1985 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1984 AL / 1986 AL / 1985 NL / 1985 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award	Don Mattingly NYY 159 G .324/.371/.567
Cy Young Award	Bret Saberhagen KCR 20-6, 2.87, 158 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Ozzie Guillen CHW 150 G .273/.291/.358
Manager of the Year Award	Bobby Cox
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Dan Quisenberry KCR 8-9 (37 SV), 2.37, 54 SO
ALCS MVP	George Brett - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Bret Saberhagen KCR 20-6, 2.87, 158 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Ron Guidry
Catcher	Lance Parrish
First Base	Don Mattingly
Second Base	Lou Whitaker
Third Base	George Brett
Shortstop	Alfredo Griffin
Outfield	Dwight Evans, Dwayne Murphy, Gary Pettis and Dave Winfield

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Carlton Fisk CHW 153 G .238/.320/.488
First Base	Don Mattingly NYY 159 G .324/.371/.567
Second Base	Lou Whitaker DET 152 G .279/.362/.456
Third Base	George Brett KCR 155 G .335/.436/.585
Shortstop	Cal Ripken BAL 161 G .282/.347/.469
Outfield	George Bell TOR 157 G .275/.327/.479 Rickey Henderson NYY 143 G .314/.419/.516 Dave Winfield NYY 155 G .275/.328/.471

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Jack Morris (DET) C. Carlton Fisk (CHW) 1B. Eddie Murray (BAL) 2B. Lou Whitaker (DET) 3B. George Brett (KCR) SS. Cal Ripken (BAL) LF. Jim Rice (BOS) CF. Rickey Henderson (NYY) RF. Dave Winfield (NYY)	Harold Baines* (CHW) Bert Blyleven* (CLE) Wade Boggs* (BOS) Phil Bradley* (SEA) Tom Brunansky* (MIN) Cecil Cooper* (MIL) Damaso Garcia* (TOR) Rich Gedman* (BOS) Willie Hernandez* (DET)	Jay Howell (OAK) Jimmy Key* (TOR) Don Mattingly* (NYY) Paul Molitor* (MIL) Donnie Moore* (CAL) Lance Parrish (DET) Dan Petry* (DET) Dave Stieb* (TOR) Alan Trammell* (DET)	Gary Ward* (TEX) Ernie Whitt* (TOR)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Henderson (NYY)	9.8
2.	Boggs (BOS)	9.0
3.	Brett (KCR)	8.1
4.	Saberhagen (KCR)	6.9
5.	Barfield (TOR)	6.6
6.	Stieb (TOR)	6.5
7.	Blyleven (2TM)	6.4
	Mattingly (NYY)	6.4
9.	Leibrandt (KCR)	6.3
10.	Moore (SEA)	6.0
	Hough (TEX)	6.0

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Niekro (NYY)	born 1939-04-01
2.	John (CAL)	born 1943-05-22
3.	Niekro (NYY)	born 1944-11-07
4.	Seaver (CHW)	born 1944-11-17
5.	Sutton (OAK)	born 1945-04-02
6.	McRae (KCR)	born 1945-07-10
7.	Carew (CAL)	born 1945-10-01
8.	Zahn (CAL)	born 1945-12-19
9.	Jackson (CAL)	born 1946-05-18
10.	Fingers (MIL)	born 1946-08-25

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Correa (CHW)	born 1966-04-29
2.	Lee (TOR)	born 1965-06-17
3.	Rijo (OAK)	born 1965-05-13
4.	Davis (CHW)	born 1965-01-30
5.	Wilkinson (SEA)	born 1964-08-10
6.	Kipper (CAL)	born 1964-07-08
7.	Canseco (OAK)	born 1964-07-02
8.	Sellers (BOS)	born 1964-05-11
9.	Saberhagen (KCR)	born 1964-04-11
10.	Habyan (BAL)	born 1964-01-29

Salary s c a p y
1.	Winfield (NYY)	$1,795,704
2.	Murray (BAL)	$1,472,819
3.	Henderson (NYY)	$1,470,000
4.	Kemp (NYY)	$1,420,000
5.	Cruz (CHW)	$1,242,333
6.	Cooper (MIL)	$1,176,190
7.	Seaver (CHW)	$1,136,262
8.	DeCinces (CAL)	$1,100,000
	Thornton (CLE)	$1,100,000
10.	Lynn (BAL)	$1,090,000

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.5 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

1984 AL / 1986 AL / 1985 NL / 1985 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

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