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1985 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	1985
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	Bud Selig
general_managers	Harry Dalton
managers	George Bamberger
television	WVTV
(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan)
radio	WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)

(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes) |}} The 1985 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 16th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and the 17th overall.

The Brewers' finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 90 losses and missed the postseason for the 3rd consecutive season.

Offseason

December 7, 1984: Don Sutton was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Ray Burris, Eric Barry (minors), and a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Ed Myers (minors) to the Brewers on March 25, 1985.
January 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
January 8, 1985: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
January 18, 1985: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals as part of a 4-team trade. Danny Darwin and a player to be named later were traded by the Texas Rangers to the Brewers, and Tim Leary was traded by the New York Mets to the Brewers. Don Slaught was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Rangers. Frank Wills was traded by the Royals to the Mets. The Rangers completed the trade by sending Bill Nance (minors) to the Brewers on January 30.
April 3, 1985: Yutaka Enatsu was cut after a spring training tryout with the team at age 36.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 17, 1985: Jim Kern was released by the Brewers.

Draft picks

June 3, 1985: B. J. Surhoff was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.
June 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.

Roster

1985 Milwaukee Brewers
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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Charlie Moore	105	349	81	.232	0	31
1B	Cecil Cooper	154	631	185	.293	16	99
2B	Jim Gantner	143	523	133	.254	5	44
SS	Ernie Riles	116	448	128	.286	5	45
3B		140	576	171	.297	10	48
LF	Robin Yount	122	466	129	.277	15	68
CF	Rick Manning	79	216	47	.218	2	18
RF	Paul Householder	95	299	77	.258	11	34
DH	Ted Simmons	143	528	144	.273	12	76

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
Ben Oglivie	101	341	99	.290	10	61
Ed Romero	88	251	63	.251	0	21
Bill Schroeder	53	194	47	.242	8	25
Randy Ready	48	181	48	.265	1	21
Mark Brouhard	37	108	28	.259	1	13
Bobby Clark	29	93	21	.226	0	8
Doug Loman	24	66	14	.212	0	7
	21	62	10	.161	1	5
Brian Giles	34	58	10	.172	1	1
Mike Felder	15	56	11	.196	0	0
Billy Jo Robidoux	18	51	9	.176	3	8
Dion James	18	49	11	.224	0	3
Dave Huppert	15	21	1	.048	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
Danny Darwin	39	217.2	8	18	3.80	125
Teddy Higuera	32	212.1	15	8	3.90	127
	29	170.1	9	13	4.81	81
Moose Haas	27	161.2	8	8	3.84	78
Pete Vuckovich	22	112.2	6	10	5.51	55
	5	33.1	1	4	4.05	29
Bill Wegman	3	17.2	2	0	3.57	6

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
	24	116.1	6	8	4.33	44
	6	13.2	0	0	1.98	8

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
Rollie Fingers	47	1	6	17	5.04	24
Bob Gibson	41	6	7	11	3.90	53
Bob McClure	38	4	1	3	4.31	57
Ray Searage	33	1	4	1	5.92	36
	29	0	0	2	4.53	22
Rick Waits	24	3	2	1	6.51	24
	5	0	1	0	6.55	3
Brad Lesley	5	1	0	0	9.95	5

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1985. The Vancouver Canadians won the Pacific Coast League championship.

Notes

References

1985 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
1985 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/suttodo01.shtml Don Sutton] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"Steve Carter Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kernji01.shtml Jim Kern] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darwida01.shtml Danny Darwin] at ''Baseball-Reference''
. (April 4, 1985). "Yanks to open season minor Henderson". *Ocala Star-Banner*.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/surhob.01.shtml B.J. Surhoff] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1985 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.
"Pacific Coast League Champions". Minor League Baseball.

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