1984 Kansas City Royals season
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| 1984 Kansas City Royals 1984 AL West Champions |
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| Owner(s) | Ewing Kauffman | |
| Manager(s) | Dick Howser | |
| Local television | WDAF-TV (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) Sports Time (Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley) |
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| Local radio | WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White) |
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The 1984 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses.
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Offseason [edit]
- October 17, 1983: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Royals.[1]
- December 8, 1983: Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (minors) were traded by the Royals to the New York Yankees for Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson.[2]
- December 8, 1983: Joe Beckwith was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Szekeley (minors), John Serritella (minors) and José Torres (minors).[3]
- January 17, 1984: Steve Carter was Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.[4]
- March 31, 1984: Don Werner and Derek Botelho were traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Alan Hargesheimer.[5]
Regular season [edit]
- September 17, 1984: Reggie Jackson of the California Angels hit the 500th Home Run of his career against the Royals.[6] It was the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run. Jackson hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals.
Season standings [edit]
| Team | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
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| Kansas City Royals | 84 | 78 | .519 | -- |
| California Angels | 81 | 81 | .500 | 3.0 |
| Minnesota Twins | 81 | 81 | .500 | 3.0 |
| Oakland Athletics | 77 | 85 | .475 | 7.0 |
| Chicago White Sox | 74 | 88 | .457 | 10.0 |
| Seattle Mariners | 74 | 88 | .457 | 10.0 |
| Texas Rangers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 14.5 |
Notable transactions [edit]
- May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased by the Royals from the St. Louis Cardinals.[7]
Roster [edit]
| 1984 Kansas City Royals roster | |||||||||
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Player stats [edit]
Batting [edit]
Starters by position [edit]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| 1B | Steve Balboni | 126 | 438 | 107 | .244 | 28 | 77 |
Other batters [edit]
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Dave Leeper | 4 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching [edit]
Starting pitchers [edit]
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Bud Black | 35 | 257 | 17 | 12 | 3.12 | 140 |
Other pitchers [edit]
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Relief pitchers [edit]
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Mark Huismann | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.58 | 20 |
ALCS [edit]
Main article: 1984 American League Championship Series
Game 1 [edit]
October 2, Royals Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Detroit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| W: Jack Morris (1-0) L: Bud Black (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs: DET – Larry Herndon (1) Alan Trammell (1) Lance Parrish (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 2 [edit]
October 3, Royals Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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| Detroit | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| W: Aurelio López (1-0) L: Dan Quisenberry (0-1) | ||||||||||||||
| HRs: DET – Kirk Gibson (1) | ||||||||||||||
Game 3 [edit]
October 5, Tiger Stadium
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Detroit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| W: Milt Wilcox (1-0) L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1) S:Willie Hernández (1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs: None | ||||||||||||
Farm system [edit]
See also: Minor League Baseball
Notes [edit]
- ^ Eric Rasmussen page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beckwjo01.shtml
- ^ http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml
- ^ Alan Hargesheimer page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson
- ^ Dane Iorg page at Baseball Reference
References [edit]
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
External links [edit]
- 1984 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
- 1984 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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| Preceded by Chicago White Sox 1983 |
AL West Championship Season 1984 |
Succeeded by Kansas City Royals 1985 |
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