1985 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1985 Pittsburgh Pirates
1985 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	57–104 (.354)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	John W. Galbreath; Warner Communications
General managers	Harding "Pete" Peterson; Joe L. Brown
Managers	Chuck Tanner
Television	KDKA-TV; (Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders)
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Lanny Frattare, Bob Prince (select games until death on June 10), Jim Rooker)

The 1985 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 104th season of the franchise; the 99th in the National League. This was their 16th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 57–104, 43½ games behind the NL Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

The team was beset during the offseason with the triple threat of its longtime owner taking bids for the debt laden franchise, rumors of a possible relocation to cities such as Tampa, Denver and New Orleans and the expanding Pittsburgh drug trials.^[2]

Off season transactions included:

December 12, 1984: Brian Harper and John Tudor were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for George Hendrick and Steve Barnard (minors).^[3]
December 20, 1984: Jay Buhner, Dale Berra and Alfonso Pulido were traded by the Pirates to the New York Yankees for Steve Kemp, Tim Foli, and cash.^[4]
January 22, 1985: Sixto Lezcano was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[5]
February 28, 1985: Rick Reuschel was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[6]
March 1, 1985: Scott Loucks was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

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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 v t e 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	—

Game log

1985 Game Log: 57–104 (Home: 35–45; Away: 22–59)

April: 6–12 (Home: 5–5; Away: 1–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 9	@ Cubs	1–2	Sutcliffe	Rhoden (0–1)	Smith	34,551	0–1
2	April 11	@ Cubs	1–4	Trout	DeLeon (0–1)	—	10,049	0–2
3	April 12	Cardinals	6–4	Robinson (1–0)	Kepshire	Candelaria (1)	47,335	1–2
4	April 13	Cardinals	4–3	Candelaria (1–0)	Campbell	—	9,171	2–2
5	April 14	Cardinals	4–10	Andujar	Rhoden (0–2)	—	12,483	2–3
6	April 15	Mets	4–1	Bielecki (1–0)	Latham	Candelaria (2)	5,575	3–3
7	April 16	Mets	1–2	Orosco	Candelaria (1–1)	—	5,879	3–4
8	April 17	Mets	6–10	Sisk	McWilliams (0–1)	—	14,029	3–5
9	April 19	@ Cardinals	4–5	Andujar	Candelaria (1–2)	Allen	30,510	3–6
10	April 20	@ Cardinals	3–4	Cox	Tunnell (0–1)	Allen	32,978	3–7
11	April 21	@ Cardinals	0–6	Forsch	DeLeon (0–2)	—	28,880	3–8
12	April 22	Cubs	5–3	McWilliams (1–1)	Ruthven	Candelaria (3)	6,329	4–8
13	April 23	Cubs	0–5	Sutcliffe	Bielecki (1–1)	—	9,387	4–9
14	April 24	Cubs	2–5	Trout	Rhoden (0–3)	Smith	3,981	4–10
15	April 26	@ Mets	0–6	Darling	DeLeon (0–3)	—	31,846	4–11
16	April 27	@ Mets	3–2	McWilliams (2–1)	Orosco	Candelaria (4)	24,786	5–11
17	April 28	@ Mets	4–5 (18)	Gorman	Tunnell (0–2)	—	36,423	5–12
18	April 30	Padres	6–2	Rhoden (1–3)	Hoyt	Holland (1)	6,166	6–12

May: 9–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
19	May 1	Padres	4–6	Show	DeLeon (0–4)	Gossage	3,845	6–13
20	May 3	Dodgers	16–2	McWilliams (3–1)	Honeycutt	—	17,628	7–13
21	May 4	Dodgers	5–6 (10)	Valenzuela	Candelaria (1–3)	—	14,093	7–14
22	May 5	Dodgers	3–2	Rhoden (2–3)	Niedenfuer	Candelaria (5)	17,043	8–14
23	May 6	Giants	5–7	Laskey	DeLeon (0–5)	Garrelts	4,533	8–15
24	May 7	Giants	3–5	Gott	Tunnell (0–3)	Garrelts	4,587	8–16
25	May 8	@ Padres	2–12	Hawkins	McWilliams (3–2)	—	22,092	8–17
26	May 9	@ Padres	0–1	Thurmond	Bielecki (1–2)	—	24,882	8–18
27	May 10	@ Dodgers	0–1	Reuss	Rhoden (2–4)	Howe	48,681	8–19
28	May 11	@ Dodgers	5–2 (12)	Holland (1–0)	Brennan	—	42,957	9–19
29	May 12	@ Dodgers	0–2	Castillo	Tunnell (0–4)	Niedenfuer	40,924	9–20
30	May 14	@ Giants	1–3	Krukow	McWilliams (3–3)	—	4,484	9–21
31	May 15	@ Giants	3–2	Robinson (2–0)	Garrelts	—	6,852	10–21
32	May 17	Reds	3–6	Stuper	DeLeon (0–6)	Power	7,239	10–22
33	May 18	Reds	0–8	Browning	Bielecki (1–3)	—	9,708	10–23
34	May 19	Reds	1–7	Soto	Tunnell (0–5)	—	11,990	10–24
35	May 20	Astros	3–1	Rhoden (3–4)	Niekro	Holland (2)	4,768	11–24
36	May 21	Astros	3–2	Reuschel (1–0)	Scott	Candelaria (6)	5,146	12–24
37	May 22	Astros	3–5 (10)	Dawley	Holland (1–1)	Smith	10,681	12–25
38	May 24	@ Braves	4–2	Winn (1–0)	Bedrosian	Candelaria (7)	18,490	13–25
39	May 25	@ Braves	8–2	Rhoden (4–4)	Perez	—	31,177	14–25
40	May 26	@ Braves	4–5 (10)	Dedmon	Krawczyk (0–1)	—	21,723	14–26
41	May 27	@ Astros	2–4	Knepper	DeLeon (0–7)	Smith	9,692	14–27
42	May 28	@ Astros	4–3 (12)	Guante (1–0)	Solano	—	8,686	15–27
43	May 29	@ Astros	3–8	Ryan	Krawczyk (0–2)	—	10,133	15–28
44	May 31	Braves	2–8	Camp	Rhoden (4–5)	—	7,822	15–29

June: 9–18 (Home: 6–8; Away: 3–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
45	June 1	Braves	6–3	Reuschel (2–0)	Garber	Scurry (1)	14,579	16–29
46	June 2	Braves	5–0	DeLeon (1–7)	Bedrosian	Holland (3)	15,034	17–29
47	June 4	@ Reds	3–9	Soto	Guante (1–1)	—	13,222	17–30
48	June 5	@ Reds	9–11	Pastore	Robinson (2–1)	Franco	12,540	17–31
49	June 6	@ Cubs	2–3 (12)	Brusstar	Holland (1–2)	—	22,368	17–32
50	June 7	@ Cubs	0–1	Sutcliffe	DeLeon (1–8)	—	37,414	17–33
51	June 8	@ Cubs	3–7	Trout	McWilliams (3–4)	—	35,232	17–34
52	June 9	@ Cubs	1–5	Ruthven	Winn (1–1)	Brusstar	36,475	17–35
53	June 10	Cardinals	1–6	Cox	Rhoden (4–6)	—	5,557	17–36
54	June 11	Cardinals	13–2	Reuschel (3–0)	Allen	��	4,817	18–36
55	June 13	Cardinals	1–2	Tudor	McWilliams (3–5)	Lahti	4,833	18–37
56	June 14	Phillies	3–2	DeLeon (2–8)	Carman	Robinson (1)	10,211	19–37
57	June 15	Phillies	3–13	Denny	Rhoden (4–7)	—	10,897	19–38
58	June 16	Phillies	2–3	Hudson	Reuschel (3–1)	Tekulve	14,451	19–39
59	June 17	@ Expos	5–2	Winn (2–1)	Palmer	Robinson (2)	18,634	20–39
60	June 18	@ Expos	4–1	McWilliams (4–5)	Smith	—	24,318	21–39
61	June 19	@ Expos	3–4	Burke	DeLeon (2–9)	Reardon	10,204	21–40
62	June 20	@ Expos	2–1	Rhoden (5–7)	Schatzeder	Holland (4)	15,157	22–40
63	June 21	@ Phillies	3–4 (16)	Andersen	Winn (2–2)	—	22,493	22–41
64	June 22	@ Phillies	2–5	Carman	Robinson (2–2)	—	23,623	22–42
65	June 23	@ Phillies	2–3	Carman	Winn (2–3)	—	29,082	22–43
66	June 25	Expos	2–3	Burke	Holland (1–3)	Reardon	6,874	22–44
67	June 26	Expos	11–2	Reuschel (4–1)	O'Connor	—	16,770	23–44
68	June 27	Expos	2–4	Palmer	McWilliams (4–6)	Reardon	9,517	23–45
69	June 28	Cubs	0–5	Trout	DeLeon (2–10)	—	16,432	23–46
70	June 29	Cubs	6–5 (15)	Reuschel (5–1)	Frazier	—	13,934	24–46
71	June 30	Cubs	2–9	Sanderson	Robinson (2–3)	—	31,384	24–47

July: 8–19 (Home: 5–8; Away: 3–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
72	July 1	@ Mets	1–0	Reuschel (6–1)	Fernandez	Candelaria (8)	21,610	25–47
73	July 2	@ Mets	4–5	Darling	McWilliams (4–7)	McDowell	22,651	25–48
74	July 3	@ Mets	2–6	Lynch	DeLeon (2–11)	—	46,220	25–49
75	July 4	Padres	1–9	Show	Rhoden (5–8)	—	10,102	25–50
76	July 5	Padres	5–4 (12)	Reuschel (7–1)	Lefferts	—	8,986	26–50
77	July 6	Padres	8–7	Candelaria (2–3)	Lefferts	—	10,281	27–50
78	July 7	Padres	0–3	Hoyt	Reuschel (7–2)	—	11,608	27–51
79	July 8	Dodgers	3–4	Valenzuela	DeLeon (2–12)	—	6,537	27–52
80	July 9	Dodgers	3–8	Honeycutt	Rhoden (5–9)	Niedenfuer	6,748	27–53
81	July 10	Dodgers	4–5	Reuss	Tunnell (0–6)	Howell	12,934	27–54
82	July 11	Giants	6–4	Guante (2–1)	Krukow	—	5,188	28–54
83	July 12	Giants	3–1	Reuschel (8–2)	Gott	Candelaria (9)	7,915	29–54
84	July 13	Giants	1–4	LaPoint	DeLeon (2–13)	—	10,050	29–55
85	July 14	Giants	3–7	Laskey	Rhoden (5–10)	Davis	18,313	29–56
86	July 18	@ Padres	2–3	Lefferts	Candelaria (2–4)	Gossage	20,740	29–57
87	July 19	@ Padres	0–6	Hawkins	DeLeon (2–14)	—	30,386	29–58
88	July 20	@ Padres	2–4	Hoyt	Rhoden (5–11)	Gossage	36,340	29–59
89	July 21	@ Padres	5–2	Tunnell (1–6)	Show	—	23,481	30–59
90	July 22	@ Dodgers	6–3	McWilliams (5–7)	Honeycutt	Guante (1)	29,888	31–59
91	July 23	@ Dodgers	0–6	Hershiser	Reuschel (8–3)	—	33,013	31–60
92	July 24	@ Dodgers	1–9	Welch	Robinson (2–4)	—	34,051	31–61
93	July 25	@ Giants	3–4	Minton	Guante (2–2)	—	3,821	31–62
94	July 26	@ Giants	1–3	Laskey	Tunnell (1–7)	Garrelts	5,305	31–63
95	July 27	@ Giants	3–8	LaPoint	Robinson (2–5)	Minton	8,271	31–64
96	July 28	@ Giants	2–3 (10)	Garrelts	Guante (2–3)	—	10,976	31–65
97	July 30	Phillies	0–2	Gross	Rhoden (5–12)	Tekulve	7,496	31–66
98	July 31	Phillies	4–3 (10)	Guante (3–3)	Tekulve	—	6,797	32–66

August: 8–20 (Home: 7–7; Away: 1–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
99	August 1	Phillies	0–3	Denny	Robinson (2–6)	—	6,199	32–67
100	August 2	Expos	2–3	Hesketh	Reuschel (8–4)	Reardon	6,705	32–68
101	August 3	Expos	5–6	Roberge	McWilliams (5–8)	Reardon	10,593	32–69
102	August 4	Expos	4–3	Rhoden (6–12)	Gullickson	Guante (2)	10,981	33–69
103	August 5	Expos	2–5	Burke	Winn (2–4)	Reardon	7,838	33–70
104	August 8	@ Phillies	3–7	Denny	Robinson (2–7)	Carman	18,142	33–71
105	August 9	@ Expos	2–7	Smith	Reuschel (8–5)	Reardon	18,165	33–72
106	August 10	@ Expos	5–7	St. Claire	Rhoden (6–13)	Roberge	19,982	33–73
107	August 11	@ Expos	5–6	Burke	Guante (3–4)	—	21,741	33–74
108	August 12	@ Cardinals	1–8	Tudor	Winn (2–5)	—	24,516	33–75
109	August 13	@ Cardinals	5–6	Andujar	Robinson (2–8)	Dayley	30,469	33–76
110	August 15	@ Cardinals	1–3	Kepshire	Reuschel (8–6)	Dayley		33–77
111	August 15	@ Cardinals	3–4 (12)	Campbell	Guante (3–5)	—	34,170	33–78
112	August 16	Mets	7–1	Rhoden (7–13)	Lynch	—	9,289	34–78
113	August 17	Mets	3–4	Fernandez	Tunnell (1–8)	McDowell	10,200	34–79
114	August 18	Mets	5–0	Robinson (3–8)	Aguilera	Clements (1)	14,508	35–79
115	August 20	Reds	3–2	Reuschel (9–6)	Soto	—	7,827	36–79
116	August 21	Reds	5–8	Browning	Walk (0–1)	Franco	17,198	36–80
117	August 22	Reds	5–1	Rhoden (8–13)	Tibbs	Scurry (2)	10,437	37–80
118	August 23	Astros	0–2 (10)	Dawley	Clements (0–1)	DiPino	4,198	37–81
119	August 25	Astros	9–3	Reuschel (10–6)	Scott	—		38–81
120	August 25	Astros	10–9	Robinson (4–8)	Calhoun	—	7,929	39–81
121	August 26	@ Braves	1–2	Garber	Robinson (4–9)	—	4,125	39–82
122	August 27	@ Braves	6–7	Garber	Robinson (4–10)	—	4,580	39–83
123	August 28	@ Braves	1–6	Barker	Tunnell (1–9)	McMurtry	5,187	39–84
124	August 29	@ Reds	0–6	Browning	DeLeon (2–15)	—	18,789	39–85
125	August 30	@ Reds	0–1	Tibbs	Reuschel (10–7)	—	21,253	39–86
126	August 31	@ Reds	6–0	Walk (1–1)	McGaffigan	—	28,656	40–86

September: 13–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
127	September 1	@ Reds	2–3	Soto	Scurry (0–1)	Franco	30,062	40–87
128	September 2	Braves	5–4	Tunnell (2–9)	Mahler	Guante (3)	5,378	41–87
129	September 3	Braves	0–2	Johnson	DeLeon (2–16)	Sutter	3,019	41–88
130	September 4	Braves	2–0	Reuschel (11–7)	Perez	—	4,613	42–88
131	September 5	@ Astros	3–4	Knepper	Walk (1–2)	Smith	6,003	42–89
132	September 6	@ Astros	3–4 (10)	Dawley	Robinson (4–11)	—	7,163	42–90
133	September 7	@ Astros	7–1	Tunnell (3–9)	Kerfeld	—	15,999	43–90
134	September 10	Cubs	2–1	Reuschel (12–7)	Engel	—	3,133	44–90
135	September 11	Cubs	1–3	Meridith	DeLeon (2–17)	Baller	5,432	44–91
136	September 12	Cubs	10–2	Rhoden (9–13)	Eckersley	Robinson (3)	3,439	45–91
137	September 13	Phillies	3–6	Denny	Walk (1–3)	Tekulve	4,429	45–92
138	September 14	Phillies	6–3	Tunnell (4–9)	Carlton	Guante (4)	5,549	46–92
139	September 15	Phillies	5–4	Reuschel (13–7)	Shipanoff	—	5,961	47–92
140	September 16	Cardinals	4–8	Tudor	DeLeon (2–18)	Worrell		47–93
141	September 16	Cardinals	1–3	Perry	Clements (0–2)	—	3,601	47–94
142	September 17	Cardinals	4–10	Andujar	Kipper (0–1)	—	3,924	47–95
143	September 18	@ Expos	10–6 (11)	Robinson (5–11)	Roberge	—	8,448	48–95
144	September 19	@ Expos	8–6 (10)	Winn (3–5)	Burke	—	7,627	49–95
145	September 20	@ Mets	7–5 (11)	Guante (4–5)	Latham	DeLeon (1)	33,803	50–95
146	September 21	@ Mets	1–12	Gooden	Rhoden (9–14)	—	49,931	50–96
147	September 22	@ Mets	5–3	Kipper (1–1)	Leach	Clements (2)	35,679	51–96
148	September 23	@ Cardinals	4–5	Lahti	Guante (4–6)	Worrell	17,611	51–97
149	September 24	@ Cardinals	4–5	Horton	Tunnell (4–10)	Dayley	20,054	51–98
150	September 25	Expos	8–2	Reuschel (14–7)	Laskey	—	2,648	52–98
151	September 27	Mets	8–7	McWilliams (6–8)	Gardner	DeLeon (2)	4,843	53–98
152	September 28	Mets	1–3	Aguilera	Kipper (1–2)	Orosco	4,410	53–99
153	September 29	Mets	7–9 (10)	Orosco	McWilliams (6–9)	—	13,956	53–100

October: 4–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 4–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
154	October 1	@ Cubs	3–4	Patterson	Reuschel (14–8)	Smith	3,446	53–101
155	October 2	@ Cubs	9–4	Rhoden (10–14)	Sutcliffe	Guante (5)	4,637	54–101
156	October 3	@ Cubs	5–13	Perlman	Winn (3–6)	Engel	7,437	54–102
157	October 4	@ Phillies	7–2	Walk (2–3)	Denny	DeLeon (3)		55–102
158	October 4	@ Phillies	5–8	Carman	DeLeon (2–19)	—	12,410	55–103
159	October 5	@ Phillies	4–2	McWilliams (7–9)	Toliver	Reuschel (1)		56–103
160	October 5	@ Phillies	5–0	Bielecki (2–3)	Childress	—	21,820	57–103
161	October 6	@ Phillies	0–5	Gross	Rhoden (10–15)	—	13,749	57–104

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1985 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

26 Junior Ortiz
6 Tony Peña

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

32 Steve Demeter (First base)
31 Milt Graff (Bench)
23 Grant Jackson (Pitching)
55 Rick Peterson (Bullpen)
4 Bob Skinner (Third base)
8 Willie Stargell (First base)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
36	Marvell Wynne	CF
3	Johnny Ray	2B
5	Bill Madlock	3B
30	Jason Thompson	1B
15	George Hendrick	RF
6	Tony Peña	C
51	Doug Frobel	LF
10	Tim Foli	SS
29	Rick Rhoden	SP

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Regular Season^[8]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
A. Holland	38	5	2	0.400	0	0
P. Clements	27	3	1	0.333	0	0
M. Brown	57	205	68	0.332	5	33
R. Reynolds	31	130	40	0.308	3	17
J. Orsulak	121	397	119	0.300	0	21
J. Ortiz	23	72	21	0.292	1	5
S. Loucks	4	7	2	0.286	0	1
S. Bream	26	95	27	0.284	3	15
L. Mazzilli	92	117	33	0.282	1	9
J. Ray	154	594	163	0.274	7	70
B. Almon	88	244	66	0.270	6	29
J. Morrison	92	244	62	0.254	4	22
B. Madlock	110	399	100	0.251	10	41
S. Kemp	92	236	59	0.250	2	21
B. Kipper	5	8	2	0.250	0	0
T. Peña	147	546	136	0.249	10	59
J. Thompson	123	402	97	0.241	12	61
D. Robinson	44	21	5	0.238	1	4
S. Khalifa	95	320	76	0.238	2	31
G. Hendrick	69	256	59	0.230	2	25
D. González	35	124	28	0.226	4	12
S. Lezcano	72	116	24	0.207	3	9
M. Wynne	103	337	69	0.205	2	18
D. Frobel	53	109	22	0.202	0	7
R. Belliard	17	20	4	0.200	0	1
T. Foli	19	37	7	0.189	0	2
R. Rhoden	37	74	14	0.189	0	6
R. Reuschel	31	59	10	0.169	1	7
J. LeMaster	22	58	9	0.155	1	6
T. Davis	2	7	1	0.143	0	0
L. McWilliams	32	40	5	0.125	0	2
J. Winn	30	18	2	0.111	0	0
L. Tunnell	24	47	4	0.085	0	1
C. Guante	63	17	1	0.059	0	0
J. DeLeón	31	36	2	0.056	0	0
M. Bielecki	13	10	0	0.000	0	0
J. Candelaria	37	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Dybzinski	5	4	0	0.000	0	0
R. Scurry	30	4	0	0.000	0	0
B. Walk	9	17	0	0.000	0	0
R. Krawczyk	8	0	0	—	0	0
K. Tekulve	3	0	0	—	0	0
D. Tomlin	1	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	161	5,436	1,340	0.247	80	535

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
D. Tomlin	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
R. Reuschel	31	194	14	8	2.27	138
C. Guante	63	109	4	6	2.72	92
R. Scurry	30	472⁄3	0	1	3.21	43
A. Holland	38	582⁄3	1	3	3.38	47
J. Candelaria	37	541⁄3	2	4	3.64	47
P. Clements	27	341⁄3	0	2	3.67	17
B. Walk	9	582⁄3	2	3	3.68	40
D. Robinson	44	951⁄3	5	11	3.87	65
L. Tunnell	24	1321⁄3	4	10	4.01	74
R. Rhoden	35	2131⁄3	10	15	4.47	128
M. Bielecki	12	452⁄3	2	3	4.53	22
L. McWilliams	30	1261⁄3	7	9	4.70	52
J. DeLeón	31	1622⁄3	2	19	4.70	149
B. Kipper	5	242⁄3	1	2	5.11	13
J. Winn	30	752⁄3	3	6	5.23	22
R. Krawczyk	8	81⁄3	0	2	14.04	9
K. Tekulve	3	31⁄3	0	0	16.20	4
Team Totals	161	1,4451⁄3	57	104	3.97	962

Awards and honors

Rick Rueschel, Hutch Award,^[10] National League Comeback Player of the Year

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Tony Peña, C, Reserve

Transactions

October 15, 1984 – Dale Mohorcic granted free agency.
October 15, 1984 – Nelson Norman granted free agency.
October 15, 1984 – Kelly Paris granted free agency.
November 8, 1984 – Lee Lacy granted free agency.
November 8, 1984 – Milt May granted free agency.
December 3, 1984 – Drafted Junior Ortiz from the New York Mets in the 1984 rule 5 draft.
December 12, 1984 – Traded Brian Harper and John Tudor to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Steve Barnard (minors) and George Hendrick.
December 20, 1984 – Traded Dale Berra, Jay Buhner and Alfonso Pulido to the New York Yankees. Received Tim Foli, Steve Kemp and cash.
January 3, 1985 – Drafted Greg Vaughn in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
January 3, 1985 – Drafted Derek Lee in the 9th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 15, 1985 – Signed Juan Eichelberger as a free agent.
January 22, 1985 – Signed Sixto Lezcano as a free agent.
February 22, 1985 – Signed Orlando Merced as an amateur free agent.
February 28, 1985 – Signed Rick Reuschel as a free agent.
March 1, 1985 – Signed Scott Loucks as a free agent.
April 7, 1985 – Released Juan Eichelberger.
April 8, 1985 – Signed Bill Almon as a free agent.
April 11, 1985 – Signed Jerry Dybzinski as a free agent.
April 11, 1985 – Signed John Henry Johnson as a free agent.
April 20, 1985 – Traded Kent Tekulve to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Frankie Griffin (minors) and Al Holland.
April 21, 1985 - Signed Larry Carroll to Watertown as free agent. University of Michigan.
April 27, 1985 – Traded Steve Herz (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Mike Diaz.
May 30, 1985 – Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Johnnie LeMaster. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Scott Bailes (July 3, 1985) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
June 3, 1985 – Drafted Tommy Hinzo in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
June 3, 1985 – Drafted Barry Bonds in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1985.
June 3, 1985 – Drafted Brett Gideon in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
June 3, 1985 – Drafted Tommy Gregg in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1985.
June 3, 1985 – Drafted Bill Sampen in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
June 3, 1985 – Drafted Tommy Shields in the 36th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 17, 1985 – Released Tim Foli.
July 26, 1985 – Released John Henry Johnson.
August 2, 1985 – Traded John Candelaria, George Hendrick and Al Holland to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later, Mike Brown and Pat Clements. The California Angels sent Bob Kipper (August 16, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
August 12, 1985 – Sold Doug Frobel to the Montreal Expos.
August 31, 1985 – Traded Bill Madlock to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received players to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent R.J. Reynolds (September 3, 1985), Cecil Espy (September 9, 1985) and Sid Bream (September 9, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
September 14, 1985 – Sold Rod Scurry to the New York Yankees.
October 4, 1985 – Released Jerry Dybzinski.
October 4, 1985 – Released Mitchell Page.
October 4, 1985 – Released Eddie Vargas.
October 15, 1985 – Dave Tomlin granted free agency.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Tommy Sandt
AA	Nashua Pirates	Eastern League	Johnny Lipon
A	Prince William Pirates	Carolina League	Ed Ott
A	Macon Pirates	South Atlantic League	Mike Quade
A-Short Season	Watertown Pirates	New York–Penn League	Woody Hunt
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
^ Brian Harper at Baseball Reference
^ Jay Buhner at Baseball Reference
^ "Sixto Lezacano: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
^ Rick Reuschel at Baseball Reference
^ Scott Loucks at Baseball Reference
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Hutch Award". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

1985 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1985 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

[2] "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

[3] Brian Harper at Baseball Reference

[4] Jay Buhner at Baseball Reference

[5] "Sixto Lezacano: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.

[6] Rick Reuschel at Baseball Reference

[7] Scott Loucks at Baseball Reference

[8] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[9] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[10] "Hutch Award". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

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