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1985 San Francisco Giants season

Field	Value
name	San Francisco Giants
season	1985
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Candlestick Park
city	San Francisco, California
owners	Bob Lurie
general_managers	Tom Haller, Al Rosen
managers	Jim Davenport, Roger Craig
television	KTVU
(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
radio	KNBR
(Hank Greenwald, David Glass)
KOFY
(Tito Fuentes, Armando Provedor)

(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park) (Hank Greenwald, David Glass) KOFY (Tito Fuentes, Armando Provedor) |}}

The 1985 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 103rd season in Major League Baseball, their 28th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 26th at Candlestick Park. It resulted in the team finishing in sixth place in the National League West with a record of 62 wins and franchise-record 100 losses. This was the first, and as of 2025, the only time in the history of the franchise that they reached the triple-digit mark in losses. It is also the highest number of games they have lost in a season, as well. The Giants were managed by Jim Davenport, who was dismissed on September 18, after compiling a dismal 56–88 record, and Roger Craig, who guided the team to a 6–12 mark during the final 2½ weeks of the season. They finished 33 games behind the division champion and their main rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

November 5, 1984: Guy Sularz was released by the San Francisco Giants.
December 3, 1984: Doug Gwosdz was drafted by the Giants from the San Diego Padres in the 1984 rule 5 draft.
January 26, 1985: Gary Lavelle was traded by the Giants to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jim Gott, Augie Schmidt (minors), and Jack McKnight (minors).
February 1, 1985: Jack Clark was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dave LaPoint, David Green, José Uribe and Gary Rajsich.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Bob Brenly
Chris Brown
Chili Davis
Dan Gladden
David Green
Atlee Hammaker
Johnnie LeMaster
Jeffrey Leonard
Manny Trillo

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 5, 1985: Roger Mason was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the San Francisco Giants for Alejandro Sánchez.
April 6, 1985: Vida Blue was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
April 15, 1985: Chuck Hensley was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
April 17, 1985: John Rabb was traded by the Giants to the Atlanta Braves for Alex Treviño.
April 30, 1985: Jeff Cornell was released by the San Francisco Giants.
May 7, 1985: Mike Jeffcoat was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Luis Quinones to the San Francisco Giants for Johnnie LeMaster.
June 3, 1985: Will Clark was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.
July 22, 1985: Gary Rajsich was purchased from the Giants by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Roster

1985 San Francisco Giants
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	133	440	97	.220	19	56
1B	106	294	73	.248	5	20
2B	125	451	101	.224	3	25
SS	147	476	113	.237	3	26
3B	131	432	117	.271	16	61
LF	133	507	122	.241	17	62
CF	142	502	122	.243	7	41
RF	136	481	130	.270	13	56

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
Joel Youngblood	95	230	62	.270	4	24
Dan Driessen	54	181	42	.232	3	22
Brad Wellman	71	174	41	.236	0	16
Rob Deer	78	162	30	.185	8	20
Alex Treviño	57	157	34	.217	6	19
Ron Roenicke	65	133	34	.256	3	13
Ricky Adams	54	121	23	.190	2	10
	64	111	23	.207	0	6
Gary Rajsich	51	91	15	.165	0	10
Mike Woodard	24	82	20	.244	0	9
Matt Nokes	19	53	11	.208	2	5
Johnnie LeMaster	12	16	0	.000	0	0
Duane Kuiper	9	5	3	.600	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
	31	206.2	7	17	3.57	122
	28	195.0	8	11	3.38	150
Atlee Hammaker	29	170.2	5	12	3.74	100
	26	148.1	7	10	3.88	78
Bill Laskey	19	114.0	5	11	3.55	42
Roger Mason	5	29.2	1	3	2.12	26

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
	33	131.0	8	8	4.47	103
	6	12.1	0	0	4.38	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
	74	9	6	13	2.30	106
	77	5	12	7	3.54	131
Greg Minton	68	5	4	4	3.54	37
Frank Williams	49	2	4	0	4.19	54
Mike Jeffcoat	19	0	2	0	5.32	10
Bobby Moore	11	0	0	0	3.24	10
Jeff Robinson	8	0	0	0	5.11	8

Award winners

Mike Krukow P, Willie Mac Award All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fresno, Everett

References

"Guy Sularz Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gwosddo01.shtml Doug Gwosdz] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lavelga01.shtml Gary Lavelle] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rajsiga01.shtml Gary Rajsich] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1985 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
"Roger Mason Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bluevi01.shtml Vida Blue] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Chuck Hensley Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rabbjo01.shtml John Rabb] at ''Baseball Reference''
"Jeff Cornell Stats".
"Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkwi02.shtml Will Clark] at ''Baseball Reference''

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