The 1985 New York Mets team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1985 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.
Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1985 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1985 New York Mets salary list, a 1985 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1985 New York Mets primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"When you're going good it doesn't get any better than being in New York, but when you're going bad, it doesn't get worse." - Davey Johnson
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
38 | Rick Aguilera | 6-05 | 205 | Right | Right | 1961-12-31 |
31 | Bruce Berenyi | 6-03 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-08-21 |
12 | Ron Darling | 6-03 | 195 | Right | Right | 1960-08-19 |
50 | Sid Fernandez | 6-01 | 230 | Left | Left | 1962-10-12 |
27 | Wes Gardner | 6-04 | 197 | Right | Right | 1961-04-29 |
16 | Dwight Gooden | 6-03 | 210 | Right | Right | 1964-11-16 |
29 | Tom Gorman | 6-04 | 200 | Left | Left | 1957-12-16 |
33, 44 | Bill Latham | 6-02 | 190 | Left | Left | 1960-08-29 |
26 | Terry Leach | 6-00 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-03-13 |
36 | Ed Lynch | 6-06 | 230 | Right | Right | 1956-02-25 |
42 | Roger McDowell | 6-01 | 182 | Right | Right | 1960-12-21 |
48 | Randy Myers | 6-01 | 215 | Left | Left | 1962-09-19 |
45 | Randy Niemann | 6-04 | 200 | Left | Left | 1955-11-15 |
47 | Jesse Orosco | 6-02 | 205 | Left | Right | 1957-04-21 |
35 | Joe Sambito | 6-01 | 190 | Left | Left | 1952-06-28 |
40 | Calvin Schiraldi | 6-04 | 200 | Right | Right | 1962-06-16 |
39 | Doug Sisk | 6-02 | 210 | Right | Right | 1957-09-26 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
8 | Gary Carter | 6-02 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-04-08 |
13 | Clint Hurdle | 6-03 | 195 | Right | Left | 1957-07-30 |
9 | Ronn Reynolds | 6-00 | 200 | Right | Right | 1958-09-28 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
6 | Wally Backman | 5-09 | 160 | Right | Both | 1959-09-22 |
2 | Larry Bowa | 5-10 | 155 | Right | Both | 1945-12-06 |
11 | Kelvin Chapman | 5-11 | 173 | Right | Right | 1956-06-02 |
19 | Ron Gardenhire | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1957-10-24 |
17 | Keith Hernandez | 6-00 | 195 | Left | Left | 1953-10-20 |
20 | Howard Johnson | 5-11 | 178 | Right | Both | 1960-11-29 |
22 | Ray Knight | 6-02 | 190 | Right | Right | 1952-12-28 |
3 | Rafael Santana | 6-01 | 165 | Right | Right | 1958-01-31 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
35 | Billy Beane | 6-04 | 195 | Right | Right | 1962-03-29 |
21 | Terry Blocker | 6-02 | 195 | Left | Left | 1959-08-18 |
7 | John Christensen | 6-03 | 205 | Right | Right | 1960-09-05 |
4 | Lenny Dykstra | 5-10 | 167 | Left | Left | 1963-02-10 |
15 | George Foster | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Right | 1948-12-01 |
25 | Danny Heep | 5-11 | 185 | Left | Left | 1957-07-03 |
44 | Tom Paciorek | 6-04 | 215 | Right | Right | 1946-11-02 |
10 | Rusty Staub | 6-02 | 200 | Right | Left | 1944-04-01 |
18 | Darryl Strawberry | 6-06 | 200 | Left | Left | 1962-03-12 |
1 | Mookie Wilson | 5-10 | 170 | Right | Both | 1956-02-09 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1985 New York Mets Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1985 New York Mets played 162 games during the regular season, won 98 games, lost 64 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Shea Stadium (Park Factors: 98/96) where 2,761,601 fans witnessed their 1985 Mets finish the season with a .605 winning percentage.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1985 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1985 New York Mets salary list, a 1985 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1985 New York Mets primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1985 New York Mets Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?