1985 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1985 Pittsburgh Pirates The Pirates draft Barry Bonds
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1887) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (Since 1970) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Since 1887)
1985 Information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath, Warner Communications
General Manager(s)	Harding "Pete" Peterson, Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	KDKA-TV Jim Rooker, Lanny Frattare, John Sanders
Local radio	KDKA Jim Rooker, Lanny Frattare

The 1985 Pittsburgh Pirates finished in sixth place in the National League East, with a record of 57-104, 43½ games behind the NL Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Opening Day Starters 2.2 Season standings 2.3 Roster 2.4 Notable Transactions 3 Batting 3.1 Other batters 4 Starting pitchers 4.1 Other pitchers 4.2 Relief pitchers 5 Award Winners 6 References

[edit] Offseason

• December 20, 1984: Jay Buhner was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Dale Berra and Alfonso Pulido to the New York Yankees for Steve Kemp, Tim Foli, and cash. ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	101	61	.623	--
New York Mets	98	64	.605	3
Montreal Expos	84	77	.522	16.5
Chicago Cubs	77	84	.478	23.5
Philadelphia Phillies	75	87	.463	26
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	104	.354	43.5

[edit] Roster

1985 Pittsburgh Pirates roster view • talk • edit
Active roster			Coaches/Other
Pitchers 34 Mike Bielecki 45 John Candelaria 15 Pat Clements 25 Jose DeLeon 47 Cecilio Guante 35 Al Holland 51 Bob Kipper 46 Ray Krawczyk 49 Larry McWilliams 48 Rick Reuschel 29 Rick Rhoden 43 Don Robinson 19 Rod Scurry 27 Kent Tekulve 35 Dave Tomlin 22 Lee Tunnell 18 Bob Walk 41 Jim Winn	Catchers 26 Junior Ortiz  6 Tony Peña Infielders 12 Bill Almon 37 Rafael Belliard  5 Sid Bream 17 Jerry Dybzinski 10 Tim Foli 24 Denny Gonzalez 27 Sam Khalifa 10 Johnnie LeMaster  5 Bill Madlock 16 Lee Mazzilli  2 Jim Morrison  3 Johnny Ray 30 Jason Thompson	Outfielders -- Mike Brown -- Trench Davis -- Doug Frobel -- George Hendrick -- Steve Kemp -- Sixto Lezcano -- Scott Loucks -- Joe Orsulak -- R. J. Reynolds -- Marvell Wynne	Manager -- Chuck Tanner

[edit] Notable Transactions

• April 20, 1985: Kent Tekulve was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Philadelphia Phillies for Al Holland and Frankie Griffin (minors).
• In the 1985 June draft, the Pirates select Barry Bonds in the first round.
• August 2, 1985: John Candelaria was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with George Hendrick and Al Holland to the California Angels for a player to be named later, Pat Clements, and Mike Brown. The California Angels sent Bob Kipper (August 16, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade. ^[2]

[edit] Batting

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
Tony Pena	147	546	136	.249	10	59
Jason Thompson	123	402	97	.241	12	61
Johnny Ray	154	594	163	.274	7	70
Bill Madlock	110	399	100	.251	10	41
Sammy Khalifa	95	320	76	.238	2	31
Steve Kemp	92	236	59	.250	2	21
Marvell Wynne	103	337	69	.205	2	18
George Hendrick	69	256	59	.230	2	25

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jim Morrison	92	244	62	.254	4	22
Bill Almon	88	244	66	.270	6	29
Lee Mazzilli	92	117	33	.282	1	9

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jose DeLeon	25	162.2	2	19	4.70	149
Larry McWilliams	19	126.1	7	9	4.70	52
Rick Reuschel	26	194.0	14	8	2.27	138
Rick Rhoden	35	213.1	10	15	4.47	128
Lee Tunnell	23	132.1	4	10	4.01	74

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA
Bob Walk	9	58.2	2	3	3.68
Mike Bielecki	12	45.2	2	3	4.53

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Candelaria	37	2	4	9	3.64	47
Cecilio Guante	63	4	6	5	2.72	92
Al Holland	38	1	3	4	3.38	47
Don Robinson	44	5	11	3	3.87	42
Rod Scurry	30	0	1	2	3.21	28
Kent Tekulve	3	0	0	0	16.20	4
Bob Kipper	5	1	2	0	5.11	13

[edit] Award Winners

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Tony Pena, C, Reserve

[edit] References

• 1985 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1985 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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