1985 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1985 American League East Tiger Stadium Detroit 84 77 y 3rd Tom Monaghan Bill Lajoie Sparky Anderson WDIV-TV(George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS(Bill Freehan, Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup) WJR(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) The 1985 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 85th season and the 74th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers entered the season as the reigning World Series champions. The 1985 Detroit Tigers finished in third place in the American League East with a record of 84–77 (.522), 15 games behind the Blue Jays. The Tigers outscored their opponents 729 to 688. The Tigers drew 2,286,609 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1985, ranking 3rd of the 14 teams in the American League. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions April 5, 1985: Roger Mason was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the San Francisco Giants for Alejandro Sánchez.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/masonro01.shtml Roger Mason Stats June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball draft Scott Lusader was drafted by the Tigers in the 6th round.Scott Lusader at Baseball Reference Mark Lee was drafted by the Tigers in the 15th round.Mark Lee at Baseball Reference Andy Stankiewicz was drafted by the Tigers in the 18th round, but did not sign.Andy Stankiewicz at Baseball Reference John Smoltz was drafted by the Tigers in the 22nd round. Player signed September 22, 1985.John Smoltz at Baseball Reference Roster 1985 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 40 Doug Bair 44 Juan Berenguer 43 Chuck Cary 21 Willie Hernández 29 Aurelio López 42 Mickey Mahler 47 Jack Morris 49 Randy O'Neal 46 Dan Petry 17 Bill Scherrer 48 Bob Stoddard 26 Frank Tanana 35 Walt Terrell 39 Milt Wilcox Catchers  8 Marty Castillo 19 Scotti Madison 18 Bob Melvin 13 Lance Parrish Infielders  9 Doug Baker 14 Dave Bergman 16 Tom Brookens 41 Darrell Evans 20 Doug Flynn 27 Bárbaro Garbey 15 Rusty Kuntz  4 Mike Laga 12 Chris Pittaro  3 Alan Trammell  1 Lou Whitaker Outfielders 23 Kirk Gibson 31 Larry Herndon 34 Chet Lemon 32 Alejandro Sánchez 37 Nelson Simmons 20 Jim Weaver Other batters 30 Johnny Grubb Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 50 Billy Consolo 51 Alex Grammas 56 Billy Muffett 28 Vada Pinson 53 Dick Tracewski Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Lance Parrish 140 549 150 .273 28 98 1B Darrell Evans 151 505 125 .248 40 94 2B Lou Whitaker 152 609 170 .279 21 73 3B Tom Brookens 156 485 115 .237 7 47 SS Alan Trammell 149 605 156 .258 13 57 RF Kirk Gibson 154 581 167 .287 29 97 CF Chet Lemon 145 517 137 .265 18 68 LF Larry Herndon 137 442 108 .244 12 37 DH Johnny Grubb 78 155 38 .245 5 25 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 RBINelson Simmons 75 251 60 .239 10 33Bárbaro Garbey 86 237 61 .257 6 29Dave Bergman 69 140 25 .179 3 7Alejandro Sánchez 71 133 33 .248 6 12Marty Castillo 57 84 10 .119 2 5Bob Melvin 41 82 18 .220 0 4Chris Pittaro 28 62 15 .242 0 7Doug Flynn 32 51 13 .255 0 2Mike Laga 9 36 6 .167 2 6Doug Baker 15 27 5 .185 0 1Scotti Madison 6 11 0 .000 0 1Jim Weaver 12 7 1 .143 0 0Rusty Kuntz 5 5 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOJack Morris 35 257.0 16 11 3.33 191Dan Petry 34 238.2 15 13 3.36 109Walt Terrell 34 229.0 15 10 3.85 130Frank Tanana 20 137.1 10 7 3.34 107Milt Wilcox 8 39.0 1 3 4.85 20 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 SOJuan Berenguer 31 95.0 5 6 5.59 82Randy O'Neal 28 94.1 5 5 3.24 52Mickey Mahler 3 20.2 1 2 1.74 14 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV GF ERA SOWillie Hernández 74 8 10 31 64 2.70 76Aurelio López 51 3 7 5 22 4.80 53Bill Scherrer 48 3 2 0 14 4.36 46Doug Bair 21 2 0 0 4 6.24 30Chuck Cary 16 0 1 2 6 3.42 22Bob Stoddard 8 0 0 1 3 6.75 11 Players ranking among top 100 all time at position The following members of the 1985 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract: Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time Darrell Evans: 10th best third baseman of all time Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time Kirk Gibson: 36th best left fielder of all time Chet Lemon: 48th best center fielder of all time Award winners and league leaders Tom Brookens AL leader in errors by a third baseman (23) #9 in AL in doubles (34) Darrell Evans Tiger of the Year Award, by Detroit baseball writers MLB leader in home runs (40) MLB leader in at bats per home run (12.6) Finished 14th in AL MVP voting #4 in AL in intentional walks (12) #5 in AL in slugging percentage (.519) #7 in AL in bases on balls (85) #8 in AL in OPS (.875) Kirk Gibson AL leader in errors by an outfielder (11) Finished 18th in AL MVP voting #2 in AL in Power/Speed Number (29.5) #2 in AL in intentional walks (16) #3 in AL in extra base hits (71) #4 in AL in sacrifice flies (10) #4 in AL in strikeouts (137) #6 in AL in slugging percentage (.518) #6 in AL in total bases (301) #6 in AL in runs created (118) #7 in AL in OPS (.882) #7 in AL in doubles (37) #8 in AL in strikeouts (30) #9 in AL in home runs (29) #10 in MLB in total bases (301) #10 in MLB in doubles (37) #10 in MLB in runs created (118) Willie Hernández AL All Star Team, pitcher #2 in MLB in games finished (64) #3 in AL in saves (31) #3 in AL in games (74) Chet Lemon #5 in AL in times hit by pitch (10) Jack Morris AL All Star Team, starting pitcher AL leader in wild pitches (15) #2 in AL in shutouts (4) #2 in AL in bases on balls allowed (110) #3 in AL in strikeouts (191) #4 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (7.42) #4 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (6.69) #5 in AL in complete games (13) #10 in MLB in batters faced (1077) Lance Parrish AL Gold Glove Award, catcher AL All Star Team, catcher Dan Petry AL All Star Team, pitcher #3 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings (7.16) #5 in AL in walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) (1.135) Frank Tanana #3 in AL in strikeout to walk ratio (2.79) #5 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (6.66) Walt Terrell #4 in AL in shutouts (3) Alan Trammell AL All Star Team, shortstop #7 in AL in sacrifice hits (11) #8 in AL in outs (480) #9 in AL in sacrifice flies (9) Lou Whitaker AL Gold Glove Award, second base AL Silver Slugger Award, second base AL All Star Team, starting second baseman #7 in AL in triples (8) #9 in AL in plate appearances (701) #9 in AL in runs created (107) #9 in AL in times on base (252) #10 in AL in runs (102) Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Nashville Sounds American Association Lee Walls, Leon Roberts, and Gordon Mackenzie AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Gordon Mackenzie, Mark DeJohn, Frank Franchi, and Jerry Grote A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Jerry Grote and Moby Benedict Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Tom Burgess LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bristol References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 External links Baseball 1985 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tiger Detroit Tigers Category:1985 in Detroit