1985 New York Mets season

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1985 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s) Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s) Frank Cashen
Manager(s) Davey Johnson
Local television WOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy)
Local radio WHN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne, Juan Alicea (SP))
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The New York Mets' 1985 season was the 24th regular season for the Mets. They went 98-64 and finished 2nd in the NL East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

Regular season

  • Gary Carter led the Mets in HR and RBI.
  • July 4, 1985: Keith Hernandez hit for the cycle in a 16-13 game that lasted 19 innings vs. the Atlanta Braves.
  • July 11, 1985: Nolan Ryan got the 4000th strikeout of his career by striking out Mets player Danny Heep.
  • July 20, 1985: Darryl Strawberry had 7 RBIs in a game versus the Atlanta Braves.

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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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 —


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1985 New York Mets roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Gary Carter 149 555 156 .281 32 100
1B Keith Hernandez 158 593 183 .309 10 91
2B Wally Backman 145 520 142 .273 1 38
3B Howard Johnson 126 389 94 .242 11 46
SS Rafael Santana 154 529 136 .257 1 29
LF George Foster 129 452 119 .263 21 77
CF Mookie Wilson 93 337 93 .276 6 26
RF Darryl Strawberry 111 393 109 .277 29 79

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Danny Heep 95 271 76 .280 7 42
Ray Knight 90 271 59 .218 6 36
Lenny Dykstra 83 236 60 .254 1 19
John Christensen 51 113 21 .186 3 13
Clint Hurdle 43 82 16 .195 3 7
Rusty Staub 54 45 12 .267 1 8
Billy Beane 8 8 2 .250 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games played; GS = Games Started; CG = Complete Games; SHO =Shutouts; IP = Innings Pitch; W = Wins; L = Loses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS CG SHO IP W L ERA SO
Dwight Gooden 35 35 16 8 276.2 24 4 1.53 268
Ron Darling 36 35 4 2 248.0 16 6 2.90 167
Ed Lynch 31 29 6 1 191.0 10 8 3.44 65
Sid Fernandez 26 26 3 0 170.1 9 9 2.80 180
Rick Aguilera 21 19 2 0 122.1 10 7 3.24 74
Bruce Berenyi 3 3 0 0 13.2 1 0 2.63 10

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Terry Leach 22 55.2 3 4 2.97 30
Bill Latham 7 22.2 1 3 3.97 10

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Roger McDowell 62 6 5 17 2.83 70
Jesse Orosco 54 8 6 17 2.73 68
Doug Sisk 42 4 5 2 5.30 26
Tom Gorman 34 4 4 0 5.13 32

Awards and honors

  • Dwight Gooden, Associated Press Athlete of the Year
  • Dwight Gooden, National League Cy Young Award Winner
  • Dwight Gooden, National League Pitching Triple Crown
  • Dwight Gooden, The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year
  • Keith Hernandez, National League First Base Gold Glove
  • Gary Carter, National League Catcher Silver Slugger
  • Keith Hernandez – Player of the Month, July 1985
  • Keith Hernandez – Hernandez set a major league record for game-winning runs batted in (24) in 1985
  • Gary Carter – Player of the Month, September 1985
  • Rafael Santana – Led NL Shortstops in Putouts (301)

All-Star Game

  • Darryl Strawberry, Right field, Starter
  • Gary Carter, Catcher
  • Ron Darling, Pitcher
  • Dwight Gooden, Pitcher (Injured, did not play)

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Bob Schaefer
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Sam Perlozzo
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Mike Cubbage
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Bud Harrelson and Rich Miller
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Dan Radison
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Tucker Ashford

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater, Jackson

References

  1. ↑ Lou Thornton at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Gary Carter at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Rusty Staub at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Refefence
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