1985 Texas Rangers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkArlington Stadium
CityArlington, Texas
Record62-99 (.385)
Divisional place7th
OwnersEddie Chiles
General managersTom Grieve
ManagersDoug Rader, Bobby Valentine
TelevisionKTVT
(Freddie Patek, Phil Stone)
HSE
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
RadioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
Seasons

The Texas Rangers 1985 season was the 14th for the franchise in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and the 25th overall. The Rangers finished seventh in the American League West with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses, 28½ games behind the eventual AL and World Series Champion Kansas City Royals.

Offseason

Regular season

Notable transactions

Opening Day starters

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—

Roster

1985 Texas Rangers roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CDon Slaught10234396.280835
1BPete O'Brien159573153.2672292
2BToby Harrah126396107.270944
SSCurt Wilkerson12936088.244022
3BBuddy Bell8431374.236432
LFGary Ward154593170.2871570
CFOddibe McDowell11140697.2391842
RFLarry Parrish9434686.2491751
DHCliff Johnson8229676.2571256

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
George Wright10936369.190218
Wayne Tolleson123323101.313118
Steve Buechele6921948.219621
Bob Jones8313430.224523
Duane Walker5313223.174511
Alan Bannister5712232.26216
Glenn Brummer4910830.27805
Tom Dunbar4510421.20215
Geno Petralli4210027.270011
Bill Stein447920.253112
Ellis Valentine11388.21124
Nick Capra881.12500
Jeff Kunkel241.25000
Luis Pujols1111.00000

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
Charlie Hough34250.114163.31141
Mike Mason38179.08154.8392
Frank Tanana1377.2275.9152
Jeff Russell1362.0367.5544
José Guzmán533.0322.7624

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
Burt Hooton29124.0585.2362
Dickie Noles28110.1485.0659
Chris Welsh2576.1254.1331
Glen Cook940.0239.4519
Matt Williams626.0212.4222
Bob Sebra720.1027.5213

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Greg A. Harris58113.054112.47111
Dave Schmidt5185.27653.1546
Dave Stewart4281.10645.4264
Dave Rozema3488.03774.1942
Dwayne Henry1621.02232.5720
Rich Surhoff77.10127.568
Tommy Boggs47.000011.576
Ricky Wright57.20004.707
Dale Murray11.000018.000

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Gary Ward, outfield, reserve

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Dave Oliver
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Orlando Gómez
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Bill Stearns
A Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Jim Hutto
A Burlington Rangers Midwest League Mike Bucci
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Rudy Jaramillo

Daytona Beach affiliation shared with Baltimore Orioles

References

  1. ↑ Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Rafael Bournigal at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ "Greg Harris Stats".
  6. ↑ Billy Sample at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Mitch Williams at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Daryl Smith at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Ellis Valentine at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Sammy Sosa at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Matt Williams at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference
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