Offseason

* October 15, 1984:

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was released by the Indians. * October 15, 1984: Broderick Perkins was released by the Indians. * January 7, 1985: Butch Benton was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians. * January 9, 1985:

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was signed as a free agent by the Indians. * March 22, 1985: Jerry Ujdur was released by the Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* April 3, 1985: Doug Jones was signed as a free agent by the Indians. * April 19, 1985:

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was signed as a free agent by the Indians. * April 23, 1985:

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was released by the Indians. *May 7, 1985:

Johnnie LeMaster Johnnie Lee LeMaster (born June 19, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played for four teams over a 12 year (– and ) MLB career, including 10 seasons with the San Francisco Giants. He batted and threw right-handed. Career On ...

was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Jeffcoat and Luis Quiñones. Lemaster was made the starting shortstop. The previous shortstop,

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, moved to second base a position he had never played before, and

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benched in spite of his leading the team in home runs at the time. Bill James called these maneuvers 'strangest, most incomprehensible organizational stratagem in many years'. *May 30, 1985:

was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. *July 3, 1985: The Pittsburgh Pirates sent

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to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on May 30, 1985, for

. * August 1, 1985:

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was traded by the Indians to the Minnesota Twins for Curt Wardle,

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, Jim Weaver and a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins completed the deal by sending

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to the Indians on September 17.

Draft picks

*The Cleveland Indians drafted pitcher Mike Poehl with the ninth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.

Opening Day Lineup

1985 Opening Day Lineup
at ''Baseball-Reference''

Roster

Player stats

Batting

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases''

Pitching

''Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts''

Awards and honors

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Farm system

References

1985 Cleveland Indians
at ''Baseball Reference''
1985 Cleveland Indians
at ''Baseball Almanac'' * {{Cleveland Guardians Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleve