1985 Oakland Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1985
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Walter A. Haas, Jr.
managers = Jackie Moore
television = KPIX
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Walker)
radio = KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ken Dito)|The Oakland Athletics' 1985 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

*December 5, 1984: Rickey Henderson, Bert Bradley and cash were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Stan Javier, Jay Howell, José Rijo, Eric Plunk, and Tim Birtsas. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/henderi01.shtml Rickey Henderson page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 7, 1984: Ray Burris, Eric Barry (minors) and a player to be named later were traded by the Ahtletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Don Sutton. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Ed Myers (minors) to the Brewers on March 25, 1985. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/suttodo01.shtml Don Sutton page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 8, 1984: Bill Caudill was traded by the Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Alfredo Griffin, Dave Collins, and cash. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caudibi01.shtml Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

*September 2, 1985: José Canseco made his major league debut in a game against the Baltimore Orioles. Canseco had one at bat without a hit. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cansejo01.shtml José Canseco page at Baseball Reference] ]

*September 22, 1985: José Canseco became the 27th player to hit a Home Run over the roof of Comiskey Park.

eason standings

Transactions

*April 26, 1985: Bill Mooneyham was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moonebi01.shtml Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball Reference] ]
*July 12, 1985: Tommy John was signed as a free agent by the Athletics. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnto01.shtml Tommy John page at Baseball Reference] ]
*September 10, 1985: Don Sutton was traded by the Athletics to the California Angels for players to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending Robert Sharpnack (minors) and Jerome Nelson (minors) to the Athletics on September 25.

Draft Picks

*June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball Draft
**Walt Weiss was drafted by the Athletics in the 1st round (11th pick). Player signed June 5, 1985. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/weisswa01.shtml Walt Weiss page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Dave Otto was drafted by the Athletics in the 2nd round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ottoda01.shtml Dave Otto page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Wally Whitehurst was drafted by the Athletics in the 3rd round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitewa02.shtml Wally Whitehurst page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

References

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