1985 Boston Red Sox season

The 1985 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 References

Offseason

January 14, 1985: Bruce Kison was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	99	62	.615	--
New York Yankees	97	64	.602	2
Detroit Tigers	84	77	.522	15
Baltimore Orioles	83	78	.516	16
Boston Red Sox	81	81	.500	18½
Milwaukee Brewers	71	90	.441	28
Cleveland Indians	60	102	.370	39½

Transactions

The Red Sox drafted pitcher Dan Gabriele with the twenty-first overall pick in the 1985 Draft. ^[2]

Opening Day Line Up

26	Wade Boggs	3B
24	Dwight Evans	RF
14	Jim Rice	LF
7	Mike Easler	DH
20	Tony Armas	CF
6	Bill Buckner	1B
10	Rich Gedman	C
17	Marty Barrett	2B
41	Jackie Gutiérrez	SS
23	Oil Can Boyd	P

Roster

1985 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

7 Mike Easler

Manager

1 John McNamara

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Gedman, RichRich Gedman	144	498	147	.295	18	80
1B	Buckner, BillBill Buckner	162	673	201	.299	16	110
2B	Barrett, MartyMarty Barrett	156	534	142	.266	5	56
3B	Boggs, WadeWade Boggs	161	653	240	.368	8	78
SS	Gutiérrez, JackieJackie Gutiérrez	103	275	60	.218	2	21
LF	Rice, JimJim Rice	140	546	159	27	103	.291
CF	Lyons, SteveSteve Lyons	133	371	98	.264	5	30
RF	Evans, DwightDwight Evans	159	617	162	.263	29	78
DH	Easler, MikeMike Easler	155	568	149	.262	16	74

Other batters

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
Stapleton, DaveDave Stapleton	30	66	15	.227	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens	15	98.1	7	5	3.29	74

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

Wade Boggs, American League Batting Champion, .368
Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Hits (240)
Bill Buckner, Major League Baseball Record, Most Assists in a Season (185)^[3]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Rac Slider
AA	New Britain Red Sox	Eastern League	Ed Nottle
A	Winter Haven Red Sox	Florida State League	Dave Holt
A	Greensboro Hornets	South Atlantic League	Doug Camilli
Short-Season A	Elmira Pioneers	New York-Penn League	Dick Berardino

References

1985 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
1985 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

v t 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 Major League Baseball Draft 1985 All-Star Game 1985 strike 1985 World Series

Boston Red Sox

Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; McKechnie Field; Bader Field; Payne Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Chain of Lakes Park; City of Palms Park; JetBlue Park at Fenway South

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

New York Yankees

Retired numbers

Administration

Owners: Fenway Sports Group
- John W. Henry
- Tom Werner
President and CEO: Larry Lucchino
General Manager: Ben Cherington
Manager: John Farrell

World Series
Championships (8)

American League
Championships (13)

Minor league
affiliates

AAA
- Pawtucket Red Sox
AA
- Portland Sea Dogs
A
- Salem Red Sox
- Greenville Drive
- Lowell Spinners
Rookie
- Gulf Coast League Red Sox

See also

New Fenway Park

Seasons (114)

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