1985 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1985 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
Location
1985 Information
Owner(s) August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s) Whitey Herzog
Local television KSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Local radio KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
Stats ESPN.com

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The St. Louis Cardinals' 1985 season was the team's 104th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 94th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 101-61 during the season and finished in first place in the National League East division by three games over the New York Mets. After defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games in the NLCS, they lost in seven games in the World Series to their cross-state rivals, the Kansas City Royals in the I-70 Series. The World Series is known, somewhat unfortunately, for the infamous "safe" call on the Royals' Jorge Orta by umpire Don Denkinger.

The Cardinals switch back to their traditional gray road uniforms for the first time in ten seasons.

Outfielder Willie McGee won the National League MVP Award this year, batting .353 with 10 home runs and 82 RBIs. Outfielder Vince Coleman won the National League Rookie of the Year Award this year, batting .267 with 107 runs scored and 110 stolen bases. Shortstop Ozzie Smith and McGee both won Gold Gloves this year.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

  • Steve Braun
  • Jack Clark
  • Bob Forsch
  • Tom Herr
  • Mike LaValliere
  • Willie McGee
  • Terry Pendleton
  • Ozzie Smith
  • Andy Van Slyke

[edit] Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB
St. Louis Cardinals 101 61 .623 --
New York Mets 98 64 .605 3
Montreal Expos 84 77 .522 16.5
Chicago Cubs 77 84 .478 23.5
Philadelphia Phillies 75 87 .463 26
Pittsburgh Pirates 57 104 .354 43.5

[edit] Roster

1985 St. Louis Cardinals roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[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
Jack Clark 126 442 124 .281 22 87
Vince Coleman 151 636 170 .267 1 40

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] NLCS

Main article: 1985 National League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

Wednesday, October 9 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 1
Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 4 8 0
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0)  L: John Tudor (0-1)   SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1)
HRs: LAD – None   STL – None

[edit] Game 2

Thursday, October 10 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 1
Los Angeles 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 X 8 13 1
W: Orel Hershiser (1-0)  L: Joaquín Andújar (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: LAD – Greg Brock (1)   STL – None

[edit] Game 3

Saturday, October 12 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 2
St. Louis 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 8 0
W: Danny Cox (1-0)  L: Bob Welch (0-1)   SV: Ken Dayley (1)
HRs: LAD – None   STL – Tom Herr (1)

[edit] Game 4

Sunday, October 13 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 1
St. Louis 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 12 15 0
W: John Tudor (1-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (1)   STL – None

[edit] Game 5

Monday, October 14 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
St. Louis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 1
W: Jeff Lahti (1-0)  L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (2)   STL – Ozzie Smith (1)

[edit] Game 6

Wednesday, October 16 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 12 1
Los Angeles 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 8 0
W: Todd Worrell (1-0)  L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-2)   SV: Ken Dayley (2)
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (3)   Mike Marshall (1)   STL – Jack Clark (1)

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1985 World Series

AL Kansas City Royals (4) vs. NL St Louis Cardinals (3)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1 Cardinals – 3, Royals – 1 October 19 Royals Stadium (Kansas City) 41,650 2:48
2 Cardinals – 4, Royals – 2 October 20 Royals Stadium (Kansas City) 41,656 2:44
3 Royals – 6, Cardinals – 1 October 22 Busch Stadium (St. Louis) 53,634 3:00
4 Royals – 0, Cardinals – 3 October 23 Busch Stadium (St. Louis) 53,634 2:19
5 Royals – 6, Cardinals – 1 October 24 Busch Stadium (St. Louis) 53,634 2:52
6 Cardinals – 1, Royals – 2 October 26 Royals Stadium (Kansas City) 41,628 2:48
7 Cardinals – 0, Royals – 11 October 27 Royals Stadium (Kansas City) 41,658 2:46

[edit] Awards and Honors

  • Vince Coleman, National League Rookie of the Year Award
  • Vince Coleman, Major League Baseball Stolen Base Leader (110)
  • Whitey Herzog, Associated Press Manager of the Year
  • Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, Golden Glove Award

All-Star Game

[edit] External links

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1985 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
NL East
Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
NL West
1985 All-Star Game • 1985 World Series


Preceded by
Chicago Cubs
1984		 NL East Championship Season
1985		 Succeeded by
New York Mets
1986
Preceded by
San Diego Padres
1984		 National League Championship Season
1985		 Succeeded by
New York Mets
1986
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr. • General Manager: John Mozeliak • Manager: Tony La Russa
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