1985 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record84–77
Divisional place3rd
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersMurray Cook
ManagersBuck Rodgers
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Ken Singleton)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
Seasons

The 1985 Montreal Expos season was the 17th season in franchise history. They finished with a record of 84–77, third in the National League East and 16 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their ninth season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

April 30, 1985: In an 11–0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, position player Razor Shines pitched one inning as the Expos pitching resources were depleted.[9]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10161 0.623 — 54–27 47–34
New York Mets 9864 0.605 3 51–30 47–34
Montreal Expos 8477 0.522 16½ 44–37 40–40
Chicago Cubs 7784 0.478 23½ 41–39 36–45
Philadelphia Phillies 7587 0.463 26 41–40 34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 57104 0.354 43½ 35–45 22–59

Record vs. opponents

1985 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–77–118–105–133–92–1010–26–67–1110–83–9
Chicago 7–5—5–65–75–77–114–1413–513–58–46–64–14
Cincinnati 11–76–5—11–77–118–44–87–59–39–912–65–7
Houston 10–87–57–11—6–126–64–84–86–612–615–36–6
Los Angeles 13–57–511–712–6—7–57–54–88–48–1011–77–5
Montreal 9–311–74–86–65–7—9–98–109–85–77–511–7
New York 10–214–48–48–45–79–9—11–710–87–58–48–10
Philadelphia 2-105–135–78–48–410–87–11—11–75–76–68–10
Pittsburgh 6–65–133–96–64–88–98–107–11—4–83–93–15
San Diego 11–74–89–96–1210–87–55–77–58–4—12–64–8
San Francisco 8–106–66–123–157–115–74–86–69–36–12—2–10
St. Louis 9–314–47–56–65–77–1110–810–815–38–410–2—

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Andrés Galarraga (Aug 23)
    • Al Newman (June 14)
  • Pitchers:
    • Tim Burke (Apr 8)
    • John Dopson (Sep 4)
    • Floyd Youmans (Jul 1) [13]

Roster

1985 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CMike Fitzgerald10829561.207534
1BDan Driessen9131278.250625
2BVance Law147519138.2661052
SSHubie Brooks156605163.26913100
3BTim Wallach155569148.2602281
LFTim Raines150575184.3201141
CFHerm Winningham12531274.237321
RFAndre Dawson139529135.2552391

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
Terry Francona10728175.267231
Mitch Webster7421258.2741130
U L Washington6819348.249117
Jim Wohlford7012524.192115
Sal Butera6712024.200312
Miguel Dilone518416.19006
Andrés Galarraga247514.18724
Steve Nicosia427112.16901
Razor Shines47506.12003
Scot Thompson34329.28104
Al Newman25295.17201
Skeeter Barnes19264.15400
Doug Frobel12233.13014
Mike O'Berry20214.19000
Fred Manrique9134.30811
Ned Yost5112.18200
Doug Flynn961.16700
Roy Johnson350.00000

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
Bryn Smith32222.11852.91127
Bill Gullickson29181.114123.5268
Joe Hesketh25155.11052.49113
David Palmer24135.27103.71106
Floyd Youmans1477.0432.4554
Mickey Mahler948.1143.5432
Steve Rogers838.0245.6818

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
Dan Schatzeder24104.1353.8064
Bill Laskey1134.1059.4418
John Dopson413.00211.084

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
Jeff Reardon6328413.1867
Tim Burke789482.3987
Gary Lucas496213.1931
Randy St.Claire425303.9325
Bert Roberge423323.4434
Jack O'Connor200204.9416
Rick Grapenthin500014.144
Ed Glynn300019.292
Razor Shines10000.000
Sal Butera10000.000

Award winners

  • Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Felipe Alou
AA Jacksonville Expos Southern League Tommy Thompson
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League J. R. Miner
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Ed Creech

References

  1. 1 2 Dave Hostetler page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Larry Walker page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Jack Daugherty page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Vance Law page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Bert Roberge page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Gary Carter page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Bobby Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, April 30, 1985 at Veteran's Stadium
  10. ↑ Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Cliff Young page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ "Doug Frobel Stats".
  13. ↑ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
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