1984 Seattle Mariners season

1984 Seattle Mariners
1984 Seattle Mariners
Division	Western Division
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	74–88 (.457)
Owners	George Argyros
Managers	Del Crandall,; Chuck Cottier (September 1)
Television	KSTW-TV 11
Radio	KVI 570 AM: (Dave Niehaus,; Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)

The Seattle Mariners 1984 season was their eighth since the franchise creation. They finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 74–88 (.457).

Offseason

November 21, 1983: Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds were traded to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Beard and Bob Kearney.^[1]
December 5, 1983: Dave Geisel was selected by the Mariners from the Toronto Blue Jays in the rule 5 draft.^[2]
January 17, 1984: Mike Blowers was selected in the eighth round of the amateur draft, but did not sign.^[3]
March 23, 1984: Rick Sweet was released by the Mariners.^[4]

Regular season

September 1 – Manager Del Crandall (59–76 (.437)) was fired on Saturday morning,^[5] succeeded by third base coach Chuck Cottier.^[6]
Mark Langston became the first rookie since Herb Score to lead the American League in strikeouts.

Season standings

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	—	44–37	40–41
California Angels	81	81	0.500	3	37–44	44–37
Minnesota Twins	81	81	0.500	3	47–34	34–47
Oakland Athletics	77	85	0.475	7	44–37	33–48
Chicago White Sox	74	88	0.457	10	43–38	31–50
Seattle Mariners	74	88	0.457	10	42–39	32–49
Texas Rangers	69	92	0.429	14½	34–46	35–46

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	8–4	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	9–3	9–3	4–9
Boston	7–6	—	9–3	7–5	10–3	7–6	3–9	9–4	6–6	7–6	7–5	4–8	5–7	5–8
California	4–8	3–9	—	8–5	8–4	4–8	6–7	8–4	4–9	8–4	7–6	9–4	5–8	7–5
Chicago	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	8–4	4–8	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	5–8	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	3–10	4–8	4–8	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	7–5	2–11	7–5	8–4	9–3	6–7–1
Detroit	6–7	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–4	—	7–5	11–2	9–3	7–6	9–3	6–6	10–2	8–5
Kansas City	7–5	9–3	7–6	8–5	6–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	9–4	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	2–11	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	6–6	5–6	10–3
Minnesota	7–5	6–6	9–4	5–8	5–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	8–5	7–6	8–5	1–11
New York	8–5	6–7	4–8	5–7	11–2	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–5
Oakland	6–6	5–7	6–7	7–6	5–7	3–9	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–8	—	8–5	8–5	4–8
Seattle	3–9	8–4	4–9	8–5	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	8–5	3–9	2–10	7–6	6–5	5–8	6–6	5–8	3–10	—	6–6
Toronto	9–4	8–5	5–7	8–4	7–6–1	5–8	7–5	3–10	11–1	5–8	8–4	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions

Roster

1984 Seattle Mariners

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

44 Ken Phelps
23 Pat Putnam

Manager

15 Chuck Cottier
1 Del Crandall

Coaches

15 Chuck Cottier (Third Base)
35 Frank Funk (Pitching)
33 Ben Hines (Hitting)
4 Phil Roof (First Base)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Bob Kearney	133	431	97	.225	7	43

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ricky Nelson	9	15	3	.200	1	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mark Langston	35	225	17	10	3.40	204
Jim Beattie	32	211	12	16	3.41	119
Salomé Barojas	19	95.1	6	5	3.97	37

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Stoddard	27	79	2	3	5.13	39
Dave Geisel	20	43.1	1	1	4.15	28

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Stanton	54	4	4	8	3.54	55
Dave Beard	43	3	2	5	5.80	40
Roy Thomas	21	3	2	1	5.26	42
Karl Best	5	1	1	0	3.00	6

Awards and honors

Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (204)

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake City Gulls	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Floyd
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Bill Plummer
A	Salinas Spurs	California League	R. J. Harrison
A	Wausau Timbers	Midwest League	Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season	Bellingham Mariners	Northwest League	Gary Pellant
Rookie	Butte Copper Kings	Pioneer League	Manny Estrada

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References

^ Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
^ Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
^ "Mariners fire another manager". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 2, 1984. p. 6B.
^ "Mariner GM Claims talent there for winner". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. September 3, 1984. p. 13.
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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[1] Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference

[2] Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference

[3] Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference

[4] Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference

[ergfanm-5] "Mariners fire another manager". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 2, 1984. p. 6B.

[claims-6] "Mariner GM Claims talent there for winner". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. September 3, 1984. p. 13.

[7] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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