1985 Seattle Mariners season

1985 Seattle Mariners
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Western Division (since 1977)
Location
Kingdome (since 1977)
Seattle, Washington (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	George Argyros
General manager(s)	Hal Keller
Manager(s)	Chuck Cottier
Local television	KSTW-TV 11
Local radio	KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)
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The Seattle Mariners 1985 season was their ninth since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 6th in the American League West, finishing with a record of 74-88.

Regular season

• July 9, 1985: In a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Mariners at 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 Buck Martinez. There was a collision between Bradley and Martinez; Martinez broke his ankle. Martinez was sitting on the ground in agony and threw the ball to third base in an attempt to tag out Gorman Thomas. The throw went into left field and Thomas ran towards home plate. Toronto left fielder George Bell threw the ball back to Martinez. He was still seated on the ground in pain but was able to tag Gorman Thomas for the out. Martinez tagged out both runners at home plate.^[1]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	91	71	0.562	—	50–32	41–39
California Angels	90	72	0.556	1	49–30	41–42
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	6	45–36	40–41
Minnesota Twins	77	85	0.475	14	49–35	28–50
Oakland Athletics	77	85	0.475	14	43–36	34–49
Seattle Mariners	74	88	0.457	17	42–41	32–47
Texas Rangers	62	99	0.385	28½	37–43	25–56

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League Records 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.^[2]
• June 20, 1985: Mike Stanton was released by the Mariners.^[3]

Roster

1985 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 38 Salomé Barojas 45 Jim Beattie 39 Karl Best 37 Dave Geisel 12 Mark Langston 46 Jack Lazorko 34 Jim Lewis 55 Bob Long 52 Paul Mirabella 25 Mike Moore 35 Mike Morgan 30 Edwin Núñez 33 Brian Snyder 46 Mike Stanton 18 Bill Swift 49 Roy Thomas 41 Dave Tobik 32 Ed Vande Berg 51 Bill Wilkinson 43 Frank Wills 40 Matt Young		Catchers 11 Bob Kearney  2 Donnie Scott  5 Dave Valle Infielders 19 Darnell Coles 21 Alvin Davis  7 Spike Owen 14 Jack Perconte 17 Jim Presley  3 Domingo Ramos 24 Harold Reynolds 38 Danny Tartabull		Outfielders  9 Barry Bonnell 29 Phil Bradley 13,22 Iván Calderón 16 Al Cowens 42 Dave Henderson 26 John Moses 10 Ricky Nelson Other batters 23 Al Chambers 44 Ken Phelps 20 Gorman Thomas		Manager 15 Chuck Cottier Coaches  8 Deron Johnson  6 Jim Mahoney 43 Marty Martínez 27 Phil Regan  4 Phil Roof

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
1B	Davis, AlvinAlvin Davis	155	578	166	.287	18	78
LF	Bradley, PhilPhil Bradley	159	641	192	.300	26	88
DH	Thomas, GormanGorman Thomas	135	484	104	.215	32	87

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tartabull, DannyDanny Tartabull	19	61	20	.328	1	7
Nelson, RickyRicky Nelson	6	2	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Beattie, JimJim Beattie	18	70.1	5	6	7.29	45

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Barojas, SaloméSalomé Barojas	17	52.2	0	5	5.98	27
Lewis, JimJim Lewis	2	4.2	0	1	7.71	1

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Long, BobBob Long	28	0	0	0	3.76	29
Stanton, MikeMike Stanton	24	1	2	1	5.28	17
Geisel, DaveDave Geisel	12	0	0	0	6.33	17

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

^[4]

Notes

1. http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/doubletag2.htm
2. Mike Schooler page at Baseball Reference
3. Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1985 Seattle Mariners
• 1985 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com