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1985 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Baltimore Orioles
season	1985
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Memorial Stadium
city	Baltimore
record	83–78 (.516)
divisional_place	4th
owners	Edward Bennett Williams
general_managers	Hank Peters
managers	Joe Altobelli, Cal Ripken, Sr., Earl Weaver
television	WMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, Larry King)
radio	WFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)

(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson) Home Team Sports (Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, Larry King) (Jon Miller, Tom Marr) |}} The 1985 Baltimore Orioles season was the 85th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 32nd in Baltimore, and the 32nd at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 78 losses. The Orioles led Major League Baseball in home runs (214) and slugging percentage (.430).

Offseason

October 2, 1984: Tom Underwood was released by the Baltimore Orioles.
December 13, 1984: Don Aase was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
December 17, 1984: Ron Jackson was released by the Orioles.
January 3, 1985: Mike Blowers was drafted by the Orioles in the 4th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.
February 7, 1985: Vic Rodriguez was traded by the Orioles to the San Diego Padres for Fritzie Connally.
March 27, 1985: Mark Brown was traded by the Orioles to the Minnesota Twins for Brad Havens.
March 29, 1985: Todd Cruz was released by the Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Rich Dauer
Storm Davis
Rick Dempsey
Wayne Gross
John Lowenstein
Fred Lynn
Eddie Murray
Cal Ripken Jr.
Larry Sheets
Mike Young

Notable transactions

June 3, 1985: Rico Rossy was drafted by the Orioles in the 33rd round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 6, 1985.

Roster

1985 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	132	362	92	.254	12	52
1B	156	583	173	.297	31	124
2B	76	298	85	.285	0	21
3B	105	359	110	.306	18	48
SS	161	642	181	.282	26	110
LF	139	450	123	.273	28	81
CF	124	448	118	.263	23	68
RF	121	492	144	.293	9	48
DH	113	328	86	.262	17	50

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
Jim Dwyer	101	233	58	.249	7	36
Gary Roenicke	114	225	49	.218	15	43
Wayne Gross	103	217	51	.235	11	18
Rich Dauer	85	208	42	.202	2	14
John Shelby	69	205	58	.283	7	27
Fritzie Connally	50	112	26	.232	3	15
Lenn Sakata	55	97	22	.227	3	6
Dan Ford	28	75	14	.187	1	1
Al Pardo	34	75	10	.133	0	1
Joe Nolan	31	38	5	.132	0	6
John Lowenstein	12	26	2	.077	0	2
Leo Hernández	12	21	1	.048	0	0
Tom O'Malley	8	14	1	.071	1	2
Kelly Paris	5	9	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
Scott McGregor	35	204.0	14	14	4.81	86
Mike Boddicker	32	203.1	12	17	4.07	135
Dennis Martínez	33	180.0	13	11	5.15	68
Storm Davis	31	175.0	10	8	4.53	93
Mike Flanagan	15	86.0	4	5	5.13	42

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
Ken Dixon	34	162.0	8	4	3.67	108
Brad Havens	8	14.1	0	1	8.79	19
Phil Huffman	2	4.2	0	0	15.43	2

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
	54	10	6	14	3.78	67
Sammy Stewart	56	5	7	9	3.61	77
Tippy Martinez	49	3	3	4	5.40	47
Nate Snell	43	3	2	5	2.69	41
	4	0	0	0	4.76	4
John Habyan	2	1	0	0	0.00	2
Bill Swaggerty	1	0	0	0	5.40	2

Farm system

Daytona Beach affiliation shared with Texas Rangers

Notes

References

"1985 MLB Team Statistics".
"Tom Underwood Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aasedo01.shtml Don Aase page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksro02.shtml Ron Jackson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blowemi01.shtml Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrivi01.shtml Vic Rodriguez page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownma02.shtml Mark Brown page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cruzto02.shtml Todd Cruz page at Baseball Reference]
"1985 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference]

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