1985 Texas Rangers season

1985 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (since 1972)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Eddie Chiles
General manager(s)	Tom Grieve
Manager(s)	Doug Rader, Bobby Valentine
Local television	KTVT (Freddie Patek, Phil Stone) HSE (Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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The Texas Rangers 1985 season involved the Rangers finishing 7th in the American League west with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses.

Offseason

November 7, 1984: Dave Hostetler was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Chris Welsh.^[1]
November 26, 1984: Marv Foley was released by the Rangers.^[2]
January 3, 1985: Rafael Bournigal was drafted by the Rangers in the 11th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.^[3]
January 18, 1985: Danny Darwin and a player to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a 4-team trade. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Rangers. The Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Royals. The New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Brewers. The Royals sent Frank Wills to the Mets. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Bill Nance (minors) to the Brewers on January 30.^[4]
February 13, 1985: Greg A. Harris was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the San Diego Padres.^[5]
February 27, 1985: Billy Sample and a player to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Toby Harrah. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Eric Dersin (minors) to the Yankees on July 14.^[6]

Regular season

April 29, 1985 – Larry Parrish had three home runs in a game against the New York Yankees.
Charlie Hough finished second in the American League with 14 Complete Games.

Notable transactions

April 6, 1985: Randy Asadoor was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Mitch Williams.^[7]
April 6, 1985: Daryl Smith was released by the Rangers.^[8]
May 17, 1985: Geno Petralli was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[9]
July 10, 1985: Ellis Valentine was signed as a Free Agent by the Rangers.^[10]
July 30, 1985: Sammy Sosa was signed by the Rangers as an amateur free agent.^[11]
August 28, 1985: The Rangers traded Cliff Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending Matt Williams and Jeff Mays (minors) to the Rangers on August 29, and Greg Ferlenda (minors) to the Rangers on November 14.^[12]
September 13, 1985: Dave Stewart was traded by the Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rick Surhoff.^[13]

Opening Day starters

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	—

Roster

1985 Texas Rangers roster

Roster

Pitchers

40 Tommy Boggs

33 Glen Cook

23 José Guzmán

27 Greg Harris

45 Dwayne Henry

46 Burt Hooton

49 Charlie Hough

16 Mike Mason

31 Dale Murray

36 Dickie Noles

30 Dave Rozema

40 Jeff Russell

24 Dave Schmidt

28 Bob Sebra

48 Dave Stewart

44 Rich Surhoff

28 Frank Tanana

41 Chris Welsh

29 Matt Williams

38 Ricky Wright

Catchers

7 Glenn Brummer

12 Geno Petralli

8 Luis Pujols

4 Don Slaught

Infielders

25 Buddy Bell

22 Steve Buechele

11 Toby Harrah

20 Jeff Kunkel

9 Pete O'Brien

1 Bill Stein

3 Wayne Tolleson

19 Curtis Wilkerson

Outfielders

39 Nick Capra

6 Bob Jones

0 Oddibe McDowell

15 Larry Parrish

17 Ellis Valentine

21,59 Duane Walker

32 Gary Ward

26 George Wright

Other batters

2,5 Alan Bannister

13 Tom Dunbar

44 Cliff Johnson

Manager

5 Doug Rader

2 Bobby Valentine

Coaches

37 Rich Donnelly

18 Glenn Ezell

22 Merv Rettenmund

52 Dick Such

42 Wayne Terwilliger

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
C	Don Slaught	102	343	96	.280	8	35
2B	Toby Harrah	126	396	107	.270	9	44
LF	Gary Ward	154	593	170	.287	15	70
CF	Oddibe McDowell	111	406	97	.239	18	42
RF	Larry Parrish	94	346	86	.249	17	51

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bob Jones	83	134	30	.224	5	23
Geno Petralli	42	100	27	.270	0	11
Ellis Valentine	11	38	8	.211	2	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Charlie Hough	34	250.1	14	16	3.31	141
José Guzmán	5	33	3	2	2.76	24

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Welsh	25	76.1	2	5	4.13	31
Matt Williams	6	26	2	1	2.42	22

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Greg A. Harris	58	113	5	4	11	2.47	111
Tommy Boggs	4	7	0	0	0	11.57	6

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Gary Ward, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	American Association	Dave Oliver
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Orlando Gómez
A	Salem Redbirds	Carolina League	Bill Stearns
A	Daytona Beach Islanders	Florida State League	Jim Hutto
A	Burlington Rangers	Midwest League	Mike Bucci
Rookie	GCL Rangers	Gulf Coast League	Rudy Jaramillo

References

↑ Chris Welsh at Baseball Reference
↑ Marv Foley at Baseball Reference
↑ Rafael Bournigal at Baseball Reference
↑ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml
↑ Billy Sample at Baseball Reference
↑ Mitch Williams at Baseball Reference
↑ Daryl Smith at Baseball Reference
↑ Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference
↑ Ellis Valentine at Baseball Reference
↑ Sammy Sosa at Baseball Reference
↑ Matt Williams at Baseball Reference
↑ Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference

1985 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
1985 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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

Texas Rangers

Formerly the Washington Senators
Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)

Franchise

Ballparks

Griffith Stadium RFK Stadium Arlington Stadium Globe Life Park in Arlington New Rangers Ballpark

Spring training	Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium Ranger Stadium Surprise Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Houston Astros

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owners: Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
General Manager: Jon Daniels
Manager: Jeff Banister

Texas Rangers
Hall of Fame

Wild card berths (1)

2012

American League
West Division titles (6)

American League
championships (2)

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