1985 Chicago White Sox season

1985 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) American League West (since 1969)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
1985 information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
Manager(s)	Tony LaRussa
Local television	WFLD Sportsvision ON-TV (Don Drysdale, Ken Harrelson)
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) (Del Crandall, Lorn Brown)
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The 1985 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 86th season. They finished with a record 85–77, good enough for 3rd place in the American League West, 6 games behind the 1st place Kansas City Royals.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 1985 Opening Day Lineup 2.2 Standings 2.3 Notable transactions 2.4 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 Farm system 5 External links 6 References

Offseason

• October 19, 1984: Guy Hoffman was released by the White Sox.^[1]
• October 19, 1984: Casey Parsons was released by the White Sox.^[2]
• December 7, 1984: Bert Roberge was traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Expos for Bryan Little.^[3]
• January 12, 1985: Steve Fireovid was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[4]
• January 14, 1985: Dave Wehrmeister was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[5]
• March 23, 1985: Oscar Gamble was signed as a free agent by the Chicago White Sox.^[6]

Regular season

• September 22, 1985: José Canseco became the 27th player to hit a home run over the roof of Comiskey Park.

1985 Opening Day Lineup

• Ozzie Guillén, ss
• Rudy Law, lf
• Harold Baines, rf
• Greg Walker, 1b
• Ron Kittle, dh
• Luis Salazar, 3b
• Daryl Boston, cf
• Marc Hill, c
• Julio Cruz, 2b
• Tom Seaver, p

Standings

AL West	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Kansas City Royals	91	71	.562	--
California Angels	90	72	.556	1.0
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	6.0
Minnesota Twins	77	85	.475	14.0
Oakland Athletics	77	85	.475	14.0
Seattle Mariners	74	88	.457	17.0
Texas Rangers	62	99	.385	28.5

Notable transactions

• June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball Draft
  • The Chicago White Sox drafted catcher Kurt Brown with the fifth overall pick in the 1985 Draft. ^[7]
  • Bobby Thigpen was drafted by the White Sox in the 4th round.^[8]
  • Tom Drees was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round.^[9]
  • Randy Velarde was drafted by the White Sox in the 19th round. Player signed June 14, 1985.^[10]
• June 26, 1985: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[11]
• July 17, 1985: Bob Owchinko was purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Oakland Athletics.^[12]
• August 12, 1985: Oscar Gamble was released by the White Sox.^[6]
• August 12, 1985: Mike Stanton was released by the White Sox.^[11]
• September 24, 1985: Bob Owchinko was released by the Chicago White Sox.^[12]

Roster

1985 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 50 Juan Agosto 24 Floyd Bannister 40 Britt Burns 56 Ed Correa 52 Joel Davis 34 Richard Dotson 27 Bob Fallon 45 Steve Fireovid 43 Jerry Don Gleaton 43 Bob James 49 Al Jones 46 Tim Lollar 36 Bill Long 30 Gene Nelson 41 Tom Seaver 37 Dan Spillner 48 Mike Stanton 31 Bruce Tanner 51 Dave Wehrmeister		Catchers 72 Carlton Fisk  7 Marc Hill 22 Joel Skinner Infielders 16 Julio Cruz 20,38 Joe DeSa  1 Scott Fletcher 13 Ozzie Guillen 32 Tim Hulett 47 Bryan Little 29 Greg Walker		Outfielders  3 Harold Baines  8 Daryl Boston 33 John Cangelosi 44 Mark Gilbert 42 Ron Kittle 23 Rudy Law 20 Reid Nichols 44 Tom Paciorek 26 Mark Ryal 31,5 Luis Salazar Other batters  0 Oscar Gamble 17 Jerry Hairston 25 Mike Squires		Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 35 Ed Brinkman 18 Dave Duncan (pitching) 15 Art Kusnyer 21 Jim Leyland (third base) 14 Joe Nossek

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
1B	Greg Walker	163	601	155	.258	24	92
2B	Julio Cruz	91	234	46	.197	0	15
SS	Ozzie Guillén	150	491	134	.273	1	33
LF	Rudy Law	125	390	101	.259	4	36
CF	Daryl Boston	95	232	53	.228	3	15
RF	Harold Baines	160	640	198	.309	22	113
DH	Ron Kittle	116	379	87	.230	26	58

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Luis Salazar	122	327	80	.245	10	45
Bryan Little	73	188	47	.250	2	27
Oscar Gamble	70	148	30	.203	4	20
Marc Hill	40	75	10	.133	0	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dave Wehrmeister	23	2	2	2	3.43	32
Mike Stanton	11	0	1	0	9.26	12
Steve Fireovid	4	0	0	0	5.14	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	John Boles
AA	Glens Falls White Sox	Eastern League	Steve Dillard
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Sal Rende
Short-Season A	Niagara Falls White Sox	New York-Penn League	Luis Lagunas
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	J. C. Martin

External links

• 1985 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3. 

1985 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1985 Major League Baseball Draft • 1985 All-Star Game • 1985 strike • 1985 World Series

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