1985 Denver Zephyrs Statistics
Team Record: 77-65
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Gene Dusan (77-65)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 308,268, Avg. 4,342
The Denver Zephyrs of the American Association ended the 1985 season with a record of 77 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Zephyrs topped the league with 686 runs, spearheaded by 129 home runs. Denver surrendered 663 runs, most in the circuit. Wade Rowdon paced the team with 19 home runs, while Kal Daniels, Lloyd McClendon and Eric Davis each walloped 15 or more, too. Lloyd McClendon accounted for 79 RBI. Paul O'Neill led all regular batters by hitting .305. Scott Terry, Andy McGaffigan and Freddie Toliver paced the squad with 11 wins each, and Freddie Toliver registered a 3.24 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Bob Buchanan, Kal Daniels, Rob Murphy, Skeeter Barnes, Ron Robinson, Leo García, Eric Davis, Charlie Puleo, Jeff Russell, Freddie Toliver, Dann Bilardello, Brad Gulden, Lloyd McClendon, Tracy Jones, Wade Rowdon, Kurt Stillwell, Max Venable, John Stearns, Mike Smith, Tom Runnells, Carl Willis, Bill Landrum, Alan Knicely, Paul O'Neill, Andy McGaffigan, Jay Tibbs and Scott Terry were all players from the 1985 Denver Zephyrs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Gene Dusan served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Toliver | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.24 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 122.3 | 113 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Andy McGaffigan | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.95 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 106.7 | 105 | 43 | 35 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 91 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Scott Terry | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.43 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 178.7 | 203 | 105 | 88 | 11 | 76 | 2 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| Bill Landrum | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.98 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 138.0 | 148 | 72 | 61 | 9 | 49 | 1 | 88 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| Mike Smith | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.85 | 47 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 68.7 | 65 | 40 | 37 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Rob Murphy | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.61 | 41 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 84.0 | 94 | 55 | 43 | 8 | 57 | 4 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Bob Buchanan | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.18 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 41.3 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Carl Willis | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.15 | 37 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 78.0 | 82 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Darren Burroughs | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.33 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81.0 | 96 | 51 | 48 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Ron Robinson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.72 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.7 | 39 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tim Scott | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.54 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tim Reynolds | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 39 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hugh Kemp | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | 41 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Tibbs | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Charlie Puleo | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.57 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 70 | 42 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jeff Russell | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Nail | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Knox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 71 | 61 | .538 | 4.01 | 337 | 126 | 122 | 19 | 6 | 47 | 1141.7 | 1203 | 612 | 509 | 78 | 499 | 12 | 763 | 16 | 21 | 68 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul O'Neill | 137 | 545 | 509 | 63 | 155 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 74 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 73 | .305 | .338 | .420 | .759 | 214 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| Tom Runnells | 114 | 509 | 466 | 55 | 135 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 41 | .290 | .337 | .403 | .740 | 188 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Wade Rowdon | 128 | 515 | 457 | 61 | 132 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 78 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 81 | .289 | .359 | .503 | .863 | 230 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Leo García | 118 | 416 | 385 | 53 | 112 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 42 | .291 | .336 | .387 | .723 | 149 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Lloyd McClendon | 114 | 436 | 379 | 57 | 105 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 79 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 56 | .277 | .365 | .478 | .842 | 181 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Kal Daniels | 76 | 326 | 285 | 59 | 86 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 34 | .302 | .385 | .565 | .950 | 161 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tracy Jones | 51 | 226 | 205 | 43 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 16 | .337 | .388 | .541 | .930 | 111 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Orlando Gonzalez | 75 | 288 | 265 | 25 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | .253 | .297 | .396 | .693 | 105 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Stearns | 72 | 280 | 235 | 46 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 34 | .264 | .367 | .362 | .729 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Eric Davis | 64 | 239 | 206 | 48 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 35 | 5 | 29 | 67 | .277 | .364 | .563 | .927 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dann Bilardello | 67 | 265 | 236 | 41 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 37 | .242 | .317 | .415 | .732 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kurt Stillwell | 59 | 206 | 182 | 28 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 23 | .264 | .340 | .363 | .703 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Alan Knicely | 29 | 123 | 109 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .413 | .472 | .697 | 1.169 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ron Little | 72 | 198 | 184 | 20 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 53 | .212 | .264 | .299 | .563 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brad Gulden | 45 | 157 | 143 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 18 | .245 | .299 | .378 | .677 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dave Miley | 63 | 184 | 167 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | .180 | .242 | .216 | .457 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Buddy Pryor | 35 | 97 | 86 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .221 | .302 | .337 | .639 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scott Terry | 29 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Murphy | 41 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Russell | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .167 | .286 | .417 | .702 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddie Toliver | 21 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .167 | .278 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Robinson | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Puleo | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Reynolds | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Burroughs | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy McGaffigan | 26 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Landrum | 29 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .067 | .067 | .133 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Kemp | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Knox | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Smith | 47 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Scott | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Willis | 37 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1628 | 5130 | 4611 | 663 | 1268 | 219 | 50 | 129 | 622 | 134 | 90 | 436 | 692 | .275 | .338 | .428 | .766 | 1974 | 0 | 19 | 29 | 35 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd McClendon | 1B | 53 | 402 | 39 | 5 | 40 | .989 | 8.321 | ||||
| John Stearns | 1B | 48 | 410 | 61 | 6 | 38 | .987 | 9.812 | ||||
| Dann Bilardello | 1B | 18 | 139 | 12 | 2 | 12 | .987 | 8.389 | ||||
| Brad Gulden | 1B | 12 | 105 | 10 | 2 | 14 | .983 | 9.583 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | 1B | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alan Knicely | 1B | 5 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .971 | 6.600 | ||||
| Ron Little | 1B | 4 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .871 | 6.750 | ||||
| Paul O'Neill | 1B | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Dave Miley | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Runnells | 2B | 114 | 256 | 391 | 7 | 83 | .989 | 5.675 | ||||
| Orlando Gonzalez | 2B | 19 | 27 | 56 | 3 | 12 | .965 | 4.368 | ||||
| Wade Rowdon | 2B | 11 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 2.727 | ||||
| Wade Rowdon | 3B | 86 | 66 | 154 | 14 | 15 | .940 | 2.558 | ||||
| Lloyd McClendon | 3B | 48 | 42 | 63 | 12 | 6 | .897 | 2.188 | ||||
| Dann Bilardello | 3B | 12 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.917 | ||||
| Buddy Pryor | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kurt Stillwell | 3B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Dave Miley | C | 53 | 278 | 35 | 2 | 6 | .994 | 5.906 | 0 | |||
| Dann Bilardello | C | 34 | 216 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 7.088 | 3 | |||
| Buddy Pryor | C | 30 | 143 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.233 | 3 | |||
| Brad Gulden | C | 25 | 158 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 6.880 | 1 | |||
| Alan Knicely | C | 16 | 74 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 5.500 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd McClendon | C | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.750 | 0 | |||
| Paul O'Neill | OF | 115 | 230 | 19 | 7 | 8 | .973 | 2.165 | ||||
| Leo García | OF | 103 | 198 | 14 | 11 | 3 | .951 | 2.058 | ||||
| Kal Daniels | OF | 61 | 83 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .957 | 1.443 | ||||
| Eric Davis | OF | 49 | 94 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 2.020 | ||||
| Tracy Jones | OF | 48 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.979 | ||||
| Ron Little | OF | 45 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.511 | ||||
| Max Venable | OF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lloyd McClendon | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Smith | P | 47 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .319 | ||||
| Rob Murphy | P | 41 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .341 | ||||
| Carl Willis | P | 37 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .541 | ||||
| Bill Landrum | P | 29 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.034 | ||||
| Bob Buchanan | P | 29 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .241 | ||||
| Scott Terry | P | 28 | 21 | 36 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 2.036 | ||||
| Andy McGaffigan | P | 26 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .962 | ||||
| Freddie Toliver | P | 19 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.368 | ||||
| Jeff Russell | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darren Burroughs | P | 15 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Tim Scott | P | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Charlie Puleo | P | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Tim Reynolds | P | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Hugh Kemp | P | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Ron Robinson | P | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Jay Tibbs | P | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Knox | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charlie Nail | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kurt Stillwell | SS | 57 | 100 | 130 | 24 | 36 | .906 | 4.035 | ||||
| Orlando Gonzalez | SS | 57 | 78 | 155 | 7 | 33 | .971 | 4.088 | ||||
| Wade Rowdon | SS | 38 | 67 | 108 | 10 | 31 | .946 | 4.605 | ||||
| Totals | 1558 | 3558 | 1551 | 156 | 373 | .970 | 3.279 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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