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1985 Los Angeles Dodgers 1985 NL West Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1890) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962) Los Angeles, California (since 1958)
1985 information
Owner(s)	Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)	Al Campanis
Manager(s)	Tommy Lasorda
Local television	KTTV (11) (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter) Dodgervision (Al Downing, Rick Monday)
Local radio	KABC (Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter) KTNQ (Jaime Jarrin, Rene Cardenas)
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The 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series. Fernando Valenzuela set a major league record for most consecutive innings at the start of a season without allowing an earned run (41).

Offseason

January 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball Draft (January draft) notable picks:

Round 3: Greg Briley ^[1]

Secondary Phase

Round 2: John Wetteland^[2]

February 4, 1985: Acquired Al Oliver^[3] from the Philadelphia Phillies for Pat Zachry

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	--	.586
Cincinnati Reds	89	72	5.5	.553
Houston Astros	83	79	12.0	.512
San Diego Padres	83	79	12.0	.512
Atlanta Braves	66	96	29.0	.407
San Francisco Giants	62	100	33.0	.383

Opening day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Mariano Duncan	Second baseman
Ken Landreaux	Center fielder
Al Oliver	Left fielder
Pedro Guerrero	Third baseman
Mike Marshall	Right fielder
Mike Scioscia	Catcher
Sid Bream	First baseman
Dave Anderson	Shortstop
Fernando Valenzuela	Starting pitcher

Roster

1985 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

12 Jay Johnstone

Manager

2 Tommy Lasorda

Coaches

Notable Transactions

June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball Draft (June draft) notable picks:

Round 1: Chris Gwynn

Round 5: Mike Devereaux

Round 8: Jack Savage

Round 16: Mike Huff^[4]

July 9, 1985: Acquired Len Matuszek from the Toronto Blue Jays for Al Oliver^[3]
July 10, 1985: Acquired Enos Cabell from the Houston Astros for German Rivera and Rafael Montalvo
July 14, 1985: Henry Rodriguez was signed as an amateur free agent.^[5]
August 31, 1985: Acquired Bill Madlock from the Pittsburgh Pirates for R.J. Reynolds, Sid Bream and Cecil Espy^[6]

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

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

1985 National League Championship Series

The Dodgers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1985 NLCS, the first year the championship series was in a "Best of seven" format. Jack Clark hit a 450 foot home run off Dodger closer Tom Niedenfuer to win the clincher in game six for the Cardinals.

Game 1

Wednesday, October 9 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	1
Los Angeles	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	4	8	0
W: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0) L: John Tudor (0-1) SV: Tom Niedenfuer (1)
HRs: LAD – None STL – None

Game 2

Thursday, October 10 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	1
Los Angeles	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	X	8	13	1
W: Orel Hershiser (1-0) L: Joaquín Andújar (0-1) SV: None
HRs: LAD – Greg Brock (1) STL – None

Game 3

Saturday, October 12 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	2
St. Louis	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	4	8	0
W: Danny Cox (1-0) L: Bob Welch (0-1) SV: Ken Dayley (1)
HRs: LAD – None STL – Tom Herr (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 13 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	1
St. Louis	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	12	15	0
W: John Tudor (1-0) L: Jerry Reuss (0-1) SV: None
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (1) STL – None

Game 5

Monday, October 14 at Busch Stadium (St. Louis)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
St. Louis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1
W: Jeff Lahti (1-0) L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-1) SV: None
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (2) STL – Ozzie Smith (1)

Game 6

Wednesday, October 16 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	7	12	1
Los Angeles	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	8	0
W: Todd Worrell (1-0) L: Tom Niedenfuer (0-2) SV: Ken Dayley (2)
HRs: LAD – Bill Madlock (3) Mike Marshall (1) STL – Jack Clark (1)

1985 Awards

1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Pedro Guerrero reserve
- Fernando Valenzuela reserve
NL Pitcher of the Month
- Fernando Valenzuela (April 1985)
- Fernando Valenzuela (July 1985)
NL Player of the Month
- Pedro Guerrero (June 1985)
NL Player of the Week
- Pedro Guerrero (June 10–16)
- Pedro Guerrero (July 22–28)
- Mike Marshall (Sep. 9-15)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Dukes	Pacific Coast League	Terry Collins
AA	San Antonio Dodgers	Texas League	Gary LaRocque
High A	Bakersfield Dodgers	California League	Mel Queen
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Stan Wasiak
Rookie	Great Falls Dodgers	Pioneer League	Kevin Kennedy
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Joe Alvarez

References

External links

Preceded by San Diego Padres 1984	NL West Division Championship Season 1985	Succeeded by Houston Astros 1986

v d e 1985 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1985 Major League Baseball Draft • 1985 All-Star Game • 1985 strike • 1985 World Series

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