1985

1985 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1985.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Hanshin Tigers (CL) over the Seibu Lions (PL), 4 - 2 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Hanshin Tigers (Details)
    • Pacific League: Seibu Lions (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Samsung Lions win the title outright with a record of 77-32-1 (.706)
• Claxton Shield: Western Australia

Europe

• European Cup: Be.Ca. Carni Bologna, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Mannheim Tornados
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Haarlem Nicols
  • Serie A1: World Vision Parma

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Kansas City Royals (AL) over the St. Louis Cardinals (NL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Kansas City Royals (Details)
    • National League: St. Louis Cardinals (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Louisville Redbirds (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bristol Tigers
  • California League: Fresno Giants
  • Carolina League: Winston-Salem Spirits
  • Eastern League: Vermont Reds
  • Florida State League: Fort Myers Royals
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Yankees
  • International League: Tidewater Tides (Details)
  • Midwest League: Kenosha Twins
  • New York-Penn League: Oneonta Yankees
  • Northwest League: Everett Giants
  • Pacific Coast League: Vancouver Canadians (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Salt Lake City Trappers
  • South Atlantic League: Florence Blue Jays
  • Southern League: Huntsville Stars
  • Texas League: Jackson Mets

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Diablos Rojos del México defeated the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos in the finals, 4 - 1

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Vegueros (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Mazatlán, México; Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Azucareros del Este in the finals, 4 - 1
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Tomateros de Culiacán
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Senadores de San Juan
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tiburones de La Guaira defeated the Tigres de Aragua in the finals, 4 - 0

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): The University of Miami defeated the University of Texas at Austin in the finals, 10 - 6 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Florida Southern College over the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 15 - 5 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: The University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh over the Marietta College, 11 - 6 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the Dallas Baptist University, 10 - 6 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: San Jacinto College North
• Community College League of California: Cerritos College over College of the Canyons 14 - 3 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Liberal BeeJays (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Hosei University defeated the Toyo University in the final, 4 - 1 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Ino Shogyo High School (Kochi) defeat Teikyo High School (Tokyo), 4 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: PL Gakuen (Osaka) defeat Ube Shogyo High School (Yamaguchi), 4 - 3 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Naitonal (Seoul, South Korea) defeat Mexicali (Mexicali, Baja California), 7 - 1 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Intercontinental Cup in Canada (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
• World Junior Championship in Albany, New York, United States (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Melbourne, Australia (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); Chinese Taipei, South Korea (Silver-tied)
• European Championship in Haarlem, Netherlands (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Belgium (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Baseball America, by Donald Honig
• Beyond the Sixth Game, by Peter Gammons
• Kansas City Monarchs: Champions of Black Baseball, by Janet Bruce-Campbell
• The Bill James Historical Abstract, by Bill James
• Fathers Playing Catch with Sons, by Donald Hall
• Fences, by August Wilson
• Foul ball!: Five years in the American League, by Alison Gordon
• Good Enough to Dream, by Roger Kahn
• Murderers' Row, by G.H. Fleming
• Nine Innings, by Daniel Okrent

Song

• Baseball Dreams, by The Naturals
• Centerfield, by John Fogerty
• The Fenway, by Jonathan Richman

Film

• Brewster's Millions
• The Slugger's Wife

Births

Further information: Births in 1985

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1985

Further Reading

• Dale Tafoya: One Season in Rocket City: How the 1985 Huntsville Stars Brought Minor League Baseball Fever to Alabama, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2023. ISBN 978-1-4962-3073-7