The 1985 Cleveland Indians season was the 85th for the franchise.

Offseason October 15, 1984: Jamie Quirk was released by the Indians.Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference October 15, 1984: Broderick Perkins was released by the Indians.Broderick Perkins at Baseball Reference January 7, 1985: Butch Benton was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians. January 9, 1985: Dave Von Ohlen was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Dave Von Ohlen at Baseball Reference March 22, 1985: Jerry Ujdur was released by the Indians.Jerry Ujdur at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 3, 1985: Doug Jones was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Doug Jones at Baseball Reference April 19, 1985: Benny Ayala was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Benny Ayala at Baseball Reference April 23, 1985: Geno Petralli was released by the Indians.Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference May 7, 1985:Johnnie LeMaster was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Jeffcoat and Luis Quiñones. Lemaster was made the starting shortstop. The previous shortstop, Julio Franco, moved to second base a position he had never played before, and Tony Bernazard benched in spite of his leading the team in home runs at the time. Bill James called these maneuvers 'strangest, most incomprehensible organizational stratagem in many years'. May 30, 1985: Johnnie LeMaster was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. July 3, 1985: The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Scott Bailes to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on May 30, 1985, for Johnnie LeMaster. August 1, 1985: Bert Blyleven was traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Curt Wardle, Jay Bell, Jim Weaver and a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins completed the deal by sending Rich Yett to the Indians on September 17.Bert Blyleven at Baseball Reference

Draft picks The Cleveland Indians drafted pitcher Mike Poehl with the ninth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.

Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position2 Brett Butler CF14 Julio Franco SS27 Mel Hall LF30 Joe Carter DH10 Pat Tabler 1B26 Brook Jacoby 3B24 George Vukovich RF23 Chris Bando C4 Tony Bernazard 2B28 Bert Blyleven P 1985 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1985 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Hitting) (Third Base) (Pitching) (First Base) (Bullpen)

Player stats

Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB 46 76 10 19 7 0 2 15 .250 0 73 173 11 24 4 1 0 13 .139 0 31 67 5 12 4 0 0 7 .179 0 153 500 73 137 26 3 11 59 .274 17 152 591 106 184 28 14 5 50 .311 47 143 489 64 128 27 0 15 59 .262 24 67 184 27 45 5 1 11 25 .245 3 73 60 12 12 4 1 0 2 .200 0 160 636 97 183 33 4 6 90 .288 13 23 66 7 21 6 0 0 12 .318 0 107 284 31 81 14 1 1 27 .285 1 161 606 72 166 26 3 20 87 .274 2 11 20 0 3 0 0 0 2 .150 0 104 162 34 38 4 0 3 9 .235 20 117 404 47 111 18 3 5 59 .275 0 124 461 49 109 13 0 22 88 .236 3 149 434 43 106 22 0 8 45 .244 2 104 300 39 81 13 0 7 36 .270 0 4 14 2 5 0 0 0 4 .357 0 Team totals 162 5527 729 1465 254 31 116 689 .265 132

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K 0 3 5.27 21 0 1 41.0 37 26 24 15 30 0 2 7.78 4 4 0 19.2 29 17 17 8 4 9 11 3.26 23 23 0 179.2 163 76 65 49 129 0 1 8.10 2 0 0 3.1 4 3 3 1 2 3 4 6.32 31 3 2 62.2 78 47 44 34 24 2 5 4.79 15 8 0 62.0 73 35 33 23 31 4 1 3.92 50 7 0 98.2 96 52 43 53 58 9 17 4.90 36 33 0 207.2 244 119 113 80 82 0 0 2.79 9 0 0 9.2 8 5 3 6 4 3 5 4.11 33 5 8 72.1 67 41 33 19 37 0 4 6.61 5 3 0 16.1 13 17 12 14 12 2 3 6.58 19 10 0 64.1 69 48 47 38 38 2 10 4.32 42 16 3 125.0 139 65 60 30 54 4 10 6.01 19 18 0 94.1 128 75 63 19 37 1 4 5.34 12 11 0 62.1 84 40 37 17 28 3 8 6.30 57 0 5 80.0 95 63 56 48 30 3 2 2.91 26 0 0 43.1 47 20 14 20 12 8 6 4.87 49 9 9 112.2 104 61 61 39 53 7 6 6.68 15 12 0 66.0 78 51 49 34 37 Team totals 60 102 4.91 162 162 28 1421.0 1556 861 776 547 702

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

References

1985 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1985 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac