1984 Kansas City Royals season
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Owner(s) | Ewing Kauffman |
General manager(s) | John Schuerholz |
Manager(s) | Dick Howser |
Local television | WDAF-TV (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) Sports Time (Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley) |
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
- 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
- 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
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
1984 American League Records
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] |
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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
- May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased by the Royals from the St. Louis Cardinals.[7]
Roster
1984 Kansas City Royals roster | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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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 |
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1B | Steve Balboni | 126 | 438 | 107 | .244 | 28 | 77 |
Other batters
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Dave Leeper | 4 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bud Black | 35 | 257 | 17 | 12 | 3.12 | 140 |
Other pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Relief pitchers
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mark Huismann | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.58 | 20 |
ALCS
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Game 1
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
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
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
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Notes
- ↑ Eric Rasmussen at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Steve Balboni 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 at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson
- ↑ Dane Iorg at Baseball-Reference
References
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External links
- 1984 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference
- 1984 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com