1985 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 1985
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = Western Division
y2 = 1972
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Arlington Stadium
y4 = 1972
city = Arlington, Texas
y5 = 1972
owners = Eddie Chiles
managers = Doug Rader and Bobby Valentine
television = KTVT
(Freddie Patek, Phil Stone)
HSE
(Steve Busby, Merle Harmon)
radio =WBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz )|

The Texas Rangers 1985 season involved the Rangers finishing 7th in the American League west with a record of 62 wins and 99 losses.

Offseason

*January 18, 1985: Danny Darwin and a player to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a 4-team trade. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Rangers. The Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Royals. The New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Brewers. The Royals sent Frank Wills to the Mets. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Bill Nance (minors) to the Brewers on January 30. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darwida01.shtml Danny Darwin page at Baseball Reference] ]
*February 27, 1985: Billy Sample and a player to be named later were traded by the Rangers to the New York Yankees for Toby Harrah. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Eric Dersin (minors) to the Yankees on July 14. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/samplbi01.shtml Billy Sample page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

* April 29, 1985 - Larry Parrish had three home runs in a game against the New York Yankees.
* Charlie Hough finished second in the American League with 14 Complete Games.

Notable transactions

*April 6, 1985: Randy Asadoor was traded by the Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Mitch Williams. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willimi02.shtml Mitch Williams page at Baseball Reference] ]
*May 17, 1985: Geno Petralli was signed as a free agent by the Rangers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/petrage01.shtml Geno Petralli page at Baseball Reference] ]
*July 10, 1985: Ellis Valentine was signed as a Free Agent by the Rangers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenel01.shtml Ellis Valentine page at Baseball Reference] ]
*July 30, 1985: Sammy Sosa was signed by the Rangers as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sosasa01.shtml Sammy Sosa page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 28, 1985: The Rangers traded Cliff Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending Matt Williams and Jeff Mays (minors) to the Rangers on August 29, and Greg Ferlenda (minors) to the Rangers on November 14. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willima03.shtml Matt Williams page at Baseball Reference] ]
*September 13, 1985: Dave Stewart was traded by the Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rick Surhoff. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stewada01.shtml Dave Stewart page at Baseball Reference] ]

Opening Day Starters

* Buddy Bell
* Toby Harrah
* Cliff Johnson
* Pete O'Brien
* Larry Parrish
* Don Slaught
* Frank Tanana
* Gary Ward
* Curtis Wilkerson
* George Wright

eason standings

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Awards and Honors

All-Star Game
* Gary Ward, Outfield, Reserve

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1985.shtml 1985 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1985&t=TEX 1985 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]