1985 Oakland Athletics season

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The 1985 Oakland Athletics season was the 85th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 18th season in Oakland. The Athletics finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the Athletics' on-field performance continued to disappoint, the debut of slugger Jose Canseco gave fans a measure of hope.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Record77–85 (.475)
OwnersWalter A. Haas, Jr.
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1985 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place5th
OwnersWalter A. Haas, Jr.
General managersSandy Alderson
ManagersJackie Moore
TelevisionKPIX
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Monte Moore)
RadioKSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson)
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The A's hosting a game at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in 1985.

Offseason

Regular season

  • September 2, 1985: José Canseco made his major league debut in a game against the Baltimore Orioles. Canseco had one at bat without a hit.[5]
  • September 9, 1985: Canseco hits his first career major league home run off the Texas Ranger's Jeff Russell in a 3–1 loss.
  • September 22, 1985: José Canseco became the 27th player to hit a home run over the roof of Comiskey Park.

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9171 .562 — 50‍–‍32 41‍–‍39
California Angels 9072 .556 1 49‍–‍30 41‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox 8577 .525 6 45‍–‍36 40‍–‍41
Minnesota Twins 7785 .475 14 49‍–‍35 28‍–‍50
Oakland Athletics 7785 .475 14 43‍–‍36 34‍–‍49
Seattle Mariners 7488 .457 17 42‍–‍41 32‍–‍47
Texas Rangers 6299 .385 28½ 37‍–‍43 25‍–‍56
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Record vs. opponents

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1985 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —5–87–58–48–56–76–69–46–61–127–56–610–24–8
Boston 8–5—5–74–8–18–56–75–75–87–55–88–46–65–79–4
California 5–77–5—8–58–48–44–99–39–43–96–79–49–45–7
Chicago 4–88–4–15–8—10–26–65–85–76–76–68–59–410–33–9
Cleveland 5–85–84–82–10—5–82–107–64–86–73–96–67–54–9
Detroit 7–67–64–86–68–5—5–79–43–99–38–45–77–56–7
Kansas City 6–67–59–48–510–27–5—8–47–65–78–53–106–77–5
Milwaukee 4–98–53–97–56–74–94–8—9–37–63–94–88–34–9
Minnesota 6–65–74–97–68–49–36–73–9—3–98–56–78–54–8
New York 12–18–59–36–67–63–97–56–79–3—7–59–38–46–7
Oakland 5–74–87–65–89–34–85–89–35–85–7—8–56–75–7
Seattle 6–66–64–94–96–67–510–38–47–63–95–8—6–72–10
Texas 2–107–54–93–105–75–77–63–85–84–87–67–6—3–9
Toronto 8–44–97–59–39–47–65–79–48–47–67–510–29–3—
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Transactions

  • April 15, 1985: Bob Owchinko was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[6]
  • April 26, 1985: Bill Mooneyham was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[7]
  • July 12, 1985: Tommy John was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[8]
  • July 17, 1985: Bob Owchinko was purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Oakland Athletics.[6]
  • September 10, 1985: Don Sutton was traded by the Athletics to the California Angels for players to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending Robert Sharpnack (minors) and Jerome Nelson (minors) to the Athletics on September 25.[3]

Draft picks

Roster

1985 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CMike Heath138436109.2501355
1BBruce Bochte137424125.2951460
2BDonnie Hill123393112.285348
SSAlfredo Griffin162614166.270264
3BCarney Lansford98401111.2771346
LFDave Collins11237995.251429
CFDwayne Murphy152523122.2332059
RFMike Davis154547157.2872482
DHDave Kingman158592141.2383091
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Other batters

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

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Dusty Baker11134392.2681452
Mickey Tettleton7821153.251315
Steve Henderson8519358.301331
Tony Phillips4216145.280417
Rob Picciolo7110228.27518
José Canseco299629.302513
Mike Gallego767716.20819
Steve Kiefer406613.197110
Dan Meyer14120.00000
Charlie O'Brien16113.27301
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Codiroli37226.014144.46111
Don Sutton29194.11383.8991
Bill Krueger32151.19104.5256
Tim Birtsas29141.11064.0194
José Rijo1263.2643.5365
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Other pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve McCatty3085.2445.5736
Rick Langford2359.0353.5121
Mike Warren1649.0146.6148
Tommy John1148.0266.198
Curt Young1946.0047.2419
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Relief pitchers

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

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jay Howell6398292.8568
Keith Atherton564734.3077
Steve Ontiveros391381.9336
Steve Mura231114.1329
Tim Conroy160104.268
Jeff Kaiser1500014.5810
Tom Tellmann110005.068
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Keith Lieppman
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Brad Fischer
A Modesto A's California League George Mitterwald
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Jim Nettles
A-Short Season Medford A's Northwest League Grady Fuson
Rookie Pocatello Gems Pioneer League Dave Hudgens
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Huntsville

References

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