1985 California Angels season

The California Angels 1985 season involved the Angels taking 2nd place in the American League West with a 90-72 record, finishing one game behind the eventual World Series champions, the Kansas City Royals.

1985 California Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Gene Autry
General manager(s)Mike Port
Manager(s)Gene Mauch
Local televisionKTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
SelecTV USA
Local radioKMPC
(Ron Fairly, Dick Enberg, Al Conin)
KLVE
(Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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Offseason
  • November 7, 1984: Ellis Valentine was released by the Angels.[1]
  • January 11, 1985: Rob Picciolo was released by the California Angels.[2]
  • January 30, 1985: Ruppert Jones was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.[3]
  • March 31, 1985: Bill Mooneyham was released by the Angels.[4]

Regular season

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 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBob Boone150460114.248555
1BRod Carew127443124.280239
2BBobby Grich144479116.2421353
SSDick Schofield14743896.219841
3BDoug DeCinces120427104.2442078
LFBrian Downing150520137.2632085
CFGary Pettis125443114.257132
RFReggie Jackson143460116.2522785
DHRuppert Jones12538990.2312167

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Juan Beníquez132411125.304842
Rob Wilfong8321741.189413
Mike Brown6015341.268420
Jack Howell4313727.197518
Jerry Narron6713229.220514
Daryl Sconiers449828.286212
Craig Stuart Gerber659124.26406
Darrell Miller514818.37527
George Hendrick16415.12226
Rufino Linares184311.256311
Devon White2171.14300
Pat Keedy342.50011
Gus Polidor2111.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Witt352501593.56180
Ron Romanick311951494.1164
Kirk McCaskill30189.212124.70102
Jim Slaton29148.16104.3760
John Candelaria1371733.8053
Geoff Zahn737224.3814
Don Sutton531.2223.6916
Tony Mack12.10115.430

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Urbano Lugo2083343.6942
Tommy John1238.1244.7017
Bob Kipper23.10121.600

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Donnie Moore6588311.9272
Stew Cliburn449362.0948
Pat Clements415013.3419
Doug Corbett303304.8924
Luis Sánchez262025.7234
Al Holland150101.4814
Dave Smith40007.203
Alan Fowlkes20009.005

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Winston Llenas
AA Midland Angels Texas League Joe Maddon
A Redwood Pioneers California League Tom Kotchman
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Bill Lachemann
A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Bruce Hines

References
  1. Ellis Valentine at Baseball Reference
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/picciro01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesru01.shtml
  4. Bill Mooneyham at Baseball Reference
  5. Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  6. Bo Jackson at Baseball Reference
  7. Tommy John at Baseball Reference
  8. John Candelaria at Baseball Reference
  9. Don Sutton at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 California Angels at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 California Angels at Baseball Almanac
  • 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.
Preceded by
1984		 California Angels seasons
1985		 Succeeded by
1986
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