1985 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1985 Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pirates draft Barry Bonds
Major league affiliations
Location
1985 Information
Owner(s) John W. Galbreath,
Warner Communications
General Manager(s) Harding "Pete" Peterson,
Joe L. Brown
Manager(s) Chuck Tanner
Local television KDKA-TV
Jim Rooker, Lanny Frattare, John Sanders
Local radio KDKA
Jim Rooker, Lanny Frattare

The 1985 Pittsburgh Pirates finished in sixth place in the National League East, with a record of 57-104, 43½ games behind the NL Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

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[edit] Offseason

  • December 20, 1984: Jay Buhner was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Dale Berra and Alfonso Pulido to the New York Yankees for Steve Kemp, Tim Foli, and cash. [1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[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 Pittsburgh Pirates roster
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Active roster Coaches/Other
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • April 20, 1985: Kent Tekulve was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Al Holland and Frankie Griffin (minors).
  • In the 1985 June draft, the Pirates select Barry Bonds in the first round.
  • August 2, 1985: John Candelaria was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with George Hendrick and Al Holland to the California Angels for a player to be named later, Pat Clements, and Mike Brown. The California Angels sent Bob Kipper (August 16, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade. [2]

[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
Tony Pena 147 546 136 .249 10 59
Jason Thompson 123 402 97 .241 12 61
Johnny Ray 154 594 163 .274 7 70
Bill Madlock 110 399 100 .251 10 41
Sammy Khalifa 95 320 76 .238 2 31
Steve Kemp 92 236 59 .250 2 21
Marvell Wynne 103 337 69 .205 2 18
George Hendrick 69 256 59 .230 2 25

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jim Morrison 92 244 62 .254 4 22
Bill Almon 88 244 66 .270 6 29
Lee Mazzilli 92 117 33 .282 1 9

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jose DeLeon 25 162.2 2 19 4.70 149
Larry McWilliams 19 126.1 7 9 4.70 52
Rick Reuschel 26 194.0 14 8 2.27 138
Rick Rhoden 35 213.1 10 15 4.47 128
Lee Tunnell 23 132.1 4 10 4.01 74

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA
Bob Walk 9 58.2 2 3 3.68
Mike Bielecki 12 45.2 2 3 4.53

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Candelaria 37 2 4 9 3.64 47
Cecilio Guante 63 4 6 5 2.72 92
Al Holland 38 1 3 4 3.38 47
Don Robinson 44 5 11 3 3.87 42
Rod Scurry 30 0 1 2 3.21 28
Kent Tekulve 3 0 0 0 16.20 4
Bob Kipper 5 1 2 0 5.11 13

[edit] Award Winners

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jay Buhner Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ John Candelaria Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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