1985 Seattle Mariners season

Major League Baseball team season
1985 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place6th
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersHal Keller
ManagersChuck Cottier
TelevisionKSTW-TV 11
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)
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The Seattle Mariners 1985 season was their ninth since the franchise creation. They finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 74–88 (.457).

Regular season

  • July 9: Against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Kingdome in Seattle, Jays catcher Buck Martinez executed a double play by tagging out two runners at home plate. In the third inning, Phil Bradley was on second when Gorman Thomas singled. Bradley was tagged out at home, on a throw from Jesse Barfield to Martinez with a collision in which Martinez broke his ankle; he was sitting on the ground in agony and threw the ball to third base in an attempt to tag out Thomas. The throw went into left field and Thomas continued running; left fielder George Bell threw the ball back to Martinez, still seated on the ground in pain, who tagged Thomas out.[1]

Season standings

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AL West
W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 91 71 0.562 50–32 41–39
California Angels 90 72 0.556 1 49–30 41–42
Chicago White Sox 85 77 0.525 6 45–36 40–41
Minnesota Twins 77 85 0.475 14 49–35 28–50
Oakland Athletics 77 85 0.475 14 43–36 34–49
Seattle Mariners 74 88 0.457 17 42–41 32–47
Texas Rangers 62 99 0.385 28½ 37–43 25–56

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 5–8 7–5 8–4 8–5 6–7 6–6 9–4 6–6 1–12 7–5 6–6 10–2 4–8
Boston 8–5 5–7 4–8–1 8–5 6–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 5–8 8–4 6–6 5–7 9–4
California 5–7 7–5 8–5 8–4 8–4 4–9 9–3 9–4 3–9 6–7 9–4 9–4 5–7
Chicago 4–8 8–4–1 5–8 10–2 6–6 5–8 5–7 6–7 6–6 8–5 9–4 10–3 3–9
Cleveland 5–8 5–8 4–8 2–10 5–8 2–10 7–6 4–8 6–7 3–9 6–6 7–5 4–9
Detroit 7–6 7–6 4–8 6–6 8–5 5–7 9–4 3–9 9–3 8–4 5–7 7–5 6–7
Kansas City 6–6 7–5 9–4 8–5 10–2 7–5 8–4 7–6 5–7 8–5 3–10 6–7 7–5
Milwaukee 4–9 8–5 3–9 7–5 6–7 4–9 4–8 9–3 7–6 3–9 4–8 8–3 4–9
Minnesota 6–6 5–7 4–9 7–6 8–4 9–3 6–7 3–9 3–9 8–5 6–7 8–5 4–8
New York 12–1 8–5 9–3 6–6 7–6 3–9 7–5 6–7 9–3 7–5 9–3 8–4 6–7
Oakland 5–7 4–8 7–6 5–8 9–3 4–8 5–8 9–3 5–8 5–7 8–5 6–7 5–7
Seattle 6–6 6–6 4–9 4–9 6–6 7–5 10–3 8–4 7–6 3–9 5–8 6–7 2–10
Texas 2–10 7–5 4–9 3–10 5–7 5–7 7–6 3–8 5–8 4–8 7–6 7–6 3–9
Toronto 8–4 4–9 7–5 9–3 9–4 7–6 5–7 9–4 8–4 7–6 7–5 10–2 9–3


Notable transactions

Roster

1985 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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
C Bob Kearney 108 305 74 .243 6 27
1B Alvin Davis 155 578 166 .287 18 78
2B Jack Perconte 125 485 128 .264 2 23
SS Spike Owen 118 352 91 .259 6 37
3B Jim Presley 155 570 157 .275 28 84
LF Phil Bradley 159 641 192 .300 26 88
CF Dave Henderson 139 502 121 .241 14 68
RF Al Cowens 122 452 120 .265 14 69
DH Gorman Thomas 135 484 104 .215 32 87

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
Iván Calderón 67 210 60 .286 8 28
Donnie Scott 80 185 41 .222 4 23
Domingo Ramos 75 168 33 .196 1 15
Ken Phelps 61 116 24 .207 9 24
Barry Bonnell 48 111 27 .243 1 10
Harold Reynolds 67 104 15 .144 0 6
Dave Valle 31 70 11 .157 0 4
John Moses 33 62 12 .194 0 3
Danny Tartabull 19 61 20 .328 1 7
Darnell Coles 27 59 14 .237 1 5
Al Chambers 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Ricky Nelson 6 2 0 .000 0 0

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
Mike Moore 35 247.0 17 10 3.46 155
Matt Young 37 218.1 12 19 4.91 136
Mark Langston 24 126.2 7 14 5.47 72
Frank Wills 24 123.0 5 11 6.00 67
Bill Swift 23 120.2 6 10 4.77 55
Jim Beattie 18 70.1 5 6 7.29 45
Mike Morgan 2 6.0 1 1 12.00 2
Bill Wilkinson 2 6.0 0 2 13.50 5

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
Salomé Barojas 17 52.2 0 5 5.98 27
Brian Snyder 15 35.1 1 2 6.37 23
Jim Lewis 2 4.2 0 1 7.71 1

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
Edwin Núñez 70 7 3 16 3.09 58
Ed Vande Berg 76 2 1 3 3.72 34
Roy Thomas 40 7 0 1 3.36 70
Bob Long 28 0 0 0 3.76 29
Mike Stanton 24 1 2 1 5.28 17
Karl Best 15 2 1 4 1.95 32
Jack Lazorko 15 0 0 1 3.54 7
Dave Geisel 12 0 0 0 6.33 17
Paul Mirabella 10 0 0 0 1.32 8
Dave Tobik 8 1 0 1 6.00 8

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Bobby Floyd
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Bill Plummer
A Salinas Spurs California League R. J. Harrison
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Gary Pellant

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Notes

  1. ^ "Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers - Tagging 2 Runners on Double Plays".
  2. ^ Mike Schooler page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

  • 1985 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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