1985 Houston Astros season

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1985 Houston Astros
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1962) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
The Astrodome (Since 1965) Houston, Texas (Since 1962)
1985 Information
Owner(s)	John McMullen
General Manager(s)	Al Rosen, Dick Wagner
Manager(s)	Bob Lillis
Local television	KTXH HSE
Local radio	KTRH (Gene Elston, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Jim Durham)

The Houston Astros' 1985 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season Standings 1.2 Notable Transactions 1.3 Game log 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 References

[edit] Regular season

• July 11, 1985: Nolan Ryan got the 4000th strikeout of his career by striking out Danny Heep of the New York Mets.

[edit] Season Standings

West Division	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	--	.586
Cincinnati Reds	89	72	5.5	.553
Houston Astros	83	79	12	.512
San Diego Padres	83	79	12	.512
Atlanta Braves	66	96	29	.407
San Francisco Giants	62	100	33	.383

[edit] Notable Transactions

September 15, 1985: Jim DeShaies was traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later to the Houston Astros for Joe Niekro. The New York Yankees sent Neder Horta (minors) (September 24, 1985) and Dody Rather (minors) (January 11, 1986) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade. ^[1]

[edit] Game log

1985 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
May # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
June # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
July # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
August # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
September # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record
October # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Kevin Bass	150	539	145	.269	16	68

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SV

[edit] References

v • d • e 1985 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1985 All-Star Game • 1985 World Series

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