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1985 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Memorial Stadium (since 1954)
Baltimore (since 1954)
Results
Record	83–78 (.516)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s)	Hank Peters
Manager(s)	Joe Altobelli, Cal Ripken, Sr., Earl Weaver
Local television	WMAR-TV (Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson) Home Team Sports (Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, Larry King)
Local radio	WFBR (Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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The 1985 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 78 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Roster
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Batting
  - 4.1.1 Starters by position
  - 4.1.2 Other batters
- 4.2 Pitching
5 Farm system
6 Notes
7 References

Offseason[edit]

October 2, 1984: Tom Underwood was released by the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]
December 13, 1984: Don Aase was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[2]
December 17, 1984: Ron Jackson was released by the Orioles.^[3]
January 3, 1985: Mike Blowers was drafted by the Orioles in the 4th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.^[4]
February 7, 1985: Vic Rodriguez was traded by the Orioles to the San Diego Padres for Fritzie Connally.^[5]
March 27, 1985: Mark Brown was traded by the Orioles to the Minnesota Twins for Brad Havens.^[6]
March 29, 1985: Todd Cruz was released by the Orioles.^[7]

Regular season[edit]

Jim Palmer P Retired 1985

Season standings[edit]

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	99	62	0.615	—	54–26	45–36
New York Yankees	97	64	0.602	2	58–22	39–42
Detroit Tigers	84	77	0.522	15	44–37	40–40
Baltimore Orioles	83	78	0.516	16	45–36	38–42
Boston Red Sox	81	81	0.500	18½	43–37	38–44
Milwaukee Brewers	71	90	0.441	28	40–40	31–50
Cleveland Indians	60	102	0.370	39½	38–43	22–59

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1985 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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	—

Opening Day starters[edit]

Rich Dauer
Storm Davis
Rick Dempsey
Wayne Gross
John Lowenstein
Fred Lynn
Eddie Murray
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Larry Sheets
Mike Young^[8]

Notable transactions[edit]

June 3, 1985: Rico Rossy was drafted by the Orioles in the 33rd round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 6, 1985.^[9]

Roster[edit]

1985 Baltimore Orioles roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

15 Dan Ford
18 Larry Sheets

Manager

26 Joe Altobelli
4 Earl Weaver

Coaches

48 Terry Crowley (Hitting)
44 Elrod Hendricks (Bullpen)
31 Ray Miller (Pitching)
47 Cal Ripken, Sr. (Third Base)
20 Frank Robinson (Bench)
40 Jimmy Williams (First Base)

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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
C	Dempsey, RickRick Dempsey	132	362	92	.254	12	52
1B	Murray, EddieEddie Murray	156	583	173	.297	31	124
2B	Wiggins, AlanAlan Wiggins	76	298	85	.285	0	21
3B	Rayford, FloydFloyd Rayford	105	359	110	.306	18	48
SS	Ripken, CalCal Ripken	161	642	181	.282	26	110
LF	Young, MikeMike Young	139	450	123	.273	28	81
CF	Lynn, FredFred Lynn	124	448	118	.263	23	68
RF	Lacy, LeeLee Lacy	121	492	144	.293	9	48
DH	Sheets, LarryLarry Sheets	113	328	86	.262	17	50

Other batters[edit]

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

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Aase, DonDon Aase	54	10	6	14	3.78	67
Bell, EricEric Bell	4	0	0	0	4.76	4

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Frank Verdi and Mark Wiley
AA	Charlotte O's	Southern League	John Hart
A	Hagerstown Suns	Carolina League	Greg Biagini
A	Daytona Beach Islanders	Florida State League	Jim Hutto
Short-Season A	Newark Orioles	New York–Penn League	Art Mazmanian
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Mike Verdi

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

1985 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1985 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com
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 MLB draft 1985 All-Star Game 1985 strike 1985 World Series

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (9)

American League Wild Card
(2)

1996
2012

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

Seasons (115)

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1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

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

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