1985 New York Mets season

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1985 New York Mets
Major league affiliations
Location
1985 Information
Owner(s) Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General Manager(s) Frank Cashen
Manager(s) Davey Johnson
Local television WOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy)
Local radio WHN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne, Juan Alicea (SP))

The New York Mets' 1985 season was the 24th regular season for the Mets. They went 98-64 and finished 2nd in the NL East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

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[edit] Offseason

  • January 18, 1985: Danny Darwin was traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Texas Rangers with a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals. The New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers. The Kansas City Royals sent Frank Wills to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade. [1]

[edit] Regular season

  • Gary Carter led the Mets in HR and RBI.
  • July 4, 1985 - Keith Hernandez hit for the cycle in a 16-13 game that lasted 19 innings vs. the Atlanta Braves.
  • July 11, 1985: Nolan Ryan got the 4000th strikeout of his career by striking out Mets player Danny Heep.
  • July 20, 1985 – Darryl Strawberry had 7 RBIs in a game versus the Atlanta Braves.

[edit] Opening Day Starters

  • Wally Backman, Second Base
  • Gary Carter, Catcher
  • George Foster, Outfield
  • Dwight Gooden, Pitcher
  • Keith Hernandez, First Base
  • Howard Johnson, Third Base
  • Rafael Santana, Shortstop
  • Darryl Strawberry, Outfield
  • Mookie Wilson, Outfield

[edit] Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB
St. Louis Cardinals 101 61 .623 --
New York Mets 98 64 .605 3
Montreal Expos 84 77 .522 16.5
Chicago Cubs 77 84 .478 23.5
Philadelphia Phillies 75 87 .463 26
Pittsburgh Pirates 57 104 .354 43.5

[edit] Roster

1985 New York Mets roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[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
Gary Carter 149 555 156 .281 32 100
Keith Hernandez 156 593 183 .309 10 91

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Billy Beane 8 8 2 .250 0 1

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

All-Star Game

  • Darryl Strawberry, Right field, Starter
  • Gary Carter, Catcher
  • Ron Darling, Pitcher
  • Dwight Gooden, Pitcher (Injured, did not play)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Danny Darwin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[edit] External links

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