The 1985
California Angels
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season involved the Angels taking 2nd place in the
American League
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West with a 90-72 record, finishing one game behind the eventual World Series champions, the
Kansas City Royals
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.
Offseason
* November 7, 1984:
Ellis Valentine was released by the Angels.
* January 11, 1985: Rob Picciolo was released by the California Angels.
* January 30, 1985: Ruppert Jones was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* March 31, 1985:
Bill Mooneyham
William Craig Mooneyham (August 16, 1960) was an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of the Major League Baseball (MLB).
Mooneyham attended Merced College. He was originally drafted in 1980 Major League Baseball dr ...
was released by the Angels.
Regular season
* October 6, 1985:
Rufino Linares
Rufino de la Cruz Linares (February 28, 1951 – May 16, 1998) was a professional baseball player who played four seasons for the Atlanta Braves and California Angels of Major League Baseball.
Born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, L ...
hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
* June 3, 1985:
Bo Jackson
Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) is an American former professional baseball and American football player. He is the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball and football. Jackson's el ...
was drafted by the Angels in the 20th round of the
1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.
* June 19, 1985:
Tommy John
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was released by the Angels.
* August 2, 1985:
Pat Clements
Patrick Brian Clements (born February 2, 1962) is a retired professional baseball player who played eight seasons for the California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Basebal ...
,
Mike Brown and a player to be named later were traded by the Angels to the
Pittsburgh Pirates
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for
John Candelaria
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,
George Hendrick and
Al Holland. The Angels completed the deal by sending
Bob Kipper
Robert Wayne Kipper (born July 8, 1964) is an American professional baseball coach and a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He has also spent two terms (all of the 2002 season, and part of the 2015 season) as bullpen coach of MLB's Bo ...
to the Pirates on August 16.
* September 10, 1985: The Angels traded players to be named later to the
Oakland Athletics
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for
Don Sutton
Donald Howard Sutton (April 2, 1945 – January 19, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 23 seasons as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakla ...
. The Angels completed the deal by sending Robert Sharpnack (minors) and Jerome Nelson (minors) to the Athletics on September 25.
Don Sutton
at ''Baseball Reference''
Roster
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''
Other batters
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''
Pitching
Starting pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Other pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Relief pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Farm system
References
1985 California Angels
at ''Baseball Reference''
1985 California Angels
at ''Baseball Almanac''
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