1985 Cincinnati Reds season


The Cincinnati Reds' 1985 season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West. The Reds finished in second place, 5½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. This year, the Reds adopted an alternate uniform. Reds pitcher Tom Browning became the last 20th Century pitcher to win 20 games in his rookie year.

Regular season

Pete Rose

On September 11, 1985, Rose was thought to have broken Ty Cobb's all-time hits record with his 4,192nd hit, a single to left-center field off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show. A subsequent independent review of Cobb's hits, however, revealed that two of them were double-counted. As a result, it has been suggested that Pete Rose actually broke the all-time hits record against the Cubs' Reggie Patterson with a single in the first in the Reds 5-5 called game against Chicago on September 8.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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
PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C731511236.2382240
1B11940560107.2642468
2B15252659155.2951345
3B672472854.2196360
SS15556059141.25274816
LF12541361108.26221663
CF14545382115.25433335
RF16063588198.312341255

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
1012465162.25262848
832202453.2413309
721832560.3286330
901731647.2724250
511611242.2613150
481581740.2535260
771352139.28901011
561222630.24681816
42102617.167190
4392718.196061
374858.167261
283537.200000
51214.333010
5922.222020

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Browning38261.12093.55155
Mario Soto36256.212153.58214
Jay Tibbs3521810163.9298
Andy McGaffigan1594.1333.7283

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ron Robinson33108.1773.9976
John Stuper3399854.5538
Joe Price2664.2223.9052
Frank Pastore1754213.8329

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Franco67123122.1861
Ted Power6486272.7042
Tom Hume563533.2650
Bob Buchanan141008.443
Carl Willis111019.226
Mike Smith20005.402
Rob Murphy20006.001

Awards and honors

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vermont