1985 Seattle Mariners season

1985 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	George Argyros
General manager(s)	Hal Keller
Manager(s)	Chuck Cottier
Local television	KSTW-TV 11
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)
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The Seattle Mariners 1985 season was their ninth since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 6th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 74-88.

Regular season

July 9, 1985: In a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Mariners at Seattle, Jays catcher Buck Martinez executed a double play by tagging out two runners at home plate. In the third inning, Phil Bradley was on second when Gorman Thomas singled. Bradley was tagged out at home, on a throw from Jesse Barfield to Buck Martinez. There was a collision between Bradley and Martinez; Martinez broke his ankle. Martinez was sitting on the ground in agony and threw the ball to third base in an attempt to tag out Gorman Thomas. The throw went into left field and Thomas ran towards home plate. Toronto left fielder George Bell threw the ball back to Martinez. He was still seated on the ground in pain but was able to tag Gorman Thomas for the out. Martinez tagged out both runners at home plate.^[1]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	91	71	0.562	—	50–32	41–39
California Angels	90	72	0.556	1	49–30	41–42
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	6	45–36	40–41
Minnesota Twins	77	85	0.475	14	49–35	28–50
Oakland Athletics	77	85	0.475	14	43–36	34–49
Seattle Mariners	74	88	0.457	17	42–41	32–47
Texas Rangers	62	99	0.385	28½	37–43	25–56

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	6–6	9–4	6–6	1–12	7–5	6–6	10–2	4–8
Boston	8–5	—	5–7	4–8–1	8–5	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	5–7	9–4
California	5–7	7–5	—	8–5	8–4	8–4	4–9	9–3	9–4	3–9	6–7	9–4	9–4	5–7
Chicago	4–8	8–4–1	5–8	—	10–2	6–6	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–6	8–5	9–4	10–3	3–9
Cleveland	5–8	5–8	4–8	2–10	—	5–8	2–10	7–6	4–8	6–7	3–9	6–6	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	9–4	3–9	9–3	8–4	5–7	7–5	6–7
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	10–2	7–5	—	8–4	7–6	5–7	8–5	3–10	6–7	7–5
Milwaukee	4–9	8–5	3–9	7–5	6–7	4–9	4–8	—	9–3	7–6	3–9	4–8	8–3	4–9
Minnesota	6–6	5–7	4–9	7–6	8–4	9–3	6–7	3–9	—	3–9	8–5	6–7	8–5	4–8
New York	12–1	8–5	9–3	6–6	7–6	3–9	7–5	6–7	9–3	—	7–5	9–3	8–4	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	7–6	5–8	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	5–8	5–7	—	8–5	6–7	5–7
Seattle	6–6	6–6	4–9	4–9	6–6	7–5	10–3	8–4	7–6	3–9	5–8	—	6–7	2–10
Texas	2–10	7–5	4–9	3–10	5–7	5–7	7–6	3–8	5–8	4–8	7–6	7–6	—	3–9
Toronto	8–4	4–9	7–5	9–3	9–4	7–6	5–7	9–4	8–4	7–6	7–5	10–2	9–3	—

Notable transactions

June 3, 1985: Mike Schooler was drafted by the Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft.^[2]
June 20, 1985: Mike Stanton was released by the Mariners.^[3]

Roster

1985 Seattle Mariners

Roster

Pitchers

38 Salomé Barojas

45 Jim Beattie

39 Karl Best

37 Dave Geisel

12 Mark Langston

46 Jack Lazorko

34 Jim Lewis

55 Bob Long

52 Paul Mirabella

25 Mike Moore

35 Mike Morgan

30 Edwin Núñez

33 Brian Snyder

46 Mike Stanton

18 Bill Swift

49 Roy Thomas

41 Dave Tobik

32 Ed Vande Berg

51 Bill Wilkinson

43 Frank Wills

40 Matt Young

Catchers

11 Bob Kearney

2 Donnie Scott

5 Dave Valle

Infielders

19 Darnell Coles

21 Alvin Davis

7 Spike Owen

14 Jack Perconte

17 Jim Presley

3 Domingo Ramos

24 Harold Reynolds

38 Danny Tartabull

Outfielders

9 Barry Bonnell

29 Phil Bradley

13,22 Iván Calderón

16 Al Cowens

42 Dave Henderson

26 John Moses

10 Ricky Nelson

Other batters

23 Al Chambers

44 Ken Phelps

20 Gorman Thomas

Manager

15 Chuck Cottier

Coaches

8 Deron Johnson

6 Jim Mahoney

43 Marty Martínez

27 Phil Regan

4 Phil Roof

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	Davis, AlvinAlvin Davis	155	578	166	.287	18	78
LF	Bradley, PhilPhil Bradley	159	641	192	.300	26	88
DH	Thomas, GormanGorman Thomas	135	484	104	.215	32	87

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tartabull, DannyDanny Tartabull	19	61	20	.328	1	7
Nelson, RickyRicky Nelson	6	2	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Beattie, JimJim Beattie	18	70.1	5	6	7.29	45

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Barojas, SaloméSalomé Barojas	17	52.2	0	5	5.98	27
Lewis, JimJim Lewis	2	4.2	0	1	7.71	1

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Long, BobBob Long	28	0	0	0	3.76	29
Stanton, MikeMike Stanton	24	1	2	1	5.28	17
Geisel, DaveDave Geisel	12	0	0	0	6.33	17

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Floyd
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Bill Plummer
A	Salinas Spurs	California League	R. J. Harrison
A	Wausau Timbers	Midwest League	Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season	Bellingham Mariners	Northwest League	Gary Pellant

Notes

↑ http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/doubletag2.htm
↑ Mike Schooler page at Baseball Reference
↑ Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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 MLB draft 1985 All-Star Game 1985 strike 1985 World Series

Seattle Mariners

Based in Seattle, Washington

The franchise

Ballparks

Kingdome Safeco Field

Spring training:	Tempe Diablo Stadium Peoria Sports Complex

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Nintendo of America, represented by Howard Lincoln
President: Kevin Mather
General Manager: Jerry Dipoto
Manager: Scott Servais

Retired numbers

All-Star Games hosted (2)

1979
2001

American League
West Division titles (3)

Wild card berths (1)

2000

Minor league affiliates

Broadcasting

Television	Root Sports Northwest

Radio	ESPN-710 Seattle Mariners radio network affiliates

Broadcasters	Rick Rizzs Dave Sims Mike Blowers Aaron Goldsmith Julio Cruz (Spanish) Alex Rivera (Spanish)

Seasons (40)

1970s	1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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