The 1984 Kansas City Royals season was their 16th in Major League Baseball. The Royals won the American League West with a record of 84–78, but lost to the eventual World Series champion Detroit Tigers 3–0 in the ALCS. Dan Quisenberry's 44 saves paced the American League.
1984 Kansas City Royals | ||
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American League West Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Royals Stadium | |
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Owners | Ewing Kauffman | |
General managers | John Schuerholz | |
Managers | Dick Howser | |
Television | WDAF-TV (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) Sports Time (Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley) | |
Radio | WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White) | |
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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
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 edit
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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 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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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Game log edit
Regular season edit
1984 regular season game log: 84–78 (Home: 44–37; Away: 40–41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 8–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 3–4)
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May: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
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June: 13–14 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–5)
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July: 17–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 8–11)
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August: 17–12 (Home: 8–8; Away: 9–4)
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September: 17–11 (Home: 10–3; Away: 7–8)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Royals team member |
Postseason Game log edit
1984 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AL Championship Series: vs. Detroit Tigers 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Royals team member |
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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C | Don Slaught | 124 | 409 | 108 | .264 | 4 | 42 |
1B | Steve Balboni | 126 | 438 | 107 | .244 | 28 | 77 |
2B | Frank White | 129 | 479 | 130 | .271 | 17 | 56 |
SS | Onix Concepcion | 90 | 287 | 81 | .282 | 1 | 23 |
3B | George Brett | 104 | 377 | 107 | .284 | 13 | 69 |
LF | Darryl Motley | 146 | 522 | 148 | .284 | 15 | 70 |
CF | Willie Wilson | 128 | 541 | 163 | .301 | 2 | 44 |
RF | Pat Sheridan | 138 | 481 | 136 | .283 | 8 | 53 |
DH | Hal McRae | 106 | 317 | 96 | .303 | 3 | 42 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Jorge Orta | 122 | 403 | 120 | .298 | 9 | 50 |
Greg Pryor | 123 | 270 | 71 | .263 | 4 | 25 |
Dane Iorg | 78 | 235 | 60 | .255 | 5 | 30 |
John Wathan | 97 | 171 | 31 | .181 | 2 | 10 |
UL Washington | 63 | 170 | 38 | .224 | 1 | 10 |
Buddy Biancalana | 66 | 134 | 26 | .194 | 2 | 9 |
Butch Davis | 41 | 116 | 17 | .147 | 2 | 12 |
Lynn Jones | 47 | 103 | 31 | .301 | 1 | 10 |
Leon Roberts | 28 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 3 |
Tucker Ashford | 9 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Orlando Sánchez | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 2 |
Bucky Dent | 11 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Leeper | 4 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Luis Pujols | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Scranton | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bud Black | 35 | 257.0 | 17 | 12 | 3.12 | 140 |
Mark Gubicza | 29 | 189.0 | 10 | 14 | 4.05 | 111 |
Larry Gura | 31 | 168.2 | 12 | 9 | 5.18 | 68 |
Charlie Leibrandt | 23 | 143.2 | 11 | 7 | 3.63 | 53 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bret Saberhagen | 38 | 157.2 | 10 | 11 | 3.48 | 73 |
Mike Jones | 23 | 81.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.89 | 43 |
Danny Jackson | 15 | 76.0 | 2 | 6 | 4.26 | 40 |
Frank Wills | 10 | 37.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.11 | 21 |
Paul Splittorff | 12 | 28.0 | 1 | 3 | 7.71 | 4 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dan Quisenberry | 72 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 2.64 | 41 |
Joe Beckwith | 49 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3.40 | 75 |
Mark Huismann | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.58 | 20 |
ALCS edit
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
References edit
- ^ Eric Rasmussen at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Steve Balboni at Baseball-Reference
- ^ "Joe Beckwith Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml
- ^ Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball-Reference
- ^ "Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson". www.baseball-almanac.com.
- ^ Dane Iorg at Baseball-Reference
Bibliography 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 at Baseball-Reference
- 1984 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com