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1985 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Toronto TOR 99 62 .615 -- NewYorkY NYY 97 64 .602 2.0 Detroit DET 84 77 .522 15.0 Bltmore BAL 83 78 .516 16.0 BostonRS BOS 81 81 .500 18.5 Milwkee MIL 71 90 .441 28.0 Clvlnd CLE 60 102 .370 39.5 West Division Team W L WL% GB KansasCy KCR 91 71 .562 -- Califrna CAL 90 72 .556 1.0 ChicagoW CHW 85 77 .525 6.0 Minnesta MIN 77 85 .475 14.0 Oakland OAK 77 85 .475 14.0 Seattle SEA 74 88 .457 17.0 Texas TEX 62 99 .385 28.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-3):   Kansas City Royals over St. Louis Cardinals AL Championship Series (4-3):   Kansas City Royals over Toronto Blue Jays BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1985 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  5.21   839  161  5458  1458  272  31  176  620   771  .267  .342  .425  155   53 112  5.14  5.28
 BAL  5.08   818  161  5517  1451  234  22  214  604   908  .263  .336  .430   69   43 111  5.11  5.05
 BOS  4.91   800  163  5720  1615  292  31  162  562   816  .282  .347  .429   66   27 108  5.12  4.70
 TOR  4.71   759  161  5508  1482  281  53  158  503   807  .269  .330  .425  144   77 103  4.95  4.48
 OAK  4.67   757  162  5581  1475  230  34  155  508   861  .264  .326  .401  117   58 105  4.41  4.93
 DET  4.53   729  161  5575  1413  254  45  202  526   926  .253  .318  .424   75   41 102  4.77  4.29
 CAL  4.52   732  162  5442  1364  215  31  153  648   902  .251  .330  .386  106   51  97  4.68  4.36
 CHW  4.52   736  163  5470  1386  247  37  146  471   843  .253  .313  .392  108   56  90  4.43  4.60
 CLE  4.50   729  162  5527  1465  254  31  116  492   817  .265  .325  .385  132   72  95  4.69  4.31
 SEA  4.44   719  162  5521  1410  277  38  171  564   942  .255  .324  .412   94   35 101  4.34  4.54
 MIN  4.35   705  162  5509  1453  282  41  141  502   779  .264  .325  .407   68   44  96  4.85  3.82
 MIL  4.29   690  161  5568  1467  250  44  101  462   746  .263  .320  .379   69   34  91  4.60  3.98
 KCR  4.24   687  162  5500  1384  261  49  154  473   840  .252  .311  .401  128   48  95  4.35  4.13
 TEX  3.83   617  161  5361  1359  213  41  129  530   819  .253  .321  .381  130   76  91  4.45  3.22
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.56 10317 2264 77257 20182 3562 528 2178 7465 11777  .261  .327  .406 1461  715

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOR  3.65   588  161  3.31  1448  1312   8.1   484  3.0  147   823   18     3     9  47 129  3.30  4.00
 KCR  3.94   639  162  3.49  1461  1433   8.8   463  2.9  103   846   27     9    11  41 119  3.87  4.03
 NYY  4.10   660  161  3.69  1440  1373   8.5   518  3.2  157   907   25     5     9  49 109  3.60  4.59
 DET  4.27   688  161  3.78  1456  1313   8.2   556  3.5  141   943   31     7    11  40 107  4.54  4.00
 CAL  4.34   703  162  3.91  1457  1453   9.0   514  3.2  171   767   22     5     8  41 106  4.19  4.48
 BOS  4.42   720  163  4.06  1461  1487   9.1   540  3.3  130   913   35     5     8  29 106  4.41  4.43
 CHW  4.42   720  163  4.07  1451  1411   8.7   569  3.5  161  1023   20     6     8  39 106  4.46  4.38
 BAL  4.75   764  161  4.38  1427  1480   9.2   568  3.5  160   793   32     6     6  33  92  4.62  4.88
 MIL  4.98   802  161  4.39  1437  1510   9.4   499  3.1  175   777   34     5     5  37  95  5.20  4.77
 OAK  4.86   787  162  4.41  1453  1451   9.0   607  3.7  172   785   10     1     6  41  87  4.39  5.30
 MIN  4.83   782  162  4.48  1426  1468   9.1   462  2.9  164   767   41     6     7  34  97  4.68  4.99
 TEX  4.88   785  161  4.56  1411  1479   9.2   501  3.1  173   863   18     3     5  33  93  5.08  4.68
 SEA  5.05   818  162  4.68  1432  1456   9.0   637  3.9  154   868   23     5     8  30  90  4.69  5.43
 CLE  5.31   861  162  4.91  1421  1556   9.6   547  3.4  170   702   24     5     7  28  84  4.68  5.95
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.56 10317 2264  4.15 20181 20182   9.0  7465  3.3 2178 11777  360         108 522

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 TOR  125  164  .980   .723  2,468,925  30,862   99-62  54-26 45-36 104 103 27.9 28.9   0   4  25   $8,812,550 Cox
 NYY  123  172  .979   .709  2,214,587  27,682   98-63  58-22 39-42  98  97 28.8 30.9   2   3  23  $14,238,204 Berra and Martin
 KCR  127  160  .980   .700  2,162,717  26,375   86-76  50-32 41-39 100 100 30.9 26.1   1   1  16   $9,321,179 Howser
 CAL  112  202  .982   .709  2,567,427  32,499   84-78  49-30 41-42 100 100 32.2 28.3   3   1  34  $14,427,894 Mauch
 CHW  111  152  .982   .701  1,669,888  20,616   83-79  45-36 40-41 104 104 27.6 28.7   2   2  18   $9,846,178 LaRussa
 DET  141  152  .977   .717  2,286,609  28,230   85-76  44-37 40-40 100  98 29.5 29.1   0   6  18  $10,348,143 Anderson
 BAL  115  168  .980   .698  2,132,387  26,326   86-75  45-36 38-42  97  97 29.6 28.7   2   2  15  $11,560,712 Altobelli, Ripken, and Weaver
 BOS  145  161  .977   .689  1,786,633  22,057   89-73  43-37 38-44 104 104 29.5 26.8   1   3  25  $10,897,560 McNamara
 MIN  120  139  .980   .702  1,651,814  19,664   73-89  49-35 28-50 105 105 26.3 28.1   1   1  27   $5,764,821 Gardner and Miller
 OAK  140  137  .977   .710  1,334,599  16,894   78-84  43-36 34-49  92  92 29.6 28.9   1   1  21   $9,058,606 Moore
 SEA  122  156  .980   .696  1,128,696  13,599   71-91  42-41 32-47 100 101 26.9 26.1   0   1  24   $4,613,000 Cottier
 MIL  142  153  .977   .697  1,360,265  17,003   69-92  40-40 31-50 100 101 29.9 30.2   3   2  20  $11,284,107 Bamberger
 TEX  119  145  .980   .694  1,112,497  13,906   63-98  37-43 25-56 101 102 29.1 29.2   0   1  21   $7,676,500 Rader and Valentine
 CLE  141  161  .977   .691    655,181   8,089   69-93  38-43 22-59  99 100 28.0 27.4   0   1  24   $6,551,666 Corrales
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Don Mattingly NYY .324/.371/.567 Cy Young Award Bret Saberhagen KCR 20-6  2.87 158 SO Rookie of the Year Ozzie Guillen CHW .273/.291/.358 Manager of the Year Bobby Cox Rolaids Relief Dan Quisenberry KCR 8-9 (37 sv) 2.37 54 SO ALCS MVP George Brett KCR .348/.500/.826

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Ron Guidry Catcher Lance Parrish First Base Don Mattingly Second Base Lou Whitaker Third Base George Brett Shortstop Alfredo Griffin Outfield Dwight Evans, Dwayne Murphy, Gary Pettis, and Dave Winfield Silver Slugger Winners Catcher Carlton Fisk First Base Don Mattingly Second Base Lou Whitaker Third Base George Brett Shortstop Cal Ripken Outfield George Bell, Rickey Henderson, and Dave Winfield

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Boggs-BOS .368 Brett-KCR .335 Mattingly-NYY .324 Henderson-NYY .314 Butler-CLE .311	On-base % Boggs-BOS .450 Brett-KCR .436 Harrah-TEX .432 Henderson-NYY .419 Murray-BAL .383	Slugging % Brett-KCR .585 Mattingly-NYY .567 Barfield-TOR .536 Murray-BAL .523 Evans-DET .519	OPS Brett-KCR 1.022 Mattingly-NYY .939 Henderson-NYY .934 Boggs-BOS .928 Murray-BAL .906
Games Walker-CHW 163 Buckner-BOS 162 Griffin-OAK 162 Boggs-BOS 161 Fernandez-TOR 161 Jacoby-CLE 161 Puckett-MIN 161 Ripken-BAL 161	At Bats Puckett-MIN 691 Buckner-BOS 673 Boggs-BOS 653 Mattingly-NYY 652 Ripken-BAL 642	Plate Appearances (approx.) Boggs-BOS 758 Evans-BOS 744 Puckett-MIN 744 Mattingly-NYY 727 Buckner-BOS 718 Ripken-BAL 718	Runs Henderson-NYY 146 Ripken-BAL 116 Murray-BAL 111 Evans-BOS 110 Brett-KCR 108
Hits Boggs-BOS 240 Mattingly-NYY 211 Buckner-BOS 201 Puckett-MIN 199 Baines-CHW 198	Total Bases Mattingly-NYY 370 Brett-KCR 322 Bradley-SEA 319 Boggs-BOS 312 Murray-BAL 305	Doubles Mattingly-NYY 48 Buckner-BOS 46 Boggs-BOS 42 Cooper-MIL 39 Brett-KCR 38 Walker-CHW 38	Triples Wilson-KCR 21 Butler-CLE 14 Puckett-MIN 13 Fernandez-TOR 10 Barfield-TOR 9 Guillen-CHW 9
Home Runs Evans-DET 40 Fisk-CHW 37 Balboni-KCR 36 Mattingly-NYY 35 Thomas-SEA 32	RBI Mattingly-NYY 145 Murray-BAL 124 Winfield-NYY 114 Baines-CHW 113 Brett-KCR 112	Bases on Balls Evans-BOS 114 Harrah-TEX 113 Brett-KCR 103 Henderson-NYY 99 Boggs-BOS 96	Strikeouts Balboni-KCR 166 Barfield-TOR 143 Jackson-CAL 138 Gibson-DET 137 Bradley-SEA 129 Easler-BOS 129
Stolen Bases Henderson-NYY 80 Pettis-CAL 56 Butler-CLE 47 Wilson-KCR 43 Smith-KCR 40	Singles Boggs-BOS 187 Puckett-MIN 153 Baines-CHW 144 Franco-CLE 140 Griffin-OAK 139	Adjusted OPS+ Brett-KCR 178 Henderson-NYY 157 Mattingly-NYY 156 Boggs-BOS 151 Murray-BAL 149	Runs Created Brett-KCR 146 Boggs-BOS 143 Henderson-NYY 138 Mattingly-NYY 136 Murray-BAL 122
Adjusted Batting Runs Brett-KCR 66 Boggs-BOS 53 Mattingly-NYY 51 Henderson-NYY 48 Murray-BAL 42	Batting Wins Brett-KCR 6.3 Boggs-BOS 5.2 Mattingly-NYY 4.9 Henderson-NYY 4.7 Murray-BAL 4.1	Extra-Base Hits Mattingly-NYY 86 Brett-KCR 73 Gibson-DET 71 Barfield-TOR 70 Murray-BAL 69	Times on Base Boggs-BOS 340 Brett-KCR 290 Evans-BOS 281 Henderson-NYY 274 Mattingly-NYY 269
Offensive Win% Brett-KCR .808 Henderson-NYY .784 Boggs-BOS .764 Mattingly-NYY .719 Murray-BAL .717	Hit By Pitch Baylor-NYY 24 Fisk-CHW 17 Downing-CAL 13 Bradley-SEA 12 Lemon-DET 10	Sac. Hits Meacham-NYY 23 Boone-CAL 16 Hill-OAK 16 Barrett-BOS 12 Concepcion-KCR 12 Schofield-CAL 12	Sac. Flies Mattingly-NYY 15 Brunansky-MIN 13 Buckner-BOS 11 Baines-CHW 10 Baylor-NYY 10 Cooper-MIL 10 Gibson-DET 10 Oglivie-MIL 10
Intentional Walks Brett-KCR 31 Gibson-DET 16 Mattingly-NYY 13 Evans-DET 12 Fisk-CHW 12 Hrbek-MIN 12 Jackson-CAL 12 Murray-BAL 12	Grounded into Double Plays Rice-BOS 35 Ripken-BAL 32 Presley-SEA 29 Franco-CLE 26 Cooper-MIL 24 Randolph-NYY 24	Caught Stealing Butler-CLE 20 Garcia-TOR 15 Moseby-TOR 15 Wiggins-BAL 13 Puckett-MIN 12 Tolleson-TEX 12	Power/Speed Number Henderson-NYY 36.9 Gibson-DET 29.5 Barfield-TOR 24.2 Moseby-TOR 24.2 Bell-TOR 24.0 Davis-OAK 24.0
At Bats per Strikeout Buckner-BOS 18.7 Simmons-MIL 16.5 Mattingly-NYY 15.9 Garcia-TOR 14.6 Butler-CLE 14.1	At Bats per Home Run Evans-DET 12.6 Fisk-CHW 14.7 Thomas-SEA 15.1 Young-BAL 16.1 Balboni-KCR 16.7	Outs Puckett-MIN 521 Buckner-BOS 505 Ripken-BAL 504 Franco-CLE 497 Winfield-NYY 487	ERA Stieb-TOR 2.48 Leibrandt-KCR 2.69 Saberhagen-KCR 2.87 Key-TOR 3.00 Blyleven-TOT 3.16
Wins Guidry-NYY 22 Saberhagen-KCR 20 Burns-CHW 18 Viola-MIN 18 Alexander-TOR 17 Blyleven-TOT 17 Leibrandt-KCR 17 Moore-SEA 17	Won-Loss % Guidry-NYY .786 Saberhagen-KCR .769 Key-TOR .700 Cowley-NYY .667 Leibrandt-KCR .654	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Saberhagen-KCR 1.058 Guidry-NYY 1.100 Key-TOR 1.119 Hough-TEX 1.123 Petry-DET 1.135	Hits Allowed/9IP Stieb-TOR 7.00 Hough-TEX 7.12 Petry-DET 7.16 Morris-DET 7.42 Higuera-MIL 7.88
Bases on Balls/9IP Saberhagen-KCR 1.45 Guidry-NYY 1.46 Butcher-MIN 1.86 Key-TOR 2.12 Boyd-BOS 2.21	Strikeouts/9IP Bannister-CHW 8.46 Hurst-BOS 7.42 Burns-CHW 6.82 Morris-DET 6.69 Tanana-TOT 6.66	Games Quisenberry-KCR 84 Vande Berg-SEA 76 Hernandez-DET 74 Righetti-NYY 74 Nunez-SEA 70	Saves Quisenberry-KCR 37 James-CHW 32 Hernandez-DET 31 Moore-CAL 31 Howell-OAK 29 Righetti-NYY 29
Innings Blyleven-TOT 293.7 Boyd-BOS 272.3 Stieb-TOR 265.0 Alexander-TOR 260.7 Guidry-NYY 259.0	Strikeouts Blyleven-TOT 206 Bannister-CHW 198 Morris-DET 191 Hurst-BOS 189 Witt-CAL 180	Games Started Blyleven-TOT 37 Codiroli-OAK 37 Smithson-MIN 37 Alexander-TOR 36 Stieb-TOR 36 Viola-MIN 36	Comp. Games Blyleven-TOT 24 Hough-TEX 14 Moore-SEA 14 Boyd-BOS 13 Morris-DET 13
Shutouts Blyleven-TOT 5 Burns-CHW 4 Morris-DET 4 Boyd-BOS 3 Jackson-KCR 3 Leibrandt-KCR 3 Smithson-MIN 3 Terrell-DET 3	Home Runs Allow. Darwin-MIL 34 McGregor-BAL 34 Hurst-BOS 31 Bannister-CHW 30 Cowley-NYY 29 Martinez-BAL 29 Niekro-NYY 29 Romanick-CAL 29	Bases On Balls Allow. Niekro-NYY 120 Morris-DET 110 Bannister-CHW 100 Lollar-TOT 98 Witt-CAL 98	Hits Allowed Boyd-BOS 273 Alexander-TOR 268 Blyleven-TOT 264 Smithson-MIN 264 Viola-MIN 262
SO to Walk Saberhagen-KCR 4.16 Guidry-NYY 3.40 Tanana-TOT 2.79 Blyleven-TOT 2.75 Hurst-BOS 2.70	Losses Young-SEA 19 Darwin-MIL 18 Boddicker-BAL 17 Heaton-CLE 17 Blyleven-TOT 16 Hough-TEX 16	Earned Runs Allow. Smithson-MIN 124 Young-SEA 119 Butcher-MIN 115 Hurst-BOS 115 Bannister-CHW 114 Viola-MIN 114	Wild Pitches Morris-DET 15 Cocanower-MIL 13 Gubicza-KCR 12 Bannister-CHW 11 Hough-TEX 11 Nelson-CHW 11 Witt-CAL 11
Hit Batsmen Smithson-MIN 15 Blyleven-TOT 9 Martinez-BAL 9 Nipper-BOS 9 Stieb-TOR 9	Batters Faced Blyleven-TOT 1203 Boyd-BOS 1132 Alexander-TOR 1090 Smithson-MIN 1088 Stieb-TOR 1087	Games Finished Quisenberry-KCR 76 Hernandez-DET 64 James-CHW 60 Righetti-NYY 60 Howell-OAK 58	Adjusted ERA+ Stieb-TOR 172 Leibrandt-KCR 154 Saberhagen-KCR 145 Key-TOR 142 Seaver-CHW 136
Salary Winfield-NYY $1,795,704 Murray-BAL $1,472,819 Henderson-NYY $1,470,000 Kemp-NYY $1,420,000 Cruz-CHW $1,242,333	Oldest Player Niekro-NYY 1939-04-01 (46) John-TOT 1943-05-22 (42) Niekro-NYY 1944-11-07 (40) Seaver-CHW 1944-11-17 (40) Sutton-TOT 1945-04-02 (40)	Youngest Player Correa-CHW 1966-04-29 (19) Lee-TOR 1965-06-17 (20) Rijo-OAK 1965-05-13 (20) Davis-CHW 1965-01-30 (20) Wilkinson-SEA 1964-08-10 (20)

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Starters P. Jack Morris (DET) C. Carlton Fisk (CHW) 1B. Eddie Murray (BAL) 2B. Lou Whitaker (DET) 3B. George Brett (KCR) SS. Cal Ripken (BAL) LF. Jim Rice (BOS) CF. Rickey Henderson (NYY) RF. Dave Winfield (NYY)		Harold Baines* (CHW) Bert Blyleven* (CLE) Wade Boggs* (BOS) Phil Bradley* (SEA) Tom Brunansky* (MIN) Cecil Cooper* (MIL) Damaso Garcia* (TOR) Rich Gedman* (BOS) Willie Hernandez* (DET)		Jay Howell (OAK) Jimmy Key* (TOR) Don Mattingly* (NYY) Paul Molitor* (MIL) Donnie Moore* (CAL) Lance Parrish (DET) Dan Petry* (DET) Dave Stieb* (TOR) Alan Trammell* (DET)		Gary Ward* (TEX) Ernie Whitt* (TOR)

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