World Series 1985

World Series 1985

team Victories Regular season Kansas City Royals 4th 91-71, 56.2%, GA: 1st St. Louis Cardinals 3 101-61, 62.3%, GA: 3rd
Period:	October 19 - October 27, 1985
MVP:	Bret Saberhagen (Kansas City)
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The 1985 World Series was the 82nd edition of the Major League Baseball finals . The champions of the American League , the Kansas City Royals , and the champion of the National League , the St. Louis Cardinals , faced each other. The Best-Of-Seven series started on October 19 and ended on October 27, 1985 and went over the full number of games.

The Royals won the series with 4: 3 games, winning the first and, until 2014, only World Series title in the history of the franchise . At the beginning of the series, however, the Royals lost both games in their home ballpark. After a win in Game 3, the second away game in St. Louis was lost. Thanks to three wins in a row, the Royals were surprisingly still able to win the series after losing 3-1.

The series is often referred to as the "I-70 Showdown Series" due to the fact that both teams are based in Missouri and linked by Interstate 70 .

As MVP of the series Kansas was pitcher Bret Saberhagen excellent.

The way to the World Series

	League Championship Series					World Series
	East	Toronto Blue Jays	3
	west	Kansas City Royals	4th
						AL	Kansas City Royals	4th
						NL	St. Louis Cardinals	3
	East	St. Louis Cardinals	4th
	west	Los Angeles Dodgers	2

Overview of the games

game	date	guest	Score	home	Score	Total status (STL-KC)	Ball park	spectator
1	October 19, 1985	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Kansas City Royals	1	1–0	Royals Stadium	41,650
2	20th October 1985	St. Louis Cardinals	4th	Kansas City Royals	2	2–0	Royals Stadium	41,656
3	October 22, 1985	Kansas City Royals	6th	St. Louis Cardinals	1	2–1	Busch stage (II)	53,634
4th	October 23, 1985	Kansas City Royals	0	St. Louis Cardinals	3	3–1	Busch stage (II)	53,634
5	October 24, 1985	Kansas City Royals	6th	St. Louis Cardinals	1	3–2	Busch stage (II)	53,634
6th	October 26, 1985	St. Louis Cardinals	1	Kansas City Royals	2	3–3	Royals Stadium	41,628
7th	October 27, 1985	St. Louis Cardinals	0	Kansas City Royals	11	3-4	Royals Stadium	41,658

The games in detail

Game 1

Saturday October 19, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
St. Louis	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	7th	1
Kansas City	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8th	0

WP : John Tudor (1–0)   LP : Danny Jackson (0–1)   SV : Todd Worrell (1)  

Game 2

Sunday October 20, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th	4th	6th	0
Kansas City	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0

WP : Ken Dayley (1–0)   LP : Charlie Leibrandt (0–1)   SV : Jeff Lahti (1)  

Game 3

Tuesday October 22, 1985 at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis , Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Kansas City	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	6th	11	0
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6th	0

WP : Bret Saberhagen (1–0)   LP : Joaquín Andújar (0–1)  

HRs :   KC - Frank White (1)

Game 4

Wednesday October 23, 1985 at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
St. Louis	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	6th	0

WP : John Tudor (2–0)   LP : Bud Black (0–1)  

HRs :   STL - Tito Landrum (1), Willie McGee (1)

Game 5

Thursday October 24, 1985 at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Kansas City	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6th	11	2
St. Louis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1

WP : Danny Jackson (1–1)   LP : Bob Forsch (0–1)  

Game 6

Saturday October 26, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10	0

WP : Dan Quisenberry (1–0)   LP : Todd Worrell (0–1)  

Game 7

Sunday October 27, 1985 at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Kansas City	0	2	3	0	6th	0	0	0	X	11	14th	0

WP : Bret Saberhagen (2–0)   LP : John Tudor (2–1)  

HRs :   KC - Darryl Motley (1)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1985 World Series Game 1 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
2. ↑ 1985 World Series Game 2 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
3. ↑ 1985 World Series Game 3 - Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
4. ↑ 1985 World Series Game 4 - Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
5. ↑ 1985 World Series Game 5 - Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
6. ↑ 1985 World Series Game 6 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
7. ↑ 1985 World Series Game 7 - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.