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1985 Montreal Expos season

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Owner(s)
  
Charles Bronfman

Manager(s)
  
Buck Rodgers

General manager(s)
  
Murray Cook

Local television
  
CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Ken Singleton) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)

Local radio
  
CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch) CKAC (French) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)

Offseason

  • November 7, 1984: Chris Welsh was traded by the Expos to the Texas Rangers for Dave Hostetler.
  • November 14, 1984: Larry Walker was signed by the Expos as an amateur free agent.
  • December 4, 1984: Jack Daugherty was purchased by the Expos from the Helena Gold Sox.
  • December 7, 1984: Bob James was traded by the Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Vance Law.
  • December 7, 1984: Bryan Little was traded by the Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Bert Roberge.
  • December 10, 1984 Gary Carter was traded by the Expos to the New York Mets for Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, Herm Winningham and Floyd Youmans.
  • January 9, 1985: Mike Stenhouse was traded by the Expos to the Minnesota Twins for Jack O'Connor.
  • March 28, 1985: Bobby Ramos was released by the Expos.

    • Regular season

    April 30, 1985: In an 11-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, position player Razor Shines pitched one inning as the Expos pitching resources were depleted.

    Contents

    Notable transactions

  • May 12, 1985: Dave Hostetler was purchased from the Expos by the Chicago Cubs.
  • June 3, 1985: Randy Johnson was drafted by the Expos in the 2nd round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft. Johnson signed June 9, 1985.
  • June 22, 1985: The Expos traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mitch Webster. The Expos completed the deal by sending Cliff Young to the Blue Jays on September 10.
  • August 12, 1985: Doug Frobel was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

    • Major League debuts

  • Batters:
  • Andrés Galarraga (Aug 23)
  • Al Newman (June 14)
  • Pitchers:
  • Tim Burke (Apr 8)
  • John Dopson (Sep 4)
  • Floyd Youmans (Jul 1)

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

    Award winners

  • Andre Dawson, National League Gold Glove

    • 1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

    References

    1985 Montreal Expos season Wikipedia
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