1985 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series. Fernando Valenzuela set a major league record for most consecutive innings at the start of a season without allowing an earned run (41).

1985 Los Angeles Dodgers
1985 NL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)Al Campanis
Manager(s)Tommy Lasorda
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
Dodgervision
Eddie Doucette, Al Downing, Rick Monday
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KTNQ
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
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Offseason

Regular season

Game log
1985 Game Log (95–67)
April (11–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
1April 9@ Astros 1–2 Ryan (1–0) Valenzuela (0–1) DiPino (1) 42,876 0–1
2April 10@ Astros 5–4 Reuss (1–0) Niekro (0–1) Howe (1) 9,945 1–1
3April 11@ Astros 4–3 Diaz (1–0) Dawley (0–1) Howell (1) 5,793 2–1
4April 12Giants 1–4 Krukow (1–0) Honeycutt (0–1) 46,910 2–2
5April 13Giants 1–0 Valenzuela (1–1) Davis (0–1) 49,861 3–2
6April 14Giants 4–8 Gott (1–0) Reuss (1–1) Garrelts (1) 48,995 3–3
7April 15Astros 5–3 Diaz (2–0) Niekro (0–2) Howell (2) 26,541 4–3
8April 16Astros 3–7 Smith (2–0) Howe (0–1) 32,155 4–4
9April 17Astros 1–0 (11) Hershiser (1–0) DiPino (0–1) 29,789 5–4
10April 18@ Padres 5–0 Valenzuela (2–1) Thurmond (0–1) 38,024 6–4
11April 19@ Padres 2–11 Hoyt (1–1) Reuss (1–2) 32,920 6–5
12April 20@ Padres 3–4 (10) Gossage (1–0) Howell (0–1) 42,003 6–6
13April 21@ Padres 2–0 Hershiser (2–0) Dravecky (0–1) 42,574 7–6
14April 22@ Giants 3–2 (10) Niedenfuer (1–0) LaPoint (0–3) 24,512 8–6
15April 23@ Giants 1–2 Krukow (2–0) Valenzuela (2–2) 19,022 8–7
16April 24@ Giants 4–2 Brennan (1–0) Laskey (0–2) Howell (3) 19,891 9–7
17April 25Padres 6–3 Honeycutt (1–1) Show (2–1) 39,593 10–7
18April 26Padres 2–0 Hershiser (3–0) Dravecky (0–2) 50,335 11–7
19April 27Padres 3–4 Hawkins (4–0) Brennan (1–1) Gossage (4) 49,801 11–8
20April 28Padres 0–1 Lefferts (1–0) Valenzuela (2–3) Gossage (5) 48,726 11–9
21April 30@ Cardinals 1–6 Andujar (4–0) Reuss (1–3) 20,380 11–10
May (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
22May 1@ Cardinals
23May 3@ Pirates
24May 4@ Pirates
25May 5@ Pirates
26May 6@ Cubs
27May 7@ Cubs
28May 8Cardinals
29May 9Cardinals
30May 10Pirates
31May 11Pirates
32May 12Pirates
33May 14Cubs
34May 15Cubs
35May 17@ Phillies
36May 18@ Phillies
37May 19@ Phillies
38May 20@ Expos
39May 21@ Expos
40May 22@ Expos
41May 24@ Mets
42May 25@ Mets
43May 26@ Mets
44May 27@ Mets
45May 29Phillies
46May 30Phillies
47May 31Expos
June (15–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
48June 1Expos
49June 2Expos
50June 3Mets
51June 4Mets
52June 5Mets
53June 7@ Braves
54June 8@ Braves
55June 9@ Braves
56June 10@ Reds
57June 14@ Astros
58June 15@ Astros
59June 16@ Astros
60June 17Padres
61June 18Padres
62June 19Padres
63June 21Astros
64June 22Astros
65June 23Astros
66June 24Astros
67June 25@ Padres
68June 26@ Padres
69June 27@ Padres
70June 28Braves
71June 29Braves
72June 30Braves
July (20–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
73July 1Reds
74July 2Reds
75July 4@ Cardinals
76July 5@ Cardinals
77July 6@ Cardinals
78July 7@ Cardinals
79July 8@ Pirates
80July 9@ Pirates
81July 10@ Pirates
82July 11@ Cubs
83July 12@ Cubs
84July 13@ Cubs
85July 14@ Cubs
86July 18Cardinals
87July 19Cardinals
88July 20Cardinals
89July 21Cardinals
90July 22Pirates
91July 23Pirates
92July 24Pirates
93July 25Cubs
94July 26Cubs
95July 27Cubs
96July 28Cubs
97July 29Giants
98July 30Giants
99July 31Giants
August (16–11)
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100August 2@ Reds
101August 2@ Reds
102August 3@ Reds
103August 4@ Reds
104August 5@ Braves
105August 8Reds
106August 9Reds
107August 10Reds
108August 11Reds
109August 12Braves
110August 13Braves
111August 14Braves
112August 15Braves
113August 16@ Giants
114August 17@ Giants
115August 18@ Giants
116August 20@ Phillies
117August 21@ Phillies
118August 22@ Phillies
119August 23@ Expos
120August 24@ Expos
121August 25@ Expos
122August 26@ Mets
123August 27@ Mets
124August 29Phillies
125August 29Phillies
126August 31Phillies
September (18–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
127September 1Phillies
128September 2Expos
129September 3Expos
130September 4Expos
131September 6Mets
132September 7Mets
133September 8Mets
134September 9@ Braves
135September 10@ Braves
136September 10@ Braves
137September 11@ Braves
138September 12@ Braves
139September 13@ Reds
140September 13@ Reds
141September 14@ Reds
142September 15@ Reds
143September 16@ Padres
144September 17@ Padres
145September 18Astros
146September 19Astros
147September 20@ Giants
148September 21@ Giants
149September 22@ Giants
150September 23@ Astros
151September 24@ Astros
152September 25@ Astros
153September 27Giants
154September 28Giants
155September 29Giants
156September 30Padres
October (3–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
157October 1Padres
158October 2Braves
159October 3Braves
160October 4Reds
161October 5Reds
162October 6Reds

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9567 0.586 — 48–33 47–34
Cincinnati Reds 8972 0.553 5½ 47–34 42–38
Houston Astros 8379 0.512 12 44–37 39–42
San Diego Padres 8379 0.512 12 44–37 39–42
Atlanta Braves 6696 0.407 29 32–49 34–47
San Francisco Giants 62100 0.383 33 38–43 24–57

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—

Opening day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Mariano DuncanSecond baseman
Ken LandreauxCenter fielder
Al OliverLeft fielder
Pedro GuerreroThird baseman
Mike MarshallRight fielder
Mike SciosciaCatcher
Sid BreamFirst baseman
Dave AndersonShortstop
Fernando ValenzuelaStarting pitcher

Roster

1985 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Notable Transactions

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
CMike Scioscia141429127.296753
1BGreg Brock129438110.2512166
2BSteve Sax136488136.279142
SSMariano Duncan142562137.244639
3BDave Anderson7722144.199418
LFPedro Guerrero137487156.3203387
CFKen Landreaux147482129.2681250
RFMike Marshall135518152.2932895

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
Candy Maldonado12121348.225519
R.J. Reynolds7320755.266025
Enos Cabell5719256.292022
Bill Russell7616944.260013
Steve Yeager5312125.20709
Bob Bailor7411829.24607
Terry Whitfield7910427.260316
Al Oliver357920.25308
Len Matuszek436314.222313
Sid Bream24537.13236
Mike Ramsey9152.13300
Jay Johnstone17152.13302
José González23113.27300
Reggie Williams2293.33300
Franklin Stubbs1092.22202
Ralph Bryant662.33301
Stu Pederson840.00001
Gilberto Reyes610.00000

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
Fernando Valenzuela35272.117102.45208
Orel Hershiser36239.21932.03157
Jerry Reuss34212.214102.9284
Bob Welch23167.11442.3196

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
Rick Honeycutt31142.08123.4267
Bobby Castillo3568.0225.4357
Tom Brennan1231.2137.3917
Dennis Powell1629.1115.2219
Alejandro Peña24.1018.312

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
Tom Niedenfuer6479192.71102
Ken Howell5647123.7785
Carlos Diaz466302.6173
Steve Howe191134.9111
Brian Holton31109.001

National League Championship Series
Main article: 1985 National League Championship Series

The Dodgers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 NLCS, the first year the championship series was in a "Best of seven" format. Jack Clark hit a 450-foot home run off Dodger closer Tom Niedenfuer to win game six and the NLCS for the Cardinals. With an open base, Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda was second guessed for not walking Clark, the only big power threat in the Cardinal line-up. Niedenfuer also gave up a walk-off home run to Ozzie Smith in game five contributing to Smith winning the NLCS MVP Award.

1985 Playoff Game Log
1985 National League Championship Series vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Cardinals wins series 4–2
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeriesReport
1October 9Cardinals
2October 10Cardinals
3October 12@ Cardinals
4October 13@ Cardinals
5October 14@ Cardinals
6October 16Cardinals

Game 1

Wednesday, October 9 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 000 000 100 181
Los Angeles 000 103 00X 480
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0)  L: John Tudor (0-1)   SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1)
HRs: LAD – None   STL – None

Game 2

Thursday, October 10 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 001 000 001 281
Los Angeles 003 212 00X 8131
W: Orel Hershiser (1-0)  L: Joaquín Andújar (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: LAD – Greg Brock (1)   STL – None

Game 3

Saturday, October 12 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 100 100 272
St. Louis 220 000 00X 480
W: Danny Cox (1-0)  L: Bob Welch (0-1)   SV: Ken Dayley (1)
HRs: LAD – None   STL – Tom Herr (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 13 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 000 110 251
St. Louis 090 110 01X 12150
W: John Tudor (1-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (1)   STL – None

Game 5

Monday, October 14 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 200 000 251
St. Louis 200 000 001 351
W: Jeff Lahti (1-0)  L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (2)   STL – Ozzie Smith (1)

Game 6

Wednesday, October 16 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 001 000 303 7121
Los Angeles 110 020 010 580
W: Todd Worrell (1-0)  L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-2)   SV: Ken Dayley (2)
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (3)   Mike Marshall (1)   STL – Jack Clark (1)

1985 awards

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Terry Collins
AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Gary LaRocque
High A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Mel Queen
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Stan Wasiak
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Kevin Kennedy
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Joe Alvarez

Major League Baseball Draft
Main article: 1985 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 37 players in the June draft and 16 in the January draft. Of those, six players would eventually play in the Major Leagues. They received an extra pick in the 2nd round of the June draft as compensation for losing pitcher Burt Hooton as a free agent.

The first pick in the June draft was outfielder Chris Gwynn from San Diego State. The brother of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, he would play 10 seasons in the Majors (7 of them with the Dodgers), primarily as a pinch hitter/backup outfielder. He hit .261 in 599 Major League games. The draft also included outfielder Mike Devereaux (round 5), who was briefly a starter with the Baltimore Orioles in the early 90s but was primarily a reserve, and relief pitcher John Wetteland (2nd round of the January secondary draft) who saved 330 games in 12 seasons (with the Dodgers, Expos, Yankees and Rangers).

References
  1. "Al Oliver Stats".
  2. "Henry Rodriguez Stats".
  3. Bill Madlock Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  5. 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  6. 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  7. 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase
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