1985 Texas Rangers season

The Texas Rangers 1985 season was the 14th for the franchise in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and the 25th overall. The Rangers finished seventh in the American League West with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses, 28½ games behind the eventual AL and World Series Champion Kansas City Royals.

1985 Texas Rangers
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Arlington Stadium
City	Arlington, Texas
Record	62-99 (.385)
Divisional place	7th
Owners	Eddie Chiles
General managers	Tom Grieve
Managers	Doug Rader, Bobby Valentine
Television	KTVT (Freddie Patek, Phil Stone) HSE (Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
Radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )
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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 hit 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

• Buddy Bell
• Toby Harrah
• Cliff Johnson
• Pete O'Brien
• Larry Parrish
• Don Slaught
• Frank Tanana
• Gary Ward
• Curtis Wilkerson
• George Wright

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	91	71	.562	—	50‍–‍32	41‍–‍39
California Angels	90	72	.556	1	49‍–‍30	41‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	6	45‍–‍36	40‍–‍41
Minnesota Twins	77	85	.475	14	49‍–‍35	28‍–‍50
Oakland Athletics	77	85	.475	14	43‍–‍36	34‍–‍49
Seattle Mariners	74	88	.457	17	42‍–‍41	32‍–‍47
Texas Rangers	62	99	.385	28½	37‍–‍43	25‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League record v t e 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
1B	Pete O'Brien	159	573	153	.267	22	92
2B	Toby Harrah	126	396	107	.270	9	44
SS	Curt Wilkerson	129	360	88	.244	0	22
3B	Buddy Bell	84	313	74	.236	4	32
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
DH	Cliff Johnson	82	296	76	.257	12	56

Other batters

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
George Wright	109	363	69	.190	2	18
Wayne Tolleson	123	323	101	.313	1	18
Steve Buechele	69	219	48	.219	6	21
Bob Jones	83	134	30	.224	5	23
Duane Walker	53	132	23	.174	5	11
Alan Bannister	57	122	32	.262	1	6
Glenn Brummer	49	108	30	.278	0	5
Tom Dunbar	45	104	21	.202	1	5
Geno Petralli	42	100	27	.270	0	11
Bill Stein	44	79	20	.253	1	12
Ellis Valentine	11	38	8	.211	2	4
Nick Capra	8	8	1	.125	0	0
Jeff Kunkel	2	4	1	.250	0	0
Luis Pujols	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Charlie Hough	34	250.1	14	16	3.31	141
Mike Mason	38	179.0	8	15	4.83	92
Frank Tanana	13	77.2	2	7	5.91	52
Jeff Russell	13	62.0	3	6	7.55	44
José Guzmán	5	33.0	3	2	2.76	24

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Burt Hooton	29	124.0	5	8	5.23	62
Dickie Noles	28	110.1	4	8	5.06	59
Chris Welsh	25	76.1	2	5	4.13	31
Glen Cook	9	40.0	2	3	9.45	19
Matt Williams	6	26.0	2	1	2.42	22
Bob Sebra	7	20.1	0	2	7.52	13

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Greg A. Harris	58	113.0	5	4	11	2.47	111
Dave Schmidt	51	85.2	7	6	5	3.15	46
Dave Stewart	42	81.1	0	6	4	5.42	64
Dave Rozema	34	88.0	3	7	7	4.19	42
Dwayne Henry	16	21.0	2	2	3	2.57	20
Rich Surhoff	7	7.1	0	1	2	7.56	8
Tommy Boggs	4	7.0	0	0	0	11.57	6
Ricky Wright	5	7.2	0	0	0	4.70	7
Dale Murray	1	1.0	0	0	0	18.00	0

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Gary Ward, outfield, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

Daytona Beach affiliation shared with Baltimore Orioles