1984 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1984 Pittsburgh Pirates
1984 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	75–87 (.463)
Owners	John W. Galbreath; Warner Communications
Managers	Chuck Tanner
Television	KDKA-TV; (Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders); HSE; (Steve Blass, Bob Prince, Willie Stargell)
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)

The 1984 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 103rd season of the franchise; the 98th in the National League. This was their 15th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 75–87.

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	96	65	.596	—	51‍–‍29	45‍–‍36
New York Mets	90	72	.556	6½	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	.519	12½	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	15½	39‍–‍42	42‍–‍39
Montreal Expos	78	83	.484	18	39‍–‍42	39‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	.463	21½	41‍–‍40	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1984 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–9	13–5	12–6	6–12	5–7	4–8	7–5	8–4	7–11	10–8	5–7
Chicago	9–3	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	10–7	12–6	9–9	8–10	6–6	9–3	13–5
Cincinnati	5–13	5–7	—	8–10	7–11	7–5	3–9	5–7	7–5	7–11	12–6	4–8
Houston	6–12	6–6	10–8	—	9–9	7–5	4–8	6–6	6–6	6–12	12–6	8–4
Los Angeles	12–6	5–7	7–11	9–9	—	6–6	3–9	3–9	4–8	10–8	10–8	6–6
Montreal	7–5	7–10	5–7	5–7	6–6	—	7–11	11–7	7–11	7–5	7–5	9–9
New York	8–4	6–12	9–3	8–4	9–3	11–7	—	10–8	12–6	6–6	4–8	7–11
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	7–5	6–6	9–3	7–11	8–10	—	7–11	7–5	8–4	8–10
Pittsburgh	4–8	10–8	5–7	6–6	8–4	11–7	6–12	11–7	—	4–8	6–6	4–14
San Diego	11–7	6–6	11–7	12–6	8–10	5–7	6–6	5–7	8–4	—	13–5	7–5
San Francisco	8–10	3–9	6–12	6–12	8–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–13	—	7–5
St. Louis	7–5	5–13	8–4	4–8	6–6	9–9	11–7	10–8	14–4	5–7	5–7	—

Game log

1984 Game Log: 75–87 (Home: 41–40; Away: 34–47)

April: 7–13 (Home: 2–4; Away: 5–9)

May: 12–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 3–6)

June: 11–20 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
46	June 1	Expos	0–2	Lea	Rhoden (4–4)	Reardon	12,691	19–27
47	June 2	Expos	2–1	Tunnell (1–2)	Rogers	Tekulve (5)	19,080	20–27
48	June 3	Expos	4–0	Tudor (4–2)	Palmer	—	19,713	21–27
49	June 4	Mets	2–4	Darling	Robinson (0–2)	Orosco	13,306	21–28
50	June 5	Mets	0–3	Terrell	DeLeon (3–3)	—	6,539	21–29
51	June 6	Mets	1–2 (13)	Gorman	Scurry (0–3)	—	7,493	21–30
52	June 8	@ Phillies	4–5	Koosman	Candelaria (5–5)	Holland		21–31
53	June 8	@ Phillies	1–2	Gross	McWilliams (2–4)	Holland	31,133	21–32
54	June 9	@ Phillies	5–6	Carlton	Tudor (4–3)	Holland	31,981	21–33
55	June 10	@ Phillies	12–6 (12)	Guante (2–2)	Kern	—	32,996	22–33
56	June 11	@ Mets	1–3	Gooden	Rhoden (4–5)	Orosco	19,596	22–34
57	June 12	@ Mets	6–3	McWilliams (3–4)	Leary	Scurry (2)	14,255	23–34
58	June 13	@ Mets	0–2	Lynch	Tunnell (1–3)	Sisk	12,124	23–35
59	June 14	@ Expos	3–2	Tekulve (2–5)	Lucas	—	30,657	24–35
60	June 15	@ Expos	0–1	Schatzeder	DeLeon (3–4)	James	23,247	24–36
61	June 16	@ Expos	2–3 (11)	Reardon	Tekulve (2–6)	—	24,626	24–37
62	June 17	@ Expos	3–5	Lea	McWilliams (3–5)	Reardon	31,216	24–38
63	June 19	Cubs	3–4	Sutcliffe	Tudor (4–4)	Smith	9,377	24–39
64	June 20	Cubs	5–1	DeLeon (4–4)	Rainey	—	7,767	25–39
65	June 21	Cubs	8–6	Rhoden (5–5)	Eckersley	Tekulve (6)	8,267	26–39
66	June 22	Phillies	10–3	McWilliams (4–5)	Bystrom	—		27–39
67	June 22	Phillies	7–6 (13)	Scurry (1–3)	Campbell	—	20,516	28–39
68	June 23	Phillies	5–7	Koosman	Candelaria (5–6)	—	19,014	28–40
69	June 24	Phillies	2–4	Carlton	Tudor (4–5)	Holland	17,749	28–41
70	June 25	@ Cubs	3–0	DeLeon (5–4)	Rainey	—	19,036	29–41
71	June 26	@ Cubs	9–0	Rhoden (6–5)	Eckersley	—		30–41
72	June 26	@ Cubs	8–9	Bordi	McWilliams (4–6)	Smith	28,369	30–42
73	June 27	@ Cubs	7–8 (11)	Stoddard	Scurry (1–4)	—	37,055	30–43
74	June 28	@ Giants	3–4 (11)	Lavelle	Robinson (0–3)	—	6,191	30–44
75	June 29	@ Giants	0–3	Robinson	Tudor (4–6)	—	15,448	30–45
76	June 30	@ Giants	5–7	Williams	Guante (2–3)	Lavelle	26,990	30–46

July: 15–15 (Home: 11–8; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
77	July 1	@ Giants	4–7	Hammaker	Rhoden (6–6)	Minton	15,731	30–47
78	July 2	@ Dodgers	4–5	Pena	McWilliams (4–7)	Niedenfuer	28,986	30–48
79	July 3	@ Dodgers	6–0	Candelaria (6–6)	Howell	—	37,951	31–48
80	July 4	@ Dodgers	0–9	Hershiser	Tudor (4–7)	—	46,747	31–49
81	July 5	@ Padres	1–2	Gossage	Scurry (1–5)	—	14,907	31–50
82	July 6	@ Padres	3–7	Whitson	Rhoden (6–7)	—	18,368	31–51
83	July 7	@ Padres	0–1	Dravecky	McWilliams (4–8)	Gossage	28,995	31–52
84	July 8	@ Padres	4–3	Candelaria (7–6)	Thurmond	Tekulve (7)	17,950	32–52
85	July 12	Giants	6–3	DeLeon (6–4)	Laskey	Tekulve (8)	6,295	33–52
86	July 13	Giants	8–2	Candelaria (8–6)	Krukow	—		34–52
87	July 13	Giants	4–3 (18)	Scurry (2–5)	Cornell	—	22,167	35–52
88	July 14	Giants	6–2	Rhoden (7–7)	Davis	—	9,001	36–52
89	July 15	Giants	9–3	Tudor (5–7)	Robinson	—	13,078	37–52
90	July 16	Dodgers	4–1	Walk (1–0)	Honeycutt	—	9,044	38–52
91	July 17	Dodgers	0–5	Pena	DeLeon (6–5)	—	10,134	38–53
92	July 18	Dodgers	5–2	McWilliams (5–8)	Reuss	—	13,473	39–53
93	July 19	Padres	5–1	Candelaria (9–6)	Lollar	—	10,048	40–53
94	July 20	Padres	4–3	Rhoden (8–7)	Dravecky	Robinson (5)		41–53
95	July 20	Padres	2–3	Hawkins	Tudor (5–8)	Gossage	18,007	41–54
96	July 21	Padres	4–6	Thurmond	Walk (1–1)	Gossage	11,593	41–55
97	July 22	Padres	1–5	Whitson	DeLeon (6–6)	—		41–56
98	July 22	Padres	3–2 (11)	Winn (1–0)	Gossage	—	22,971	42–56
99	July 24	@ Expos	12–5 (11)	Scurry (3–5)	Reardon	—	28,087	43–56
100	July 25	@ Expos	3–1	Rhoden (9–7)	Lea	Robinson (6)	28,266	44–56
101	July 26	@ Expos	4–5	James	Robinson (0–4)	Reardon	17,685	44–57
102	July 27	Cardinals	2–3 (10)	Andujar	Tekulve (2–7)	Sutter	9,740	44–58
103	July 28	Cardinals	1–5	Cox	DeLeon (6–7)	Sutter	12,945	44–59
104	July 29	Cardinals	3–4	Allen	Candelaria (9–7)	Sutter	12,501	44–60
105	July 30	Expos	1–3	James	Rhoden (9–8)	—	6,212	44–61
106	July 31	Expos	5–3	Tudor (6–8)	Rogers	Robinson (7)	7,813	45–61

August: 13–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
107	August 1	Expos	4–0	McWilliams (6–8)	Lea	—	8,729	46–61
108	August 2	Mets	6–4	Robinson (1–4)	Darling	—	8,543	47–61
109	August 3	Mets	1–4	Terrell	Candelaria (9–8)	—	7,783	47–62
110	August 4	Mets	3–4	Gorman	Scurry (3–6)	Orosco	7,876	47–63
111	August 5	Mets	1–3 (10)	Gardner	Robinson (1–5)	—	10,575	47–64
112	August 6	@ Cardinals	3–2	McWilliams (7–8)	Andujar	Tekulve (9)	22,142	48–64
113	August 7	@ Cardinals	1–2	Cox	DeLeon (6–8)	Sutter	18,146	48–65
114	August 8	@ Cardinals	6–4	Candelaria (10–8)	Horton	Tunnell (1)	18,325	49–65
115	August 9	@ Mets	11–0	Rhoden (10–8)	Berenyi	—	27,604	50–65
116	August 10	@ Mets	4–1	Tudor (7–8)	Fernandez	Tekulve (10)	28,355	51–65
117	August 11	@ Mets	1–3	Gooden	McWilliams (7–9)	Orosco	28,326	51–66
118	August 12	@ Mets	3–6	Darling	DeLeon (6–9)	Gardner	36,135	51–67
119	August 14	@ Braves	1–3	Camp	Candelaria (10–9)	Moore	14,243	51–68
120	August 15	@ Braves	3–7	Bedrosian	Rhoden (10–9)	Garber	12,957	51–69
121	August 16	@ Braves	5–2	Tudor (8–8)	Mahler	—	16,829	52–69
122	August 17	Astros	4–7 (10)	Dawley	Tekulve (2–8)	—	10,370	52–70
123	August 18	Astros	0–5	LaCoss	DeLeon (6–10)	—	11,691	52–71
124	August 19	Astros	3–4	Niekro	Candelaria (10–10)	Dawley	13,215	52–72
125	August 20	Braves	1–4 (10)	Garber	Tekulve (2–9)	—	7,613	52–73
126	August 21	Braves	5–4	Robinson (2–5)	Dedmon	—	6,400	53–73
127	August 22	Braves	7–2	McWilliams (8–9)	Payne	—	4,156	54–73
128	August 24	Reds	0–2	Russell	DeLeon (6–11)	—	8,074	54–74
129	August 25	Reds	5–3	Candelaria (11–10)	Tibbs	McWilliams (1)	21,385	55–74
130	August 26	Reds	7–1	Rhoden (11–9)	Price	—	10,831	56–74
131	August 28	@ Astros	2–3	Smith	Tudor (8–9)	—	11,016	56–75
132	August 29	@ Astros	4–2	Robinson (3–5)	DiPino	—	9,587	57–75
133	August 30	@ Reds	1–4	Tibbs	DeLeon (6–12)	—	10,220	57–76
134	August 31	@ Reds	6–2	Candelaria (12–10)	Price	Robinson (8)	12,954	58–76

September: 17–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 10–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	@ Reds	5–7 (11)	Power	Robinson (3–6)	—	16,733	58–77
136	September 2	@ Reds	1–7	Robinson	Tudor (8–10)	—	13,597	58–78
137	September 3	@ Expos	3–0	McWilliams (9–9)	Rogers	Tekulve (11)	12,333	59–78
138	September 4	@ Expos	5–3	Scurry (4–6)	James	Tekulve (12)	10,184	60–78
139	September 5	Mets	2–4	Berenyi	Tunnell (1–4)	Sisk	3,569	60–79
140	September 6	Mets	2–0	Rhoden (12–9)	Schiraldi	Scurry (3)	3,529	61–79
141	September 7	Cardinals	4–1	Tudor (9–10)	Horton	Scurry (4)	4,077	62–79
142	September 8	Cardinals	2–9	Andujar	McWilliams (9–10)	—	8,807	62–80
143	September 9	Cardinals	1–2	Cox	DeLeon (6–13)	Sutter	7,460	62–81
144	September 10	Expos	5–8	Grapenthin	Tunnell (1–5)	Hesketh	3,126	62–82
145	September 11	Expos	5–1	Rhoden (13–9)	Bargar	—	2,963	63–82
146	September 12	@ Mets	0–2	Gooden	Tudor (9–11)	—	12,876	63–83
147	September 13	@ Mets	14–4	McWilliams (10–10)	Terrell	—	6,076	64–83
148	September 14	@ Cardinals	8–7 (12)	Robinson (4–6)	Sutter	Tekulve (13)	16,292	65–83
149	September 15	@ Cardinals	3–8	LaPoint	Candelaria (12–11)	—	17,356	65–84
150	September 16	@ Cardinals	7–8 (10)	Hassler	Tunnell (1–6)	—	21,918	65–85
151	September 18	@ Cubs	6–2	Tudor (10–11)	Eckersley	Robinson (9)	30,721	66–85
152	September 19	@ Cubs	11–6	McWilliams (11–10)	Stoddard	Winn (1)	31,585	67–85
153	September 20	@ Cubs	7–6	Tekulve (3–9)	Smith	Candelaria (1)	33,651	68–85
154	September 21	Phillies	5–1	Scurry (5–6)	Koosman	—	4,940	69–85
155	September 22	Phillies	2–1 (12)	Robinson (5–6)	Andersen	—	6,927	70–85
156	September 23	Phillies	4–2	Tudor (11–11)	Rawley	Candelaria (2)	11,249	71–85
157	September 24	Cubs	1–4	Sutcliffe	McWilliams (11–11)	—	5,472	71–86
158	September 25	Cubs	7–1	DeLeon (7–13)	Patterson	—	4,068	72–86
159	September 26	Cubs	2–5	Ruthven	Tunnell (1–7)	—	3,365	72–87
160	September 29	@ Phillies	4–0	Rhoden (14–9)	Hudson	—	27,493	73–87
161	September 30	@ Phillies	2–0	Tudor (12–11)	Denny	Robinson (10)		74–87
162	September 30	@ Phillies	7–2	McWilliams (12–11)	Rawley	—	17,292	75–87

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1984 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

14 Milt May
6 Tony Peña

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

31 Harvey Haddix (pitching)
23 Grant Jackson (bullpen)
32 Joe Lonnett (third base)
42 Alex Monchak (first base)
55 Rick Peterson (bullpen)
48 Bob Skinner (hitting)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Marvell Wynne	CF
Johnny Ray	2B
Bill Madlock	3B
Jason Thompson	1B
Amos Otis	LF
Tony Peña	C
Doug Frobel	RF
Dale Berra	SS
Rick Rhoden	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[2]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
M. Page	16	12	4	0.333	0	0
R. Rhoden	35	84	28	0.333	0	4
L. Lacy	138	474	152	0.321	12	70
J. Ray	155	555	173	0.312	6	67
D. Robinson	53	31	9	0.290	1	5
J. Morrison	100	304	87	0.286	11	45
T. Peña	147	546	156	0.286	15	78
M. Wynne	154	653	174	0.266	0	39
B. Harper	46	112	29	0.259	2	11
J. Thompson	154	543	138	0.254	17	74
J. Orsulak	32	67	17	0.254	0	3
B. Madlock	103	403	102	0.253	4	44
L. Mazzilli	111	266	63	0.237	4	21
R. Belliard	20	22	5	0.227	0	0
E. Vargas	18	31	7	0.226	0	2
D. Berra	136	450	100	0.222	9	52
R. Wotus	27	55	12	0.218	0	2
J. Tudor	36	76	16	0.211	0	2
D. Frobel	126	276	56	0.203	12	28
D. González	26	82	15	0.183	0	4
M. May	50	96	17	0.177	1	8
B. Distefano	45	78	13	0.167	3	9
A. Otis	40	97	16	0.165	0	10
J. Candelaria	33	62	8	0.129	1	2
L. McWilliams	36	74	9	0.122	0	4
J. DeLeón	30	59	5	0.085	0	2
L. Tunnell	26	12	1	0.083	0	0
C. Guante	27	4	0	0.000	0	0
R. Scurry	43	2	0	0.000	0	0
K. Tekulve	72	7	0	0.000	0	0
B. Walk	2	3	0	0.000	0	0
J. Winn	9	1	0	0.000	0	0
M. Bielecki	4	0	0	—	0	0
C. Green	4	0	0	—	0	0
R. Krawczyk	4	0	0	—	0	0
A. Pulido	1	0	0	—	0	0
J. Zaske	3	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[3]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
M. Bielecki	4	41⁄3	0	0	0.00	1
J. Zaske	3	5	0	0	0.00	2
R. Scurry	43	461⁄3	5	6	2.53	48
C. Guante	27	411⁄3	2	3	2.61	30
B. Walk	2	101⁄3	1	1	2.61	10
K. Tekulve	72	88	3	9	2.66	36
R. Rhoden	33	2381⁄3	14	9	2.72	136
J. Candelaria	33	1851⁄3	12	11	2.72	133
L. McWilliams	34	2271⁄3	12	11	2.93	149
D. Robinson	51	122	5	6	3.02	110
J. Tudor	32	212	12	11	3.27	117
R. Krawczyk	4	51⁄3	0	0	3.38	3
J. DeLeón	30	1921⁄3	7	13	3.74	153
J. Winn	9	182⁄3	1	0	3.86	11
L. Tunnell	26	681⁄3	1	7	5.27	51
C. Green	4	3	0	0	6.00	3
A. Pulido	1	2	0	0	9.00	2

Awards and honors

Don Robinson, Hutch Award^[4]

1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Tony Peña, C, Reserve^[5]

Transactions

November 7, 1983 – Jim Bibby granted Free Agency.
November 7, 1983 – Miguel Diloné granted Free Agency.
November 7, 1983 – Richie Hebner granted Free Agency.
November 7, 1983 – Dave Parker granted Free Agency.
November 7, 1983 – Kent Tekulve granted Free Agency.
November 7, 1983 – Dave Tomlin granted Free Agency.
November 12, 1983 – Sold Bob Owchinko to the Cincinnati Reds.
November 22, 1983 – Signed Jeff Little as a free agent.
November 22, 1983 – Signed Andy Rincon as a free agent.
December 6, 1983 – Traded Mike Easler to the Boston Red Sox. Received John Tudor.
December 19, 1983 – Signed Amos Otis as a free agent.
December 22, 1983 – Signed Kent Tekulve as a free agent.
January 12, 1984 – Signed Dave Tomlin as a free agent.
January 17, 1984 – Drafted Gil Heredia in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 17, 1984 – Drafted Jay Buhner in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 26, 1984.
January 17, 1984 – Drafted Tom Prince in the 4th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 24, 1984.
January 17, 1984 – Drafted Alex Cole in the 11th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
February 1, 1984 – Signed Joe Charboneau as a free agent.
March 4, 1984 – Signed Jim Neidlinger as an amateur free agent.
March 28, 1984 – Signed Kelly Paris as a free agent.
March 31, 1984 – Released Gene Tenace.
April 3, 1984 – Signed Bob Walk as a free agent.
May 19, 1984 – Signed Mitchell Page as a free agent.
June 4, 1984 – Drafted Eric Hetzel in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
June 4, 1984 – Drafted Barry Jones in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft.
June 4, 1984 – Drafted Wes Chamberlain in the 5th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 4, 1984 – Drafted Gordon Dillard in the 7th round of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
June 4, 1984 – Drafted Stu Cole in the 19th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 21, 1984 – Signed Hipolito Pena as a free agent.
August 5, 1984 – Released Amos Otis.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Hawaii Islanders	Pacific Coast League	Tommy Sandt
AA	Nashua Pirates	Eastern League	Bill Scripture
A	Prince William Pirates	Carolina League	Johnny Lipon
A	Macon Pirates	South Atlantic League	Joe Frisina
A-Short Season	Watertown Pirates	New York–Penn League	Bill Bryk
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

Notes

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
^ http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1984as.shtml

References

1984 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1984 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[3] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[4] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml

[5] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1984as.shtml

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