1985 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1985 Los Angeles Dodgers 1985 NL West Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (Since 1962) Los Angeles, California (Since 1958)
1985 Information
Owner(s)	Peter O'Malley
General Manager(s)	Al Campanis
Manager(s)	Tommy Lasorda
Local television	KTTV (11) (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter) Dodgervision (Al Downing, Rick Monday)
Local radio	KABC (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter) KTNQ (Jaime Jarrin, Rene Cardenas)

The 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series. Fernando Valenzuela set a major league record for most consecutive innings at the start of a season without allowing an earned run (41).

Contents 1 Season standings 2 1985 Roster 3 Starting Pitchers stats 4 Relief Pitchers stats 5 Batting Stats 6 1985 National League Championship Series 6.1 Game 1 6.2 Game 2 6.3 Game 3 6.4 Game 4 6.5 Game 5 6.6 Game 6 7 1985 Awards 8 1985 Transactions 9 1985 Minor League Teams 10 External links

[edit] Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	--	.586
Cincinnati Reds	89	72	5.5	.553
Houston Astros	83	79	12.0	.512
San Diego Padres	83	79	12.0	.512
Atlanta Braves	66	96	29.0	.407
San Francisco Giants	62	100	33.0	.383

[edit] 1985 Roster

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Mariano Duncan	Second Baseman
Ken Landreaux	Centerfielder
Al Oliver	Leftfielder
Pedro Guerrero	Third Baseman
Mike Marshall	Rightfielder
Mike Scioscia	Catcher
Sid Bream	First Baseman
Dave Anderson	Shortstop
Fernando Valenzuela	Starting Pitcher

1985 Los Angeles Dodgers roster v • d • e
Roster
Starting Pitchers 55 Orel Hershiser 40 Rick Honeycutt 41 Jerry Reuss 34 Fernando Valenzuela 35 Bob Welch Relief Pitchers 46 Tom Brennan 37 Bobby Castillo 27 Carlos Diaz 50 Brian Holton 57 Steve Howe 43 Ken Howell 49 Tom Niedenfuer (CL) 26 Alejandro Peña		Catchers 15 Gilberto Reyes 14 Mike Scioscia  7 Steve Yeager Infielders 10 Dave Anderson 21 Bob Bailor 33 Sid Bream  9 Greg Brock 47,23 Enos Cabell 25 Mariano Duncan 52 Bill Madlock 48 Mike Ramsey 18 Bill Russell  3 Steve Sax 22 Franklin Stubbs		Outfielders 46 Ralph Bryant 47 Jose Gonzalez 28 Pedro Guerrero 12 Jay Johnstone 44 Ken Landreaux 20 Candy Maldonado  5 Mike Marshall 17 Len Matuszek  0 Al Oliver 57 Stu Pederson 23 R.J. Reynolds 45 Terry Whitfield 51 Reggie Williams		Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano 54 Monty Basgall 58 Mark Cresse 37 Ben Hines 11 Manny Mota 16 Ron Perranoski

[edit] Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG

[edit] Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV

[edit] Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB

[edit] 1985 National League Championship Series

The Dodgers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 NLCS, the first year the championship series was in a "Best of seven" format. Jack Clark hit a 450 foot home run off Dodger closer Tom Niedenfuer to win the clincher in game six for the Cardinals.

[edit] Game 1

Wednesday, October 9 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	1
Los Angeles	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	4	8	0
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0)  L: John Tudor (0-1)   SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1)
HRs: LAD – None   STL – None

[edit] Game 2

Thursday, October 10 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	1
Los Angeles	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	X	8	13	1
W: Orel Hershiser (1-0)  L: Joaquín Andújar (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: LAD – Greg Brock (1)   STL – None

[edit] Game 3

Saturday, October 12 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	2
St. Louis	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	4	8	0
W: Danny Cox (1-0)  L: Bob Welch (0-1)   SV: Ken Dayley (1)
HRs: LAD – None   STL – Tom Herr (1)

[edit] Game 4

Sunday, October 13 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	1
St. Louis	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	12	15	0
W: John Tudor (1-0)  L: Jerry Reuss (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (1)   STL – None

[edit] Game 5

Monday, October 14 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
St. Louis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1
W: Jeff Lahti (1-0)  L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (2)   STL – Ozzie Smith (1)

[edit] Game 6

Wednesday, October 16 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	7	12	1
Los Angeles	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	8	0
W: Todd Worrell (1-0)  L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-2)   SV: Ken Dayley (2)
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (3)   Mike Marshall (1)   STL – Jack Clark (1)

[edit] 1985 Awards

• 1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Pedro Guerrero reserve
  • Fernando Valenzuela reserve
• NL Pitcher of the Month
  • Fernando Valenzuela (April 1985)
  • Fernando Valenzuela (July 1985)
• NL Player of the Month
  • Pedro Guerrero (June 1985)
• NL Player of the Week
  • Pedro Guerrero (June 10-16)
  • Pedro Guerrero (July 22-28)
  • Mike Marshall (Sep. 9-15)

[edit] 1985 Transactions

• February 4: Acquired Al Oliver from the Philadelphia Phillies for Pat Zachry
• July 9: Acquired Len Matuszek from the Toronto Blue Jays for Al Oliver
• July 10: Acquired Enos Cabell from the Houston Astros for German Rivera and Rafael Montalvo
• August 31: Acquired Bill Madlock from the Pittsburgh Pirates for R.J. Reynolds, Sid Bream and Cecil Espy

[edit] 1985 Minor League Teams

• AAA: Albuquerque Dukes (managed by Terry Collins) - Pacific Coast League
• AA: San Antonio Dodgers (managed by Gary LaRocque) - Texas League
• A: Bakersfield Dodgers (managed by Mel Queen) - California League
• A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by Stan Wasiak) - Florida State League
• Rookie: Great Falls Dodgers (managed by Kevin Kennedy) - Pioneer League
• Rookie: Gulf Coast Dodgers (managed by Jose Alvarez) - Gulf Coast League

[edit] External links

• 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

Preceded by San Diego Padres 1984

NL West Division Championship Season 1985

Succeeded by Houston Astros 1986

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