1985 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1985 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin 71 90 y 6th Bud Selig Harry Dalton George Bamberger WVTV(Steve Shannon, Mike Hegan) WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes) The 1985 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 16th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and the 17th overall. The Brewers' finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 90 losses and missed the postseason for the 3rd consecutive season. 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.Don Sutton at Baseball-Reference 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml Steve Carter Stats January 8, 1985: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Jim Kern at Baseball-Reference 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.Danny Darwin at Baseball-Reference April 3, 1985: Yutaka Enatsu was cut after a spring training tryout with the team at age 36. Yanks to open season minor Henderson Ocala Star-Banner Ocala, Florida April 4, 1985 6B Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Notable transactions June 17, 1985: Jim Kern was released by the Brewers. 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.B.J. Surhoff at Baseball-Reference 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. 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 C Charlie Moore 105 349 81 .232 0 31 1B Cecil Cooper 154 631 185 .293 16 99 2B Jim Gantner 143 523 133 .254 5 44 SS Ernie Riles 116 448 128 .286 5 45 3B Paul Molitor 140 576 171 .297 10 48 LF Robin Yount 122 466 129 .277 15 68 CF Rick Manning 79 216 47 .218 2 18 RF Paul Householder 95 299 77 .258 11 34 DH Ted Simmons 143 528 144 .273 12 76 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 Ben Oglivie 101 341 99 .290 10 61 Ed Romero 88 251 63 .251 0 21 Bill Schroeder 53 194 47 .242 8 25 Randy Ready 48 181 48 .265 1 21 Mark Brouhard 37 108 28 .259 1 13 Bobby Clark 29 93 21 .226 0 8 Doug Loman 24 66 14 .212 0 7 Carlos Ponce Carlos Ponce (baseball) 21 62 10 .161 1 5 Brian Giles 34 58 10 .172 1 1 Mike Felder 15 56 11 .196 0 0 Billy Jo Robidoux 18 51 9 .176 3 8 Dion James 18 49 11 .224 0 3 Dave Huppert 15 21 1 .048 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 Danny Darwin 39 217.2 8 18 3.80 125 Teddy Higuera 32 212.1 15 8 3.90 127 Ray Burris 29 170.1 9 13 4.81 81 Moose Haas 27 161.2 8 8 3.84 78 Pete Vuckovich 22 112.2 6 10 5.51 55 Tim Leary Tim Leary (baseball) 5 33.1 1 4 4.05 29 Bill Wegman 3 17.2 2 0 3.57 6 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 Jaime Cocanower 24 116.1 6 8 4.33 44 Chuck Porter Chuck Porter (baseball) 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 Rollie Fingers 47 1 6 17 5.04 24 Bob Gibson 41 6 7 11 3.90 53 Bob McClure 38 4 1 3 4.31 57 Ray Searage 33 1 4 1 5.92 36 Pete Ladd 29 0 0 2 4.53 22 Rick Waits 24 3 2 1 6.51 24 Jim Kern 5 0 1 0 6.55 3 Brad Lesley 5 1 0 0 9.95 5 Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1985.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1985 1985 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 The Vancouver Canadians won the Pacific Coast League championship.https://www.milb.com/pacific-coast/history/champions Pacific Coast League Champions Pacific Coast League Minor League Baseball December 31, 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20201205213322/https://www.milb.com/pacific-coast/history/champions December 5, 2020 Triple-A Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Tom Trebelhorn Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Terry Bevington Class A Stockton Ports California League Tom Gamboa Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Dave Machemer Rookie Helena Gold Sox Pioneer League Mike Easom Notes 2 References 1985 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference 1985 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Mil