1985 Detroit Tigers season – Wikipedia

Major League Baseball season

The Tigers entered the season as the reigning World Series champions. The 1985 Detroit Tigers finished in third place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 84-77 (.522), 15 games behind the Blue Jays. The Tigers outscored their opponents 729 to 688. The Tigers drew 2,286,609 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1983, ranking 3rd of the 14 teams in the American League.

Table of Contents

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

Record vs. opponents[edit]

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	6–6	9–4	6–6	1–12	7–5	6–6	10–2	4–8
Boston	8–5	—	5–7	4–8–1	8–5	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	5–7	9–4
California	5–7	7–5	—	8–5	8–4	8–4	4–9	9–3	9–4	3–9	6–7	9–4	9–4	5–7
Chicago	4–8	8–4–1	5–8	—	10–2	6–6	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–6	8–5	9–4	10–3	3–9
Cleveland	5–8	5–8	4–8	2–10	—	5–8	2–10	7–6	4–8	6–7	3–9	6–6	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	9–4	3–9	9–3	8–4	5–7	7–5	6–7
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	10–2	7–5	—	8–4	7–6	5–7	8–5	3–10	6–7	7–5
Milwaukee	4–9	8–5	3–9	7–5	6–7	4–9	4–8	—	9–3	7–6	3–9	4–8	8–3	4–9
Minnesota	6–6	5–7	4–9	7–6	8–4	9–3	6–7	3–9	—	3–9	8–5	6–7	8–5	4–8
New York	12–1	8–5	9–3	6–6	7–6	3–9	7–5	6–7	9–3	—	7–5	9–3	8–4	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	7–6	5–8	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	5–8	5–7	—	8–5	6–7	5–7
Seattle	6–6	6–6	4–9	4–9	6–6	7–5	10–3	8–4	7–6	3–9	5–8	—	6–7	2–10
Texas	2–10	7–5	4–9	3–10	5–7	5–7	7–6	3–8	5–8	4–8	7–6	7–6	—	3–9
Toronto	8–4	4–9	7–5	9–3	9–4	7–6	5–7	9–4	8–4	7–6	7–5	10–2	9–3	—

Notable transactions[edit]

Roster[edit]

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Other batters[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position[edit]

The following members of the 1985 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:

Award winners and league leaders[edit]

Tom Brookens

AL leader in errors by a third baseman (23)
#9 in AL in doubles (34)

Darrell Evans

Tiger of the Year Award, by Detroit baseball writers
MLB leader in home runs (40)
MLB leader in at bats per home run (12.6)
Finished 14th in AL MVP voting
#4 in AL in intentional walks (12)
#5 in AL in slugging percentage (.519)
#7 in AL in bases on balls (85)
#8 in AL in OPS (.875)

Kirk Gibson

AL leader in errors by an outfielder (11)
Finished 18th in AL MVP voting
#2 in AL in Power/Speed Number (29.5)
#2 in AL in intentional walks (16)
#3 in AL in extra base hits (71)
#4 in AL in sacrifice flies (10)
#4 in AL in strikeouts (137)
#6 in AL in slugging percentage (.518)
#6 in AL in total bases (301)
#6 in AL in runs created (118)
#7 in AL in OPS (.882)
#7 in AL in doubles (37)
#8 in AL in strikeouts (30)
#9 in AL in home runs (29)
#10 in MLB in total bases (301)
#10 in MLB in doubles (37)
#10 in MLB in runs created (118)

Willie Hernández

AL All Star Team, pitcher
#2 in MLB in games finished (64)
#3 in AL in saves (31)
#3 in AL in games (74)

Chet Lemon

#5 in AL in times hit by pitch (10)

Jack Morris

AL All Star Team, starting pitcher
AL leader in wild pitches (15)
#2 in AL in shutouts (4)
#2 in AL in bases on balls allowed (110)
#3 in AL in strikeouts (191)
#4 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (7.42)
#4 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (6.69)
#5 in AL in complete games (13)
#10 in MLB in batters faced (1077)

Lance Parrish

Dan Petry

AL All Star Team, pitcher
#3 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings (7.16)
#5 in AL in walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) (1.135)

Frank Tanana

#3 in AL in strikeout to walk ratio (2.79)
#5 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (6.66)

Walt Terrell

Alan Trammell

AL All Star Team, shortstop
#7 in AL in sacrifice hits (11)
#8 in AL in outs (480)
#9 in AL in sacrifice flies (9)

Lou Whitaker

AL Gold Glove Award, second base
AL Silver Slugger Award, second base
AL All Star Team, starting second baseman
#7 in AL in triples (8)
#9 in AL in plate appearances (701)
#9 in AL in runs created (107)
#9 in AL in times on base (252)
#10 in AL in runs (102)

Farm system[edit]

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bristol

References[edit]

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.