1985 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersMike Port
ManagersGene Mauch
TelevisionKTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
SelecTV USA
RadioKMPC
(Ron Fairly, Dick Enberg, Al Conin)
KLVE
(Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
Seasons

The 1985 California Angels season involved the Angels taking second place in the American League West with a 90–72 record, finishing one game behind the eventual World Series champions, the Kansas City Royals.

Offseason

  • November 7, 1984: Ellis Valentine was released by the Angels.[1]
  • January 11, 1985: Rob Picciolo was released by the California Angels.[2]
  • January 30, 1985: Ruppert Jones was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[3]
  • March 31, 1985: Bill Mooneyham was released by the Angels.[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 9171 0.562 — 50–32 41–39
California Angels 9072 0.556 1 49–30 41–42
Chicago White Sox 8577 0.525 6 45–36 40–41
Minnesota Twins 7785 0.475 14 49–35 28–50
Oakland Athletics 7785 0.475 14 43–36 34–49
Seattle Mariners 7488 0.457 17 42–41 32–47
Texas Rangers 6299 0.385 28½ 37–43 25–56

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —5–87–58–48–56–76–69–46–61–127–56–610–24–8
Boston 8–5—5–74–8–18–56–75–75–87–55–88–46–65–79–4
California 5–77–5—8–58–48–44–99–39–43–96–79–49–45–7
Chicago 4–88–4–15–8—10–26–65–85–76–76–68–59–410–33–9
Cleveland 5–85–84–82–10—5–82–107–64–86–73–96–67–54–9
Detroit 7–67–64–86–68–5—5–79–43–99–38–45–77–56–7
Kansas City 6–67–59–48–510–27–5—8–47–65–78–53–106–77–5
Milwaukee 4–98–53–97–56–74–94–8—9–37–63–94–88–34–9
Minnesota 6–65–74–97–68–49–36–73–9—3–98–56–78–54–8
New York 12–18–59–36–67–63–97–56–79–3—7–59–38–46–7
Oakland 5–74–87–65–89–34–85–89–35–85–7—8–56–75–7
Seattle 6–66–64–94–96–67–510–38–47–63–95–8—6–72–10
Texas 2–107–54–93–105–75–77–63–85–84–87–67–6—3–9
Toronto 8–44–97–59–39–47–65–79–48–47–67–510–29–3—

Notable transactions

Roster

1985 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1985 regular season game log: 90–72 (Home: 49–30; Away: 41–42)
April: 14–7 (Home: 6–5; Away: 8–2)
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May: 12–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 4–6)
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22May 17:30 p.m. PDTBlue JaysL 3–6Key (1–2)McCaskill (0–1)–2:3424,11214–8L1
23May 27:30 p.m. PDTBlue JaysW 3–2Clements (2–0)Stieb (1–3)–2:4523,82415–8W1
32May 144:35 p.m. PDT@ Blue JaysL 3–6Alexander (5–1)Slaton (3–2)Caudill (7)2:4222,44519–13L2
33May 154:35 p.m. PDT@ Blue JaysW 9–6Moore (2–1)Caudill (4–3)–3:0018,11920–13LW1
34May 177:30 p.m. PDTYankeesL 0–6Niekro (5–2)Witt (2–4)–2:4061,06620–14L1
35May 1812:20 p.m. PDTYankeesL 1–6Cowley (2–2)John (2–3)Fisher (1)2:4832,93620–15L2
36May 191:00 p.m. PDTYankeesW 4–1Slaton (4–2)Whitson (1–5)Moore (9)2:2939,72421–15W1
37May 20Tigers
38May 21Tigers
39May 22Tigers
44May 295:00 p.m. PDT@ YankeesL 2–7Niekro (6–3)Slaton (4–3)–2:3025,04925–19L2
45May 305:00 p.m. PDT@ YankeesL 1–3Cowley (4–2)Romanick (6–2)Righetti (10)2:0917,22625–20L3
46May 31@ Tigers
June: 15–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–6)
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47June 1@ Tigers
48June 2@ Tigers
52June 77:30 p.m. PDTRoyalsL 0–6Saberhagen (6–3)Witt (3–6)–2:2629,41428–24L2
53June 87:00 p.m. PDTRoyalsL 1–4Gubicza (2–4)Slaton (4–4)Quisenberry (11)2:1946,39328–25L3
54June 91:00 p.m. PDTRoyalsW 1–0Romanick (7–2)Jackson (4–3)Moore (12)2:0441,97329–25W1
58June 13White Sox
59June 14White Sox
60June 15White Sox
61June 16White Sox
65June 21@ White Sox
66June 22@ White Sox
67June 23@ White Sox
71June 285:35 p.m. PDT@ RoyalsL 4–5 (14)Quisenberry (4–4)Corbett (2–1)–4:5032,65140–31L1
72June 295:35 p.m. PDT@ RoyalsW 7–1Lugo (3–1)Black (5–8)–2:4639,45141–31W1
73June 3011:35 a.m. PDT@ RoyalsL 1–3Gubicza (6–4)Romanick (8–4)Quisenberry (14)2:2333,17341–32L1
July: 16–11 (Home: 9–2; Away: 7–9)
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84July 117:30 p.m. PDTBlue JaysL 3–5Alexander (8–6)Slaton (4–8)Lavelle (4)2:4931,67249–35L1
85July 127:30 p.m. PDTBlue JaysW 5–3McCaskill (5–5)Key (7–4)Moore (17)2:4335,87050–35W1
86July 137:00 p.m. PDTBlue JaysW 4–3Witt (7–6)Lavelle (3–3)–2:5542,05451–35W2
87July 141:00 p.m. PDTBlue JaysW 5–3Cliburn (4–2)Lavelle (3–4)–2:5335,30652–35W3
56th All-Star Game in Minneapolis, MN
95July 254:35 p.m. PDT@ Blue JaysL 0–7Stieb (10–6)Witt (8–7)–2:2832,08356–39L1
96July 264:35 p.m. PDT@ Blue JaysL 3–8Clancy (7–4)Lugo (3–3)–2:3631,29456–40L2
97July 2710:35 a.m. PDT@ Blue JaysL 3–8Filer (2–0)Mack (0–1)Acker (10)2:3844,11656–41L3
98July 2810:35 a.m. PDT@ Blue JaysL 1–5Alexander (10–6)McCaskill (6–7)–2:2836,19056–42L4
August: 16–13 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–8)
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119August 207:30 p.m. PDTYankeesL 5–8Bordi (4–4)Slaton (5–10)Righetti (23)3:0438,79168–51L1
120August 217:30 p.m. PDTYankeesL 10–13 (10)Righetti (10–7)Moore (7–7)–4:0140,36368–52L2
121August 227:30 p.m. PDTYankeesW 3–2Witt (11–7)Bordi (4–5)–3:2344,79669–52W1
122August 23Tigers
123August 24Tigers
124August 25Tigers
127August 295:00 p.m. PDT@ YankeesL 0–4Niekro (13–9)McCaskill (9–9)–2:4332,16972–55L1
128August 305:00 p.m. PDT@ YankeesW 4–1Candelaria (3–1)Bystrom (3–2)Moore (24)3:0922,25673–55W1
129August 3110:20 a.m. PDT@ YankeesL 4–10Righetti (11–7)Corbett (2–2)–3:0426,99173–56L1
September: 14–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–8)
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130September 111:00 a.m. EDT@ YankeesL 3–5Shirley (4–4)Holland (0–1)Fisher (10)3:0633,08073–57L2
131September 2@ Tigers
132September 3@ Tigers
133September 4@ Tigers
137September 97:30 p.m. PDTRoyalsW 7–1Candelaria (5–1)Saberhagen (17–6)–1:5729,68877–60W2
138September 107:30 p.m. PDTRoyalsL 0–6Leibrandt (15–7)McCaskill (9–11)–2:1237,81377–61L1
139September 117:30 p.m. PDTRoyalsL 1–2Jackson (13–9)Romanick (13–8)Quisenberry (33)2:4132,90677–62L2
144September 17@ White Sox
145September 18@ White Sox
146September 19@ White Sox
150September 23White Sox
151September 24White Sox
152September 25White Sox
156September 305:35 p.m. PDT@ RoyalsL 1–3Saberhagen (20–6)Candelaria (6–3)–2:0934,20087–69L1
October: 3–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–3)
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157October 15:35 p.m. PDT@ RoyalsW 4–2Witt (14–9)Leibrandt (17–9)Moore (30)2:3626,27388–69W1
158October 25:35 p.m. PDT@ RoyalsL 0–4Black (10–15)Romanick (14–9)–2:0828,40188–70L1
159October 35:35 p.m. PDT@ RoyalsL 1–4Jackson (14–12)Sutton (15–10)Quisenberry (36)2:2440,89488–71L2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

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
CBob Boone150460114.248555
1BRod Carew127443124.280239
2BBobby Grich144479116.2421353
SSDick Schofield14743896.219841
3BDoug DeCinces120427104.2442078
LFBrian Downing150520137.2632085
CFGary Pettis125443114.257132
RFReggie Jackson143460116.2522785
DHRuppert Jones12538990.2312167

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
Juan Beníquez132411125.304842
Rob Wilfong8321741.189413
Mike Brown6015341.268420
Jack Howell4313727.197518
Jerry Narron6713229.220514
Daryl Sconiers449828.286212
Craig Stuart Gerber659124.26406
Darrell Miller514818.37527
Rufino Linares184311.256311
George Hendrick16415.12226
Devon White2171.14300
Pat Keedy342.50011
Gus Polidor2111.00000

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
Mike Witt35250.01593.56180
Ron Romanick31195.01494.1164
Kirk McCaskill30189.212124.70102
Jim Slaton29148.16104.3760
John Candelaria1371.0733.8053
Geoff Zahn737.0224.3814
Don Sutton531.2223.6916
Tony Mack12.10115.430

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
Urbano Lugo2083.0343.6942
Tommy John1238.1244.7017
Bob Kipper23.10121.600

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
Donnie Moore6588311.9272
Stew Cliburn449362.0948
Pat Clements415013.3419
Doug Corbett303304.8924
Luis Sánchez262025.7234
Al Holland150101.4814
Dave Smith40007.203
Alan Fowlkes20009.005

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Winston Llenas
AA Midland Angels Texas League Joe Maddon
A Redwood Pioneers California League Tom Kotchman
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Bill Lachemann
A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Bruce Hines

References

  1. ↑ Ellis Valentine at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Rob Picciolo Stats".
  3. ↑ "Ruppert Jones Stats".
  4. ↑ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  6. ↑ Bo Jackson at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Tommy John at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ John Candelaria at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Don Sutton at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 California Angels at Baseball Reference
  • 1985 California Angels at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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