1985 Chicago Cubs season

The 1985 Chicago Cubs season was the 114th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 110th in the National League and the 70th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 77–84. The season had opened with high hopes as the Cubs had won the NL East title the year before. However, injuries were a major factor as four of the Cubs' starting pitchers were on the disabled list at the same time.

1985 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tribune Company
General manager(s)Dallas Green
Manager(s)Jim Frey
Local televisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN
(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats)
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(Dewayne Staats, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray)
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Offseason

Regular season
  • Ryne Sandberg became the first Cub since 1969–1970 to score 100 runs in two consecutive seasons.

On June 11, the Cubs had a record of 35-19, and held a four game lead over the New York Mets for the division.[5] However, Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Trout, Scott Sanderson and Dennis Eckersley all were injured, and the Cubs went on a 13-game losing streak that effectively eliminated them from contention. The Cubs ultimately finished seven games below .500 after having been 16 games above .500. Shawon Dunston made his Major League debut. He struggled early on, so the Cubs sent him back to Iowa in early May. However, once he returned, it spelled the end for Larry Bowa, who was released in August and picked up by the New York Mets.

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
  • April 9, 1985: Jacob Brumfield was released by the Cubs.[6]
  • May 12, 1985: Dave Hostetler was purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Montreal Expos.[7]

Draft picks
  • The Cubs drafted pitcher Dave Masters with the twenty-fourth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.[8]
  • June 3, 1985: Doug Dascenzo was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1985.[9]
  • June 3, 1985: Mark Grace was drafted by the Cubs in the 24th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed August 29, 1985.[10]

Roster
1985 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
1985 Chicago Cubs Game Log
April (12-6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info
1April 9Pirates2 – 1Sutcliffe (1-0)Rhoden (0-1)Smith (1)34,5511-0
2April 11Pirates4 – 1Trout (1-0)DeLeón (0-1)10,0492-0
3April 12Expos5 – 1Smith (1-0)Eckersley (0-1)14,3372-1
4April 13Expos8 – 3Sanderson (1-0)Rogers (0-2)32,2123-1
5April 14Expos4 – 2Sutcliffe (2-0)Palmer (0-1)31,5124-1
6April 15Phillies2 – 1Trout (2-0)K. Gross (0-1)Smith (2)8,3475-1
7April 16Phillies1 – 0 10Eckersley (1-1)Holland (0-1)11,9376-1
8April 17Phillies5 – 4Frazier (1-0)K. Gross (0-2)Smith (3)15,7527-1
9April 19@ Expos5 – 3Smith (2-0)Sutcliffe (2-1)Reardon (2)30,9307-2
10April 20@ Expos4 – 0Gullickson (2-1)Trout (2-1)Reardon (3)12,7757-3
11April 21@ Expos4 – 0Eckersley (2-1)Palmer (0-2)13,5068-3
12April 22@ Pirates5 – 3McWilliams (1-1)Ruthven (0-1)Candelaria (3)6,3298-4
13April 23@ Pirates5 – 0Sutcliffe (3-1)Bielecki (1-1)9,3879-4
14April 24@ Pirates5 – 2Trout (3-1)Rhoden (0-3)Smith (4)3,98110-4
15April 26@ Phillies7 – 3Eckersley (3-1)Koosman (0-1)27,18711-4
16April 27@ Phillies6 – 1Rawley (3-0)Sanderson (1-1)25,22011-5
17April 28@ Phillies3 – 2K. Gross (2-2)Sutcliffe (3-2)Andersen (2)31,89011-6
18April 30Giants3 – 1Trout (4-1)Laskey (0-3)Smith (5)12,64712-6
May 15–11
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info
19May 1Giants4 – 3Eckersley (4-1)Garrelts (0-1)14,49013-6
20May 3Padres6 – 5Hawkins (5-0)Sutcliffe (3-3)Gossage (7)27,23613-7
21May 4Padres12 – 8Sorensen (1-0)Booker (0-1)Smith (6)36,03314-7
22May 5Padres6 – 3Frazier (2-0)DeLeón (0-2)36,38815-7
23May 6Dodgers5 – 4 10Howell (2-1)Fontenot (0-1)20,79615-8
24May 7Dodgers4 – 2Ruthven (1-1)Brennan (1-2)Smith (7)23,33116-8
25May 8@ Giants1 – 0Sutcliffe (4-3)Krukow (2-2)16,13417-8
26May 9@ Giants1 – 0 12Garrelts (1-1)Brusstar (0-1)11,82517-9
27May 10@ Padres6 – 2Trout (5-1)Hoyt (2-3)Smith (8)39,63818-9
28May 11@ Padres3 – 1Show (4-2)Eckersley (4-2)Gossage (8)54,39518-10
29May 12@ Padres5 – 3Dravecky (2-2)Ruthven (1-2)Gossage (9)50,22618-11
30May 14@ Dodgers8 – 3Sutcliffe (5-3)Valenzuela (3-4)48,18719-11
31May 15@ Dodgers3 – 2Sanderson (2-1)Honeycutt (2-3)Smith (9)46,21320-11
32May 17@ Braves7 – 5Smith (1-0)Sutter (2-1)20,90121-11
33May 18@ Braves4 – 3Mahler (8-2)Eckersley (4-3)Sutter (7)39,13621-12
34May 19@ Braves3 – 0Bedrosian (1-2)Sutcliffe (5-4)Sutter (8)30,38921-13
35May 20Reds6 – 1Sanderson (3-1)Tibbs (3-6)21,23122-13
36May 21Reds5 – 2Hume (1-2)Frazier (2-1)Power (8)32,00722-14
37May 22Reds7 – 4Eckersley (5-3)Browning (4-3)Smith (10)27,86323-14
38May 24Astros6 – 2Ryan (4-2)Ruthven (1-3)35,74323-15
39May 25Astros5 – 4Smith (2-0)Ross (0-1)36,27824-15
40May 26Astros10 – 8Frazier (3-1)Ross (0-2)Smith (11)37,04425-15
41May 27@ Reds4 – 3Eckersley (6-3)Browning (4-4)Smith (12)20,04626-15
42May 28@ Reds13 – 11Franco (2-1)Sorensen (1-1)15,12126-16
43May 29@ Reds1 – 0Soto (7-3)Ruthven (1-4)18,40226-17
44May 31@ Astros6 – 2 10Smith (3-0)Smith (4-2)33,44027-17
June (12-16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info
45June 1@ Astros4 – 1Eckersley (7-3)Knepper (5-1)38,87928-17
46June 2@ Astros4 – 3Scott (3-2)Gura (0-1)Smith (8)21,12928-18
47June 4Braves5 – 3Ruthven (2-4)Mahler (8-5)Smith (13)23,50229-18
48June 5Braves4 – 2 11Dedmon (3-0)Smith (3-1)25,55729-19According to the Cubs game footage shown in the 1986 movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, he took his day off on this day.
49June 6Pirates3 – 2 12Brusstar (1-1)Holland (1-3)22,36830-19
50June 7Pirates1 – 0Sutcliffe (6-4)DeLeón (1-8)37,41431-19
51June 8Pirates7 – 3Trout (6-1)McWilliams (3-4)35,23232-19
52June 9Pirates5 – 1Ruthven (3-4)Winn (1-1)Brusstar (1)36,47533-19
53June 10@ Expos5 – 4Fontenot (1-1)Reardon (2-2)Smith (14)42,21834-19
54June 11@ Expos5 – 3Frazier (4-1)St. Claire (1-1)Smith (15)28,30335-19
55June 12@ Expos2 – 0Palmer (5-5)Sutcliffe (6-5)Reardon (18)10,37835-20
56June 13@ Expos9 – 7Smith (7-2)Trout (6-2)Reardon (19)14,21035-21
57June 14Cardinals11 – 10Andújar (12-1)Ruthven (3-5)Forsch (1)36,74535-22
58June 15Cardinals2 – 0Cox (8-2)Fontenot (1-2)34,71635-23
59June 16Cardinals5 – 2Kepshire (3-5)Eckersley (7-4)Campbell (3)36,26235-24
60June 17@ Mets2 – 0Darling (6-1)Sutcliffe (6-6)41,98635-25
61June 18@ Mets5 – 1Lynch (4-3)Trout (6-3)41,12535-26
62June 19@ Mets1 – 0Gooden (10-3)Sanderson (3-2)51,77835-27
63June 20@ Mets5 – 3Fernandez (2-4)Fontenot (1-3)McDowell (4)37,20335-28
64June 21@ Cardinals7 – 5Kepshire (4-5)Eckersley (7-5)Lahti (5)46,00535-29
65June 22@ Cardinals2 – 1 10Dayley (1-0)Smith (3-2)49,23135-30
66June 23@ Cardinals7 – 0Tudor (6-7)Ruthven (3-6)45,88135-31
67June 25Mets3 – 2Gooden (11-3)Sanderson (3-3)36,73035-32
68June 26Mets7 – 3Fontenot (2-3)McDowell (5-3)Smith (16)35,87636-32
69June 27Mets4 – 2Sutcliffe (7-6)Darling (6-2)35,85737-32
70June 28@ Pirates5 – 0Trout (7-3)DeLeón (2-10)16,43238-32
71June 29@ Pirates6 – 5 15Reuschel (5-1)Frazier (4-2)13,93438-33
72June 30@ Pirates9 – 2Sanderson (4-3)Robinson (2-3)31,38439-33
July (13-14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info
73July 1@ Phillies3 – 1Fontenot (3-3)Denny (5-6)Smith (17)23,09140-33
74July 2@ Phillies11 – 2Rawley (6-6)Sutcliffe (7-7)23,00540-34
75July 3@ Phillies4 – 3Smith (4-2)Tekulve (4-3)56,09241-34
76July 4Giants6 – 4Garrelts (3-3)Trout (7-4)Minton (2)34,37741-35
77July 5Giants12 – 6Blue (5-2)Sanderson (4-4)38,76641-36
78July 6Giants6 – 4Garrelts (4-3)Smith (4-3)M. Davis (5)35,90241-37
79July 7Giants6 – 5Brusstar (2-1)M. Davis (3-6)Smith (18)35,66342-37
80July 8Padres8 – 4Stoddard (1-3)Sorensen (1-2)33,15942-38
81July 9Padres7 – 3Trout (8-4)Show (7-6)Frazier (1)33,09543-38
82July 10Padres4 – 3Sanderson (5-4)Dravecky (8-5)Smith (19)35,04244-38
83July 11Dodgers3 – 1Welch (3-1)Fontenot (3-4)Howell (9)35,46944-39
84July 12Dodgers7 – 4Niedenfuer (4-2)Smith (4-4)36,02944-40
85July 13Dodgers9 – 1Valenzuela (10-8)Gura (0-2)34,82244-41
86July 14Dodgers10 – 4Frazier (5-2)Honeycutt (6-8)Brusstar (2)34,27345-41
87July 18@ Giants1 – 0Krukow (6-7)Frazier (5-3)9,90845-42
88July 19@ Giants4 – 3Sorensen (2-2)Gott (4-7)Smith (20)12,88746-42
89July 20@ Giants2 – 1Ruthven (4-6)Hammaker (3-9)Smith (21)15,49447-42
90July 21@ Giants2 – 1Laskey (3-11)Gura (0-3)Minton (3)22,07347-43
91July 22@ Padres5 – 3Meridith (1-0)Jackson (0-1)Smith (22)23,87348-43
92July 23@ Padres8 – 1Sutcliffe (8-7)Hawkins (12-3)34,27849-43
93July 24@ Padres4 – 3 10Smith (5-4)Stoddard (1-4)Frazier (2)30,17550-43
94July 25@ Dodgers7 – 3Valenzuela (12-8)Fontenot (3-5)Howell (10)49,51650-44
95July 26@ Dodgers10 – 0Reuss (8-6)Ruthven (4-7)41,32150-45
96July 27@ Dodgers5 – 4Hershiser (11-3)Frazier (5-4)Howell (11)46,09250-46
97July 28@ Dodgers9 – 2Sorensen (3-2)Powell (0-1)Brusstar (3)47,57151-46
98July 30Cardinals11 – 3Kepshire (8-6)Engel (0-1)33,08351-47
99July 31Cardinals5 – 2Fontenot (4-5)Andújar (17-5)Smith (23)31,41752-47
August (10-18)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info
100August 1Cardinals9 – 8 14Frazier (6-4)Dayley (3-1)36,16453-47
101August 2Mets2 – 1Eckersley (8-5)Leach (1-1)Brusstar (4)35,41954-47
102August 3Mets5 – 4 10Orosco (3-4)Frazier (6-5)McDowell (9)36,77554-48
103August 4Mets4 – 1Gooden (17-3)Fontenot (4-6)35,20754-49
104August 5Mets7 – 2Lynch (9-5)Botelho (0-1)34,16754-50
105August 8@ Cardinals8 – 0Tudor (14-8)Sanderson (5-5)39,20354-51
106August 9@ Mets6 – 4McDowell (6-4)Brusstar (2-2)44,30954-52
107August 10@ Mets8 – 3Gooden (18-3)Fontenot (4-7)48,30654-53
108August 11@ Mets6 – 2Lynch (10-5)Botelho (0-2)40,31154-54
109August 12Expos8 – 7Gumpert (1-0)Reardon (2-5)Smith (24)28,19555-54
110August 13Expos4 – 1Hesketh (10-5)Sanderson (5-6)Reardon (30)28,58255-55
111August 14Expos8 – 7Smith (14-4)Sorensen (3-3)Burke (5)30,05555-56
112August 15Expos7 – 3Gullickson (11-8)Engel (0-2)29,55355-57
113August 16Phillies6 – 5Smith (6-4)Tekulve (4-8)31,55756-57
114August 17Phillies10 – 4Denny (8-9)Sorensen (3-4)31,42156-58
115August 18Phillies9 – 5Hudson (6-11)Baller (0-1)Tekulve (13)31,26956-59
116August 20@ Braves5 – 2Fontenot (5-7)Sutter (7-6)Smith (25)13,00657-59
117August 21@ Braves9 – 5Brusstar (3-2)Garber (3-4)Smith (26)12,24558-59
118August 22@ Braves3 – 2Meridith (2-0)Camp (2-6)Smith (27)11,27359-59
119August 23@ Reds3 – 2Franco (11-1)Sorensen (3-5)34,28359-60
120August 24@ Reds4 – 0Frazier (7-5)Soto (10-15)Smith (28)37,06960-60
121August 25@ Reds5 – 3Browning (13-9)Brusstar (3-3)Franco (7)35,03860-61
122August 26@ Astros10 – 4Engel (1-2)Knepper (10-10)9,55761-61
123August 27@ Astros11 – 4Smith (7-5)Meridith (2-1)10,81061-62
124August 28@ Astros3 – 0Ryan (9-11)Baller (0-2)Heathcock (1)6,97961-63
125August 29Braves9 – 6Mahler (17-12)Sorensen (3-6)Camp (2)16,96561-64
126August 30Braves8 – 1Johnson (2-0)Fontenot (5-8)15,92061-65
127August 31Braves5 – 4 11Brusstar (4-3)Garber (5-5)31,87662-65
September (12-16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info
128September 1Braves15 – 2Botelho (1-2)Barker (2-7)31,42763-65
129September 2Astros7 – 2Dawley (3-2)Baller (0-3)26,62063-66
130September 3Astros8 – 7 10Smith (8-5)Frazier (7-6)11,30663-67
131September 4Astros11 – 6Scott (15-7)Meridith (2-2)9,13663-68
132September 5@ Cardinals6 – 1Cox (15-8)Engel (1-3)33,69363-69
133September 6Reds7 – 5Soto (12-15)Botelho (1-3)17,02663-70
134September 7Reds9 – 7Baller (1-3)Franco (11-2)30,30064-70
135September 8Reds5 – 528,26964-70
136September 9@ Cardinals3 – 1Fontenot (6-8)Kepshire (10-9)Meridith (1)32,80865-70
137September 10@ Pirates2 – 1Reuschel (12-7)Engel (1-4)3,13365-71
138September 11@ Pirates3 – 1Meridith (3-2)DeLeon (2-17)Baller (1)5,43266-71
139September 12@ Pirates10 – 2Rhoden (9-13)Eckersley (8-6)Robinson (3)3,43966-72
140September 13Cardinals9 – 3Forsch (7-6)Trout (8-5)Worrell (1)16,11066-73
141September 14Cardinals5 – 4Campbell (5-3)Sorensen (3-7)Lahti (17)29,85266-74
142September 15Cardinals5 – 1Cox (16-9)Engel (1-5)28,43066-75
143September 16@ Expos8 – 5Burke (9-3)Frazier (7-7)10,39966-76
144September 17@ Expos3 – 0Eckersley (9-6)Youmans (3-3)Smith (29)12,09567-76
145September 18@ Mets4 – 2Aguilera (8-6)Trout (8-6)McDowell (15)25,42467-77
146September 19@ Mets5 – 1Fernandez (7-9)Fontenot (6-9)26,81267-78
147September 20@ Phillies3 – 1Patterson (1-0)Hudson (7-12)Smith (30)20,20768-78
148September 21@ Phillies9 – 2Abrego (1-0)K. Gross (14-11)17,77969-78
149September 22@ Phillies9 – 2Eckersley (10-6)Rawley (12-8)21,76870-78
150September 23Expos10 – 7St. Claire (5-3)Frazier (7-8)Burke (8)4,64770-79
151September 24Expos17 – 15Smith (17-5)Fontenot (6-10)Reardon (36)6,94770-80
152September 25Mets5 – 4Smith (7-4)Orosco (6-6)10,33971-80
153September 26Mets3 – 0Gooden (23-4)Abrego (1-1)11,09171-81
154September 27Phillies9 – 7Baller (2-3)Tekulve (4-10)Smith (31)9,25872-81
155September 28Phillies11 – 10Eckersley (11-6)Denny (11-13)Smith (32)27,87573-81
156September 29Phillies6 – 2Trout (9-6)Toliver (0-3)26,64174-81
October (3-3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info
157October 1Pirates4 – 3Patterson (2-0)Reuschel (14-8)Smith (33)3,44675-81
158October 2Pirates9 – 4Rhoden (10-14)Sutcliffe (8-8)Guante (5)4,63775-82
159October 3Pirates13 – 5Perlman (1-0)Winn (3-6)Engel (1)7,43776-82
160October 4@ Cardinals4 – 2Forsch (9-6)Eckersley (11-7)Worrell (5)40,61876-83
161October 5@ Cardinals7 – 1Tudor (21-8)Trout (9-7)44,82576-84
162October 6@ Cardinals8 – 2Patterson (3-0)Andújar (21-12)43,66577-84

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
CJody Davis142482112.2321758
1BLeon Durham153542153.2822175
2BRyne Sandberg153609186.3052683
SSShawon Dunston7425065.260418
3BRon Cey145500116.2322263
LFGary Matthews9729870.2351340
CFBob Dernier121469119.254121
RFKeith Moreland161587180.30714106

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

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

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

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
George Frazier517826.3946

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Larry Cox
AA Pittsfield Cubs Eastern League Tom Spencer
A Winston-Salem Spirits Carolina League Cal Emery
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Pete Mackanin
Short-Season A Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Tony Franklin
Rookie Wytheville Cubs Appalachian League Ramón Conde

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem

References
  1. Dennis Eckersley at Baseball Reference
  2. Ron Hassey at Baseball Reference
  3. Steve Trout at Baseball Reference
  4. Guy Hoffman at Baseball Reference
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?year=1985&month=06&day=11
  6. Jacob Brumfield at Baseball Reference
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hosteda01.shtml
  8. Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dascedo01.shtml
  10. Mark Grace at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 Chicago Cubs
  • 1985 Chicago Cubs on 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.
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