The Seattle Mariners season was their ninth since the franchise creation. They finished sixth in the American League West with a record of . Chuck Cottier, who managed the team in the final month of the 1984 season, managed the team for the entire year and had his contract renewed, before being fired in May 1986.

Outfielder Phil Bradley was the team's sole All-Star Game selection. Gorman Thomas won the Comeback Player of the Year Award. Thomas hit 32 home runs, a franchise record that stood until Ken Griffey Jr. hit 40 home runs in .

Pitchers Bill Swift, Brian Snyder, and Bill Wilkinson made their MLB debuts for the 1985 Mariners.

Regular season July 9: Against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Kingdome in Seattle, Jays catcher Buck Martinez executed a double play by tagging out two runners at home plate. In the third inning, Phil Bradley was on second when Gorman Thomas singled. Bradley was tagged out at home, on a throw from Jesse Barfield to Martinez with a collision in which Martinez broke his ankle; he was sitting on the ground in agony and threw the ball to third base in an attempt to tag out Thomas. The throw went into left field and Thomas continued running; left fielder George Bell threw the ball back to Martinez, still seated on the ground in pain, who tagged Thomas out.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 3, 1985: Mike Schooler was drafted by the Mariners in the second round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft. June 20: Mike Stanton was released by the Mariners.

Roster 1985 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 108 305 74 .243 6 27 1B 155 578 166 .287 18 78 2B 125 485 128 .264 2 23 SS 118 352 91 .259 6 37 3B 155 570 157 .275 28 84 LF 159 641 192 .300 26 88 CF 139 502 121 .241 14 68 RF 122 452 120 .265 14 69 DH 135 484 104 .215 32 87

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Iván Calderón 67 210 60 .286 8 28 Donnie Scott 80 185 41 .222 4 23 Domingo Ramos 75 168 33 .196 1 15 Ken Phelps 61 116 24 .207 9 24 Barry Bonnell 48 111 27 .243 1 10 Harold Reynolds 67 104 15 .144 0 6 Dave Valle 31 70 11 .157 0 4 John Moses 33 62 12 .194 0 3 19 61 20 .328 1 7 Darnell Coles 27 59 14 .237 1 5 Al Chambers 4 4 0 .000 0 0 6 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Mike Moore 35 247.0 17 10 3.46 155 Matt Young 37 218.1 12 19 4.91 136 Mark Langston 24 126.2 7 14 5.47 72 Frank Wills 24 123.0 5 11 6.00 67 Bill Swift 23 120.2 6 10 4.77 55 18 70.1 5 6 7.29 45 Mike Morgan 2 6.0 1 1 12.00 2 Bill Wilkinson 2 6.0 0 2 13.50 5

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 17 52.2 0 5 5.98 27 Brian Snyder 15 35.1 1 2 6.37 23 2 4.2 0 1 7.71 1

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Edwin Núñez 70 7 3 16 3.09 58 Ed Vande Berg 76 2 1 3 3.72 34 Roy Thomas 40 7 0 1 3.36 70 28 0 0 0 3.76 29 24 1 2 1 5.28 17 Karl Best 15 2 1 4 1.95 32 Jack Lazorko 15 0 0 1 3.54 7 12 0 0 0 6.33 17 Paul Mirabella 10 0 0 0 1.32 8 Dave Tobik 8 1 0 1 6.00 8

Farm system

SourcesJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1985 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1985 Seattle Mariners team page at Baseball Almanac