The Cincinnati Reds' 1985 season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West. The Reds finished in second place, 5½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. This year, the Reds adopted an alternate uniform. Reds pitcher Tom Browning became the last 20th century pitcher to win 20 games in his rookie year.[1]
1985 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Record | 89–72 (.553) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Marge Schott | |
General managers | Bill Bergesch | |
Managers | Pete Rose | |
Television | WLWT (Ken Wilson, Joe Morgan) | |
Radio | WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall) | |
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On September 11, 1985, Rose was thought to have broken Ty Cobb's all-time hits record with his 4,192nd hit, a single to left-center field off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show. A subsequent independent review of Cobb's hits, however, revealed that two of them were double-counted.[2][3] As a result, it has been suggested that Pete Rose actually broke the all-time hits record against the Cubs' Reggie Patterson with a single in the first in the Reds 5-5 called game against Chicago on September 8.
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 48–33 | 47–34 |
Cincinnati Reds | 89 | 72 | 0.553 | 5½ | 47–34 | 42–38 |
Houston Astros | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 12 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
San Diego Padres | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 12 | 44–37 | 39–42 |
Atlanta Braves | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 29 | 32–49 | 34–47 |
San Francisco Giants | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 33 | 38–43 | 24–57 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 5–6 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 11–7 | 6–5 | — | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 5–7 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 7–11 | — | 6–12 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 15–3 | 6–6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 13–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 12–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 7–5 | |||||
Montreal | 9–3 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 11–7 | |||||
New York | 10–2 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–9 | — | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 2-10 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 7–11 | — | 11–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 5–13 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–9 | 8–10 | 7–11 | — | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–15 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | — | 12–6 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 8–10 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 3–15 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–12 | — | 2–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 14–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 15–3 | 8–4 | 10–2 | — |
1985 Cincinnati Reds roster | |||||||||
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= Indicates team leader |
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 | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Dave Van Gorder | 73 | 151 | 12 | 36 | .238 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
1B | Pete Rose | 119 | 405 | 60 | 107 | .264 | 2 | 46 | 8 |
2B | Ron Oester | 152 | 526 | 59 | 155 | .295 | 1 | 34 | 5 |
3B | Buddy Bell | 67 | 247 | 28 | 54 | .219 | 6 | 36 | 0 |
SS | Dave Concepción | 155 | 560 | 59 | 141 | .252 | 7 | 48 | 16 |
LF | Nick Esasky | 125 | 413 | 61 | 108 | .262 | 21 | 66 | 3 |
CF | Eddie Milner | 145 | 453 | 82 | 115 | .254 | 3 | 33 | 35 |
RF | Dave Parker | 160 | 635 | 88 | 198 | .312 | 34 | 125 | 5 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Gary Redus | 101 | 246 | 51 | 62 | .252 | 6 | 28 | 48 |
César Cedeño | 83 | 220 | 24 | 53 | .241 | 3 | 30 | 9 |
Tony Pérez | 72 | 183 | 25 | 60 | .328 | 6 | 33 | 0 |
Wayne Krenchicki | 90 | 173 | 16 | 47 | .272 | 4 | 25 | 0 |
Bo Díaz | 51 | 161 | 12 | 42 | .261 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
Alan Knicely | 48 | 158 | 17 | 40 | .253 | 5 | 26 | 0 |
Max Venable | 77 | 135 | 21 | 39 | .289 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
Eric Davis | 56 | 122 | 26 | 30 | .246 | 8 | 18 | 16 |
Dann Bilardello | 42 | 102 | 6 | 17 | .167 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Tom Foley | 43 | 92 | 7 | 18 | .196 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Duane Walker | 37 | 48 | 5 | 8 | .167 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Tom Runnells | 28 | 35 | 3 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul O'Neill | 5 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wade Rowdon | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Browning | 38 | 261.1 | 20 | 9 | 3.55 | 155 |
Mario Soto | 36 | 256.2 | 12 | 15 | 3.58 | 214 |
Jay Tibbs | 35 | 218.0 | 10 | 16 | 3.92 | 98 |
Andy McGaffigan | 15 | 94.1 | 3 | 3 | 3.72 | 83 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ron Robinson | 33 | 108.1 | 7 | 7 | 3.99 | 76 |
John Stuper | 33 | 99.0 | 8 | 5 | 4.55 | 38 |
Joe Price | 26 | 64.2 | 2 | 2 | 3.90 | 52 |
Frank Pastore | 17 | 54.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.83 | 29 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ted Power | 64 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 2.70 | 42 |
John Franco | 67 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 2.18 | 61 |
Tom Hume | 56 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3.26 | 50 |
Bob Buchanan | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 3 |
Carl Willis | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.22 | 6 |
Mike Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
Rob Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
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