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The 1985 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1985 season. The 82nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Royals upset the heavily favored Cardinals in ...
In 1985, the St. Louis Cardinals met their cross-state rivals Kansas City Royals for the first time in a non-exhibition setting. They won 101 regular-season games and the league behind the MVP performance of center fielder Willie McGee (he led the league in batting (.353), triples (18) and hits (216)), and John Tudor's 21 wins and 10 shutouts.
This was the first World Series since 1974 to feature two teams representing the same state, and the first all-Missouri World Series since 1944, which featured the Cardinals and the St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles). The Royals defeated the Cardinals in seven games to capture their first World Series title in franchise history.
Many St. Louis Cardinals fans did not react well to Royals legend George Brett’s summation of the controversial play from Game 6 of the 1985 World Series. George Brett has pointed message for ...
The 1985 Major League Baseball season ended with the Kansas City Royals defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh game of the I-70 World Series. Bret Saberhagen, the regular season Cy Young Award winner, was named MVP of the Series. The National League won the All-Star Game for the second straight year.
The World Series is remembered in Kansas City as the culmination of ten years of dominance by the Royals, during which they reached the playoffs seven times, with stars such as George Brett, Hal McRae and Willie Wilson. The team was managed by Dick Howser in his fourth and final full season with the Royals. The Royals did not return to the ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- For his final game as baseball commissioner, Bud Selig was able to see the low-budget Kansas City Royals compete with the high-spending San Francisco Giants for the title.
October 27 – The Kansas City Royals burn out 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 wins the Series MVP honors.