1985 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 80-80
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 738
Runs Allowed: 699
Exp W-L: 84-76
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,559,883
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 87-50, 2nd in the American League
AA: 70-67, 5th in the American League
A: 70-67, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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  Dickie Thon 27 156 588 104 173 50 3 26 98 23 10 56 79 .294 .359 .522 .881 100.9 21.9 4.6
LF *Pete Lacock 33 155 581 72 157 35 6 13 69 0 0 45 58 .270 .322 .418 .740 75.0 12.7 2.4
LF  Chet Lemon 30 152 552 66 147 42 3 14 100 1 0 34 116 .266 .311 .429 .740 72.2 12.2 1.4
RF  Danny Tartabull 22 149 520 59 121 29 0 12 75 0 0 66 127 .233 .319 .358 .676 60.2 8.2 2.3
RF *Andy Van Slyke 24 141 521 74 125 34 10 11 50 28 15 41 102 .240 .296 .407 .702 61.2 8.5 4.1
CF #Jerry White 32 126 464 58 129 25 3 7 63 6 1 40 51 .278 .335 .390 .725 59.8 10.0 2.6
3B *Wayne Gross 33 127 403 55 92 12 2 15 58 0 0 65 83 .228 .337 .380 .717 55.2 8.7 3.4
SS #Ron Oester 29 118 373 40 83 11 2 5 34 14 2 26 38 .223 .272 .303 .575 27.6 0.0 5.0
C *Marv Foley 31 95 315 36 92 5 2 9 34 0 0 19 57 .292 .334 .406 .741 41.1 7.5 3.3
C  Don Slaught 26 99 289 43 85 24 1 4 50 0 0 19 36 .294 .344 .426 .769 40.7 7.9 3.0
3B  Skeeter Barnes 28 90 261 27 66 13 2 4 29 0 2 14 30 .253 .293 .364 .657 23.9 1.7 1.6
LF *Thad Bosley 28 89 227 28 66 13 1 3 21 2 7 18 38 .291 .343 .396 .739 26.4 4.3 1.0
CF #Willie McGee 26 84 204 44 64 19 0 1 18 20 12 12 28 .314 .353 .422 .775 25.6 4.3 1.5
2B #Bill Doran 27 95 179 29 53 12 1 1 14 5 4 23 24 .296 .374 .391 .765 25.1 4.7 2.5
SS #Bryan Little 25 28 41 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .220 .256 .220 .475 1.3 0.0 0.6
LF *Terry Francona 26 5 15 2 6 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 2.6 0.7 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 1709 5533 738 1468 325 37 125 718 99 54 479 867 .265 .325 .405 .730 698.8 113.4 39.2
  Rank among 12 AL teams 8 6 6 2 5 7 5 5 7 5 9 6 6 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Dennis Eckersley 30 16 15 .516 34 34 0 257.3 255 104 23 47 125 3.64 17.5
*Ken Dayley 26 17 13 .567 36 36 0 250.0 218 81 9 75 207 2.92 20.5
*Bob Ojeda 27 14 15 .483 34 34 0 231.7 232 123 21 69 136 4.78 8.5
 Orel Hershiser 26 12 14 .462 30 30 0 212.0 225 103 14 80 81 4.37 9.5
 Mario Soto 28 9 14 .391 26 26 0 195.3 206 104 27 103 129 4.79 6.5
 Bob Welch 28 4 2 .667 69 0 3 98.7 100 47 6 45 44 4.29 5.7
 Tom Niedenfuer 25 3 3 .500 51 0 36 51.7 45 11 3 14 28 1.92 11.6
 Walt Terrell 27 1 4 .200 24 0 0 50.7 71 35 6 25 17 6.22 0.0
 Greg Minton 33 4 0 1.000 29 0 1 49.0 46 14 0 12 16 2.57 5.3
 Richard Dotson 26 0 0 .000 9 0 1 32.3 28 13 0 7 13 3.62 2.2
Team Totals 27.6 80 80 .500 342 160 41 1428.6 1426 635 109 477 796 4.00 87.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 7 7 4 6 9 7 4 6 5 7 6  
* - 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
M.Foley 788.0 93 94 443 41 8 1 .984 31.5
D.Slaught 640.7 67 88 381 31 3 2 .993 35.8
Team Total 1428.7 160 182 824 72 11 3 .988 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.52
P.Lacock 1288.7 146 151 1619 116 13 144 .993 12.12
S.Barnes 82.0 8 16 101 9 1 10 .991 12.07
W.Gross 47.0 5 7 51 3 0 6 1.000 10.34
T.Francona 7.0 1 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
C.Lemon 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.White 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
W.McGee 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1428.7 160 178 1784 128 14 162 .993 12.04
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.69
R.Oester 885.0 106 114 201 420 15 88 .976 6.32
B.Doran 493.7 51 84 107 201 2 39 .994 5.62
B.Little 47.0 3 15 14 25 0 5 1.000 7.47
C.Lemon 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
W.Gross 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.7 160 216 323 648 17 132 .983 6.12
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.78
W.Gross 955.0 109 120 57 279 20 23 .944 3.17
S.Barnes 465.7 51 66 31 113 10 11 .935 2.78
D.Thon 6.0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.50
B.Little 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.7 160 194 88 393 30 35 .941 3.03
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.30
D.Thon 1310.7 147 149 203 599 28 106 .966 5.51
B.Little 79.0 9 11 15 29 2 9 .957 5.01
R.Oester 34.0 4 5 3 10 3 0 .813 3.44
B.Doran 4.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
T.Bosley 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.7 160 168 221 642 33 115 .963 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.91
J.White 783.7 90 91 138 3 0 1 1.000 1.62
W.McGee 305.3 36 36 78 0 5 0 .940 2.30
T.Bosley 178.7 17 27 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.36
C.Lemon 89.0 10 10 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
S.Barnes 59.0 6 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
T.Francona 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Lacock 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Oester 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.7 160 176 273 4 6 2 .979 1.75
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.51
A.Van Slyke 996.3 112 118 253 15 2 1 .993 2.42
J.White 264.3 29 32 59 1 0 0 1.000 2.04
T.Bosley 77.0 9 10 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
W.McGee 47.0 5 11 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.30
C.Lemon 44.0 5 5 17 0 1 0 .944 3.48
Team Total 1428.7 160 176 361 17 3 2 .992 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.05
D.Tartabull 876.0 103 110 181 5 9 2 .954 1.91
C.Lemon 271.3 31 32 67 1 2 0 .971 2.26
T.Bosley 102.0 11 15 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
W.McGee 95.0 8 21 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
A.Van Slyke 76.0 7 12 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
S.Barnes 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Foley 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.White 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Oester 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Lacock 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.7 160 196 312 6 11 2 .967 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.98
D.Eckersley 257.3 34 34 16 30 4 8 .920 1.61
K.Dayley 250.0 36 36 8 35 4 4 .915 1.55
B.Ojeda 231.7 34 34 16 38 0 2 1.000 2.10
O.Hershiser 212.0 30 30 21 41 1 2 .984 2.63
M.Soto 195.3 26 26 12 24 0 4 1.000 1.66
B.Welch 98.7 0 69 11 18 2 1 .935 2.65
T.Niedenfuer 51.7 0 51 2 11 0 2 1.000 2.26
W.Terrell 50.7 0 24 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.31
G.Minton 49.0 0 29 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.84
R.Dotson 32.3 0 9 1 7 1 0 .889 2.23
Team Total 1428.6 160 342 97 217 12 24 .963 1.98
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Thon .294
On-Base Pct Thon .359
Slugging Pct Thon .522
OPS Thon .881
XR Thon 100.9
Games Thon 156
At-Bats Thon 588
Runs Thon 104
Hits Thon 173
Total Bases Thon 307
Singles Lacock 103
Doubles Thon 50
Triples Van Slyke 10
Homeruns Thon 26
RBIs Lemon 100
Stolen Bases Van Slyke 28
Caught Stealing Van Slyke 15
Walks Tartabull 66
Strikeouts Tartabull 127
ERA Dayley 2.92
Wins Dayley 17
Losses Eckersley, Ojeda 15
Winning Pct Dayley .567
Saves Niedenfuer 36
Games Pitched Welch 69
Games Started Dayley 36
Complete Games Eckersley, Ojeda 9
Shutouts Dayley, Eckersley 2
Innings Pitched Eckersley 257.3
Hits Allowed Eckersley 255
Homeruns Allowed Soto 27
Strikeouts Dayley 207
Walks Allowed Soto 103
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 1.6
Hits per 9IP Dayley 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Dayley 7.5
WHiP Dayley 1.17
OAVG Dayley .230
OOBP Dayley .288
OSLG Dayley .354
OOPS Dayley .642
Team All-Stars
Dennis Eckersley
Chet Lemon
Greg Minton
Dickie Thon
Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley $ 6,500,000
Chet Lemon $ 6,400,000
Jerry White $ 5,015,000
Greg Minton $ 4,500,000
Pete Lacock $ 4,000,000
Wayne Gross $ 3,500,000
Gorman Thomas $ 3,333,333
Dickie Thon $ 3,328,571
Bob Ojeda $ 3,207,143
Mario Soto $ 3,010,000
Bob Welch $ 1,908,571
Thad Bosley $ 1,520,000
Ron Oester $ 1,514,286
Bruce Sutter $ 1,500,000
Tom Niedenfuer $ 1,280,000
Marv Foley $ 300,000
Terry Francona $ 300,000
Bill Doran $ 300,000
Ken Dayley $ 300,000
Richard Dotson $ 300,000
Orel Hershiser $ 300,000
Bryan Little $ 300,000
Skeeter Barnes $ 300,000
Larry Milbourne $ 300,000
Don Slaught $ 300,000
Danny Tartabull $ 300,000
Walt Terrell $ 300,000
Andy Van Slyke $ 300,000
Willie McGee $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/3 Signed     Nolan Ryan
10/28 Released Royle Stillman