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Season Almanac

1985 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Dwight Gooden (K, W)

Home Runs
  1. 1Darrell EvansDET40
  2. 2Carlton FiskCWS37
  3. 3Dale MurphyATL37
Hits
  1. 1Wade BoggsBOS240
  2. 2Willie McGeeSTL216
  3. 3Don MattinglyNYY211
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Don MattinglyNYY145
  2. 2Dave ParkerCIN125
  3. 3Eddie MurrayBAL124
Runs
  1. 1Rickey HendersonNYY146
  2. 2Dale MurphyATL118
  3. 3Cal Ripken Jr.BAL116
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Vince ColemanSTL110
  2. 2Rickey HendersonNYY80
  3. 3Tim Raines Sr.WSH70
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Dwight GoodenNYM268
  2. 2Mario SotoCIN214
  3. 3Nolan Ryan Jr.HOU209
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Dwight GoodenNYM24
  2. 2Ron GuidryNYY22
  3. 3Joaquin AndujarSTL21
Saves
  1. 1Jeff ReardonWSH41
  2. 2Dan QuisenberryKC37
  3. 3Lee SmithCHC33

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1George BrettBAT18.4
  2. 2Don MattinglyBAT17.9
  3. 3Dale MurphyBAT17.3
  4. 4Rickey HendersonBAT17.1
  5. 5Pedro GuerreroBAT17
  6. 6Eddie MurrayBAT16.8
  7. 7Dave ParkerBAT16.5
  8. 8Dwight GoodenPITCH16.5
  9. 9Kirk GibsonBAT16
  10. 10Ryne SandbergBAT16
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Andres Galarraga1B196.5
  2. 2José CansecoRF194.2
  3. 3Paul O'NeillRF173.4
  4. 4Rick AguileraP161.2
  5. 5Randy MyersP138.9
  6. 6Devon WhiteCF137.7
  7. 7Cecil Fielder1B129.9
  8. 8Todd WorrellP119.2

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Rusty StaubOF223.5
  2. 2Rod Carew1B209.4
  3. 3Rollie FingersP194.5
  4. 4Al OliverCF193.8
  5. 5Jerry KoosmanP175.3
  6. 6Richie Hebner3B147.6
  7. 7Jeff BurroughsRF137.3
  8. 8Oscar GambleOF122.9

Teams · 26

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
St. Louis Cardinals101-61305.9John TudorPlayoffs
Toronto Blue Jays99-62214.2Jesse BarfieldPlayoffs
New York Mets98-64284.3Dwight Gooden
New York Yankees97-64209Don Mattingly
Los Angeles Dodgers95-67286Pedro GuerreroPlayoffs
Kansas City Royals91-71173.5George BrettPlayoffs
Los Angeles Angels90-72175.5Donnie Moore
Cincinnati Reds89-72260.4Dave Parker
Chicago White Sox85-77192.8Carlton Fisk
Washington Nationals84-77272.9Tim Raines Sr.
Detroit Tigers84-77201.1Kirk Gibson
Baltimore Orioles83-78196.5Eddie Murray
San Diego Padres83-79298.8Rich Gossage
Houston Astros83-79271.9Dave Smith
Boston Red Sox81-81191Wade Boggs
Chicago Cubs77-84260.3Ryne Sandberg
Athletics77-85184.8Steve Ontiveros
Minnesota Twins77-85167.8Kent Hrbek
Philadelphia Phillies75-87257.9Mike Schmidt
Seattle Mariners74-88187.2Phil Bradley
Milwaukee Brewers71-90163.6Cecil Cooper
Atlanta Braves66-96248.2Dale Murphy
Texas Rangers62-99153.2Greg Harris
San Francisco Giants62-100231.3Scott Garrelts
Cleveland Indians60-102161Brett Butler
Pittsburgh Pirates57-104191.6Rick Reuschel

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.