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1985 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1985
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	81–81 (.500)
divisional_place	5th
owners	Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
president	Jean Yawkey
general_manager	Lou Gorman
manager	John McNamara
television	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
NESN
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
radio	WPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

NESN (Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery) WPLM-AM 1390 (Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione) The 1985 Boston Red Sox season was the 85th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses, games behind the Toronto Blue Jays.

Offseason

January 14, 1985: Pitcher Bruce Kison was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.

Regular season

Month	Record	Cumulative	AL East	Ref.	Won	Lost
April	9	11	9	11	4th	4
May	12	14	21	25	6th
June	17	10	38	35	5th
July	14	12	52	47	4th
August	8	21	60	68	5th
September	19	9	79	77	5th
October	2	4	81	81	5th

The Red Sox also had one game end in a tie; on July 31, a home game against the Chicago White Sox was ended in the 7th inning due to rain, with the score tied, 1–1. It was the first tie game for the Red Sox since June 8, 1961. MLB games that end in a tie are not included in league standings, although individual player statistics (e.g. hits, errors, innings pitched) are counted.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

The Red Sox drafted pitcher Dan Gabriele in the first round (21st overall) of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft. Gabriele went on to pitch in Boston's farm system through 1989, reaching the Double-A level.

Opening Day lineup

23	Oil Can Boyd	P

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Roster

1985 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Bill Buckner	162	673	89	201	46	3	16	110	18	30	.299	.447
Wade Boggs	161	653	107	240	42	3	8	78	2	96	.368	.478
Dwight Evans	159	617	110	162	29	1	29	78	7	114	.263	.454
Mike Easler	155	568	71	149	29	4	16	74	0	53	.262	.412
Jim Rice	140	546	85	159	20	3	27	103	2	51	.291	.487
Marty Barrett	156	534	59	142	26	0	5	56	7	56	.266	.343
Rich Gedman	144	498	66	147	30	5	18	80	2	50	.295	.484
Tony Armas	103	385	50	102	17	5	23	64	0	18	.265	.514
Steve Lyons	133	371	52	98	14	3	5	30	12	32	.264	.358
Glenn Hoffman	96	279	40	77	17	2	6	34	2	25	.276	.416
Jackie Gutiérrez	103	275	33	60	5	2	2	21	10	12	.218	.273
Marc Sullivan	32	69	10	12	2	0	2	3	0	6	.174	.290
Dave Stapleton	30	66	4	15	6	0	0	2	0	4	.227	.318
Rick Miller	41	45	5	15	2	0	0	9	1	5	.333	.378
Dave Sax	22	36	2	11	3	0	0	6	0	3	.306	.389
Reid Nichols	21	32	3	6	1	0	1	3	1	2	.188	.313
Mike Greenwell	17	31	7	10	1	0	4	8	1	3	.323	.742
Kevin Romine	24	28	3	6	2	0	0	1	1	1	.214	.286
Ed Jurak	26	13	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.231
Tim Lollar	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Team Totals	163	5720	800	1615	292	31	162	760	66	562	.282	.429

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1985-batting.shtml

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Oil Can Boyd	15	13	3.70	35	35	0	272.1	273	117	112	67	154
Bruce Hurst	11	13	4.51	35	31	0	229.1	243	123	115	70	189
Al Nipper	9	12	4.06	25	25	0	162.0	157	83	73	82	85
Bob Ojeda	9	11	4.00	39	22	1	157.2	166	74	70	48	102
Roger Clemens	7	5	3.29	15	15	0	98.1	83	38	36	37	74
Bruce Kison	5	3	4.11	22	9	1	92.0	98	43	42	32	56
Steve Crawford	6	5	3.76	44	1	12	91.0	103	47	38	28	58
Bob Stanley	6	6	2.87	48	0	10	87.2	76	30	28	30	46
Mike Trujillo	4	4	4.82	27	7	1	84.0	112	55	45	23	19
Tim Lollar	5	5	4.57	16	10	1	67.0	57	37	34	40	44
Mark Clear	1	3	3.72	41	0	3	55.2	45	26	23	50	55
Rob Woodward	1	0	1.69	5	2	0	26.2	17	8	5	9	16
Jeff Sellers	2	0	3.63	4	4	0	22.1	24	10	9	7	6
Jim Dorsey	0	1	20.25	2	1	0	5.1	12	12	12	10	2
Tom McCarthy	0	0	10.80	3	0	0	5.0	7	6	6	4	2
Mike Brown	0	0	21.60	2	1	0	3.1	9	8	8	3	3
Charlie Mitchell	0	0	16.20	2	0	0	1.2	5	3	3	0	2
Team Totals	81	81	4.06	163	163	29	1461.1	1487	720	659	540	913

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1985-pitching.shtml

Statistical leaders

Category	Player	Statistic
Youngest player	Mike Greenwell	21
Jeff Sellers
Oldest player	Rick Miller	37
Wins Above Replacement	Wade Boggs	9.1

Source:

Batting

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
G	Games played	Bill Buckner	162
PA	Plate appearances	Wade Boggs	758
AB	At bats	Bill Buckner	673
R	Runs scored	Dwight Evans	110
H	Hits	Wade Boggs	240
2B	Doubles	Bill Buckner	46
3B	Triples	Tony Armas	5
Rich Gedman
HR	Home runs	Dwight Evans	29
RBI	Runs batted in	Bill Buckner	110
SB	Stolen bases	Bill Buckner	18
CS	Caught stealing	Steve Lyons	9
BB	Base on balls	Dwight Evans	114
SO	Strikeouts	Mike Easler	129
BA	Batting average	Wade Boggs	.368
OBP	On-base percentage	Wade Boggs	.450
SLG	Slugging percentage	Tony Armas	.514
OPS	On-base plus slugging	Wade Boggs	.928
OPS+	Adjusted OPS	Wade Boggs	151
TB	Total bases	Wade Boggs	312
GIDP	Grounded into double play	Jim Rice	35
HBP	Hit by pitch	Dwight Evans	5
Glenn Hoffman
SH	Sacrifice hits	Marty Barrett	12
SF	Sacrifice flies	Bill Buckner	11
IBB	Intentional base on balls	Rich Gedman	11

Source:

Pitching

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
W	Wins	Oil Can Boyd	15
L	Losses	Oil Can Boyd	13
Bruce Hurst
W-L %	Winning percentage	Roger Clemens	.583 (7–5)
ERA	Earned run average	Oil Can Boyd	3.70
G	Games pitched	Bob Stanley	48
GS	Games started	Oil Can Boyd	35
GF	Games finished	Bob Stanley	41
CG	Complete games	Oil Can Boyd	13
SHO	Shutouts	Oil Can Boyd	3
SV	Saves	Steve Crawford	12
IP	Innings pitched	Oil Can Boyd
SO	Strikeouts	Bruce Hurst	189
WHIP	Walks plus hits per inning pitched	Oil Can Boyd	1.248

Source:

Awards and honors

;Awards

Dwight Evans – Gold Glove Award (OF)

;Accomplishments

Wade Boggs, American League Batting Champion, .368
Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Hits (240)
Bill Buckner, MLB record, Most Assists in a Season by a First Baseman (184)

;[All-Star Game](1985-major-league-baseball-all-star-game) - Wade Boggs, reserve 3B - Rich Gedman, reserve C - Jim Rice, starting LF ## Farm system The Greensboro Hornets replaced the Winston-Salem Spirits as a Class A affiliate. Source: ## References ## References 1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kisonbr01.shtml Bruce Kison Statistics and History - Baseball Reference.com] 2. ["The 1985 Boston Red Sox"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/TBOS01985.htm). 3. ["Events of Tuesday, April 30, 1985"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/04301985.htm). 4. ["Events of Friday, May 31, 1985"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/05311985.htm). 5. ["Events of Sunday, June 30, 1985"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/06301985.htm). 6. ["Events of Wednesday, July 31, 1985"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/07311985.htm). 7. ["Events of Saturday, August 31, 1985"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/08311985.htm). 8. ["Events of Monday, September 30, 1985"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/09301985.htm). 9. ["Events of Sunday, October 6, 1985"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/10061985.htm). 10. (July 31, 1985). ["Boston Red Sox 1, Chicago White Sox 1"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/B07310BOS1985.htm). 11. Price, Terry. (August 1, 1985). ["Red Sox Battle White Sox to Tie"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60951687/red-sox-battle-white-sox-to-tie/). *[[Hartford Courant]]*. 12. ''Sports Illustrated'', August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc. 13. ["Dan Gabriele Minor League Statistics & History"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gabrie001dan). 14. (April 8, 1985). ["Boston Red Sox 9, New York Yankees 2"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/B04080BOS1985.htm). 15. ["1985 Boston Red Sox Statistics"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1985.shtml). 16. ''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0 17. ["Bill Buckner"](http://www.oldbaseball.com/hom/bill_buckner.html). 18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 19. (1985). ["Boston Red Sox Media Guide"](https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxmedi1985bost/page/94/mode/2up). ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Boston_Red_Sox_season) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Boston_Red_Sox_season?action=history). ::

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