1985 in baseball

Events

• January 7 - Outfielder Lou Brock and knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Second baseman Nellie Fox is named on 295 of the 395 ballots (74.7%), but the BBWAA and the Hall of Fame committee decline to round Fox's total to the required 75%.
• March 6 - Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
• July 2 - Houston's Pitcher Joe Niekro of the Houston Astros wins his 200th career game, 3?2, over the San Diego Padres. Joe and Phil Niekro join Jim Perry and Gaylord Perry as the only pitching brother combinations to win at least 200 games per pitcher.
• July 11 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros becomes the first pitcher to record 4,000 strikeouts, fanning Danny Heep in the 6th inning of a Houston?s 4?3 win over the New York Mets.
• July 16 - The National League beats the American League 6?1 at Minnesota's Metrodome for its 13th win in the last 14 All-Star Games. San Diego Padres? LaMarr Hoyt allows one unearned run in three innings and is named MVP.
• October 27 - The Kansas City Royals rout the St. Louis Cardinals 11?0 in Game Seven of the 1985 World Series to become only the sixth team to rally from a 3-1 deficit and win the WS. Bret Saberhagen pitches the shutout and win the Series MVP honors.