1985 Chicago Cubs

77-84 • .478 Win% • 4th in NL E

📊 Season Record

77 Wins
84 Losses
.478 Win %
4th Rank
686 R 729 RA
Diff -43

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686 Runs Scored
729 Runs Allowed
-43 Run Diff
2,161K Attendance

📈 vs. 1985 NL Average

Batting Avg .254 1% above the 1985 league average (.252)
OBP .323 2% above the 1985 league average (.318)
SLG .390 4% above the 1985 league average (.373)
Team ERA 4.16 16% worse than the 1985 league average (3.59)
Runs Scored 686 4% above the 1985 league average (658 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,161,534
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Avg per Game 26,685

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1985

Batting Avg

1 Thad Bosley 0.328 2 Keith Moreland 0.307 3 Ryne Sandberg 0.305 4 Davey Lopes 0.284 5 Leon Durham 0.282

Home Runs

1 Ryne Sandberg 26 2 Ron Cey 22 3 Leon Durham 21 4 Jody Davis 17 5 Keith Moreland 14

RBI

1 Keith Moreland 106 2 Ryne Sandberg 83 3 Leon Durham 75 4 Ron Cey 63 5 Jody Davis 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ryne Sandberg 153 609 113 186 31 6 26 83 57 97 54 0.305
Keith Moreland 161 587 74 180 30 3 14 106 68 58 12 0.307
Leon Durham 153 542 58 153 32 2 21 75 64 99 7 0.282
Ron Cey 145 500 64 116 18 2 22 63 58 106 1 0.232
Jody Davis 142 482 47 112 30 0 17 58 48 83 1 0.232
Bob Dernier 121 469 63 119 20 3 1 21 40 44 31 0.254
Gary Matthews 97 298 45 70 12 0 13 40 59 64 2 0.235
Davey Lopes 99 275 52 78 11 0 11 44 46 37 47 0.284
Shawon Dunston 74 250 40 65 12 4 4 18 19 42 11 0.260
Chris Speier 106 218 16 53 11 0 4 24 17 34 1 0.243
Larry Bowa 72 195 13 48 6 4 0 13 11 20 5 0.246
Thad Bosley 108 180 25 59 6 3 7 27 20 29 5 0.328
Billy Hatcher 53 163 24 40 12 1 2 10 8 12 2 0.245
Richie Hebner 83 120 10 26 2 0 3 22 7 15 0 0.217
Steve Lake 58 119 5 18 2 0 1 11 3 21 1 0.151
Gary Woods 81 82 11 20 3 0 0 4 14 18 0 0.244
Dennis Eckersley 26 56 1 7 0 0 1 1 7 25 0 0.125
Steve Trout 24 46 2 5 1 0 0 2 2 13 0 0.109
Rick Sutcliffe 20 43 4 10 0 0 1 3 2 10 0 0.233
Ray Fontenot 38 41 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.049
Scott Sanderson 19 31 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 17 0 0.065
Brian Dayett 22 26 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 0.231
Dick Ruthven 20 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.208
Dave Owen 22 19 6 7 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 0.368
Steve Engel 11 16 1 3 0 0 1 4 3 7 0 0.188
Derek Botelho 11 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.143
Chico Walker 21 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.083
Darrin Jackson 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.091
Reggie Patterson 8 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.100
Johnny Abrego 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Jay Baller 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Warren Brusstar 51 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.143
George Frazier 51 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Larry Gura 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Lee Smith 65 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Lary Sorensen 45 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Ron Meridith 32 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250
Dave Gumpert 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jon Perlman 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Beard 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1985

ERA

1 Reggie Patterson 3.00 2 Lee Smith 3.04 3 Dennis Eckersley 3.08 4 Scott Sanderson 3.12 5 Rick Sutcliffe 3.18

Wins

1 Dennis Eckersley 11 2 Steve Trout 9 3 Rick Sutcliffe 8 4 George Frazier 7 5 Lee Smith 7

Strikeouts

1 Dennis Eckersley 117 2 Lee Smith 112 3 Rick Sutcliffe 102 4 Scott Sanderson 80 5 Ray Fontenot 70
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dennis Eckersley 11 7 3.08 25 25 0 169.1 145 58 19 117
Ray Fontenot 6 10 4.36 38 23 0 154.2 177 75 45 70
Steve Trout 9 7 3.39 24 24 0 140.2 142 53 63 44
Rick Sutcliffe 8 8 3.18 20 20 0 130.0 119 46 44 102
Scott Sanderson 5 6 3.12 19 19 0 121.0 100 42 27 80
Lee Smith 7 4 3.04 65 0 33 97.2 87 33 32 112
Dick Ruthven 4 7 4.53 20 15 0 87.1 103 44 37 26
Lary Sorensen 3 7 4.26 45 3 0 82.1 86 39 24 34
George Frazier 7 8 6.39 51 0 2 76.0 88 54 52 46
Warren Brusstar 4 3 6.05 51 0 4 74.1 87 50 36 34
Jay Baller 2 3 3.46 20 4 1 52.0 52 20 17 31
Steve Engel 1 5 5.57 11 8 1 51.2 61 32 26 29
Ron Meridith 3 2 4.47 32 0 1 46.1 53 23 24 23
Derek Botelho 1 3 5.32 11 7 0 44.0 52 26 23 23
Reggie Patterson 3 0 3.00 8 5 0 39.0 36 13 10 17
Johnny Abrego 1 1 6.38 6 5 0 24.0 32 17 12 13
Larry Gura 0 3 8.41 5 4 0 20.1 34 19 6 7
Dave Beard 0 0 6.39 9 0 0 12.2 16 9 7 4
Dave Gumpert 1 0 3.48 9 0 0 10.1 12 4 7 4
Jon Perlman 1 0 11.42 6 0 0 8.2 10 11 8 4

👥 Roster (40)

Johnny Abrego Jay Baller Dave Beard Thad Bosley Derek Botelho Larry Bowa Warren Brusstar Ron Cey Jody Davis Brian Dayett Bob Dernier Shawon Dunston +28 more

40 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1985 Chicago Cubs

What was the 1985 Chicago Cubs record?
The 1985 Chicago Cubs finished 77-84 (.478 win pct).
Who led the 1985 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Ryne Sandberg led the 1985 Chicago Cubs with 26 home runs.
What was the 1985 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 1985 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 4.16.
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