1985 Seattle Mariners season

March 2026 November 2013 Seattle Mariners 1985 American League West Kingdome Seattle, Washington 74 88 y 6th George Argyros Hal Keller Chuck Cottier KSTW-TV 11 KIRO 710 AM(Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles) The 1985 Seattle Mariners season was their ninth since the franchise creation. They finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 74 88 y. Chuck Cottier, who managed the team in the final month of the 1984 season, managed the team for the entire year and had his contract renewed, before being fired in May 1986.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hUJYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4808%2C2273879 Spokane Chronicle Washington Associated Press Cour Jim Williams says he's M's new skipper May 9, 1986 21 Outfielder Phil Bradley was the team's sole All-Star Game selection.1985 All-Star Game Baseball Almanac https://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1985as.shtml 2026-03-16 www.baseball-almanac.com Gorman Thomas won the Comeback Player of the Year Award.The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/comeback_player_of_the_year_award.shtml 2026-03-16 Baseball AlmanacNovember 20, 1985 Thomas, Reuschel honored as year's comeback players The Courier UPI https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=892&dat=19851120&id=o_BSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5953,4481885&hl=en Google News Thomas hit 32 home runs, a franchise record that stood until Ken Griffey Jr. hit 40 home runs in 1993.1993-07-28 American League Roundup: For Griffey, Record Now Only a Shot Away https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-28-sp-17548-story.html 2026-03-16 Los Angeles TimesSeattle Mariners Top 50 Single-Season Batting Leaders https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/leaders_bat_50_season.shtml 2026-03-16 Baseball-Reference.com en Pitchers Bill Swift, Brian Snyder, and Bill Wilkinson made their MLB debuts for the 1985 Mariners.1985 Major League Baseball (MLB) Debuts https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/debuts_year.asp?ID=1985&view=pitching 2026-03-16 The Baseball Cube Regular season July 9: Against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Kingdome in Seattle, Jays catcher Buck Martinez executed a double play by tagging out two runners at home plate. In the third inning, Phil Bradley was on second when Gorman Thomas singled. Bradley was tagged out at home, on a throw from Jesse Barfield to Martinez with a collision in which Martinez broke his ankle; he was sitting on the ground in agony and threw the ball to third base in an attempt to tag out Thomas. The throw went into left field and Thomas continued running; left fielder George Bell threw the ball back to Martinez, still seated on the ground in pain, who tagged Thomas out.Tagging 2 Runners on Double Plays http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/doubletag2.htm Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers Season standings Record vs. opponents SEA Notable transactions June 3, 1985: Mike Schooler was drafted by the Mariners in the second round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.Mike Schooler Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schoomi01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com June 20: Mike Stanton was released by the Mariners.Mike Stanton Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stantmi01.shtml 2025-11-26 Baseball-Reference.com en Roster 1985 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers 38 Salomé Barojas 45 Jim Beattie 39 Karl Best 37 Dave Geisel 12 Mark Langston 46 Jack Lazorko 34 Jim Lewis 55 Bob Long 52 Paul Mirabella 25 Mike Moore 35 Mike Morgan 30 Edwin Núñez 33 Brian Snyder 46 Mike Stanton 18 Bill Swift 49 Roy Thomas 41 Dave Tobik 32 Ed Vande Berg 51 Bill Wilkinson 43 Frank Wills 40 Matt Young Catchers 11 Bob Kearney  2 Donnie Scott  5 Dave Valle Infielders 19 Darnell Coles 21 Alvin Davis  7 Spike Owen 14 Jack Perconte 17 Jim Presley  3 Domingo Ramos 24 Harold Reynolds 38 Danny Tartabull Outfielders  9 Barry Bonnell 29 Phil Bradley 13,22 Iván Calderón 16 Al Cowens 42 Dave Henderson 26 John Moses 10 Ricky Nelson Other batters 23 Al Chambers 44 Ken Phelps 20 Gorman Thomas Manager 15 Chuck Cottier Coaches  8 Deron Johnson  6 Jim Mahoney 43 Marty Martínez 27 Phil Regan  4 Phil Roof Player stats = Indicates team 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 Bob Kearney 108 305 74 .243 6 27 1B Alvin Davis 155 578 166 .287 18 78 2B Jack Perconte 125 485 128 .264 2 23 SS Spike Owen 118 352 91 .259 6 37 3B Jim Presley 155 570 157 .275 28 84 LF Phil Bradley 159 641 192 .300 26 88 CF Dave Henderson 139 502 121 .241 14 68 RF Al Cowens 122 452 120 .265 14 69 DH Gorman Thomas 135 484 104 .215 32 87 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 Iván Calderón 67 210 60 .286 8 28 Donnie Scott 80 185 41 .222 4 23 Domingo Ramos 75 168 33 .196 1 15 Ken Phelps 61 116 24 .207 9 24 Barry Bonnell 48 111 27 .243 1 10 Harold Reynolds 67 104 15 .144 0 6 Dave Valle 31 70 11 .157 0 4 John Moses 33 62 12 .194 0 3 Danny Tartabull 19 61 20 .328 1 7 Darnell Coles 27 59 14 .237 1 5 Al Chambers 4 4 0 .000 0 0 Ricky Nelson Ricky Nelson (baseball) 6 2 0 .000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Mike Moore 35 247.0 17 10 3.46 155 Matt Young 37 218.1 12 19 4.91 136 Mark Langston 24 126.2 7 14 5.47 72 Frank Wills 24 123.0 5 11 6.00 67 Bill Swift 23 120.2 6 10 4.77 55 Jim Beattie Jim Beattie (baseball) 18 70.1 5 6 7.29 45 Mike Morgan 2 6.0 1 1 12.00 2 Bill Wilkinson 2 6.0 0 2 13.50 5 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 Salomé Barojas 17 52.2 0 5 5.98 27 Brian Snyder 15 35.1 1 2 6.37 23 Jim Lewis Jim Lewis (1980s pitcher) 2 4.2 0 1 7.71 1 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 Edwin Núñez 70 7 3 16 3.09 58 Ed Vande Berg 76 2 1 3 3.72 34 Roy Thomas 40 7 0 1 3.36 70 Bob Long Bob Long (baseball) 28 0 0 0 3.76 29 Mike Stanton Mike Stanton (right-handed pitcher) 24 1 2 1 5.28 17 Karl Best 15 2 1 4 1.95 32 Jack Lazorko 15 0 0 1 3.54 7 Dave Geisel 12 0 0 0 6.33 17 Paul Mirabella 10 0 0 0 1.32 8 Dave Tobik 8 1 0 1 6.00 8 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Bobby Floyd AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Bill Plummer A Salinas Spurs California League R. J. Harrison A Wausau Timbers Midwest League Greg Mahlberg A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Gary PellantSourcesJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 20071985 Seattle Mariners Minor League Affiliates https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=SEA&year=1985 2025-11-26 Baseball Reference References 2 External links 1985 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1985 Seattle Mariners team page at Baseball Almanac Category:Seattle Mariners seasons Seattle Mariners season Seattle Mariners Category:Long stubs with short prose