1984 Baltimore Orioles season

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The 1984 Baltimore Orioles season was the 84th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 31st in Baltimore, and the 31st at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

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Offseason

  • February 7, 1984: Tom Underwood was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[1]

Regular season

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  • May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken Jr. hit for the cycle in a game against the Texas Rangers.
  • Cal Ripken Jr. set an American League record for most assists by a shortstop with 583.
  • During the season, Mike Boddicker became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Orioles in the 20th century.[2]

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10458 .642 5329 5129
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 .549 15 4932 4041
New York Yankees 8775 .537 17 5130 3645
Boston Red Sox 8676 .531 18 4140 4536
Baltimore Orioles 8577 .525 19 4437 4140
Cleveland Indians 7587 .463 29 4139 3448
Milwaukee Brewers 6794 .416 36½ 3843 2951
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Record vs. opponents

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Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–69–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–98–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–88–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–84–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–47–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–76–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–65–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–58–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–88–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–88–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–810–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–106–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6
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Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

  • August 14, 1984: Ron Jackson was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[4]

Roster

1984 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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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

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Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR
CRick Dempsey10933076.2301134
1BEddie Murray162588180.30629110
2BRich Dauer127397101.254224
SSCal Ripken Jr.162641195.3042786
3BWayne Gross12734274.2162264
LFGary Roenicke12132673.2241044
CFJohn Shelby12838380.209630
RFMike Young123401101.2521752
DHKen Singleton11136378.215636
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Al Bumbry11934493.270324
John Lowenstein10527064.237828
Floyd Rayford8625064.256427
Jim Dwyer7616141.255221
Lenn Sakata8115730.191311
Todd Cruz9514231.21839
Benny Ayala6011825.212424
Dan Ford259121.23115
Joe Nolan356218.29019
Ron Jackson12288.28602
Jim Traber10215.23802
Vic Rodriguez11177.41202
Larry Sheets8167.43812
Orlando Sánchez482.25001
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA BB
Mike Boddicker34261.120112.79128
Mike Flanagan34226.213133.53115
Storm Davis35225.01493.12105
Scott McGregor30196.115123.9467
Ken Dixon213.0014.158
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dennis Martínez34141.2695.0277
Bill Swaggerty2357.0325.2118
Jim Palmer517.2039.174
John Pacella614.2016.758
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tippy Martinez5549173.9172
Sammy Stewart6074133.2956
Tom Underwood371013.5239
Mark Brown91203.9110
Nate Snell51102.357
Todd Cruz10000.000
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Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

Japan tour

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The Orioles made its second Yomiuri Shimbun-sponsored tour of Japan since 1971. The newspaper received approval from MLB on December 29, 1982 to invite the winner of the 1983 World Series to play 15 games against Nippon Professional Baseball competition, primarily the 1984 Japan Series champion. Yomiuri owner Tōru Shōriki originally wanted to invite the 1984 World Series winner, but eventually agreed to MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's suggestion of the previous year's World Series champion. The exhibition matches were intended to be part of the golden jubilee celebration for the Yomiuri Giants which was owned by the tour's sponsor and another attempt by Shōriki for his team to make a legitimate claim at being world champions of the sport.[5]

The Orioles accepted the invitation on January 2, 1984,[6] 2+12 months after winning the 1983 World Series.[7] The Yomiuri was eventually left disappointed when both the Orioles and its Giants failed to qualify for the postseason with fifth- and third-place finishes respectively. Instead of the Giants for which the event's organizers had hoped, the opponent in the first five matches was the 1984 Japan Series champion Hiroshima Toyo Carp.[8]

Eight of the games featured both players who surpassed Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played streak. Cal Ripken Jr. and Sachio Kinugasa batted .219 and .143 respectively.[9]

The fifteenth and final exhibition contest originally scheduled for November 15 in Baltimore's sister city Kawasaki was cancelled due to rain.[10][11] Upon the Orioles' arrival in Tokyo on October 25, manager Joe Altobelli said he wanted his team to win at least 10 games.[12] The Orioles finished the tour with an 851 record,[11] including 41 each in head-to-head competition against the Giants and Carp.

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Game Month Date Day Place Opponent W/L/D Score Orioles Pitcher of Record Notes
1 OCT 27 SA Tokyo Hiroshima Toyo Carp L 01 Mike Boddicker Winning pitcher Kazuhisa Kawaguchi singles in the game's only run in the second.[13]
2 OCT 28 SU Tokyo Hiroshima Toyo Carp W 53 Nate Snell
3 OCT 30 TU Tokorozawa Hiroshima Toyo Carp W 53 Bill Swaggerty
4 OCT 31 W Yokohama Hiroshima Toyo Carp W 75 Nate Snell Four-run rally erases 53 deficit with two outs in the ninth.[14]
5 NOV 1 TH Osaka Hiroshima Toyo Carp W 52 Mike Flanagan
6 NOV 3 SA Tokyo Yomiuri Giants W 74 Storm Davis
7 NOV 4 SU Nishinomiya Japan All-Stars L 45 Mike Boddicker
8 NOV 6 TU Okayama Japan All-Stars L 78 Sammy Stewart 52 lead disappears after giving up six runs in the eighth.[15]
9 NOV 7 W Hiroshima Yomiuri Giants/Hiroshima Toyo Carp D 55
10 NOV 9 F Kumamoto Yomiuri Giants W 116 Nate Snell
11 NOV 10 SA Kitakyushu Yomiuri Giants W 98 Tom Underwood
12 NOV 11 SU Fukuoka Yomiuri Giants W 139 Nate Snell
13 NOV 13 TU Nagoya Yomiuri Giants/Chunichi Dragons L 48 Dennis Martínez All four runs score on homers by John Lowenstein, Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr.[16]
14 NOV 14 W Shizuoka Yomiuri Giants L 510 Mike Flanagan
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Source: Baltimore Orioles 1985 Media Guide (scroll down to pages 43 through 46).

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