1985 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1984 NL / 1986 NL / 1985 AL / 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	Willie McGee STL 152 G .353/.384/.503
Cy Young Award	Dwight Gooden NYM 24-4, 1.53, 268 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Vince Coleman STL 151 G .267/.320/.335
Manager of the Year Award	Whitey Herzog
Triple Crown	Dwight Gooden NYM 24-4, 1.53, 268 SO
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Willie McGee STL 152 G .353/.384/.503
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Dwight Gooden NYM 24-4, 1.53, 268 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Jeff Reardon MON 2-8 (41 SV), 3.18, 67 SO
NLCS MVP	Ozzie Smith - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Dwight Gooden NYM 24-4, 1.53, 268 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Rick Reuschel
Catcher	Tony Pena
First Base	Keith Hernandez
Second Base	Ryne Sandberg
Third Base	Tim Wallach
Shortstop	Ozzie Smith
Outfield	Andre Dawson, Willie McGee and Dale Murphy

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Pitcher	Rick Rhoden PIT 37 G .189/.211/.230
Catcher	Gary Carter NYM 149 G .281/.365/.488
First Base	Jack Clark STL 126 G .281/.393/.502
Second Base	Ryne Sandberg CHC 153 G .305/.364/.504
Third Base	Tim Wallach MON 155 G .260/.310/.450
Shortstop	Hubie Brooks MON 156 G .269/.310/.413
Outfield	Willie McGee STL 152 G .353/.384/.503 Dale Murphy ATL 162 G .300/.388/.539 Dave Parker CIN 160 G .312/.365/.551

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. LaMarr Hoyt (SDP) C. Terry Kennedy (SDP) 1B. Steve Garvey (SDP) 2B. Tom Herr (STL) 3B. Graig Nettles (SDP) SS. Ozzie Smith (STL) LF. Tony Gwynn (SDP) CF. Dale Murphy (ATL) RF. Darryl Strawberry (NYM)	Joaquin Andujar (STL) Gary Carter (NYM) Jack Clark* (STL) Jose Cruz* (HOU) Ron Darling (NYM) Scott Garrelts (SFG) Dwight Gooden (NYM) Rich Gossage* (SDP) Pedro Guerrero (LAD)	Willie McGee* (STL) Dave Parker* (CIN) Tony Pena* (PIT) Tim Raines* (MON) Jeff Reardon* (MON) Pete Rose* (CIN) Nolan Ryan* (HOU) Ryne Sandberg* (CHC) Garry Templeton* (SDP)	Fernando Valenzuela* (LAD) Ozzie Virgil* (PHI) Tim Wallach* (MON) Glenn Wilson* (PHI)

NL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Gooden (NYM)	13.3
2.	Tudor (STL)	8.3
3.	McGee (STL)	8.2
4.	Guerrero (LAD)	7.9
5.	Raines (MON)	7.6
6.	Carter (NYM)	6.9
7.	Reuschel (PIT)	6.4
8.	Smith (STL)	6.4
9.	Hershiser (LAD)	6.3
10.	Wallach (MON)	6.1

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Rose (CIN)	born 1941-04-14
2.	Perez (CIN)	born 1942-05-14
3.	Koosman (PHI)	born 1942-12-23
4.	Staub (NYM)	born 1944-04-01
5.	Nettles (SDP)	born 1944-08-20
6.	Niekro (HOU)	born 1944-11-07
7.	Carlton (PHI)	born 1944-12-22
8.	Lopes (CHC)	born 1945-05-03
9.	Johnstone (LAD)	born 1945-11-20
10.	Bowa (CHC)	born 1945-12-06

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Gonzalez (LAD)	born 1964-11-23
2.	Gooden (NYM)	born 1964-11-16
3.	Kipper (PIT)	born 1964-07-08
4.	Youmans (MON)	born 1964-05-11
5.	McCullers (SDP)	born 1964-03-08
6.	Reyes (LAD)	born 1963-12-10
7.	Khalifa (PIT)	born 1963-12-05
8.	Thomas (ATL)	born 1963-11-10
9.	Nokes (SFG)	born 1963-10-31
10.	Kerfeld (HOU)	born 1963-09-28

Salary s c a p y
1.	Schmidt (PHI)	$2,130,300
2.	Carter (NYM)	$2,028,571
3.	Foster (NYM)	$1,942,857
4.	Gossage (SDP)	$1,713,333
5.	Murphy (ATL)	$1,625,000
6.	Clark (STL)	$1,555,000
7.	Horner (ATL)	$1,500,000
8.	Cey (CHC)	$1,450,000
9.	Smith (STL)	$1,440,000
10.	Sutter (ATL)	$1,354,167

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 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 NL / 1986 NL / 1985 AL / 1985 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

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