1985 Montreal Expos season

1985 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Olympic Stadium (since 1985)
Montreal (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)	Murray Cook
Manager(s)	Buck Rodgers
Local television	CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Ken Singleton) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
Local radio	CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch) CKAC (French) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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Offseason

November 7, 1984: Chris Welsh was traded by the Expos to the Texas Rangers for Dave Hostetler.^[1]
November 14, 1984: Larry Walker was signed by the Expos as an amateur free agent.^[2]
December 4, 1984: Jack Daugherty was purchased by the Expos from the Helena Gold Sox.^[3]
December 7, 1984: Bob James was traded by the Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Vance Law.^[4]
December 7, 1984: Bryan Little was traded by the Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Bert Roberge.^[5]
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.^[6]
January 9, 1985: Mike Stenhouse was traded by the Expos to the Minnesota Twins for Jack O'Connor.^[7]
March 28, 1985: Bobby Ramos was released by the Expos.^[8]

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.^[9]

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	61	0.623	—	54–27	47–34
New York Mets	98	64	0.605	3	51–30	47–34
Montreal Expos	84	77	0.522	16½	44–37	40–40
Chicago Cubs	77	84	0.478	23½	41–39	36–45
Philadelphia Phillies	75	87	0.463	26	41–40	34–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	104	0.354	43½	35–45	22–59

Record vs. opponents

1985 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	7–11	8–10	5–13	3–9	2–10	10–2	6–6	7–11	10–8	3–9
Chicago	7–5	—	5–6	5–7	5–7	7–11	4–14	13–5	13–5	8–4	6–6	4–14
Cincinnati	11–7	6–5	—	11–7	7–11	8–4	4–8	7–5	9–3	9–9	12–6	5–7
Houston	10–8	7–5	7–11	—	6–12	6–6	4–8	4–8	6–6	12–6	15–3	6–6
Los Angeles	13–5	7–5	11–7	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	4–8	8–4	8–10	11–7	7–5
Montreal	9–3	11–7	4–8	6–6	5–7	—	9–9	8–10	9–8	5–7	7–5	11–7
New York	10–2	14–4	8–4	8–4	5–7	9–9	—	11–7	10–8	7–5	8–4	8–10
Philadelphia	2-10	5–13	5–7	8–4	8–4	10–8	7–11	—	11–7	5–7	6–6	8–10
Pittsburgh	6–6	5–13	3–9	6–6	4–8	8–9	8–10	7–11	—	4–8	3–9	3–15
San Diego	11–7	4–8	9–9	6–12	10–8	7–5	5–7	7–5	8–4	—	12–6	4–8
San Francisco	8–10	6–6	6–12	3–15	7–11	5–7	4–8	6–6	9–3	6–12	—	2–10
St. Louis	9–3	14–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	7–11	10–8	10–8	15–3	8–4	10–2	—

Notable transactions

May 12, 1985: Dave Hostetler was purchased from the Expos by the Chicago Cubs.^[1]
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.^[10]
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.^[11]
August 12, 1985: Doug Frobel was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[12]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Andrés Galarraga (Aug 23)
- Al Newman (June 14)
Pitchers:
- Tim Burke (Apr 8)
- John Dopson (Sep 4)
- Floyd Youmans (Jul 1) ^[13]

Roster

1985 Montreal Expos

Roster

Pitchers

44 Tim Burke

54 John Dopson

49 Ed Glynn

47 Rick Grapenthin

34 Bill Gullickson

38 Joe Hesketh

19 Bill Laskey

25 Gary Lucas

24,48 Mickey Mahler

32 Jack O'Connor

46 David Palmer

41 Jeff Reardon

42 Bert Roberge

45 Steve Rogers

43 Dan Schatzeder

28 Bryn Smith

51 Randy St. Claire

17 Floyd Youmans

Catchers

11 Sal Butera

20 Mike Fitzgerald

6 Steve Nicosia

18 Mike O'Berry

14 Ned Yost

Infielders

17 Skeeter Barnes

7 Hubie Brooks

22 Dan Driessen

23 Doug Flynn

16 Terry Francona

12 Andrés Galarraga

2 Vance Law

6 Fred Manrique

4 Al Newman

31 Razor Shines

24 Scot Thompson

29 Tim Wallach

1 U L Washington

Outfielders

10 Andre Dawson

18 Miguel Diloné

22 Doug Frobel

27 Roy Johnson

30 Tim Raines

23 Mitch Webster

3 Herm Winningham

5 Jim Wohlford

Manager

37 Buck Rodgers

Coaches

36 Larry Bearnarth

26 Ron Hansen

40 Joe Kerrigan

9 Russ Nixon

35 Rick Renick (3rd Base)

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
2B	Vance Law	147	519	138	.266	10	52
LF	Tim Raines	150	575	184	.320	11	41
RF	Andre Dawson	139	529	135	.255	23	91

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Terry Francona	107	281	75	.267	2	31
Mitch Webster	74	212	58	.274	11	30
Jim Wohlford	70	125	24	.192	1	15
Razor Shines	47	50	6	.120	0	3
Roy Johnson	3	5	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve Rogers	8	38	2	4	5.68	18

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bill Laskey	11	34.1	0	5	9.44	18

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bert Roberge	42	3	3	2	3.44	34
Jack O'Connor	20	0	2	0	4.94	16
Razor Shines	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Felipe Alou
AA	Jacksonville Expos	Southern League	Tommy Thompson
A	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	J. R. Miner
A-Short Season	Jamestown Expos	New York–Penn League	Ed Creech

References

1985 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
1985 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

1985 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1985 MLB draft 1985 All-Star Game 1985 strike 1985 World Series

Montreal Expos

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