Offseason

• October 19, 1984: Guy Hoffman
  Guy Hoffman (baseball)
  Guy Alan Hoffman is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the major leagues between and . After his major league career, he played three seasons for the Orix BlueWave in Japan from until -Sources:...
  
   was released by the White Sox.
• October 19, 1984: Casey Parsons
  Casey Parsons
  Casey Robert Parsons is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played parts of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, and Cleveland Indians. In four seasons, he played in just 63 games, and in less than half of those did he appear in the field...
  
   was released by the White Sox.
• December 7, 1984: Bert Roberge
  Bert Roberge
  Bertrand Roland Roberge is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Roberge pitched all or part of six seasons in the majors between until .-Sources:...
  
   was traded by the White Sox to the Montreal Expos
  Montreal Expos
  The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals.Named after the Expo 67 World's...
  
   for Bryan Little
  Bryan Little (baseball)
  Richard Bryan "Twig" Little is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a second baseman...
  
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• January 12, 1985: Steve Fireovid
  Steve Fireovid
  Stephen John Fireovid is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Fireovid pitched in all or part of six seasons in the majors for five different teams bwetween and . In none of those seasons did Fireovid pitch more than 10 games in the majors...
  
   was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
• January 14, 1985: Dave Wehrmeister
  Dave Wehrmeister
  David Thomas Wehrmeister is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Wehrmeister pitched parts of six seasons in the majors between and , never pitching in more than 30 games....
  
   was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
• March 23, 1985: Oscar Gamble
  Oscar Gamble
  Oscar Charles Gamble is a former outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball. He played for 17 seasons, from 1969 to 1985, on seven different teams: the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees on two separate occasions, as well as the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland...
  
   was signed as a free agent by the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

• September 22, 1985: José Canseco
  José Canseco
  José Canseco Capas, Jr. is a Cuban-American professional baseball manager, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yuma Scorpions of the North American League and former Major League Baseball player. He is the identical twin brother of former major league player and current teammate Ozzie Canseco...
  
   became the 27th player to hit a home run over the roof of Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park
  Comiskey Park was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series and more than 6,000 major league games...
  
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1985 Opening Day Lineup

• Ozzie Guillén
  Ozzie Guillén
  Oswaldo José "Ozzie" Guillén Barrios is a Venezuelan-American former Major League Baseball player and current manager of the Miami Marlins. He managed the Chicago White Sox from 2004 to 2011 before asking for his release at the end of the 2011 season....
  
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• Rudy Law
  Rudy Law
  Rudy Karl Law , is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1978-1986. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, and Kansas City Royals. In 1983, he stole 77 bases, setting the White Sox single-season record.-External links:...
  
  , lf
• Harold Baines
  Harold Baines
  Harold Douglas Baines is a former right fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for five American League teams from 1980 to 2001. He is best known for his three stints with the Chicago White Sox, the team on which he now serves as coach...
  
  , rf
• Greg Walker
  Greg Walker
  Gregory Lee Walker is a former power-hitting first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former hitting coach of the Chicago White Sox, the team for which he played all but the last 14 games of his career. As a player for 9 years, Walker hit 113 home runs and drove in 444 runs, while scoring...
  
  , 1b
• Ron Kittle
  Ron Kittle
  Ronald Dale Kittle is a former left fielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who was known mostly for his home run power, being named the 1983 AL Rookie of the Year...
  
  , dh
• Luis Salazar
  Luis Salazar
  Luis Ernesto Salazar Garcia is a former third baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball, a right-handed batter who played from 1980 to 1992....
  
  , 3b
• Daryl Boston
  Daryl Boston
  Daryl Lamont Boston is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. In 2001, he was named Minor-league roving outfield instructor for the Chicago White Sox....
  
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• Marc Hill
  Marc Hill
  Marc Kevin Hill is a former Major League Baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals , San Francisco Giants , Seattle Mariners , and Chicago White Sox ....
  
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• Julio Cruz, 2b
• Tom Seaver
  Tom Seaver
  George Thomas "Tom" Seaver , nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1967-1986 for four different teams in his career, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets...
  
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Notable transactions

• June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball Draft
  1985 Major League Baseball Draft
  -First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.-Background:Six of the first eight draft picks from the June regular phase had at least one full year of major league experience prior to the start of the 1987 season. Included in that list were...
  
  
  • The Chicago White Sox drafted catcher Kurt Brown with the fifth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.
  • Bobby Thigpen
    Bobby Thigpen
    Robert Thomas "Bobby" Thigpen is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is noted for setting the major league record of 57 saves during the season, which has since been broken by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Francisco Rodríguez...
    
     was drafted by the White Sox in the 4th round.
  • Tom Drees
    Tom Drees
    Thomas Kent Drees is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in four games for the Chicago White Sox in , all as a reliever.Drees' greater fame came in while pitching for the Vancouver Canadians...
    
     was drafted by the White Sox in the 17th round.
  • Randy Velarde
    Randy Velarde
    Randy Lee Velarde is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for the New York Yankees, California/Anaheim Angels, Oakland Athletics, and Texas Rangers from to...
    
     was drafted by the White Sox in the 19th round. Player signed June 14, 1985.
• June 26, 1985: Mike Stanton
  Mike Stanton (right-handed pitcher)
  Michael Thomas Stanton is a former professional baseball pitcher. Stanton pitched in all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball between and ....
  
   was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
• July 17, 1985: Bob Owchinko was purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Oakland Athletics.
• August 12, 1985: Oscar Gamble was released by the White Sox.
• August 12, 1985: Mike Stanton was released by the White Sox.
• September 24, 1985: Bob Owchinko was released by the Chicago White Sox.

Roster

Starters by position

Other batters

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

External links

• 1985 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference