1985 Montreal Expos season

The 1985 Montreal Expos season was the 17th season in franchise history.

1985 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)Murray Cook
Manager(s)Buck Rodgers
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Ken Singleton)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their ninth season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

April 30, 1985: In an 11-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, position player Razor Shines pitched one inning as the Expos pitching resources were depleted.[9]

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10161 0.623 — 54–27 47–34
New York Mets 9864 0.605 3 51–30 47–34
Montreal Expos 8477 0.522 16½ 44–37 40–40
Chicago Cubs 7784 0.478 23½ 41–39 36–45
Philadelphia Phillies 7587 0.463 26 41–40 34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 57104 0.354 43½ 35–45 22–59

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
  • May 12, 1985: Dave Hostetler was purchased from the Expos by the Chicago Cubs.[1]
  • June 3, 1985: Randy Johnson was drafted by the Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. Johnson signed June 9, 1985.[10]
  • June 22, 1985: The Expos traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mitch Webster. The Expos completed the deal by sending Cliff Young to the Blue Jays on September 10.[11]
  • August 12, 1985: Doug Frobel was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Pittsburgh Pirates.[12]

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Andrés Galarraga (Aug 23)
    • Al Newman (June 14)
  • Pitchers:
    • Tim Burke (Apr 8)
    • John Dopson (Sep 4)
    • Floyd Youmans (Jul 1) [13]

Roster
1985 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CMike Fitzgerald10829561.207534
1BDan Driessen9131278.250625
2BVance Law147519138.2661052
SSHubie Brooks156605163.26913100
3BTim Wallach155569148.2602281
LFTim Raines150575184.3201141
CFHerm Winningham12531274.237321
RFAndre Dawson139529135.2552391

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Terry Francona10728175.267231
Mitch Webster7421258.2741130
Jim Wohlford7012524.192115
Razor Shines47506.12003
Roy Johnson350.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Rogers838245.6818

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Laskey1134.1059.4418

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bert Roberge423323.4434
Jack O'Connor200204.9416
Razor Shines10000.000

Award winners
  • Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Felipe Alou
AA Jacksonville Expos Southern League Tommy Thompson
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League J. R. Miner
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Ed Creech

References
  1. Dave Hostetler page at Baseball Reference
  2. Larry Walker page at Baseball Reference
  3. Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
  4. Vance Law page at Baseball Reference
  5. Bert Roberge page at Baseball Reference
  6. Gary Carter page at Baseball Reference
  7. Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
  8. Bobby Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  9. Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, April 30, 1985 at Veteran's Stadium
  10. Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  11. Cliff Young page at Baseball Reference
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frobedo01.shtm%5B%5D
  13. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1985/18.shtml
  • 1985 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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