The 1985 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 16th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and the 17th overall.

The Brewers' finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 90 losses and missed the postseason for the 3rd consecutive season.

Offseason December 7, 1984: Don Sutton was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Ray Burris, Eric Barry (minors), and a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Ed Myers (minors) to the Brewers on March 25, 1985.Don Sutton at Baseball-Reference January 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign. January 8, 1985: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Jim Kern at Baseball-Reference January 18, 1985: Jim Sundberg was traded by the Brewers to the Kansas City Royals as part of a 4-team trade. Danny Darwin and a player to be named later were traded by the Texas Rangers to the Brewers, and Tim Leary was traded by the New York Mets to the Brewers. Don Slaught was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Rangers. Frank Wills was traded by the Royals to the Mets. The Rangers completed the trade by sending Bill Nance (minors) to the Brewers on January 30.Danny Darwin at Baseball-Reference April 3, 1985: Yutaka Enatsu was cut after a spring training tryout with the team at age 36.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 17, 1985: Jim Kern was released by the Brewers.

Draft picks June 3, 1985: B. J. Surhoff was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.B.J. Surhoff at Baseball-Reference June 3, 1985: Steve Carter was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.

Roster 1985 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters 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 Charlie Moore 105 349 81 .232 0 31 1B Cecil Cooper 154 631 185 .293 16 99 2B Jim Gantner 143 523 133 .254 5 44 SS Ernie Riles 116 448 128 .286 5 45 3B 140 576 171 .297 10 48 LF Robin Yount 122 466 129 .277 15 68 CF Rick Manning 79 216 47 .218 2 18 RF Paul Householder 95 299 77 .258 11 34 DH Ted Simmons 143 528 144 .273 12 76

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 Ben Oglivie 101 341 99 .290 10 61 Ed Romero 88 251 63 .251 0 21 Bill Schroeder 53 194 47 .242 8 25 Randy Ready 48 181 48 .265 1 21 Mark Brouhard 37 108 28 .259 1 13 Bobby Clark 29 93 21 .226 0 8 Doug Loman 24 66 14 .212 0 7 21 62 10 .161 1 5 Brian Giles 34 58 10 .172 1 1 Mike Felder 15 56 11 .196 0 0 Billy Jo Robidoux 18 51 9 .176 3 8 Dion James 18 49 11 .224 0 3 Dave Huppert 15 21 1 .048 0 0

Pitching

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 Danny Darwin 39 217.2 8 18 3.80 125 Teddy Higuera 32 212.1 15 8 3.90 127 29 170.1 9 13 4.81 81 Moose Haas 27 161.2 8 8 3.84 78 Pete Vuckovich 22 112.2 6 10 5.51 55 5 33.1 1 4 4.05 29 Bill Wegman 3 17.2 2 0 3.57 6

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 24 116.1 6 8 4.33 44 6 13.2 0 0 1.98 8

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 Rollie Fingers 47 1 6 17 5.04 24 Bob Gibson 41 6 7 11 3.90 53 Bob McClure 38 4 1 3 4.31 57 Ray Searage 33 1 4 1 5.92 36 29 0 0 2 4.53 22 Rick Waits 24 3 2 1 6.51 24 5 0 1 0 6.55 3 Brad Lesley 5 1 0 0 9.95 5

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1985. The Vancouver Canadians won the Pacific Coast League championship.

Notes

References 1985 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference 1985 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com