Season Record:
101-61
Standing:
1st
Attendance:
2,637,563 Manager:
Whitey Herzog
Opening day Lineup:
(New York: 6, St. Louis: 5, Away, April 9th)
| LF –
Lonnie Smith |
| 2B -
Tommy Herr |
| 3B -
Terry Pendleton |
| 1B -
Jack Clark |
| C -
Darrell Porter |
| RF -
Steve Braun |
| CF -
Andy Van Slyke |
| SS –
Ozzie Smith |
| P –
Joaquin Andujar |
All Stars:
League Leaders:
|
Ozzie Smith
|
Willie McGee – Avg (.353) |
|
Jack Clark
|
Willie McGee – Hits (216) |
|
Tommy Herr
|
Willie McGee – Triples (18) |
|
Joaquin Andujar
|
Vince Coleman – SBs (110) |
|
Willie McGee
|
John Tudor – Shutouts (10)
|
Gold Glove Winners: Award Winners:
|
Ozzie Smith
|
Willie McGee - MVP |
|
Willie McGee
|
Vince Coleman – Rookie of the Year |
|
|
Whitey Herzog – Manager of the Year |
|
|
Ozzie Smith – NLCS MVP |
Award voting:
|
MVP |
|
|
Tom Herr (5th) |
|
|
John Tudor (tied
8th) |
|
|
Jack Clark (10th) |
|
|
Vince Coleman (11th) |
|
|
Ozzie Smith (18th) |
|
|
Cy Young |
|
|
John
Tudor (2nd) |
|
| |
| |
|
Monthly W-L
|
|
|
April
|
8-11
|
|
May
|
16-10
|
|
June
|
19-8
|
|
July
|
17-9
|
|
August
|
17-11
|
|
September/Oct.
|
24-12
|
1985
Team Info.(from Baseball-Reference.com)
1985
League Stats (from Baseball-Reference.com)
Cards
trade David Green, Gary Rajsich, Dave La Point, and Jose
Uribe to the Giants for power hitting Jack Clark. (2/1/85)
Cards win 3 of 4 in New York in early June.
Cards sweep three from Cubs in St. Louis in
early June and move into first place for the first time.
Cards sweep the Mets in late June to move into
first place again.
Lou Brock and Enos Slaughter are inducted into
the Hall of Fame.
Cards score 5 in the 9th to beat Goose Gossage
and the Padres in San Diego in late July.
On August 6th, the players start a two day
strike, the Cards were a half game behind the Mets.
On August 10th, Willie McGee has 7 hits in a
double-header sweep of the Pirates.
On September 10th, late season acquisition
Cesar Cedeno hits a 10th inning HR to win the game for John Tudor and hangs the loss on
Dwight Gooden, 1-0.
On September 26th, John Tudor gets his 10th
shutout and 13th complete game of the season against the Phillies to keep the Cards four
games in front.
The Cards clinched the NL East pennant while
playing the Cubs in St. Louis.
This was the first season for the Cards since
1942 that two pitchers had 20 wins or more in the same season.
The Cards only lost 5 games when they had the
lead after 6 innings.
Willie McGee was the NL MVP.
John
Tudor win 21 games.
Four
other Cardinals finished in the top ten for the 1985 NL MVP... Tommy
Herr (5th), John Tudor (9th), and Jack Clark (10th)
Vince Coleman was the NL Rookie of the Year.
Vince Coleman (110) and Willie McGee (56) hold the record for most stolen
bases by two teammates in a single season.
Before game 4 of the
NLCS Vince Coleman is run
over by the automatic tarp machine in St. Louis and misses the rest of the LCS and the
World Series.
NLCS Game 5 featured the now famous "Go Crazy
Folks" home run by Ozzie Smith. (See my Ozzie page to hear Jack
Buck's call.)
In NLCS Game 6
Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda somehow decides to pitch to Jack Clark with a
base open. "The Ripper" immediately deposits a HR in the left
field stands to put the Cards ahead for good!
In
Game 5 of the World Series, Todd Worrell ties a WS record by striking out 6
consecutive batters.
In Game 6 of the
World Series, a blown umpires call at first base starts a "chain
reaction" of problems that leads to the Cards losing the game and most
likely the Series itself. (In my opinion, if the umpire makes the
correct call the game ends soon afterward and the Birds win it all!!!!)
Cardinal's manager Whitey Herzog is named the Manager of the Year.
1985
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