1985 – Bret Saberhagen pitches a complete game win over the Angels to win his 20th game of the year. The win gives the Royals a tie for 1st place in the AL West. George Brett and Jim Sundberg homer for KC.
June 5, 1985 – Teddy Higuera and the Brewers top the Royals‚ 10-2. Ernest Riles drives in 3 runs with a single and Paul Molitor adds a solo HR. Play by Play, Box Scores, News Paper Reports and other links Other Resources & Links Baseball-Reference Box Score @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@
May 17, 1985 The St Louis Cardinals shipped fleet-footed outfielder Lonnie Smith to the Kansas City Royals yesterday for minor league outfielder John Morris Smith, 29. who has a 298 average in five full major league seasons, was edged out of the St. Louis outfield by rookie Vince Coleman. who is leading the major leagues…
1985 – In a four-team trade, the Milwaukee Brewers send catcher Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals and receive pitchers Danny Darwin from the Texas Rangers and Tim Leary from the New York Mets. The Mets receive pitcher Frank Wills from Kansas City, who also sends catcher Don Slaught to Texas, who sends catcher Bill Hance to Milwaukee.
On September 17, 1984, On the 17th At Angels Stadium, on the Anianniversary of his first major homerun, Reggie Jackson connects off Kansas City pitcher Bud Black in the bottom of the 7th inning for his 500th career home run. The milestone hit proves to be the only run the Angels scored in the Royals’ 10…
Red Sox rookie Roger Clemens strikes out 15 and walks none as Boston whips Kansas City, 11 – 1.
On May 16, 1984, Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox hits for the cycle in a game against the Kansas City Royals. In spite of Fisk’s history-making day, the White Sox lose the game, 7-6. It was Fisk’s only triple of the year and he joins the 1945 Pirates’ Bill Salkeld as the only…
On April 19, 1984, the Detroit Tigers suffer their first loss of the season after nine consecutive wins. The Tigers fall to the Kansas City Royals and Bret Saberhagen, who earns his first major league victory.
On March 18, 1984, famed batting coach Charley Lau dies from cancer at the age of 50. Lau, whose major league career batting average was .255, earned his fame as the Kansas City Royals batting coach from 1971 to 1978, where his star pupil was George Brett. Lau had also served as a coach for the Baltimore Orioles, Oakland A’s, New York Yankees, and Chicago…
Former Cy Young Award winner Vida Blue is sentenced to 90 days in prison, and recently convicted and suspended 1B Willie Aikens is traded by Kansas City to Toronto for DH Jorge Orta.
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