1985 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Record: 98-62
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 807
Runs Allowed: 631
Exp W-L: 98-62
 
Ballpark: Hoosierdome
Attendance: 2,320,888
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 12th in the American League
AA: 70-67, 4th in the American League
A: 55-82, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS *Ken Oberkfell 29 152 578 119 177 35 5 7 59 8 2 89 34 .306 .397 .420 .818 95.9 23.1 3.3
DH #Eddie Murray 29 154 586 109 183 40 3 34 113 1 0 74 66 .312 .391 .565 .955 116.8 31.1 3.2
2B  Paul Molitor 28 147 596 76 183 41 3 11 96 8 4 44 17 .307 .352 .441 .794 85.0 18.2 6.7
CF *Greg Gross 32 151 570 86 168 25 2 22 98 6 3 49 35 .295 .349 .461 .811 87.1 19.2 4.5
3B *John Milner 35 152 535 81 142 33 4 21 91 0 0 83 75 .265 .363 .460 .823 89.1 20.8 0.5
LF  Richie Zisk 36 152 548 62 141 24 2 21 90 0 1 43 99 .257 .308 .423 .731 71.5 12.2 2.2
1B  Dave Stapleton 31 127 507 56 140 41 0 8 80 2 0 24 27 .276 .307 .404 .711 57.7 10.0 7.1
2B  Rob Ellis 34 150 450 62 111 12 0 2 33 0 0 67 117 .247 .349 .287 .636 49.2 7.3 2.5
C  Gary Alexander 32 129 409 48 78 18 0 9 33 0 2 49 113 .191 .277 .301 .578 34.7 1.6 4.8
DH #Joe Wallis 33 123 325 38 88 19 1 7 47 0 3 43 48 .271 .355 .400 .755 43.1 8.2 0.7
3B  Kelly Paris 27 87 190 34 42 6 2 3 13 10 4 9 39 .221 .260 .321 .581 14.7 0.7 1.8
C  Barry Foote 33 55 135 16 32 10 0 2 13 0 0 7 33 .237 .275 .356 .630 12.3 1.5 1.8
SS  Ed Romero 27 25 92 8 22 7 0 0 7 0 0 3 13 .239 .260 .315 .576 6.8 0.4 1.1
LF  Horace Speed 33 47 60 9 6 1 1 1 7 2 0 10 14 .100 .229 .200 .429 3.2 0.0 0.3
1B *Wayne Cage 33 28 30 3 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 8 .267 .303 .400 .703 4.2 0.7 0.1
  Team Totals 31.5 1679 5611 807 1521 313 23 149 785 37 19 596 738 .271 .340 .415 .755 771.4 154.9 40.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 3 4 3 12 3 2 11 2 1 2 4 2 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Rick Mahler 31 17 10 .630 32 32 0 251.3 247 94 11 65 106 3.37 17.4
 Lary Sorensen 29 20 9 .690 32 32 0 242.3 255 97 11 35 75 3.60 15.1
 Jim Beattie 30 10 10 .500 29 29 0 215.0 225 93 14 58 126 3.89 10.7
*Jerry Reuss 36 12 15 .444 32 32 0 214.0 237 104 17 76 95 4.37 7.7
*Jim Umbarger 32 17 8 .680 26 26 0 195.3 197 71 8 33 52 3.27 14.1
*Randy Niemann 29 4 4 .500 67 0 24 107.7 87 41 5 45 43 3.43 12.8
*Rusty Gerhardt 34 10 0 1.000 58 0 11 85.7 86 24 2 26 31 2.52 10.4
 Mark Lee 32 2 3 .400 20 6 3 75.3 59 26 2 31 29 3.11 5.5
*George Riley 28 5 3 .625 18 3 4 44.7 42 20 1 20 23 4.03 3.6
*Mark Thurmond 28 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 11.0 14 5 2 4 5 4.09 0.7
*Randy Jones 35 0 0 .000 5 0 2 5.0 5 1 0 4 2 1.80 0.6
Team Totals 31.3 98 62 .613 325 160 44 1447.3 1454 576 73 397 587 3.58 98.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 3 2 5 9 1 2 2 12 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 33.8
G.Alexander 1104.3 126 128 443 53 7 1 .986 33.6
B.Foote 343.0 34 54 173 17 2 0 .990 29.4
Team Total 1447.3 160 182 616 70 9 1 .987 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.52
E.Murray 1289.7 144 151 1707 131 8 160 .996 12.83
J.Wallis 68.0 8 12 89 8 0 6 1.000 12.84
J.Milner 45.0 5 5 58 3 0 7 1.000 12.20
W.Cage 31.7 2 9 49 3 1 3 .981 14.78
K.Paris 13.0 1 8 13 1 0 1 1.000 9.69
Team Total 1447.3 160 185 1916 146 9 177 .996 12.82
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.69
P.Molitor 1277.7 145 145 323 596 20 128 .979 6.47
K.Paris 146.0 13 22 28 63 1 13 .989 5.61
K.Oberkfell 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
E.Murray 8.0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Ellis 6.7 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.41
Team Total 1447.3 160 172 356 665 21 142 .980 6.35
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.78
K.Oberkfell 1264.3 142 147 89 327 17 24 .961 2.96
K.Paris 143.0 15 19 14 40 2 4 .964 3.40
J.Milner 40.0 3 5 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.15
Team Total 1447.3 160 171 106 378 19 29 .962 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.30
D.Stapleton 1118.7 124 127 198 573 21 109 .973 6.20
E.Romero 205.0 25 25 33 95 7 17 .948 5.62
K.Paris 107.0 11 21 10 52 1 7 .984 5.21
R.Ellis 10.0 0 3 0 7 0 1 1.000 6.30
P.Molitor 3.7 0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.84
K.Oberkfell 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1447.3 160 179 244 729 29 135 .971 6.05
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.91
R.Zisk 1266.3 146 147 246 7 9 0 .966 1.80
J.Wallis 85.0 8 15 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.01
H.Speed 49.7 4 8 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.72
J.Milner 42.0 2 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.43
G.Gross 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Ellis 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 160 185 285 9 9 0 .970 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.51
G.Gross 1292.3 145 146 400 11 0 4 1.000 2.86
J.Wallis 96.0 10 14 18 0 1 0 .947 1.69
H.Speed 52.0 5 9 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
G.Alexander 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
P.Molitor 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 160 171 431 12 1 5 .998 2.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.05
R.Ellis 1219.0 147 147 250 3 1 2 .996 1.87
J.Wallis 128.3 6 37 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
H.Speed 50.0 4 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.16
J.Milner 42.0 3 10 14 0 1 0 .933 3.00
R.Zisk 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Gross 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 160 210 295 4 2 2 .993 1.86
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.98
R.Mahler 251.3 32 32 16 35 5 0 .911 1.83
L.Sorensen 242.3 32 32 17 44 1 4 .984 2.27
J.Beattie 215.0 29 29 6 33 0 1 1.000 1.63
J.Reuss 214.0 32 32 11 46 1 6 .983 2.40
J.Umbarger 195.3 26 26 16 35 1 2 .981 2.35
R.Niemann 107.7 0 67 9 16 0 3 1.000 2.09
R.Gerhardt 85.7 0 58 5 10 1 0 .938 1.58
M.Lee 75.3 6 20 5 17 0 2 1.000 2.63
G.Riley 44.7 3 18 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.81
M.Thurmond 11.0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82
R.Jones 5.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 160 325 87 244 9 18 .974 2.06
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Murray .312
On-Base Pct Oberkfell .397
Slugging Pct Murray .565
OPS Murray .955
XR Murray 116.8
Games Murray 154
At-Bats Molitor 596
Runs Oberkfell 119
Hits Molitor, Murray 183
Total Bases Murray 331
Singles Oberkfell 130
Doubles Molitor, Stapleton 41
Triples Oberkfell 5
Homeruns Murray 34
RBIs Murray 113
Stolen Bases Paris 10
Caught Stealing Molitor, Paris 4
Walks Oberkfell 89
Strikeouts Ellis 117
ERA Umbarger 3.27
Wins Sorensen 20
Losses Reuss 15
Winning Pct Sorensen .690
Saves Niemann 24
Games Pitched Niemann 67
Games Started Mahler, Reuss, Sorensen 32
Complete Games Mahler 13
Shutouts Mahler 4
Innings Pitched Mahler 251.3
Hits Allowed Sorensen 255
Homeruns Allowed Reuss 17
Strikeouts Beattie 126
Walks Allowed Reuss 76
Walks per 9IP Sorensen 1.3
Hits per 9IP Mahler 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Beattie 5.3
WHiP Umbarger 1.18
OAVG Mahler .256
OOBP Sorensen .296
OSLG Umbarger .346
OOPS Umbarger .648
Team All-Stars
Greg Gross
Rick Mahler
Eddie Murray
Ken Oberkfell
Player Salaries
Eddie Murray $ 10,000,000
Greg Gross $ 7,410,000
Richie Zisk $ 7,000,000
John Milner $ 6,990,000
Paul Molitor $ 5,650,000
Ken Oberkfell $ 5,290,000
Jim Beattie $ 4,642,857
Rick Mahler $ 4,321,429
Dave Stapleton $ 3,478,571
Jerry Reuss $ 2,000,000
Joe Wallis $ 1,703,571
Lary Sorensen $ 1,600,000
Randy Jones $ 1,500,000
Rob Ellis $ 1,250,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 500,000
Horace Speed $ 435,714
George Riley $ 350,000
Wayne Cage $ 350,000
Randy Niemann $ 350,000
Barry Foote $ 300,000
Mark Lee $ 300,000
Gary Alexander $ 300,000
Mark Thurmond $ 300,000
Kelly Paris $ 300,000
Ed Romero $ 300,000
Jim Umbarger $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Rudy Meoli Montreal Frank Riccelli
4/3 Signed     Barry Foote