1985 Montreal Expos season

The 1985 Montreal Expos season was the 17th season in franchise history. They finished with a record of 84–77, third in the National League East and 16 1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

November 7, 1984: Chris Welsh was traded by the Expos to the Texas Rangers for Dave Hostetler.
November 14, 1984: Larry Walker was signed by the Expos as an amateur free agent.
December 4, 1984: Jack Daugherty was purchased by the Expos from the Helena Gold Sox.
December 7, 1984: Bob James was traded by the Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Vance Law.
December 7, 1984: Bryan Little was traded by the Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Bert Roberge.
December 10, 1984 Gary Carter was traded by the Expos to the New York Mets for Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, Herm Winningham and Floyd Youmans.
January 9, 1985: Mike Stenhouse was traded by the Expos to the Minnesota Twins for Jack O'Connor.
March 28, 1985: Bobby Ramos was released by the Expos.

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their ninth season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

April 30, 1985: In an 11–0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, position player Razor Shines pitched one inning as the Expos pitching resources were depleted.

Notable transactions

May 12, 1985: Dave Hostetler was purchased from the Expos by the Chicago Cubs.
June 3, 1985: Randy Johnson was drafted by the Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft. Johnson signed June 9, 1985.
June 22, 1985: The Expos traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mitch Webster. The Expos completed the deal by sending Cliff Young to the Blue Jays on September 10.
August 12, 1985: Doug Frobel was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Major League debuts

Batters:
*Andrés Galarraga
*Al Newman
Pitchers:
*Tim Burke
*John Dopson
*Floyd Youmans

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		108	295	61	.207	5	34
1B		91	312	78	.250	6	25
2B	Vance Law	147	519	138	.266	10	52
SS		156	605	163	.269	13	100
3B		155	569	148	.260	22	81
LF	Tim Raines	150	575	184	.320	11	41
CF		125	312	74	.237	3	21
RF	Andre Dawson	139	529	135	.255	23	91

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
Terry Francona	107	281	75	.267	2	31
Mitch Webster	74	212	58	.274	11	30
U L Washington	68	193	48	.249	1	17
Jim Wohlford	70	125	24	.192	1	15
Sal Butera	67	120	24	.200	3	12
Miguel Dilone	51	84	16	.190	0	6
Andrés Galarraga	24	75	14	.187	2	4
Steve Nicosia	42	71	12	.169	0	1
Razor Shines	47	50	6	.120	0	3
Scot Thompson	34	32	9	.281	0	4
Al Newman	25	29	5	.172	0	1
Skeeter Barnes	19	26	4	.154	0	0
Doug Frobel	12	23	3	.130	1	4
Mike O'Berry	20	21	4	.190	0	0
Fred Manrique	9	13	4	.308	1	1
Ned Yost	5	11	2	.182	0	0
Doug Flynn	9	6	1	.167	0	0
Roy Johnson	3	5	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
Bryn Smith	32	222.1	18	5	2.91	127
Bill Gullickson	29	181.1	14	12	3.52	68
Joe Hesketh	25	155.1	10	5	2.49	113
David Palmer	24	135.2	7	10	3.71	106
Floyd Youmans	14	77.0	4	3	2.45	54
Mickey Mahler	9	48.1	1	4	3.54	32
Steve Rogers	8	38.0	2	4	5.68	18

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
Dan Schatzeder	24	104.1	3	5	3.80	64
Bill Laskey	11	34.1	0	5	9.44	18
John Dopson	4	13.0	0	2	11.08	4

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
Jeff Reardon	63	2	8	41	3.18	67
Tim Burke	78	9	4	8	2.39	87
Gary Lucas	49	6	2	1	3.19	31
Randy St.Claire	42	5	3	0	3.93	25
Bert Roberge	42	3	3	2	3.44	34
Jack O'Connor	20	0	2	0	4.94	16
Rick Grapenthin	5	0	0	0	14.14	4
Ed Glynn	3	0	0	0	19.29	2
Razor Shines	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Sal Butera	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove

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