76–69–46–61–127–56–610–24–8
Boston 8–5—5–74–8–18–56–75–75–87–55–88–46–65–79–4
California 5–77–5—8–58–48–44–99–39–43–96–79–49–45–7
Chicago 4–88–4–15–8—10–26–65–85–76–76–68–59–410–33–9
Cleveland 5–85–84–82–10—5–82–107–64–86–73–96–67–54–9
Detroit 7–67–64–86–68–5—5–79–43–99–38–45–77–56–7
Kansas City 6–67–59–48–510–27–5—8–47–65–78–53–106–77–5
Milwaukee 4–98–53–97–56–74–94–8—9–37–63–94–88–34–9
Minnesota 6–65–74–97–68–49–36–73–9—3–98–56–78–54–8
New York 12–18–59–36–67–63–97–56–79–3—7–59–38–46–7
Oakland 5–74–87–65–89–34–85–89–35–85–7—8–56–75–7
Seattle 6–66–64–94–96–67–510–38–47–63–95–8—6–72–10
Texas 2–107–54–93–105–75–77–63–85–84–87–67–6—3–9
Toronto 8–44–97–59–39–47–65–79–48–47–67–510–29–3—

Notable transactions

Roster
1985 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  •  1 Alvaro Espinoza
 Outfielders

Other batters

  •  5 Roy Smalley
 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
CMark Salas120360108.300941
1BKent Hrbek158593165.2782193
2BTim Teufel138434113.2601050
SSGreg Gagne11429366.225223
3BGary Gaetti160560138.2462063
LFMickey Hatcher116444125.282349
CFKirby Puckett161691199.288474
RFTom Brunansky157567137.2422790
DHRoy Smalley129388100.2581245

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
Mike Stenhouse8117940.223521

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
Frank Viola36250.218144.09135
Bert Blyleven14114853.0077

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
Tom Klawitter79.1006.755

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
Rick Lysander350236.0526
Mark Brown60006.895

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Cal Ermer
AA Orlando Twins Southern League Charlie Manuel
A Visalia Oaks California League Danny Schmitz
A Kenosha Twins Midwest League Duffy Dyer
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Fred Waters

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kenosha

Notes
  1. Albert Williams page at Baseball Reference
  2. Mike Benjamin page at Baseball Reference
  3. Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
  4. Mark Brown page at Baseball Reference
  5. "Carew's 3000th Hit". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  6. Lenny Faedo page at Baseball Reference
  7. Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference
  8. Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.

References
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