1985 Milwaukee Brewers season

1985 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Harry Dalton
Manager(s)	George Bamberger
Local television	WVTV (Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The 1985 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 90 losses.

Offseason

• December 7, 1984: Don Sutton was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Ray Burris, Eric Barry (minors), and a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Ed Myers (minors) to the Brewers on March 25, 1985.^[1]
• January 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.^[2]
• January 8, 1985: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
• January 18, 1985: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals as part of a 4-team trade. Danny Darwin and a player to be named later were traded by the Texas Rangers to the Brewers, and Tim Leary was traded by the New York Mets to the Brewers. Don Slaught was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Rangers. Frank Wills was traded by the Royals to the Mets. The Rangers completed the trade by sending Bill Nance (minors) to the Brewers on January 30.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	99	62	0.615	—	54–26	45–36
New York Yankees	97	64	0.602	2	58–22	39–42
Detroit Tigers	84	77	0.522	15	44–37	40–40
Baltimore Orioles	83	78	0.516	16	45–36	38–42
Boston Red Sox	81	81	0.500	18½	43–37	38–44
Milwaukee Brewers	71	90	0.441	28	40–40	31–50
Cleveland Indians	60	102	0.370	39½	38–43	22–59

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	6–6	9–4	6–6	1–12	7–5	6–6	10–2	4–8
Boston	8–5	—	5–7	4–8–1	8–5	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	5–7	9–4
California	5–7	7–5	—	8–5	8–4	8–4	4–9	9–3	9–4	3–9	6–7	9–4	9–4	5–7
Chicago	4–8	8–4–1	5–8	—	10–2	6–6	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–6	8–5	9–4	10–3	3–9
Cleveland	5–8	5–8	4–8	2–10	—	5–8	2–10	7–6	4–8	6–7	3–9	6–6	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	9–4	3–9	9–3	8–4	5–7	7–5	6–7
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	10–2	7–5	—	8–4	7–6	5–7	8–5	3–10	6–7	7–5
Milwaukee	4–9	8–5	3–9	7–5	6–7	4–9	4–8	—	9–3	7–6	3–9	4–8	8–3	4–9
Minnesota	6–6	5–7	4–9	7–6	8–4	9–3	6–7	3–9	—	3–9	8–5	6–7	8–5	4–8
New York	12–1	8–5	9–3	6–6	7–6	3–9	7–5	6–7	9–3	—	7–5	9–3	8–4	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	7–6	5–8	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	5–8	5–7	—	8–5	6–7	5–7
Seattle	6–6	6–6	4–9	4–9	6–6	7–5	10–3	8–4	7–6	3–9	5–8	—	6–7	2–10
Texas	2–10	7–5	4–9	3–10	5–7	5–7	7–6	3–8	5–8	4–8	7–6	7–6	—	3–9
Toronto	8–4	4–9	7–5	9–3	9–4	7–6	5–7	9–4	8–4	7–6	7–5	10–2	9–3	—

Notable transactions

• June 17, 1985: Jim Kern was released by the Brewers.^[3]

Draft picks

• June 3, 1985: B. J. Surhoff was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]
• June 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.^[2]

Roster

1985 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 48 Ray Burris 47 Jaime Cocanower 18 Danny Darwin 34 Rollie Fingers 40 Bob Gibson 30 Moose Haas 49 Teddy Higuera 42 Jim Kern 27 Pete Ladd 39 Tim Leary 37 Brad Lesley 10 Bob McClure 43 Chuck Porter 41 Ray Searage 50 Pete Vuckovich 20 Rick Waits 46 Bill Wegman		Catchers 42 Dave Huppert 22 Charlie Moore 21 Bill Schroeder Infielders 15 Cecil Cooper 17 Jim Gantner 26 Brian Giles  4 Paul Molitor 36 Carlos Ponce  1 Ernest Riles 11 Ed Romero		Outfielders 29 Mark Brouhard 25 Bobby Clark 16 Mike Felder  7 Paul Householder 14 Dion James  5 Doug Loman 28 Rick Manning 24 Ben Oglivie  2 Randy Ready  9 Billy Jo Robidoux 19 Robin Yount Other batters 23 Ted Simmons		Manager 31 George Bamberger Coaches 45 Andy Etchebarren 12 Larry Haney 33 Frank Howard 35 Tony Muser 38 Herm Starrette

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
3B	Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor	140	576	171	.297	10	48

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
Ponce, CarlosCarlos Ponce	21	62	10	.161	1	5

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
Burris, RayRay Burris	29	170.1	9	13	4.81	81
Leary, TimTim Leary	5	33.1	1	4	4.05	29

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
Cocanower, JaimeJaime Cocanower	24	116.1	6	8	4.33	44
Porter, ChuckChuck Porter	6	13.2	0	0	1.98	8

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
Ladd, PetePete Ladd	29	0	0	2	4.53	22
Kern, JimJim Kern	5	0	1	0	6.55	3

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Tom Trebelhorn
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Terry Bevington
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Tom Gamboa
A	Beloit Brewers	Midwest League	Dave Machemer
Rookie	Helena Gold Sox	Pioneer League	Mike Easom

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver

Notes

1. Don Sutton at Baseball-Reference
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml
3. Jim Kern at Baseball-Reference
4. Danny Darwin at Baseball-Reference
5. B.J. Surhoff at Baseball-Reference

References

• 1985 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 1985 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com