1985 New York Mets season

1985 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York (since 1962)
Other 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))
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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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 101 61 0.623 54–27 47–34
New York Mets 98 64 0.605 3 51–30 47–34
Montreal Expos 84 77 0.522 16½ 44–37 40–40
Chicago Cubs 77 84 0.478 23½ 41–39 36–45
Philadelphia Phillies 75 87 0.463 26 41–40 34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 57 104 0.354 43½ 35–45 22–59

Record vs. opponents

1985 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 5–7 7–11 8–10 5–13 3–9 2–10 10–2 6–6 7–11 10–8 3–9
Chicago 7–5 5–6 5–7 5–7 7–11 4–14 13–5 13–5 8–4 6–6 4–14
Cincinnati 11–7 6–5 11–7 7–11 8–4 4–8 7–5 9–3 9–9 12–6 5–7
Houston 10–8 7–5 7–11 6–12 6–6 4–8 4–8 6–6 12–6 15–3 6–6
Los Angeles 13–5 7–5 11–7 12–6 7–5 7–5 4–8 8–4 8–10 11–7 7–5
Montreal 9–3 11–7 4–8 6–6 5–7 9–9 8–10 9–8 5–7 7–5 11–7
New York 10–2 14–4 8–4 8–4 5–7 9–9 11–7 10–8 7–5 8–4 8–10
Philadelphia 2-10 5–13 5–7 8–4 8–4 10–8 7–11 11–7 5–7 6–6 8–10
Pittsburgh 6–6 5–13 3–9 6–6 4–8 8–9 8–10 7–11 4–8 3–9 3–15
San Diego 11–7 4–8 9–9 6–12 10–8 7–5 5–7 7–5 8–4 12–6 4–8
San Francisco 8–10 6–6 6–12 3–15 7–11 5–7 4–8 6–6 9–3 6–12 2–10
St. Louis 9–3 14–4 7–5 6–6 5–7 7–11 10–8 10–8 15–3 8–4 10–2

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1985 New York Mets roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Carter, GaryGary Carter 149 555 156 .281 32 100
1B Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez 158 593 183 .309 10 91
2B Backman, WallyWally Backman 145 520 142 .273 1 38
3B Johnson, HowardHoward Johnson 126 389 94 .242 11 46
SS Santana, RafaelRafael Santana 154 529 136 .257 1 29
LF Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster 129 452 119 .263 21 77
CF Wilson, MookieMookie Wilson 93 337 93 .276 6 26
RF Strawberry, DarrylDarryl Strawberry 111 393 109 .277 29 79

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Heep, DannyDanny Heep 95 271 76 .280 7 42
Knight, RayRay Knight 90 271 59 .218 6 36
Dykstra, LennyLenny Dykstra 83 236 60 .254 1 19
Christensen, JohnJohn Christensen 51 113 21 .186 3 13
Hurdle, ClintClint Hurdle 43 82 16 .195 3 7
Staub, RustyRusty Staub 54 45 12 .267 1 8
Beane, BillyBilly Beane 8 8 2 .250 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games played; GS = Games Started; CG = Complete Games; SHO =Shutouts; IP = Innings Pitch; W = Wins; L = Loses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS CG SHO IP W L ERA SO
Gooden, DwightDwight Gooden 35 35 16 8 276.2 24 4 1.53 268
Darling, RonRon Darling 36 35 4 2 248.0 16 6 2.90 167
Lynch, EdEd Lynch 31 29 6 1 191.0 10 8 3.44 65
Fernandez, SidSid Fernandez 26 26 3 0 170.1 9 9 2.80 180
Aguilera, RickRick Aguilera 21 19 2 0 122.1 10 7 3.24 74
Berenyi, BruceBruce Berenyi 3 3 0 0 13.2 1 0 2.63 10

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Leach, TerryTerry Leach 22 55.2 3 4 2.97 30
Latham, BillBill Latham 7 22.2 1 3 3.97 10

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
McDowell, RogerRoger McDowell 62 6 5 17 2.83 70
Orosco, JesseJesse Orosco 54 8 6 17 2.73 68
Sisk, DougDoug Sisk 42 4 5 2 5.30 26
Gorman, TomTom Gorman 34 4 4 0 5.13 32

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Bob Schaefer
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Sam Perlozzo
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Mike Cubbage
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Bud Harrelson and Rich Miller
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Dan Radison
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Tucker Ashford

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater, Jackson

References

  1. Lou Thornton at Baseball Reference
  2. Gary Carter at Baseball Reference
  3. Rusty Staub at Baseball Reference
  4. Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
  5. Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Refefence

External links

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