1985 New York Yankees

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1985 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1976) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1985 Information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
Manager(s)	Yogi Berra and Billy Martin
Local television	WPIX
Local radio
Baseball-Reference	1985 New York Yankees

Contents 1 1985 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page 2 Regular season 3 Awards and Honors 4 Player stats 4.1 Batting 4.1.1 Other batters 4.2 Starting pitchers 4.2.1 Other pitchers 4.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 5 External links

[edit] 1985 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page

The New York Yankees' 1985 season was the 83rd season for the Yankees. The team finished in second place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 97-64, finishing 2 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays. New York was managed by Yogi Berra and Billy Martin. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

[edit] Regular season

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	99	62	.615	--
New York Yankees	97	64	.602	2
Detroit Tigers	84	77	.522	15
Baltimore Orioles	83	78	.516	16
Boston Red Sox	81	81	.500	18½
Milwaukee Brewers	71	90	.441	28
Cleveland Indians	60	102	.370	39½

[edit] Awards and Honors

Don Mattingly was the AL MVP and RBI leader with 143. Mattingly hit for a .324 average with 35 home runs.

Mattingly, Dave Winfield and Rickey Henderson represented the Yankees in the 1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Gold Gloves were awarded to pitcher Ron Guidry, first baseman Mattingly and outfielder Winfield.

Winfield and Henderson won Silver Slugger Awards at the outfield position and Mattingly won the award at first base.

Henderson also led the league with 80 stolen bases.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] External links

• 1985 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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