1985 Detroit Tigers season
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| Owner(s) | Tom Monaghan |
| Manager(s) | Sparky Anderson |
| Local television | WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Bill Freehan, Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup) |
| Local radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) |
The 1985 Detroit Tigers finished in third place in the American League Eastern Division 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 1983, ranking 3rd of the 14 teams in the American League.
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[edit] Regular Season
[edit] Season standings
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| Rank | Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| 1st | Toronto Blue Jays | 99 | 62 | .615 | -- |
| 2nd | New York Yankees | 97 | 64 | .602 | 2.0 |
| 3rd | Detroit Tigers | 84 | 77 | .522 | 15.0 |
| 4th | Baltimore Orioles | 83 | 78 | .516 | 16.0 |
| 5th | Boston Red Sox | 81 | 81 | .500 | 18.5 |
| 6th | Milwaukee Brewers | 71 | 90 | .441 | 28.0 |
| 7th | Cleveland Indians | 60 | 102 | .370 | 39.5 |
[edit] Notable Transactions
- June 3, 1985: Andy Stankiewicz was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 18th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign. [1]
[edit] Roster
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1985 Detroit Tigers roster
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[edit] Player stats
[edit] Batting
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 |
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| Lance Parrish | 140 | 549 | 150 | .273 | 28 | 98 |
| Darrell Evans | 151 | 505 | 125 | .248 | 40 | 94 |
| Lou Whitaker | 152 | 609 | 170 | .279 | 21 | 73 |
| Tom Brookens | 156 | 485 | 115 | .237 | 7 | 47 |
| Alan Trammell | 149 | 605 | 156 | .258 | 13 | 57 |
| Kirk Gibson | 154 | 581 | 167 | .287 | 29 | 97 |
| Chet Lemon | 145 | 517 | 137 | .265 | 18 | 68 |
| Larry Herndon | 137 | 442 | 108 | .244 | 12 | 37 |
| Johnny Grubb | 78 | 155 | 38 | .245 | 5 | 25 |
| Nelson Simmons | 75 | 251 | 60 | .239 | 10 | 33 |
| Barbaro Garbey | 86 | 237 | 61 | .257 | 6 | 29 |
| Dave Bergman | 69 | 140 | 25 | .179 | 3 | 7 |
| Alejandro Sanchez | 71 | 133 | 33 | .248 | 6 | 12 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
[edit] Pitching
[edit] Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Jack Morris | 35 | 257.0 | 16 | 11 | 3.33 | 191 |
| Dan Petry | 34 | 238.7 | 15 | 13 | 3.36 | 109 |
| Walt Terrell | 34 | 229.0 | 15 | 10 | 3.85 | 130 |
| Frank Tanana | 20 | 137.3 | 10 | 7 | 3.34 | 107 |
| Milt Wilcox | 8 | 39.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.85 | 20 |
[edit] 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 | SO |
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| Willie Hernandez | 74 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 64 | 2.70 | 76 |
| Aurelio Lopez | 51 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 4.80 | 53 |
| Bill Scherrer | 48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4.36 | 46 |
| Doug Bair | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.24 | 30 |
| Juan Berenguer | 31 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 5.59 | 82 |
| Randy O'Neal | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3.24 | 52 |
[edit] Players ranking among top 100 all time at position
The following members of the 1983 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
[edit] Award winners and league leaders
- AL leader in errors by a third baseman (23)
- #9 in AL in doubles (34)
- 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)
- 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)
- AL All Star Team, pitcher
- #2 in MLB in games finished (64)
- #3 in AL in saves (31)
- #3 in AL in games (74)
- #5 in AL in times hit by pitch (10)
- 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)
- AL Gold Glove Award, catcher
- AL All Star Team, catcher
- 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)
- #3 in AL in strikeout to walk ratio (2.79)
- #5 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (6.66)
- #4 in AL in shutouts (3)
- 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)
- 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)
[edit] See also
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