1985 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs logo.svg 1985 National League East Wrigley Field Chicago 77 84 y 4th Tribune Company Dallas Green Jim Frey WGN-TV/Superstation WGN(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats) WGN(Dewayne Staats, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray) chc CHC The 1985 Chicago Cubs season was the 114th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 110th in the National League and the 70th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 77–84. The season had opened with high hopes as the Cubs had won the NL East title the year before. However, injuries were a major factor as four of the Cubs' starting pitchers were on the disabled list at the same time. Offseason November 28, 1984: Dennis Eckersley was signed as a free agent by the Chicago Cubs.Dennis Eckersley at Baseball Reference December 4, 1984: Ron Hassey, Porfi Altamirano, Rich Bordi, and Henry Cotto were traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Ray Fontenot and Brian Dayett.Ron Hassey at Baseball Reference December 7, 1984: Steve Trout was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.Steve Trout at Baseball Reference January 3, 1985: Guy Hoffman was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.Guy Hoffman at Baseball Reference Regular season Ryne Sandberg became the first Cub since 1969–1970 to score 100 runs in two consecutive seasons. On June 11, the Cubs had a record of 35–19, and held a four-game lead over the New York Mets for the division.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?year=1985&month=06&day=11 Major League Scores, Standings, Box Scores for Tuesday, June 11, 1985 However, Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Trout, Scott Sanderson and Dennis Eckersley all were injured, and the Cubs went on a 13-game losing streak that effectively eliminated them from contention. The Cubs ultimately finished seven games below .500 after having been 16 games above .500. Shawon Dunston made his Major League debut. He struggled early on, so the Cubs sent him back to Iowa in early May. However, once he returned, it spelled the end for Larry Bowa, who was released in August and picked up by the New York Mets. Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions April 9, 1985: Jacob Brumfield was released by the Cubs.Jacob Brumfield at Baseball Reference May 12, 1985: Dave Hostetler was purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Montreal Expos.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hosteda01.shtml Dave Hostetler Stats Draft picks The Cubs drafted pitcher Dave Masters with the twenty-fourth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc. June 3, 1985: Doug Dascenzo was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1985.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dascedo01.shtml Doug Dascenzo Stats June 3, 1985: Mark Grace was drafted by the Cubs in the 24th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed August 29, 1985.Mark Grace at Baseball Reference Roster 1985 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 32 Johnny Abrego 48 Jay Baller 50 Dave Beard 47 Derek Botelho 41 Warren Brusstar 43 Dennis Eckersley 49 Steve Engel 31 Ray Fontenot 39 George Frazier 45 Dave Gumpert 32 Larry Gura 38 Ron Meridith 52 Reggie Patterson 35 Jon Perlman 44 Dick Ruthven 21 Scott Sanderson 46 Lee Smith 42 Lary Sorensen 40 Rick Sutcliffe 34 Steve Trout Catchers  7 Jody Davis 16 Steve Lake Infielders  1 Larry Bowa 11 Ron Cey 12 Shawon Dunston 10 Leon Durham 18 Richie Hebner 19 Dave Owen 23 Ryne Sandberg 28 Chris Speier Outfielders 27 Thad Bosley 24 Brian Dayett 20 Bob Dernier 22 Billy Hatcher 30 Darrin Jackson 15 Davey Lopes 36 Gary Matthews  6 Keith Moreland 30 Chico Walker 25 Gary Woods Manager  8 Jim Frey Coaches  5 Rubén Amaro  3 Billy Connors  9 Johnny Oates  2 John Vukovich  4 Don Zimmer Game log background:#6E8B3D 1985 Chicago Cubs Game Log y background:#9EBD69; April (12–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |1||April 9|| Pirates||2–1 ||Sutcliffe (1–0)||Rhoden (0–1)||Smith (1)|| 34,551 ||1–0|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |2||April 11|| Pirates||4–1 ||Trout (1–0)||DeLeón (0–1)|||| 10,049 ||2–0|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |3||April 12|| Expos||5–1 ||Smith (1–0)||Eckersley (0–1)|||| 14,337 ||2–1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |4||April 13|| Expos||8–3 ||Sanderson (1–0)||Rogers (0–2)|||| 32,212 ||3–1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |5||April 14|| Expos||4–2 ||Sutcliffe (2–0)||Palmer (0–1)|||| 31,512 ||4–1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |6||April 15|| Phillies||2–1 ||Trout (2–0)||K. Gross (0–1)||Smith (2)|| 8,347 ||5–1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |7||April 16|| Phillies||1 – 0 (10)||Eckersley (1–1)||Holland (0–1)|||| 11,937 ||6–1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |8||April 17|| Phillies||5–4 ||Frazier (1–0)||K. Gross (0–2)||Smith (3)|| 15,752 ||7–1|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |9||April 19||@ Expos||5–3 ||Smith (2–0)||Sutcliffe (2–1)||Reardon (2)|| 30,930 ||7–2|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |10||April 20||@ Expos||4–0 ||Gullickson (2–1)||Trout (2–1)||Reardon (3)|| 12,775 ||7–3|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |11||April 21||@ Expos||4–0 ||Eckersley (2–1)||Palmer (0–2)|||| 13,506 ||8–3|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |12||April 22||@ Pirates||5–3 ||McWilliams (1–1)||Ruthven (0–1)||Candelaria (3)|| 6,329 ||8–4|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |13||April 23||@ Pirates||5–0 ||Sutcliffe (3–1)||Bielecki (1–1)|||| 9,387 ||9–4|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |14||April 24||@ Pirates||5–2 ||Trout (3–1)||Rhoden (0–3)||Smith (4)|| 3,981 ||10–4|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |15||April 26||@ Phillies||7–3 ||Eckersley (3–1)||Koosman (0–1)|||| 27,187 ||11–4|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |16||April 27||@ Phillies||6–1 ||Rawley (3–0)||Sanderson (1–1)|||| 25,220 ||11–5|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |17||April 28||@ Phillies||3–2 ||K. Gross (2–2)||Sutcliffe (3–2)||Andersen (2)|| 31,890 ||11–6|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |18||April 30|| Giants||3–1 ||Trout (4–1)||Laskey (0–3)||Smith (5)|| 12,647 ||12–6|| |- y background:#9EBD69; May (15–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |19||May 1|| Giants||4–3 ||Eckersley (4–1)||Garrelts (0–1)|||| 14,490 ||13–6|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |20||May 3|| Padres||6–5 ||Hawkins (5–0)||Sutcliffe (3–3)||Gossage (7)|| 27,236 ||13–7|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |21||May 4|| Padres||12–8 ||Sorensen (1–0)||Booker (0–1)||Smith (6)|| 36,033 ||14–7|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |22||May 5|| Padres||6–3 ||Frazier (2–0)||DeLeón (0–2)|||| 36,388 ||15–7|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |23||May 6|| Dodgers||5 – 4 (10)||Howell (2–1)||Fontenot (0–1)|||| 20,796 ||15–8|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |24||May 7|| Dodgers||4–2 ||Ruthven (1–1)||Brennan (1–2)||Smith (7)|| 23,331 ||16–8|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |25||May 8||@ Giants||1–0 ||Sutcliffe (4–3)||Krukow (2–2)|||| 16,134 ||17–8|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |26||May 9||@ Giants||1 – 0 (12)||Garrelts (1–1)||Brusstar (0–1)|||| 11,825 ||17–9|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |27||May 10||@ Padres||6–2 ||Trout (5–1)||Hoyt (2–3)||Smith (8)|| 39,638 ||18–9|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |28||May 11||@ Padres||3–1 ||Show (4–2)||Eckersley (4–2)||Gossage (8)|| 54,395 ||18–10|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |29||May 12||@ Padres||5–3 ||Dravecky (2–2)||Ruthven (1–2)||Gossage (9)|| 50,226 ||18–11|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |30||May 14||@ Dodgers||8–3 ||Sutcliffe (5–3)||Valenzuela (3–4)|||| 48,187 ||19–11|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |31||May 15||@ Dodgers||3–2 ||Sanderson (2–1)||Honeycutt (2–3)||Smith (9)|| 46,213 ||20–11|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |32||May 17||@ Braves||7–5 ||Smith (1–0)||Sutter (2–1)|||| 20,901 ||21–11|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |33||May 18||@ Braves||4–3 ||Mahler (8–2)||Eckersley (4–3)||Sutter (7)|| 39,136 ||21–12|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |34||May 19||@ Braves||3–0 ||Bedrosian (1–2)||Sutcliffe (5–4)||Sutter (8)|| 30,389 ||21–13|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |35||May 20|| Reds||6–1 ||Sanderson (3–1)||Tibbs (3–6)|||| 21,231 ||22–13|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |36||May 21|| Reds||5–2 ||Hume (1–2)||Frazier (2–1)||Power (8)|| 32,007 ||22–14|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |37||May 22|| Reds||7–4 ||Eckersley (5–3)||Browning (4–3)||Smith (10)|| 27,863 ||23–14|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |38||May 24|| Astros||6–2 ||Ryan (4–2)||Ruthven (1–3)|||| 35,743 ||23–15|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |39||May 25|| Astros||5–4 ||Smith (2–0)||Ross (0–1)|||| 36,278 ||24–15|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |40||May 26|| Astros||10–8 ||Frazier (3–1)||Ross (0–2)||Smith (11)|| 37,044 ||25–15|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |41||May 27||@ Reds||4–3 ||Eckersley (6–3)||Browning (4–4)||Smith (12)|| 20,046 ||26–15|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |42||May 28||@ Reds||13–11 ||Franco (2–1)||Sorensen (1–1)|||| 15,121 ||26–16|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |43||May 29||@ Reds||1–0 ||Soto (7–3)||Ruthven (1–4)|||| 18,402 ||26–17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |44||May 31||@ Astros||6 – 2 (10)||Smith (3–0)||Smith (4–2)|||| 33,440 ||27–17|| |- y background:#9EBD69; June (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |45||June 1||@ Astros||4–1 ||Eckersley (7–3)||Knepper (5–1)|||| 38,879 ||28–17|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |46||June 2||@ Astros||4–3 ||Scott (3–2)||Gura (0–1)||Smith (8)|| 21,129 ||28–18|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |47||June 4|| Braves||5–3 ||Ruthven (2–4)||Mahler (8–5)||Smith (13)|| 23,502 ||29–18|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |48||June 5|| Braves||4 – 2 (11)||Dedmon (3–0)||Smith (3–1)|||| 25,557 ||29–19|| According to the Cubs game footage shown in the 1986 movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, he took his day off on this day. |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |49||June 6|| Pirates||3 – 2 (12)||Brusstar (1–1)||Holland (1–3)|||| 22,368 ||30–19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |50||June 7|| Pirates||1–0 ||Sutcliffe (6–4)||DeLeón (1–8)|||| 37,414 ||31–19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |51||June 8|| Pirates||7–3 ||Trout (6–1)||McWilliams (3–4)|||| 35,232 ||32–19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |52||June 9|| Pirates||5–1 ||Ruthven (3–4)||Winn (1–1)||Brusstar (1)|| 36,475 ||33–19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |53||June 10||@ Expos||5–4 ||Fontenot (1–1)||Reardon (2–2)||Smith (14)|| 42,218 ||34–19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |54||June 11||@ Expos||5–3 ||Frazier (4–1)||St. Claire (1–1)||Smith (15)|| 28,303 ||35–19|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |55||June 12||@ Expos||2–0 ||Palmer (5–5)||Sutcliffe (6–5)||Reardon (18)|| 10,378 ||35–20|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |56||June 13||@ Expos||9–7 ||Smith (7–2)||Trout (6–2)||Reardon (19)|| 14,210 ||35–21|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |57||June 14|| Cardinals||11–10 ||Andújar (12–1)||Ruthven (3–5)||Forsch (1)|| 36,745 ||35–22|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |58||June 15|| Cardinals||2–0 ||Cox (8–2)||Fontenot (1–2)|||| 34,716 ||35–23|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |59||June 16|| Cardinals||5–2 ||Kepshire (3–5)||Eckersley (7–4)||Campbell (3)|| 36,262 ||35–24|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |60||June 17||@ Mets||2–0 ||Darling (6–1)||Sutcliffe (6–6)|||| 41,986 ||35–25|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |61||June 18||@ Mets||5–1 ||Lynch (4–3)||Trout (6–3)|||| 41,125 ||35–26|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |62||June 19||@ Mets||1–0 ||Gooden (10–3)||Sanderson (3–2)|||| 51,778 ||35–27|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |63||June 20||@ Mets||5–3 ||Fernandez (2–4)||Fontenot (1–3)||McDowell (4)|| 37,203 ||35–28|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |64||June 21||@ Cardinals||7–5 ||Kepshire (4–5)||Eckersley (7–5)||Lahti (5)|| 46,005 ||35–29|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |65||June 22||@ Cardinals||2 – 1 (10)||Dayley (1–0)||Smith (3–2)|||| 49,231 ||35–30|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |66||June 23||@ Cardinals||7–0 ||Tudor (6–7)||Ruthven (3–6)|||| 45,881 ||35–31|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |67||June 25|| Mets||3–2 ||Gooden (11–3)||Sanderson (3–3)|||| 36,730 ||35–32|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |68||June 26|| Mets||7–3 ||Fontenot (2–3)||McDowell (5–3)||Smith (16)|| 35,876 ||36–32|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |69||June 27|| Mets||4–2 ||Sutcliffe (7–6)||Darling (6–2)|||| 35,857 ||37–32|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |70||June 28||@ Pirates||5–0 ||Trout (7–3)||DeLeón (2–10)|||| 16,432 ||38–32|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |71||June 29||@ Pirates||6 – 5 (15)||Reuschel (5–1)||Frazier (4–2)|||| 13,934 ||38–33|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |72||June 30||@ Pirates||9–2 ||Sanderson (4–3)||Robinson (2–3)|||| 31,384 ||39–33|| |- y background:#9EBD69; July (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |73||July 1||@ Phillies||3–1 ||Fontenot (3–3)||Denny (5–6)||Smith (17)|| 23,091 ||40–33|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |74||July 2||@ Phillies||11–2 ||Rawley (6–6)||Sutcliffe (7–7)|||| 23,005 ||40–34|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |75||July 3||@ Phillies||4–3 ||Smith (4–2)||Tekulve (4–3)|||| 56,092 ||41–34|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |76||July 4|| Giants||6–4 ||Garrelts (3–3)||Trout (7–4)||Minton (2)|| 34,377 ||41–35|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |77||July 5|| Giants||12–6 ||Blue (5–2)||Sanderson (4–4)|||| 38,766 ||41–36|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |78||July 6|| Giants||6–4 ||Garrelts (4–3)||Smith (4–3)||M. Davis (5)|| 35,902 ||41–37|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |79||July 7|| Giants||6–5 ||Brusstar (2–1)||M. Davis (3–6)||Smith (18)|| 35,663 ||42–37|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |80||July 8|| Padres||8–4 ||Stoddard (1–3)||Sorensen (1–2)|||| 33,159 ||42–38|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |81||July 9|| Padres||7–3 ||Trout (8–4)||Show (7–6)||Frazier (1)|| 33,095 ||43–38|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |82||July 10|| Padres||4–3 ||Sanderson (5–4)||Dravecky (8–5)||Smith (19)|| 35,042 ||44–38|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |83||July 11|| Dodgers||3–1 ||Welch (3–1)||Fontenot (3–4)||Howell (9)|| 35,469 ||44–39|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |84||July 12|| Dodgers||7–4 ||Niedenfuer (4–2)||Smith (4–4)|||| 36,029 ||44–40|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |85||July 13|| Dodgers||9–1 ||Valenzuela (10–8)||Gura (0–2)|||| 34,822 ||44–41|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |86||July 14|| Dodgers||10–4 ||Frazier (5–2)||Honeycutt (6–8)||Brusstar (2)|| 34,273 ||45–41|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |87||July 18||@ Giants||1–0 ||Krukow (6–7)||Frazier (5–3)|||| 9,908 ||45–42|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |88||July 19||@ Giants||4–3 ||Sorensen (2–2)||Gott (4–7)||Smith (20)|| 12,887 ||46–42|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |89||July 20||@ Giants||2–1 ||Ruthven (4–6)||Hammaker (3–9)||Smith (21)|| 15,494 ||47–42|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |90||July 21||@ Giants||2–1 ||Laskey (3–11)||Gura (0–3)||Minton (3)|| 22,073 ||47–43|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |91||July 22||@ Padres||5–3 ||Meridith (1–0)||Jackson (0–1)||Smith (22)|| 23,873 ||48–43|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |92||July 23||@ Padres||8–1 ||Sutcliffe (8–7)||Hawkins (12–3)|||| 34,278 ||49–43|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |93||July 24||@ Padres||4 – 3 (10)||Smith (5–4)||Stoddard (1–4)||Frazier (2)|| 30,175 ||50–43|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |94||July 25||@ Dodgers||7–3 ||Valenzuela (12–8)||Fontenot (3–5)||Howell (10)|| 49,516 ||50–44|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |95||July 26||@ Dodgers||10–0 ||Reuss (8–6)||Ruthven (4–7)|||| 41,321 ||50–45|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |96||July 27||@ Dodgers||5–4 ||Hershiser (11–3)||Frazier (5–4)||Howell (11)|| 46,092 ||50–46|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |97||July 28||@ Dodgers||9–2 ||Sorensen (3–2)||Powell (0–1)||Brusstar (3)|| 47,571 ||51–46|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |98||July 30|| Cardinals||11–3 ||Kepshire (8–6)||Engel (0–1)|||| 33,083 ||51–47|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |99||July 31|| Cardinals||5–2 ||Fontenot (4–5)||Andújar (17–5)||Smith (23)|| 31,417 ||52–47|| |- y background:#9EBD69; August (10–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |100||August 1|| Cardinals||9 – 8 (14)||Frazier (6–4)||Dayley (3–1)|||| 36,164 ||53–47|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |101||August 2|| Mets||2–1 ||Eckersley (8–5)||Leach (1–1)||Brusstar (4)|| 35,419 ||54–47|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |102||August 3|| Mets||5 – 4 (10)||Orosco (3–4)||Frazier (6–5)||McDowell (9)|| 36,775 ||54–48|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |103||August 4|| Mets||4–1 ||Gooden (17–3)||Fontenot (4–6)|||| 35,207 ||54–49|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |104||August 5|| Mets||7–2 ||Lynch (9–5)||Botelho (0–1)|||| 34,167 ||54–50|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |105||August 8||@ Cardinals||8–0 ||Tudor (14–8)||Sanderson (5–5)|||| 39,203 ||54–51|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |106||August 9||@ Mets||6–4 ||McDowell (6–4)||Brusstar (2–2)|||| 44,309 ||54–52|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |107||August 10||@ Mets||8–3 ||Gooden (18–3)||Fontenot (4–7)|||| 48,306 ||54–53|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |108||August 11||@ Mets||6–2 ||Lynch (10–5)||Botelho (0–2)|||| 40,311 ||54–54|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |109||August 12|| Expos||8–7 ||Gumpert (1–0)||Reardon (2–5)||Smith (24)|| 28,195 ||55–54|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |110||August 13|| Expos||4–1 ||Hesketh (10–5)||Sanderson (5–6)||Reardon (30)|| 28,582 ||55–55|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |111||August 14|| Expos||8–7 ||Smith (14–4)||Sorensen (3–3)||Burke (5)|| 30,055 ||55–56|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |112||August 15|| Expos||7–3 ||Gullickson (11–8)||Engel (0–2)|||| 29,553 ||55–57|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |113||August 16|| Phillies||6–5 ||Smith (6–4)||Tekulve (4–8)|||| 31,557 ||56–57|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |114||August 17|| Phillies||10–4 ||Denny (8–9)||Sorensen (3–4)|||| 31,421 ||56–58|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |115||August 18|| Phillies||9–5 ||Hudson (6–11)||Baller (0–1)||Tekulve (13)|| 31,269 ||56–59|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |116||August 20||@ Braves||5–2 ||Fontenot (5–7)||Sutter (7–6)||Smith (25)|| 13,006 ||57–59|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |117||August 21||@ Braves||9–5 ||Brusstar (3–2)||Garber (3–4)||Smith (26)|| 12,245 ||58–59|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |118||August 22||@ Braves||3–2 ||Meridith (2–0)||Camp (2–6)||Smith (27)|| 11,273 ||59–59|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |119||August 23||@ Reds||3–2 ||Franco (11–1)||Sorensen (3–5)|||| 34,283 ||59–60|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |120||August 24||@ Reds||4–0 ||Frazier (7–5)||Soto (10–15)||Smith (28)|| 37,069 ||60–60|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |121||August 25||@ Reds||5–3 ||Browning (13–9)||Brusstar (3–3)||Franco (7)|| 35,038 ||60–61|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |122||August 26||@ Astros||10–4 ||Engel (1–2)||Knepper (10–10)|||| 9,557 ||61–61|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |123||August 27||@ Astros||11–4 ||Smith (7–5)||Meridith (2–1)|||| 10,810 ||61–62|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |124||August 28||@ Astros||3–0 ||Ryan (9–11)||Baller (0–2)||Heathcock (1)|| 6,979 ||61–63|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |125||August 29|| Braves||9–6 ||Mahler (17–12)||Sorensen (3–6)||Camp (2)|| 16,965 ||61–64|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |126||August 30|| Braves||8–1 ||Johnson (2–0)||Fontenot (5–8)|||| 15,920 ||61–65|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |127||August 31|| Braves||5 – 4 (11)||Brusstar (4–3)||Garber (5–5)|||| 31,876 ||62–65|| |- y background:#9EBD69; September (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |128||September 1|| Braves||15–2 ||Botelho (1–2)||Barker (2–7)|||| 31,427 ||63–65|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |129||September 2|| Astros||7–2 ||Dawley (3–2)||Baller (0–3)|||| 26,620 ||63–66|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |130||September 3|| Astros||8 – 7 (10)||Smith (8–5)||Frazier (7–6)|||| 11,306 ||63–67|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |131||September 4|| Astros||11–6 ||Scott (15–7)||Meridith (2–2)|||| 9,136 ||63–68|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |132||September 5||@ Cardinals||6–1 ||Cox (15–8)||Engel (1–3)|||| 33,693 ||63–69|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |133||September 6|| Reds||7–5 ||Soto (12–15)||Botelho (1–3)|||| 17,026 ||63–70|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |134||September 7|| Reds||9–7 ||Baller (1–3)||Franco (11–2)|||| 30,300 ||64–70|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" |135||September 8|| Reds||5–5 || colspan=3|Game called (darkness)(game was not made up, tie does not count in record) ||| 28,269 ||64–70|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |136||September 9||@ Cardinals||3–1 ||Fontenot (6–8)||Kepshire (10–9)||Meridith (1)|| 32,808 ||65–70|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |137||September 10||@ Pirates||2–1 ||Reuschel (12–7)||Engel (1–4)|||| 3,133 ||65–71|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |138||September 11||@ Pirates||3–1 ||Meridith (3–2)||DeLeon (2–17)||Baller (1)|| 5,432 ||66–71|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |139||September 12||@ Pirates||10–2 ||Rhoden (9–13)||Eckersley (8–6)||Robinson (3)|| 3,439 ||66–72|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |140||September 13|| Cardinals||9–3 ||Forsch (7–6)||Trout (8–5)||Worrell (1)|| 16,110 ||66–73|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |141||September 14|| Cardinals||5–4 ||Campbell (5–3)||Sorensen (3–7)||Lahti (17)|| 29,852 ||66–74|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |142||September 15|| Cardinals||5–1 ||Cox (16–9)||Engel (1–5)|||| 28,430 ||66–75|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |143||September 16||@ Expos||8–5 ||Burke (9–3)||Frazier (7–7)|||| 10,399 ||66–76|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |144||September 17||@ Expos||3–0 ||Eckersley (9–6)||Youmans (3–3)||Smith (29)|| 12,095 ||67–76|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |145||September 18||@ Mets||4–2 ||Aguilera (8–6)||Trout (8–6)||McDowell (15)|| 25,424 ||67–77|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |146||September 19||@ Mets||5–1 ||Fernandez (7–9)||Fontenot (6–9)|||| 26,812 ||67–78|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |147||September 20||@ Phillies||3–1 ||Patterson (1–0)||Hudson (7–12)||Smith (30)|| 20,207 ||68–78|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |148||September 21||@ Phillies||9–2 ||Abrego (1–0)||K. Gross (14–11)|||| 17,779 ||69–78|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |149||September 22||@ Phillies||9–2 ||Eckersley (10–6)||Rawley (12–8)|||| 21,768 ||70–78|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |150||September 23|| Expos||10–7 ||St. Claire (5–3)||Frazier (7–8)||Burke (8)|| 4,647 ||70–79|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |151||September 24|| Expos||17–15 ||Smith (17–5)||Fontenot (6–10)||Reardon (36)|| 6,947 ||70–80|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |152||September 25|| Mets||5–4 ||Smith (7–4)||Orosco (6–6)|||| 10,339 ||71–80|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |153||September 26|| Mets||3–0 ||Gooden (23–4)||Abrego (1–1)|||| 11,091 ||71–81|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |154||September 27|| Phillies||9–7 ||Baller (2–3)||Tekulve (4–10)||Smith (31)|| 9,258 ||72–81|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |155||September 28|| Phillies||11–10 ||Eckersley (11–6)||Denny (11–13)||Smith (32)|| 27,875 ||73–81|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |156||September 29|| Phillies||6–2 ||Trout (9–6)||Toliver (0–3)|||| 26,641 ||74–81|| |- y background:#9EBD69; October (3–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |157||October 1|| Pirates||4–3 ||Patterson (2–0)||Reuschel (14–8)||Smith (33)|| 3,446 ||75–81|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |158||October 2|| Pirates||9–4 ||Rhoden (10–14)||Sutcliffe (8–8)||Guante (5)|| 4,637 ||75–82|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |159||October 3|| Pirates||13–5 ||Perlman (1–0)||Winn (3–6)||Engel (1)|| 7,437 ||76–82|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |160||October 4||@ Cardinals||4–2 ||Forsch (9–6)||Eckersley (11–7)||Worrell (5)|| 40,618 ||76–83|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |161||October 5||@ Cardinals||7–1 ||Tudor (21–8)||Trout (9–7)|||| 44,825 ||76–84|| |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |162||October 6||@ Cardinals||8–2 ||Patterson (3–0)||Andújar (21–12)|||| 43,665 ||77–84|| |- 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 Jody Davis Jody Davis (baseball) 142 482 112 .232 17 58 1B Leon Durham 153 542 153 .282 21 75 2B Ryne Sandberg 153 609 186 .305 26 83 SS Shawon Dunston 74 250 65 .260 4 18 3B Ron Cey 145 500 116 .232 22 63 LF Gary Matthews 97 298 70 .235 13 40 CF Bob Dernier 121 469 119 .254 1 21 RF Keith Moreland 161 587 180 .307 14 106 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 Davey Lopes 99 275 78 .284 11 44 Chris Speier 106 218 53 .243 4 24 Larry Bowa 72 195 48 .246 0 13 Thad Bosley 108 180 59 .328 7 27 Billy Hatcher 53 163 40 .245 2 10 Richie Hebner 83 120 26 .217 3 22 Steve Lake 58 119 18 .151 1 11 Gary Woods 81 82 20 .244 0 4 Brian Dayett 22 26 6 .231 1 4 Dave Owen 22 19 7 .368 0 4 Chico Walker 21 12 1 .083 0 0 Darrin Jackson 5 11 1 .091 0 0 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 Dennis Eckersley 25 169.1 11 7 3.08 117 Steve Trout 24 140.2 9 7 3.39 44 Rick Sutcliffe 20 130.0 8 8 3.18 102 Scott Sanderson 19 121.0 5 6 3.12 80 Steve Engel 11 51.2 1 5 5.57 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 Ray Fontenot 38 154.2 6 10 4.36 70 Dick Ruthven 20 87.1 4 7 4.53 26 Jay Baller 20 52.0 2 3 3.46 31 Derek Botelho 11 44.0 1 3 5.32 23 Reggie Patterson 8 39.0 3 0 3.00 17 Johnny Abrego 6 24.0 1 1 6.38 13 Larry Gura 5 20.1 0 3 8.41 7 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 Lee Smith 65 7 4 33 3.04 112 George Frazier George Frazier (pitcher) 51 7 8 2 6.39 46 Warren Brusstar 51 4 3 4 6.05 34 Lary Sorensen 45 3 7 0 4.26 34 Ron Meridith 32 3 2 1 4.47 23 Dave Beard 9 0 0 0 6.39 4 Dave Gumpert 9 1 0 0 3.48 4 Jon Perlman 6 1 0 0 11.42 4 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Larry Cox AA Pittsfield Cubs Eastern League Tom Spencer A Winston-Salem Spirits Carolina League Cal Emery A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Pete Mackanin Short-Season A Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Tony Franklin Rookie Wytheville Cubs Appalachian League Ramón Conde LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem References 1985 Chicago Cubs at Baseball Reference 1985 Chicago Cubs on Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago