# 1985 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1985 season was their ninth since the franchise creation. They finished sixth in the American League West with a record of 74–88 (.457).

## Regular season

* July 9: Against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Kingdome in Seattle, Jays catcher Buck Martinez executed a double play by tagging out two runners at home plate. In the third inning, Phil Bradley was on second when Gorman Thomas singled. Bradley was tagged out at home, on a throw from Jesse Barfield to Martinez with a collision in which Martinez broke his ankle; he was sitting on the ground in agony and threw the ball to third base in an attempt to tag out Thomas. The throw went into left field and Thomas continued running; left fielder George Bell threw the ball back to Martinez, still seated on the ground in pain, who tagged Thomas out.

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Kansas City Royals | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 50‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍39 |
| California Angels | 90 | 72 | .556 | 1 | 49‍–‍30 | 41‍–‍42 |
| Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6 | 45‍–‍36 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Minnesota Twins | 77 | 85 | .475 | 14 | 49‍–‍35 | 28‍–‍50 |
| Oakland Athletics | 77 | 85 | .475 | 14 | 43‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍49 |
| Seattle Mariners | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17 | 42‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍47 |
| Texas Rangers | 62 | 99 | .385 | 28½ | 37‍–‍43 | 25‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1985 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 1–12 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 4–8 |
| Boston | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 4–8–1 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 |
| California | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 5–8 | — | 10–2 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 3–9 |
| Cleveland | 5–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 2–10 | — | 5–8 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
| Detroit | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 9–4 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
| Milwaukee | 4–9 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 4–9 | 4–8 | — | 9–3 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 8–3 | 4–9 |
| Minnesota | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 3–9 | — | 3–9 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 4–8 |
| New York | 12–1 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 2–10 |
| Texas | 2–10 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 3–10 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–6 | — | 3–9 |
| Toronto | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 3, 1985: Mike Schooler was drafted by the Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft.
* June 20, 1985: Mike Stanton was released by the Mariners.

### Roster
## Player stats
### 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 | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Bob Kearney | 108 | 305 | 74 | .243 | 6 | 27 |
| 1B | Alvin Davis | 155 | 578 | 166 | .287 | 18 | 78 |
| 2B | Jack Perconte | 125 | 485 | 128 | .264 | 2 | 23 |
| SS | Spike Owen | 118 | 352 | 91 | .259 | 6 | 37 |
| 3B | Jim Presley | 155 | 570 | 157 | .275 | 28 | 84 |
| LF | Phil Bradley | 159 | 641 | 192 | .300 | 26 | 88 |
| CF | Dave Henderson | 139 | 502 | 121 | .241 | 14 | 68 |
| RF | Al Cowens | 122 | 452 | 120 | .265 | 14 | 69 |
| DH | Gorman Thomas | 135 | 484 | 104 | .215 | 32 | 87 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Iván Calderón | 67 | 210 | 60 | .286 | 8 | 28 |
| Donnie Scott | 80 | 185 | 41 | .222 | 4 | 23 |
| Domingo Ramos | 75 | 168 | 33 | .196 | 1 | 15 |
| Ken Phelps | 61 | 116 | 24 | .207 | 9 | 24 |
| Barry Bonnell | 48 | 111 | 27 | .243 | 1 | 10 |
| Harold Reynolds | 67 | 104 | 15 | .144 | 0 | 6 |
| Dave Valle | 31 | 70 | 11 | .157 | 0 | 4 |
| John Moses | 33 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 3 |
| Danny Tartabull | 19 | 61 | 20 | .328 | 1 | 7 |
| Darnell Coles | 27 | 59 | 14 | .237 | 1 | 5 |
| Al Chambers | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Nelson | 6 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 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 |
| Mike Moore | 35 | 247.0 | 17 | 10 | 3.46 | 155 |
| Matt Young | 37 | 218.1 | 12 | 19 | 4.91 | 136 |
| Mark Langston | 24 | 126.2 | 7 | 14 | 5.47 | 72 |
| Frank Wills | 24 | 123.0 | 5 | 11 | 6.00 | 67 |
| Bill Swift | 23 | 120.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.77 | 55 |
| Jim Beattie | 18 | 70.1 | 5 | 6 | 7.29 | 45 |
| Mike Morgan | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 12.00 | 2 |
| Bill Wilkinson | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Salomé Barojas | 17 | 52.2 | 0 | 5 | 5.98 | 27 |
| Brian Snyder | 15 | 35.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.37 | 23 |
| Jim Lewis | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Edwin Núñez | 70 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 3.09 | 58 |
| Ed Vande Berg | 76 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.72 | 34 |
| Roy Thomas | 40 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.36 | 70 |
| Bob Long | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.76 | 29 |
| Mike Stanton | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.28 | 17 |
| Karl Best | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.95 | 32 |
| Jack Lazorko | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.54 | 7 |
| Dave Geisel | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.33 | 17 |
| Paul Mirabella | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.32 | 8 |
| Dave Tobik | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 8 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Calgary Cannons | Pacific Coast League | Bobby Floyd |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern League | Bill Plummer |
| A | Salinas Spurs | California League | R. J. Harrison |
| A | Wausau Timbers | Midwest League | Greg Mahlberg |
| A-Short Season | Bellingham Mariners | Northwest League | Gary Pellant |