1985 American League (AL) Statistics and Awards

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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

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Postseason

World Series (4-3):	Kansas City Royals over St. Louis Cardinals
AL Championship Series (4-3):	Kansas City Royals over Toronto Blue Jays

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1985 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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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 28.0 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 30.7 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 32.0 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 27.7 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 29.4 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 26.4 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 29.5 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 27.9 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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Box Score and Play-by-Play
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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Box Score and Play-by-Play
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)