The Oakland Athletics' 1985 season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses. While the Athletics' on-field performance continued to disappoint, the debut of slugger Jose Canseco gave fans a measure of hope.
1985 Oakland Athletics | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | |
City | Oakland, California | |
Record | 77–85 (.475) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | Walter A. Haas, Jr. | |
General managers | Sandy Alderson | |
Managers | Jackie Moore | |
Television | KPIX (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Monte Moore) | |
Radio | KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson) | |
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AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1985 Oakland Athletics | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Mike Heath | 138 | 436 | 109 | .250 | 13 | 55 |
1B | Bruce Bochte | 137 | 424 | 125 | .295 | 14 | 60 |
2B | Donnie Hill | 123 | 393 | 112 | .285 | 3 | 48 |
SS | Alfredo Griffin | 162 | 614 | 166 | .270 | 2 | 64 |
3B | Carney Lansford | 98 | 401 | 111 | .277 | 13 | 46 |
LF | Dave Collins | 112 | 379 | 95 | .251 | 4 | 29 |
CF | Dwayne Murphy | 152 | 523 | 122 | .233 | 20 | 59 |
RF | Mike Davis | 154 | 547 | 157 | .287 | 24 | 82 |
DH | Dave Kingman | 158 | 592 | 141 | .238 | 30 | 91 |
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 |
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Dusty Baker | 111 | 343 | 92 | .268 | 14 | 52 |
Mickey Tettleton | 78 | 211 | 53 | .251 | 3 | 15 |
Steve Henderson | 85 | 193 | 58 | .301 | 3 | 31 |
Tony Phillips | 42 | 161 | 45 | .280 | 4 | 17 |
Rob Picciolo | 71 | 102 | 28 | .275 | 1 | 8 |
José Canseco | 29 | 96 | 29 | .302 | 5 | 13 |
Mike Gallego | 76 | 77 | 16 | .208 | 1 | 9 |
Steve Kiefer | 40 | 66 | 13 | .197 | 1 | 10 |
Dan Meyer | 14 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie O'Brien | 16 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
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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Chris Codiroli | 37 | 226.0 | 14 | 14 | 4.46 | 111 |
Don Sutton | 29 | 194.1 | 13 | 8 | 3.89 | 91 |
Bill Krueger | 32 | 151.1 | 9 | 10 | 4.52 | 56 |
Tim Birtsas | 29 | 141.1 | 10 | 6 | 4.01 | 94 |
José Rijo | 12 | 63.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.53 | 65 |
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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Steve McCatty | 30 | 85.2 | 4 | 4 | 5.57 | 36 |
Rick Langford | 23 | 59.0 | 3 | 5 | 3.51 | 21 |
Mike Warren | 16 | 49.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.61 | 48 |
Tommy John | 11 | 48.0 | 2 | 6 | 6.19 | 8 |
Curt Young | 19 | 46.0 | 0 | 4 | 7.24 | 19 |
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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Jay Howell | 63 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 2.85 | 68 |
Keith Atherton | 56 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4.30 | 77 |
Steve Ontiveros | 39 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1.93 | 36 |
Steve Mura | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.13 | 29 |
Tim Conroy | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 8 |
Jeff Kaiser | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.58 | 10 |
Tom Tellmann | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 8 |
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