1985 Texas Rangers season

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1985 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
Location
1985 Information
Owner(s) Eddie Chiles
Manager(s) Doug Rader and Bobby Valentine
Local television KTVT
(Freddie Patek, Phil Stone)
HSE
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radio WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )

The Texas Rangers 1985 season involved the Rangers finishing 7th in the American League west with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

  • January 18, 1985: Danny Darwin was traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Texas Rangers with a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals. The New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers. The Kansas City Royals sent Frank Wills to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade. [1]
  • February 27, 1985: Bill Sample was traded by the Texas Rangers with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Toby Harrah. The Texas Rangers sent Eric Dersin (minors) (July 14, 1985) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Notable transactions

  • April 6, 1985: Mitch Williams was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Texas Rangers for Randy Asadoor.
  • May 17, 1985: Geno Petralli signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [2]
  • July 10, 1985: Ellis Valentine signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [3]
  • July 30, 1985: Sammy Sosa was signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent. [4]

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st Kansas City Royals   91   71 .562    --
2nd California Angels   90   72 .556   1.0
3rd Chicago White Sox   85   77 .525   6.0
4th Minnesota Twins   77   85 .475 14.0
4th Oakland Athletics   77   85 .475 14.0
6th Seattle Mariners   74   88 .457 17.0
7th Texas Rangers   62   99 .385 28.5

[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
Oddibe McDowell 111 406 97 .239 18 42
Toby Harrah 126 396 107 .270 9 44
Gary Ward 154 593 170 .287 15 70

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jose Guzman 5 33 3 2 2.76 24

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO SV
Greg Harris 58 113 5 4 2.47 111 11

[edit] Awards and Honors

All-Star Game

  • Gary Ward, Outfield, Reserve

[edit] References

  1. ^ Danny Darwin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/petrage01.shtml
  3. ^ Ellis Valentine Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Sammy Sosa Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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1985 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas
NL East
NL West
1985 All-Star Game • 1985 World Series


v • d • e
Texas Rangers
Formerly the Washington Senators • Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)
The Franchise
Ballparks
Important Figures
Retired Numbers
26 • 34 • 42
Key Personnel
Owner: Tom Hicks • General Manager: Jon Daniels • Manager: Ron Washington
Minors
Division Titles
Western: 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • Wild Card: none