1985 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1985 season involved the Rangers finishing 7th in the American League west with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses.

1985 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record62-99 (.385)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)Tom Grieve
Manager(s)Doug Rader, Bobby Valentine
Local televisionKTVT
(Freddie Patek, Phil Stone)
HSE
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Opening Day starters

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—

Roster
1985 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  •  6 Bob Jones

Other batters

 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
CDon Slaught10234396.280835
1BPete O'Brien159573153.2672292
2BToby Harrah126396107.270944
SSCurt Wilkerson12936088.244022
3BBuddy Bell8431374.236432
LFGary Ward154593170.2871570
CFOddibe McDowell11140697.2391842
RFLarry Parrish9434686.2491751
DHCliff Johnson8229676.2571256

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bob Jones8313430.224523
Geno Petralli4210027.270011
Ellis Valentine11388.21124

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Hough34250.114163.31141
José Guzmán533322.7624

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Welsh2576.1254.1331
Matt Williams626212.4222

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Greg A. Harris5811354112.47111
Tommy Boggs4700011.576

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Gary Ward, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Dave Oliver
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Orlando Gómez
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Bill Stearns
A Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Jim Hutto
A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Mike Bucci
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Rudy Jaramillo

Daytona Beach affiliation shared with Baltimore Orioles

References
  1. Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
  2. Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
  3. Rafael Bournigal at Baseball Reference
  4. Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml
  6. Billy Sample at Baseball Reference
  7. Mitch Williams at Baseball Reference
  8. Daryl Smith at Baseball Reference
  9. Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference
  10. Ellis Valentine at Baseball Reference
  11. Sammy Sosa at Baseball Reference
  12. Matt Williams at Baseball Reference
  13. Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference
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