1985 California Angels season

MLB yearly infobox
name = California Angels
season = 1985
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = West Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Anaheim Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = Anaheim, California
y5 = 1966
owners = Gene Autry
managers = Gene Mauch
television =KTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
SelecTV USA
radio = KMPC
(Ron Fairly, Dick Enberg, Al Conin)
KLVE
(Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)|

The California Angels 1985 season involved the Angels finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses.

Offseason

*November 7, 1984: Ellis Valentine was released by the California Angels. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenel01.shtml Ellis Valentine Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 31, 1985: Bill Mooneyham was released by the California Angels. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moonebi01.shtml]

Regular Season

*On October 6, 1985, Rufino Linares hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac ] ]

eason standings

Notable transactions

*June 3, 1985: Bo Jackson was drafted by the California Angels in the 20th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksbo01.shtml Bo Jackson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* June 19, 1985: Tommy John was released by the California Angels.
* August 2, 1985: John Candelaria was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with George Hendrick and Al Holland to the California Angels for a player to be named later, Pat Clements, and Mike Brown. The California Angels sent Bob Kipper (August 16, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/candejo01.shtml John Candelaria Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*September 10, 1985: Don Sutton was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the California Angels for players to be named later. The California Angels sent Robert Sharpnack (minors) (September 25, 1985) and Jerome Nelson (minors) (September 25, 1985) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/suttodo01.shtml]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Edmonton Trappers (Pacific Coast League; Winston Llenas, manager)
* Class AA: Midland Angels (Texas League; Joe Maddon, manager)
* Class A: Redwood Pioneers (California League; Tom Kotchman, manager)
* Class A: Quad Cities Angels (Midwest League; Bill Lachemann, manager)
* Class SS-A: Salem Angels (Northwest League; Bruce Hines, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1985.shtml 1985 California Angels team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1985&t=CAL 1985 California Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]