1985 Cincinnati Reds season

1985 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Riverfront Stadium (since 1970)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Marge Schott
General manager(s)	Bill Bergesch
Manager(s)	Pete Rose
Local television	WLWT (Joe Morgan, Ken Wilson)
Local radio	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The Cincinnati Reds' 1985 season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West. The Reds finished in second place, 5½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. This year, the Reds adopted an alternate uniform. Reds pitcher Tom Browning became the last 20th Century pitcher to win 20 games in his rookie year.^[1]

Regular season

Pete Rose

On September 11, 1985, Rose was thought to have broken Ty Cobb's all-time hits record with his 4,192nd hit, a single to left-center field off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show. A subsequent independent review of Cobb's hits, however, revealed that two of them were double-counted.^[2]^[3] As a result, it has been suggested that Pete Rose actually broke the all-time hits record against the Cubs' Reggie Patterson with a single in the first in the Reds 5-5 called game against Chicago on September 8.

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	0.586	—	48–33	47–34
Cincinnati Reds	89	72	0.553	5½	47–34	42–38
Houston Astros	83	79	0.512	12	44–37	39–42
San Diego Padres	83	79	0.512	12	44–37	39–42
Atlanta Braves	66	96	0.407	29	32–49	34–47
San Francisco Giants	62	100	0.383	33	38–43	24–57

Record vs. opponents

1985 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	7–11	8–10	5–13	3–9	2–10	10–2	6–6	7–11	10–8	3–9
Chicago	7–5	—	5–6	5–7	5–7	7–11	4–14	13–5	13–5	8–4	6–6	4–14
Cincinnati	11–7	6–5	—	11–7	7–11	8–4	4–8	7–5	9–3	9–9	12–6	5–7
Houston	10–8	7–5	7–11	—	6–12	6–6	4–8	4–8	6–6	12–6	15–3	6–6
Los Angeles	13–5	7–5	11–7	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	4–8	8–4	8–10	11–7	7–5
Montreal	9–3	11–7	4–8	6–6	5–7	—	9–9	8–10	9–8	5–7	7–5	11–7
New York	10–2	14–4	8–4	8–4	5–7	9–9	—	11–7	10–8	7–5	8–4	8–10
Philadelphia	2-10	5–13	5–7	8–4	8–4	10–8	7–11	—	11–7	5–7	6–6	8–10
Pittsburgh	6–6	5–13	3–9	6–6	4–8	8–9	8–10	7–11	—	4–8	3–9	3–15
San Diego	11–7	4–8	9–9	6–12	10–8	7–5	5–7	7–5	8–4	—	12–6	4–8
San Francisco	8–10	6–6	6–12	3–15	7–11	5–7	4–8	6–6	9–3	6–12	—	2–10
St. Louis	9–3	14–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	7–11	10–8	10–8	15–3	8–4	10–2	—

Notable transactions

April 10, 1985: Tony Pérez was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[4]
April 26, 1985: Skeeter Barnes was traded by the Reds to the Montreal Expos for Max Venable.^[5]
June 3, 1985: Barry Larkin was drafted by the Reds in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.^[6]
June 12, 1985: Brad Gulden was purchased by the Houston Astros from the Cincinnati Reds.^[7]
August 8, 1985: Alan Knicely, Tom Foley and a player to be named later were traded by the Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bo Díaz and Greg Simpson (minors). The Reds completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Phillies on August 27.^[8]
August 29, 1985: César Cedeño was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mark Jackson (minors).^[9]

Roster

1985 Cincinnati Reds roster

Roster

Pitchers

32 Tom Browning

51 Bob Buchanan

31 John Franco

47 Tom Hume

37 Andy McGaffigan

46,54 Rob Murphy

35 Frank Pastore

48 Ted Power

49 Joe Price

33 Ron Robinson

34,53 Mike Smith

36 Mario Soto

42 John Stuper

38 Jay Tibbs

40 Carl Willis

Catchers

11 Dann Bilardello

8 Bo Díaz

34 Alan Knicely

23 Dave Van Gorder

Infielders

25 Buddy Bell

13 Dave Concepción

12 Nick Esasky

10 Tom Foley

15 Wayne Krenchicki

16 Ron Oester

24 Tony Pérez

14 Pete Rose

17,56 Wade Rowdon

10 Tom Runnells

Outfielders

28 César Cedeño

44 Eric Davis

20 Eddie Milner

21,57 Paul O'Neill

39 Dave Parker

2 Gary Redus

9,25 Max Venable

26 Duane Walker

Manager

14 Pete Rose

Coaches

7 Billy DeMars

19 Tommy Helms

45 Jim Kaat

6 Bruce Kimm

3 George Scherger

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Van Gorder, DaveDave Van Gorder	73	151	12	36	.238	2	24	0
1B	Rose, PetePete Rose	119	405	60	107	.264	2	46	8
2B	Oester, RonRon Oester	152	526	59	155	.295	1	34	5
3B	Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell	67	247	28	54	.219	6	36	0
SS	Concepción, DaveDave Concepción	155	560	59	141	.252	7	48	16
LF	Esasky, NickNick Esasky	125	413	61	108	.262	21	66	3
CF	Milner, EddieEddie Milner	145	453	82	115	.254	3	33	35
RF	Parker, DaveDave Parker	160	635	88	198	.312	34	125	5

^[10]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Redus, GaryGary Redus	101	246	51	62	.252	6	28	48
Cedeño, CésarCésar Cedeño	83	220	24	53	.241	3	30	9
Pérez, TonyTony Pérez	72	183	25	60	.328	6	33	0
Krenchicki, WayneWayne Krenchicki	90	173	16	47	.272	4	25	0
Díaz, BoBo Díaz	51	161	12	42	.261	3	15	0
Knicely, AlanAlan Knicely	48	158	17	40	.253	5	26	0
Davis, EricEric Davis	56	122	26	30	.246	8	18	16
Foley, TomTom Foley	43	92	7	18	.196	0	6	1
O'Neill, PaulPaul O'Neill	5	12	1	4	.333	0	1	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

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

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

Dave Parker – National League Leader in RBIs (125)
Dave Parker – National League Leader in Doubles (42)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Zephyrs	American Association	Gene Dusan
AA	Vermont Reds	Eastern League	Jack Lind
A	Tampa Tarpons	Florida State League	Marc Bombard
A	Cedar Rapids Reds	Midwest League	Jay Ward
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Sam Mejías
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Jim Lett

References

↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.347, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ "The 2005 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia – book review". curledup.com. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
↑ Schwarz, Alan (July 31, 2005). "Numbers Are Cast in Bronze, but Are Not Set in Stone". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
↑ Tony Pérez at Baseball Reference
↑ Skeeter Barnes at Baseball Reference
↑ Barry Larkin at Baseball Reference
↑ "Brad Gulden Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
↑ Alan Knicely at Baseball Reference
↑ Cesar Cedeno at Baseball Reference
↑ "1985 Cincinnati Reds Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.

1985 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference
1985 National League Standings at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

1985 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1985 MLB draft 1985 All-Star Game 1985 strike 1985 World Series

Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Riverside Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Rivalries

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Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Walt Jocketty
General Manager: Dick Williams
Manager: Bryan Price

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

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Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

Louisville Bats (AAA)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA)
Daytona Tortugas (A Adv.)
Dayton Dragons (A)
Billings Mustangs (Rookie Adv.)
AZL Reds (Rookie)
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