1985 Philadelphia Phillies season

1985 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Veterans Stadium
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Bill Giles
General managers	Bill Giles
Managers	John Felske
Television	WTAF PRISM
Radio	WCAU (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
Seasons

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

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	61	.623	—	54‍–‍27	47‍–‍34
New York Mets	98	64	.605	3	51‍–‍30	47‍–‍34
Montreal Expos	84	77	.522	16½	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs	77	84	.478	23½	41‍–‍39	36‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies	75	87	.463	26	41‍–‍40	34‍–‍47
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	104	.354	43½	35‍–‍45	22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

1985 National League record 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

• 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 (minors) 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 (minors) 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.

Game log

Legend
	Phillies win
	Phillies loss
	Postponement
Bold	Phillies team member

1985 Game Log Overall Record: 75–87
April (8–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 9 Braves 0–6 Rick Mahler (1–0) Steve Carlton (0–1) None 35,361 0–1 2 April 11 Braves 3–6 Zane Smith (1–0) John Denny (0–1) Bruce Sutter (1) 17,987 0–2 3 April 12 @ Astros 3–8 Dave Smith (1–0) Larry Andersen (0–1) Jeff Calhoun (1) 11,879 0–3 4 April 13 @ Astros 4–2 Shane Rawley (1–0) Ron Mathis (0–1) Al Holland (1) 19,772 1–3 5 April 14 @ Astros 3–5 Nolan Ryan (2–0) Steve Carlton (0–2) None 15,277 1–4 6 April 15 @ Cubs 1–2 Steve Trout (2–0) Kevin Gross (0–1) Lee Smith (2) 8,347 1–5 7 April 16 @ Cubs 0–1 (10) Dennis Eckersley (1–1) Al Holland (0–1) None 11,937 1–6 8 April 17 @ Cubs 4–5 George Frazier (1–0) Kevin Gross (0–2) Lee Smith (3) 15,752 1–7 9 April 19 Mets 0–1 Dwight Gooden (2–0) Charles Hudson (0–1) Jesse Orosco (1) 32,420 1–8 10 April 20 Mets 7–6 John Denny (1–1) Ed Lynch (0–1) Larry Andersen (1) 24,013 2–8 11 April 21 Mets 10–6 Kevin Gross (1–2) Doug Sisk (1–1) None 30,186 3–8 12 April 22 @ Expos 9–1 Shane Rawley (2–0) Joe Hesketh (1–1) None 6,249 4–8 13 April 23 @ Expos 4–5 (10) Jeff Reardon (1–0) Charles Hudson (0–2) None 8,223 4–9 14 April 24 @ Expos 6–7 Bryn Smith (3–0) John Denny (1–2) Tim Burke (1) 10,417 4–10 15 April 26 Cubs 3–7 Dennis Eckersley (3–1) Jerry Koosman (0–1) None 27,187 4–11 16 April 27 Cubs 6–1 Shane Rawley (3–0) Scott Sanderson (1–1) None 25,220 5–11 17 April 28 Cubs 3–2 Kevin Gross (2–2) Rick Sutcliffe (3–2) Larry Andersen (2) 31,890 6–11 18 April 29 Expos 3–2 (10) Kent Tekulve (1–0) Bert Roberge (0–1) None 19,124 7–11 19 April 30 Expos 11–0 Jerry Koosman (1–1) Bill Gullickson (3–2) None 18,104 8–11
May (9–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 20 May 1 Expos 2–3 David Palmer (2–2) Shane Rawley (3–1) Jeff Reardon (6) 17,464 8–12 21 May 3 Astros 3–2 Kent Tekulve (2–0) Frank DiPino (1–3) None 17,330 9–12 22 May 4 Astros 7–5 (13) Dave Rucker (1–0) Bill Dawley (0–2) None 25,521 10–12 23 May 5 Astros 3–4 Joe Niekro (2–3) Shane Rawley (3–2) Frank DiPino (4) 27,506 10–13 24 May 7 Reds 0–2 Mario Soto (5–2) Kevin Gross (2–3) Ted Power (4) 21,902 10–14 25 May 8 Reds 2–8 Jay Tibbs (2–4) John Denny (1–3) None 22,416 10–15 26 May 10 @ Mets 0–5 Dwight Gooden (5–1) Steve Carlton (0–3) None 46,143 10–16 27 May 11 @ Mets 0–4 Sid Fernandez (1–0) Shane Rawley (3–3) Roger McDowell (1) 29,635 10–17 28 May 12 @ Mets 2–3 Ron Darling (3–1) Kevin Gross (2–4) Jesse Orosco (4) 32,597 10–18 29 May 13 @ Reds 3–7 John Stuper (4–2) John Denny (1–4) None 12,068 10–19 30 May 14 @ Reds 7–1 Charles Hudson (1–2)