1985 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1985 season was the Philadelphia Phillies 103rd season. The Phillies finished in fifth place in the National League East with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses. It was the first time the team finished below.500 since going 80–82 in 1974.

Offseason

November 9, 1984: Steve Fireovid was released by the Phillies.
February 4, 1985: Al Oliver was traded by the Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Pat Zachry.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 3, 1985: Kiko Garcia was released by the Phillies.
April 5, 1985: Kiko Garcia was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
April 20, 1985: Al Holland and Frankie Griffin were traded by the Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kent Tekulve.
May 17, 1985: Kiko Garcia was released by the Phillies.
June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball draft
*The Phillies drafted catcher Trey McCall with the 16th overall pick in the 1985 Draft.
*Bruce Ruffin was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round. Player signed June 12, 1985.
*Wally Ritchie was drafted by the Phillies in the 4th round.
August 8, 1985: Bo Díaz and Greg Simpson were traded by the Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for Alan Knicely, Tom Foley and a player to be named later. The Reds completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Phillies on August 27.
August 24, 1985: Scott Service was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.
September 13, 1985: Rick Surhoff was traded by the Phillies to the Texas Rangers for Dave Stewart.

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		131	426	105	.246	19	55
1B		158	549	152	.277	33	93
2B		161	663	175	.264	19	74
SS		89	196	37	.189	0	12
3B		112	416	105	.252	7	24
LF		88	264	70	.265	3	11
CF		152	570	150	.263	13	70
RF		161	608	167	.275	14	102

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
Garry Maddox	105	218	52	.239	4	23
John Russell	81	216	47	.218	9	23
Tim Corcoran	103	182	39	.214	0	22
Greg Gross	93	169	44	.260	0	14
Luis Aguayo	91	165	46	.279	6	21
	46	158	42	.266	3	17
Darren Daulton	36	103	21	.204	4	11
Derrel Thomas	63	92	19	.207	4	12
	26	76	16	.211	2	16
John Wockenfuss	32	37	6	.162	0	2
	7	7	0	.000	0	0
	4	3	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
John Denny	33	230.2	11	14	3.82	123
Kevin Gross	38	205.2	15	13	3.41	151
Shane Rawley	36	198.2	13	8	3.31	106
Charles Hudson	38	193.0	8	13	3.78	122
Jerry Koosman	19	99.1	6	4	4.62	60
	16	92.0	1	8	3.33	48

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
	11	25.0	0	4	4.68	23

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
	58	4	10	14	2.99	36
Don Carman	71	9	4	7	2.08	87
	57	3	3	3	4.32	50
Dave Rucker	39	3	2	1	4.31	41
Dave Shipanoff	26	1	2	3	3.22	26
	16	0	1	0	6.21	14
	10	0	0	0	4.26	8
	4	0	0	0	6.23	2
	3	0	1	1	4.50	1
	2	1	0	0	0.00	1