# 1985 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1985 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 16th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and the 17th overall.
The Brewers' finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 90 losses and missed the postseason for the 3rd consecutive season.

## Offseason

* December 7, 1984: Don Sutton was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Ray Burris, Eric Barry (minors), and a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Ed Myers (minors) to the Brewers on March 25, 1985.
* January 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
* January 8, 1985: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
* January 18, 1985: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals as part of a 4-team trade. Danny Darwin and a player to be named later were traded by the Texas Rangers to the Brewers, and Tim Leary was traded by the New York Mets to the Brewers. Don Slaught was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Rangers. Frank Wills was traded by the Royals to the Mets. The Rangers completed the trade by sending Bill Nance (minors) to the Brewers on January 30.
* April 3, 1985: Yutaka Enatsu was cut after a spring training tryout with the team at age 36.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 99 | 62 | .615 | — | 54‍–‍26 | 45‍–‍36 |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 64 | .602 | 2 | 58‍–‍22 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 84 | 77 | .522 | 15 | 44‍–‍37 | 40‍–‍40 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 83 | 78 | .516 | 16 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 81 | 81 | .500 | 18½ | 43‍–‍37 | 38‍–‍44 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 71 | 90 | .441 | 28 | 40‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Cleveland Indians | 60 | 102 | .370 | 39½ | 38‍–‍43 | 22‍–‍59 |

### 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 17, 1985: Jim Kern was released by the Brewers.

#### Draft picks

* June 3, 1985: B. J. Surhoff was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.
* June 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.

### 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 | Charlie Moore | 105 | 349 | 81 | .232 | 0 | 31 |
| 1B | Cecil Cooper | 154 | 631 | 185 | .293 | 16 | 99 |
| 2B | Jim Gantner | 143 | 523 | 133 | .254 | 5 | 44 |
| SS | Ernie Riles | 116 | 448 | 128 | .286 | 5 | 45 |
| 3B | Paul Molitor | 140 | 576 | 171 | .297 | 10 | 48 |
| LF | Robin Yount | 122 | 466 | 129 | .277 | 15 | 68 |
| CF | Rick Manning | 79 | 216 | 47 | .218 | 2 | 18 |
| RF | Paul Householder | 95 | 299 | 77 | .258 | 11 | 34 |
| DH | Ted Simmons | 143 | 528 | 144 | .273 | 12 | 76 |

#### 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 |
| Ben Oglivie | 101 | 341 | 99 | .290 | 10 | 61 |
| Ed Romero | 88 | 251 | 63 | .251 | 0 | 21 |
| Bill Schroeder | 53 | 194 | 47 | .242 | 8 | 25 |
| Randy Ready | 48 | 181 | 48 | .265 | 1 | 21 |
| Mark Brouhard | 37 | 108 | 28 | .259 | 1 | 13 |
| Bobby Clark | 29 | 93 | 21 | .226 | 0 | 8 |
| Doug Loman | 24 | 66 | 14 | .212 | 0 | 7 |
| Carlos Ponce | 21 | 62 | 10 | .161 | 1 | 5 |
| Brian Giles | 34 | 58 | 10 | .172 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Felder | 15 | 56 | 11 | .196 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Jo Robidoux | 18 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 3 | 8 |
| Dion James | 18 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Huppert | 15 | 21 | 1 | .048 | 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 |
| Danny Darwin | 39 | 217.2 | 8 | 18 | 3.80 | 125 |
| Teddy Higuera | 32 | 212.1 | 15 | 8 | 3.90 | 127 |
| Ray Burris | 29 | 170.1 | 9 | 13 | 4.81 | 81 |
| Moose Haas | 27 | 161.2 | 8 | 8 | 3.84 | 78 |
| Pete Vuckovich | 22 | 112.2 | 6 | 10 | 5.51 | 55 |
| Tim Leary | 5 | 33.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.05 | 29 |
| Bill Wegman | 3 | 17.2 | 2 | 0 | 3.57 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Jaime Cocanower | 24 | 116.1 | 6 | 8 | 4.33 | 44 |
| Chuck Porter | 6 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.98 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Rollie Fingers | 47 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 5.04 | 24 |
| Bob Gibson | 41 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3.90 | 53 |
| Bob McClure | 38 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4.31 | 57 |
| Ray Searage | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5.92 | 36 |
| Pete Ladd | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.53 | 22 |
| Rick Waits | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6.51 | 24 |
| Jim Kern | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.55 | 3 |
| Brad Lesley | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 5 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1985. The Vancouver Canadians won the Pacific Coast League championship.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Vancouver Canadians | Pacific Coast League | Tom Trebelhorn |
| Double-A | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Terry Bevington |
| Class A | Stockton Ports | California League | Tom Gamboa |
| Class A | Beloit Brewers | Midwest League | Dave Machemer |
| Rookie | Helena Gold Sox | Pioneer League | Mike Easom |