1985 Chicago Cubs season

1985 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Tribune Company
General managers	Dallas Green
Managers	Jim Frey
Television	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats)
Radio	WGN (Dewayne Staats, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

The 1985 Chicago Cubs season was the 114th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 110th in the National League and the 70th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 77–84. The season had opened with high hopes as the Cubs had won the NL East title the year before. However, injuries were a major factor as four of the Cubs' starting pitchers were on the disabled list at the same time.

Offseason

• November 28, 1984: Dennis Eckersley was signed as a free agent by the Chicago Cubs.
• December 4, 1984: Ron Hassey, Porfi Altamirano, Rich Bordi, and Henry Cotto were traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Ray Fontenot and Brian Dayett.
• December 7, 1984: Steve Trout was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.
• January 3, 1985: Guy Hoffman was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.

Regular season

• Ryne Sandberg became the first Cub since 1969–1970 to score 100 runs in two consecutive seasons.

On June 11, the Cubs had a record of 35-19, and held a four game lead over the New York Mets for the division. However, Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Trout, Scott Sanderson and Dennis Eckersley all were injured, and the Cubs went on a 13-game losing streak that effectively eliminated them from contention. The Cubs ultimately finished seven games below .500 after having been 16 games above .500. Shawon Dunston made his Major League debut. He struggled early on, so the Cubs sent him back to Iowa in early May. However, once he returned, it spelled the end for Larry Bowa, who was released in August and picked up by the New York Mets.

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	61	.623	—	54‍–‍27	47‍–‍34
New York Mets	98	64	.605	3	51‍–‍30	47‍–‍34
Montreal Expos	84	77	.522	16½	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs	77	84	.478	23½	41‍–‍39	36‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies	75	87	.463	26	41‍–‍40	34‍–‍47
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	104	.354	43½	35‍–‍45	22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

1985 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	7–11	8–10	5–13	3–9	2–10	10–2	6–6	7–11	10–8	3–9
Chicago	7–5	—	5–6	5–7	5–7	7–11	4–14	13–5	13–5	8–4	6–6	4–14
Cincinnati	11–7	6–5	—	11–7	7–11	8–4	4–8	7–5	9–3	9–9	12–6	5–7
Houston	10–8	7–5	7–11	—	6–12	6–6	4–8	4–8	6–6	12–6	15–3	6–6
Los Angeles	13–5	7–5	11–7	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	4–8	8–4	8–10	11–7	7–5
Montreal	9–3	11–7	4–8	6–6	5–7	—	9–9	8–10	9–8	5–7	7–5	11–7
New York	10–2	14–4	8–4	8–4	5–7	9–9	—	11–7	10–8	7–5	8–4	8–10
Philadelphia	2-10	5–13	5–7	8–4	8–4	10–8	7–11	—	11–7	5–7	6–6	8–10
Pittsburgh	6–6	5–13	3–9	6–6	4–8	8–9	8–10	7–11	—	4–8	3–9	3–15
San Diego	11–7	4–8	9–9	6–12	10–8	7–5	5–7	7–5	8–4	—	12–6	4–8
San Francisco	8–10	6–6	6–12	3–15	7–11	5–7	4–8	6–6	9–3	6–12	—	2–10
St. Louis	9–3	14–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	7–11	10–8	10–8	15–3	8–4	10–2	—

Notable transactions

• April 9, 1985: Jacob Brumfield was released by the Cubs.
• May 12, 1985: Dave Hostetler was purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Montreal Expos.

Draft picks

• The Cubs drafted pitcher Dave Masters with the twenty-fourth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.
• June 3, 1985: Doug Dascenzo was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1985.
• June 3, 1985: Mark Grace was drafted by the Cubs in the 24th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed August 29, 1985.

Roster

1985 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 32 Johnny Abrego 48 Jay Baller 50 Dave Beard 47 Derek Botelho 41 Warren Brusstar 43 Dennis Eckersley 49 Steve Engel 31 Ray Fontenot 39 George Frazier 45 Dave Gumpert 32 Larry Gura 38 Ron Meridith 52 Reggie Patterson 35 Jon Perlman 44 Dick Ruthven 21 Scott Sanderson 46 Lee Smith 42 Lary Sorensen 40 Rick Sutcliffe 34 Steve Trout		Catchers  7 Jody Davis 16 Steve Lake Infielders  1 Larry Bowa 11 Ron Cey 12 Shawon Dunston 10 Leon Durham 18 Richie Hebner 19 Dave Owen 23 Ryne Sandberg 28 Chris Speier		Outfielders 27 Thad Bosley 24 Brian Dayett 20 Bob Dernier 22 Billy Hatcher 30 Darrin Jackson 15 Davey Lopes 36 Gary Matthews  6 Keith Moreland 30 Chico Walker 25 Gary Woods		Manager  8 Jim Frey Coaches  5 Rubén Amaro  3 Billy Connors  9 Johnny Oates  2 John Vukovich  4 Don Zimmer

Game log

1985 Chicago Cubs Game Log
April (12-6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info 1 April 9 Pirates 2 – 1 Sutcliffe (1-0) Rhoden (0-1) Smith (1) 34,551 1-0 2 April 11 Pirates 4 – 1 Trout (1-0) DeLeón (0-1) 10,049 2-0 3 April 12 Expos 5 – 1 Smith (1-0) Eckersley (0-1) 14,337 2-1 4 April 13 Expos 8 – 3 Sanderson (1-0) Rogers (0-2) 32,212 3-1 5 April 14 Expos 4 – 2 Sutcliffe (2-0) Palmer (0-1) 31,512 4-1 6 April 15 Phillies 2 – 1 Trout (2-0) K. Gross (0-1) Smith (2) 8,347 5-1 7 April 16 Phillies 1 – 0 (10) Eckersley (1-1) Holland (0-1) 11,937 6-1 8 April 17 Phillies 5 – 4 Frazier (1-0) K. Gross (0-2) Smith (3) 15,752 7-1 9 April 19 @ Expos 5 – 3 Smith (2-0) Sutcliffe (2-1) Reardon (2) 30,930 7-2 10 April 20 @ Expos 4 – 0 Gullickson (2-1) Trout (2-1) Reardon (3) 12,775 7-3 11 April 21 @ Expos 4 – 0 Eckersley (2-1) Palmer (0-2) 13,506 8-3 12 April 22 @ Pirates 5 – 3 McWilliams (1-1) Ruthven (0-1) Candelaria (3) 6,329 8-4 13 April 23 @ Pirates 5 – 0 Sutcliffe (3-1) Bielecki (1-1) 9,387 9-4 14 April 24 @ Pirates 5 – 2 Trout (3-1) Rhoden (0-3) Smith (4) 3,981 10-4 15 April 26 @ Phillies 7 – 3 Eckersley (3-1) Koosman (0-1) 27,187 11-4 16 April 27 @ Phillies 6 – 1 Rawley (3-0) Sanderson (1-1) 25,220 11-5 17 April 28 @ Phillies 3 – 2 K. Gross (2-2) Sutcliffe (3-2) Andersen (2) 31,890 11-6 18 April 30 Giants 3 – 1 Trout (4-1) Laskey (0-3) Smith (5) 12,647 12-6
May (15-11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info 19 May 1 Giants 4 – 3 Eckersley (4-1) Garrelts (0-1) 14,490 13-6 20 May 3 Padres 6 – 5 Hawkins (5-0) Sutcliffe (3-3) Gossage (7) 27,236 13-7 21 May 4 Padres 12 – 8 Sorensen (1-0) Booker (0-1) Smith (6) 36,033 14-7 22 May 5 Padres 6 – 3 Frazier (2-0) DeLeón (0-2) 36,388 15-7 23 May 6 Dodgers 5 – 4 (10) Howell (2-1) Fontenot (0-1) 20,796 15-8 24 May 7 Dodgers 4 – 2 Ruthven (1-1) Brennan (1-2) Smith (7) 23,331 16-8 25 May 8 @ Giants 1 – 0 Sutcliffe (4-3) Krukow (2-2) 16,134 17-8 26 May 9 @ Giants 1 – 0 (12) Garrelts (1-1) Brusstar (0-1) 11,825 17-9 27 May 10 @ Padres 6 – 2 Trout (5-1) Hoyt (2-3) Smith (8) 39,638 18-9 28 May 11 @ Padres 3 – 1 Show (4-2) Eckersley (4-2) Gossage (8) 54,395 18-10 29 May 12 @ Padres 5 – 3 Dravecky (2-2) Ruthven (1-2) Gossage (9) 50,226 18-11 30 May 14 @ Dodgers 8 – 3 Sutcliffe (5-3) Valenzuela (3-4) 48,187 19-11 31 May 15 @ Dodgers 3 – 2 Sanderson (2-1) Honeycutt (2-3) Smith (9) 46,213 20-11 32 May 17 @ Braves 7 – 5 Smith (1-0) Sutter (2-1) 20,901 21-11 33 May 18 @ Braves 4 – 3 Mahler (8-2) Eckersley (4-3) Sutter (7) 39,136 21-12 34 May 19 @ Braves 3 – 0 Bedrosian (1-2) Sutcliffe (5-4) Sutter (8) 30,389 21-13 35 May 20 Reds 6 – 1 Sanderson (3-1) Tibbs (3-6) 21,231 22-13 36 May 21 Reds 5 – 2 Hume (1-2) Frazier (2-1) Power (8) 32,007 22-14 37 May 22 Reds 7 – 4 Eckersley (5-3) Browning (4-3) Smith (10) 27,863 23-14 38 May 24 Astros 6 – 2 Ryan (4-2) Ruthven (1-3) 35,743 23-15 39 May 25 Astros 5 – 4 Smith (2-0) Ross (0-1) 36,278 24-15 40 May 26 Astros 10 – 8 Frazier (3-1) Ross (0-2) Smith (11) 37,044 25-15 41 May 27 @ Reds 4 – 3 Eckersley (6-3) Browning (4-4) Smith (12) 20,046 26-15 42 May 28 @ Reds 13 – 11 Franco (2-1) Sorensen (1-1) 15,121 26-16 43 May 29 @ Reds 1 – 0 Soto (7-3) Ruthven (1-4) 18,402 26-17 44 May 31 @ Astros 6 – 2 (10) Smith (3-0) Smith (4-2) 33,440 27-17
June (12-16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info 45 June 1 @ Astros 4 – 1 Eckersley (7-3) Knepper (5-1) 38,879 28-17 46 June 2 @ Astros 4 – 3 Scott (3-2) Gura (0-1) Smith (8) 21,129 28-18 47 June 4 Braves 5 – 3 Ruthven (2-4) Mahler (8-5) Smith (13) 23,502 29-18 48 June 5 Braves 4 – 2 (11) Dedmon (3-0) Smith (3-1) 25,557 29-19 According to the Cubs game footage shown in the 1986 movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, he took his day off on this day. 49 June 6 Pirates 3 – 2 (12) Brusstar (1-1) Holland (1-3) 22,368 30-19 50 June 7 Pirates 1 – 0 Sutcliffe (6-4) DeLeón (1-8) 37,414 31-19 51 June 8 Pirates 7 – 3 Trout (6-1) McWilliams (3-4) 35,232 32-19 52 June 9 Pirates 5 – 1 Ruthven (3-4) Winn (1-1) Brusstar (1) 36,475 33-19 53 June 10 @ Expos 5 – 4 Fontenot (1-1) Reardon (2-2) Smith (14) 42,218 34-19 54 June 11 @ Expos 5 – 3 Frazier (4-1) St. Claire (1-1) Smith (15) 28,303 35-19 55 June 12 @ Expos 2 – 0 Palmer (5-5) Sutcliffe (6-5) Reardon (18) 10,378 35-20 56 June 13 @ Expos 9 – 7 Smith (7-2) Trout (6-2) Reardon (19) 14,210 35-21 57 June 14 Cardinals 11 – 10 Andújar (12-1) Ruthven (3-5) Forsch (1) 36,745 35-22 58 June 15 Cardinals 2 – 0 Cox (8-2) Fontenot (1-2) 34,716 35-23 59 June 16 Cardinals 5 – 2 Kepshire (3-5) Eckersley (7-4) Campbell (3) 36,262 35-24 60 June 17 @ Mets 2 – 0 Darling (6-1) Sutcliffe (6-6) 41,986 35-25 61 June 18 @ Mets 5 – 1 Lynch (4-3) Trout (6-3) 41,125 35-26 62 June 19 @ Mets 1 – 0 Gooden (10-3) Sanderson (3-2) 51,778 35-27 63 June 20 @ Mets 5 – 3 Fernandez (2-4) Fontenot (1-3) McDowell (4) 37,203 35-28 64 June 21 @ Cardinals 7 – 5 Kepshire (4-5) Eckersley (7-5) Lahti (5) 46,005 35-29 65 June 22 @ Cardinals 2 – 1 (10) Dayley (1-0) Smith (3-2) 49,231 35-30 66 June 23 @ Cardinals 7 – 0 Tudor (6-7) Ruthven (3-6) 45,881 35-31 67 June 25 Mets 3 – 2 Gooden (11-3) Sanderson (3-3) 36,730 35-32 68 June 26 Mets 7 – 3 Fontenot (2-3) McDowell (5-3) Smith (16) 35,876 36-32 69 June 27 Mets 4 – 2 Sutcliffe (7-6) Darling (6-2) 35,857 37-32 70 June 28 @ Pirates 5 – 0 Trout (7-3) DeLeón (2-10) 16,432 38-32 71 June 29 @ Pirates 6 – 5 (15) Reuschel (5-1) Frazier (4-2) 13,934 38-33 72 June 30 @ Pirates 9 – 2 Sanderson (4-3) Robinson (2-3) 31,384 39-33
July (13-14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info 73 July 1 @ Phillies 3 – 1 Fontenot (3-3) Denny (5-6) Smith (17) 23,091 40-33 74 July 2 @ Phillies 11 – 2 Rawley (6-6) Sutcliffe (7-7) 23,005 40-34 75 July 3 @ Phillies 4 – 3 Smith (4-2) Tekulve (4-3) 56,092 41-34 76 July 4 Giants 6 – 4 Garrelts (3-3) Trout (7-4) Minton (2) 34,377 41-35 77 July 5 Giants 12 – 6 Blue (5-2) Sanderson (4-4) 38,766 41-36 78 July 6 Giants 6 – 4 Garrelts (4-3) Smith (4-3) M. Davis (5) 35,902 41-37 79 July 7 Giants 6 – 5 Brusstar (2-1) M. Davis (3-6) Smith (18) 35,663 42-37 80 July 8 Padres 8 – 4 Stoddard (1-3) Sorensen (1-2) 33,159 42-38 81 July 9 Padres 7 – 3 Trout (8-4) Show (7-6) Frazier (1) 33,095 43-38 82 July 10 Padres 4 – 3 Sanderson (5-4) Dravecky (8-5) Smith (19) 35,042 44-38 83 July 11 Dodgers 3 – 1 Welch (3-1) Fontenot (3-4) Howell (9) 35,469 44-39 84 July 12 Dodgers 7 – 4 Niedenfuer (4-2) Smith (4-4) 36,029 44-40 85 July 13 Dodgers 9 – 1 Valenzuela (10-8) Gura (0-2) 34,822 44-41 86 July 14 Dodgers 10 – 4 Frazier (5-2) Honeycutt (6-8) Brusstar (2) 34,273 45-41 87 July 18 @ Giants 1 – 0 Krukow (6-7) Frazier (5-3) 9,908 45-42 88 July 19 @ Giants 4 – 3 Sorensen (2-2) Gott (4-7) Smith (20) 12,887 46-42 89 July 20 @ Giants 2 – 1 Ruthven (4-6) Hammaker (3-9) Smith (21) 15,494 47-42 90 July 21 @ Giants 2 – 1 Laskey (3-11) Gura (0-3) Minton (3) 22,073 47-43 91 July 22 @ Padres 5 – 3 Meridith (1-0) Jackson (0-1) Smith (22) 23,873 48-43 92 July 23 @ Padres 8 – 1 Sutcliffe (8-7) Hawkins (12-3) 34,278 49-43 93 July 24 @ Padres 4 – 3 (10) Smith (5-4) Stoddard (1-4) Frazier (2) 30,175 50-43 94 July 25 @ Dodgers 7 – 3 Valenzuela (12-8) Fontenot (3-5) Howell (10) 49,516 50-44 95 July 26 @ Dodgers 10 – 0 Reuss (8-6) Ruthven (4-7) 41,321 50-45 96 July 27 @ Dodgers 5 – 4 Hershiser (11-3) Frazier (5-4) Howell (11) 46,092 50-46 97 July 28 @ Dodgers 9 – 2 Sorensen (3-2) Powell (0-1) Brusstar (3) 47,571 51-46 98 July 30 Cardinals 11 – 3 Kepshire (8-6) Engel (0-1) 33,083 51-47 99 July 31 Cardinals 5 – 2 Fontenot (4-5) Andújar (17-5) Smith (23) 31,417 52-47
August (10-18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info 100 August 1 Cardinals 9 – 8 (14) Frazier (6-4) Dayley (3-1) 36,164 53-47 101 August 2 Mets 2 – 1 Eckersley (8-5) Leach (1-1) Brusstar (4) 35,419 54-47 102 August 3 Mets 5 – 4 (10) Orosco (3-4) Frazier (6-5) McDowell (9) 36,775 54-48 103 August 4 Mets 4 – 1 Gooden (17-3) Fontenot (4-6) 35,207 54-49 104 August 5 Mets 7 – 2 Lynch (9-5) Botelho (0-1) 34,167 54-50 105 August 8 @ Cardinals 8 – 0 Tudor (14-8) Sanderson (5-5) 39,203 54-51 106 August 9 @ Mets 6 – 4 McDowell (6-4) Brusstar (2-2) 44,309 54-52 107 August 10 @ Mets 8 – 3 Gooden (18-3) Fontenot (4-7) 48,306 54-53 108 August 11 @ Mets 6 – 2 Lynch (10-5) Botelho (0-2) 40,311 54-54 109 August 12 Expos 8 – 7 Gumpert (1-0) Reardon (2-5) Smith (24) 28,195 55-54 110 August 13 Expos 4 – 1 Hesketh (10-5) Sanderson (5-6) Reardon (30) 28,582 55-55 111 August 14 Expos 8 – 7 Smith (14-4) Sorensen (3-3) Burke (5) 30,055 55-56 112 August 15 Expos 7 – 3 Gullickson (11-8) Engel (0-2) 29,553 55-57 113 August 16 Phillies 6 – 5 Smith (6-4) Tekulve (4-8) 31,557 56-57 114 August 17 Phillies 10 – 4 Denny (8-9) Sorensen (3-4) 31,421 56-58 115 August 18 Phillies 9 – 5 Hudson (6-11) Baller (0-1) Tekulve (13) 31,269 56-59 116 August 20 @ Braves 5 – 2 Fontenot (5-7) Sutter (7-6) Smith (25) 13,006 57-59 117 August 21 @ Braves 9 – 5 Brusstar (3-2) Garber (3-4) Smith (26) 12,245 58-59 118 August 22 @ Braves 3 – 2 Meridith (2-0) Camp (2-6) Smith (27) 11,273 59-59 119 August 23 @ Reds 3 – 2 Franco (11-1) Sorensen (3-5) 34,283 59-60 120 August 24 @ Reds 4 – 0 Frazier (7-5) Soto (10-15) Smith (28) 37,069 60-60 121 August 25 @ Reds 5 – 3 Browning (13-9) Brusstar (3-3) Franco (7) 35,038 60-61 122 August 26 @ Astros 10 – 4 Engel (1-2) Knepper (10-10) 9,557 61-61 123 August 27 @ Astros 11 – 4 Smith (7-5) Meridith (2-1) 10,810 61-62 124 August 28 @ Astros 3 – 0 Ryan (9-11) Baller (0-2) Heathcock (1) 6,979 61-63 125 August 29 Braves 9 – 6 Mahler (17-12) Sorensen (3-6) Camp (2) 16,965 61-64 126 August 30 Braves 8 – 1 Johnson (2-0) Fontenot (5-8) 15,920 61-65 127 August 31 Braves 5 – 4 (11) Brusstar (4-3) Garber (5-5) 31,876 62-65
September (12-16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info 128 September 1 Braves 15 – 2 Botelho (1-2) Barker (2-7) 31,427 63-65 129 September 2 Astros 7 – 2 Dawley (3-2) Baller (0-3) 26,620 63-66 130 September 3 Astros 8 – 7 (10) Smith (8-5) Frazier (7-6) 11,306 63-67 131 September 4 Astros 11 – 6 Scott (15-7) Meridith (2-2) 9,136 63-68 132 September 5 @ Cardinals 6 – 1 Cox (15-8) Engel (1-3) 33,693 63-69 133 September 6 Reds 7 – 5 Soto (12-15) Botelho (1-3) 17,026 63-70 134 September 7 Reds 9 – 7 Baller (1-3) Franco (11-2) 30,300 64-70 135 September 8 Reds 5 – 5 28,269 64-70 136 September 9 @ Cardinals 3 – 1 Fontenot (6-8) Kepshire (10-9) Meridith (1) 32,808 65-70 137 September 10 @ Pirates 2 – 1 Reuschel (12-7) Engel (1-4) 3,133 65-71 138 September 11 @ Pirates 3 – 1 Meridith (3-2) DeLeon (2-17) Baller (1) 5,432 66-71 139 September 12 @ Pirates 10 – 2 Rhoden (9-13) Eckersley (8-6) Robinson (3) 3,439 66-72 140 September 13 Cardinals 9 – 3 Forsch (7-6) Trout (8-5) Worrell (1) 16,110 66-73 141 September 14 Cardinals 5 – 4 Campbell (5-3) Sorensen (3-7) Lahti (17) 29,852 66-74 142 September 15 Cardinals 5 – 1 Cox (16-9) Engel (1-5) 28,430 66-75 143 September 16 @ Expos 8 – 5 Burke (9-3) Frazier (7-7) 10,399 66-76 144 September 17 @ Expos 3 – 0 Eckersley (9-6) Youmans (3-3) Smith (29) 12,095 67-76 145 September 18 @ Mets 4 – 2 Aguilera (8-6) Trout (8-6) McDowell (15) 25,424 67-77 146 September 19 @ Mets 5 – 1 Fernandez (7-9) Fontenot (6-9) 26,812 67-78 147 September 20 @ Phillies 3 – 1 Patterson (1-0) Hudson (7-12) Smith (30) 20,207 68-78 148 September 21 @ Phillies 9 – 2 Abrego (1-0) K. Gross (14-11) 17,779 69-78 149 September 22 @ Phillies 9 – 2 Eckersley (10-6) Rawley (12-8) 21,768 70-78 150 September 23 Expos 10 – 7 St. Claire (5-3) Frazier (7-8) Burke (8) 4,647 70-79 151 September 24 Expos 17 – 15 Smith (17-5) Fontenot (6-10) Reardon (36) 6,947 70-80 152 September 25 Mets 5 – 4 Smith (7-4) Orosco (6-6) 10,339 71-80 153 September 26 Mets 3 – 0 Gooden (23-4) Abrego (1-1) 11,091 71-81 154 September 27 Phillies 9 – 7 Baller (2-3) Tekulve (4-10) Smith (31) 9,258 72-81 155 September 28 Phillies 11 – 10 Eckersley (11-6) Denny (11-13) Smith (32) 27,875 73-81 156 September 29 Phillies 6 – 2 Trout (9-6) Toliver (0-3) 26,641 74-81
October (3-3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info 157 October 1 Pirates 4 – 3 Patterson (2-0) Reuschel (14-8) Smith (33) 3,446 75-81 158 October 2 Pirates 9 – 4 Rhoden (10-14) Sutcliffe (8-8) Guante (5) 4,637 75-82 159 October 3 Pirates 13 – 5 Perlman (1-0) Winn (3-6) Engel (1) 7,437 76-82 160 October 4 @ Cardinals 4 – 2 Forsch (9-6) Eckersley (11-7) Worrell (5) 40,618 76-83 161 October 5 @ Cardinals 7 – 1 Tudor (21-8) Trout (9-7) 44,825 76-84 162 October 6 @ Cardinals 8 – 2 Patterson (3-0) Andújar (21-12) 43,665 77-84

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jody Davis	142	482	112	.232	17	58
1B	Leon Durham	153	542	153	.282	21	75
2B	Ryne Sandberg	153	609	186	.305	26	83
SS	Shawon Dunston	74	250	65	.260	4	18
3B	Ron Cey	145	500	116	.232	22	63
LF	Gary Matthews	97	298	70	.235	13	40
CF	Bob Dernier	121	469	119	.254	1	21
RF	Keith Moreland	161	587	180	.307	14	106

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Davey Lopes	99	275	78	.284	11	44
Chris Speier	106	218	53	.243	4	24
Larry Bowa	72	195	48	.246	0	13
Thad Bosley	108	180	59	.328	7	27
Billy Hatcher	53	163	40	.245	2	10
Richie Hebner	83	120	26	.217	3	22
Steve Lake	58	119	18	.151	1	11
Gary Woods	81	82	20	.244	0	4
Brian Dayett	22	26	6	.231	1	4
Dave Owen	22	19	7	.368	0	4
Chico Walker	21	12	1	.083	0	0
Darrin Jackson	5	11	1	.091	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dennis Eckersley	25	169.1	11	7	3.08	117
Steve Trout	24	140.2	9	7	3.39	44
Rick Sutcliffe	20	130.0	8	8	3.18	102
Scott Sanderson	19	121.0	5	6	3.12	80
Steve Engel	11	51.2	1	5	5.57	29

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ray Fontenot	38	154.2	6	10	4.36	70
Dick Ruthven	20	87.1	4	7	4.53	26
Jay Baller	20	52.0	2	3	3.46	31
Derek Botelho	11	44.0	1	3	5.32	23
Reggie Patterson	8	39.0	3	0	3.00	17
Johnny Abrego	6	24.0	1	1	6.38	13
Larry Gura	5	20.1	0	3	8.41	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lee Smith	65	7	4	33	3.04	112
George Frazier	51	7	8	2	6.39	46
Warren Brusstar	51	4	3	4	6.05	34
Lary Sorensen	45	3	7	0	4.26	34
Ron Meridith	32	3	2	1	4.47	23
Dave Beard	9	0	0	0	6.39	4
Dave Gumpert	9	1	0	0	3.48	4
Jon Perlman	6	1	0	0	11.42	4

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	American Association	Larry Cox
AA	Pittsfield Cubs	Eastern League	Tom Spencer
A	Winston-Salem Spirits	Carolina League	Cal Emery
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Pete Mackanin
Short-Season A	Geneva Cubs	New York–Penn League	Tony Franklin
Rookie	Wytheville Cubs	Appalachian League	Ramón Conde

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem

References

• 1985 Chicago Cubs at Baseball Reference
• 1985 Chicago Cubs on Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.