The 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League West before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series. Fernando Valenzuela set a major league record for most consecutive innings at the start of a season without allowing an earned run (41).
Offseason
February 4, 1985: Acquired Al Oliver from the Philadelphia Phillies for Pat Zachry
Game log
Regular season
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| 1 || April 9 || 5:35p.m. PST || @ Astros || L 1–2 || Ryan (1–0) || Valenzuela (0–1) || DiPino (1) || 2:19 || 42,876 || 0–1 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 2 || April 10 || 5:35p.m. PST || @ Astros || W 5–4 || Reuss (1–0) || Niekro (0–1) || Howe (1) || 2:45 || 9,945 || 1–1 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 3 || April 11 || 10:35a.m. PST || @ Astros || W 4–3 || Diaz (1–0) || Dawley (0–1) || Howell (1) || 2:25 || 5,793 || 2–1 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb | 4 || April 12 || 1:05p.m. PST || Giants || L 1–4 || Krukow (1–0) || Honeycutt (0–1) || – || 2:32 || 46,910 || 2–2 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 5 || April 13 || 7:05p.m. PST || Giants || W 1–0 || Valenzuela (1–1) || Davis (0–1) || – || 2:23 || 49,861 || 3–2 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb | 6 || April 14 || 1:05p.m. PST || Giants || L 4–8 || Gott (1–0) || Reuss (1–1) || Garrelts (1) || 3:10 || 48,995 || 3–3 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 7 || April 15 || 7:35p.m. PST || Astros || W 5–3 || Diaz (2–0) || Niekro (0–2) || Howell (2) || 2:42 || 26,541 || 4–3 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb | 8 || April 16 || 7:35p.m. PST || Astros || L 3–7 || Smith (2–0) || Howe (0–1) || – || 2:53 || 32,155 || 4–4 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 9 || April 17 || 7:35p.m. PST || Astros || W 1–0 || Hershiser (1–0) || DiPino (0–1) || – || 2:43 || 29,789 || 5–4 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 10 || April 18 || 1:05p.m. PST || @ Padres || W 5–0 || Valenzuela (2–1) || Thurmond (0–1) || – || 2:06 || 38,024 || 6–4 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb | 11 || April 19 || 7:05p.m. PST || @ Padres || L 2–11 || Hoyt (1–1) || Reuss (1–2) || – || 2:28 || 32,920 || 6–5 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 12 || April 20 || 7:05p.m. PST || @ Padres || L 3–4 || Gossage (1–0) || Howell (0–1) || – || 3:08 || 42,003 || 6–6 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 13 || April 21 || 1:05p.m. PST || @ Padres || W 2–0 || Hershiser (2–0) || Dravecky (0–1) || – || 2:28 || 42,574 || 7–6 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 14 || April 22 || 7:35p.m. PST || @ Giants || W 3–2 || Niedenfuer (1–0) || LaPoint (0–3) || – || 2:36 || 24,512 || 8–6 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb | 15 || April 23 || 1:05p.m. PST || @ Giants || L 1–2 || Krukow (2–0) || Valenzuela (2–2) || – || 2:10 || 19,022 || 8–7 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc | 16 || April 24 || 1:05p.m. PST || @ Giants || W 4–2 || Brennan (1–0) || Laskey (0–2) || Howell (3) || 2:59 || 19,891 || 9–7 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 17 || April 25 || 7:35p.m. PST || Padres || W 6–3 || Honeycutt (1–1) || Show (2–1) || – || 2:52 || 39,593 || 10–7 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc | 18 || April 26 || 7:35p.m. PST || Padres || W 2–0 || Hershiser (3–0) || Dravecky (0–2) || – || 2:00 || 50,335 || 11–7 || W3 |-style=background:#fbb | 19 || April 27 || 7:05p.m. PST || Padres || L 3–4 || Hawkins (4–0) || Brennan (1–1) || Gossage (4) || 2:28 || 49,801 || 11–8 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 20 || April 28 || 1:05p.m. PDT || Padres || L 0–1 || Lefferts (1–0) || Valenzuela (2–3) || Gossage (5) || 2:07 || 48,726 || 11–9 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 21 || April 30 || 5:35p.m. PDT || @ Cardinals || L 1–6 || Andújar (4–0) || Reuss (1–3) || – || 2:40 || 20,380 || 11–10 || L3 |-