1984 Cleveland Indians season

The 1984 Cleveland Indians season was the 84th for the franchise.

1984 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Estate of F.J. "Steve" O'Neill
General managers	Phil Seghi
Managers	Pat Corrales
Television	WUAB
Radio	WWWE
← 1983 Seasons 1985 →

Offseason

• October 21, 1983: Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby were sent to the Indians by the Atlanta Braves to complete an earlier deal (the Indians traded Len Barker to the Braves for players to be named later and $150,000, and received Rick Behenna from the Braves on September 2) made on August 28, 1983.^[1]
• December 5, 1983: Kelly Gruber was drafted from the Indians by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1983 rule 5 draft.^[2]
• January 14, 1984: DeWayne Buice was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[3]
• February 5, 1984: Toby Harrah and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Otis Nixon, George Frazier and a player to be named later. The Indians and Yankees completed the deal on February 8, with the Indians sending Rick Browne (minors) to the Yankees and the Yankees sending Guy Elston (minors) to the Indians.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

• v
• t
• e

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	104	58	.642	—	53‍–‍29	51‍–‍29
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	15	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍41
New York Yankees	87	75	.537	17	51‍–‍30	36‍–‍45
Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	18	41‍–‍40	45‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	.525	19	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians	75	87	.463	29	41‍–‍39	34‍–‍48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	.416	36½	38‍–‍43	29‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record v t e Sources:
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

• April 6, 1984: Jerry Ujdur was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[5]
• April 7, 1984: DeWayne Buice was released by the Indians.^[3]
• May 8, 1984: Geno Petralli was purchased by the Indians from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[6]
• June 4, 1984: Cory Snyder was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]
• June 13, 1984: Rick Sutcliffe, George Frazier and Ron Hassey were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Mel Hall, Joe Carter, Don Schulze, and Darryl Banks (minors).^[8]
• June 21, 1984: Dan Spillner was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jim Siwy to the Indians on June 26.^[9]
• September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the Chicago White Sox.^[10]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
2	Brett Butler	CF
4	Tony Bernazard	2B
14	Julio Franco	SS
29	Andre Thornton	DH
10	Pat Tabler	1B
26	Brook Jacoby	3B
9	Ron Hassey	C
24	George Vukovich	RF
20	Otis Nixon	LF
43	Rick Sutcliffe	P

^[11]

Roster

1984 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 38 Luis Aponte 49 Jeff Barkley 32 Rick Behenna 28 Bert Blyleven 13 Ernie Camacho 31 Steve Comer 36 Jamie Easterly 58,34 Steve Farr 25 George Frazier 44 Neal Heaton 46 Mike Jeffcoat 65 José Román 50 Ramon Romero 37 Don Schulze 33 Roy Smith 37 Dan Spillner 43 Rick Sutcliffe 43 Jerry Ujdur 54 Tom Waddell		Catchers 23 Chris Bando  9 Ron Hassey  9 Jamie Quirk 53,16 Jerry Willard Infielders  4 Tony Bernazard 22 Mike Fischlin 14 Julio Franco 21 Mike Hargrove 26 Brook Jacoby 11 Jeff Moronko 17 Junior Noboa 10 Pat Tabler		Outfielders  2 Brett Butler 30 Joe Carter  8 Carmen Castillo 27 Mel Hall 20 Otis Nixon 12 Kevin Rhomberg 24 George Vukovich Other batters 15 Broderick Perkins 29 Andre Thornton		Manager 18 Pat Corrales Coaches 25 Bobby Bonds (Hitting)[12] 45 John Goryl (Third Base) 47 Don McMahon (Pitching)  1 Ed Napoleon (First Base)  6 Dennis Sommers (Bullpen)

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 75–87–1 (Home: 41–39–1; Away: 34–48)
April: 10–9 (Home: 4–3; Away: 6–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 16 April 27 7:35 p.m. EST @ Tigers 8–4 (19) Aponte (1–0) Abbott (1–1) – 5:44 34,112 10–6 W5 17 April 28 2:15 p.m. EST @ Tigers 2–6 Morris (5–0) Behenna (0–1) – 2:25 28,253 10–7 L1 18 April 29 1:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 1–6 Petry (3–1) Spillner (0–1) – 2:20 24,853 10–8 L2
May: 7–19–1 (Home: 3–8–1; Away: 4–11) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 22 May 4 7:05 p.m. EDT Tigers 2–9 Petry (4–1) Spillner (0–2) Hernández (3) 3:06 8,497 11–11 L1 23 May 5 1:35 p.m. EDT Tigers 5–6 Abbott (2–1) Heaton (2–3) López (2) 2:57 9,282 11–12 L2 24 May 6 1:55 p.m. EDT Tigers 5–6 (12) López (3–0) Camacho (0–2) – 4:20 16,125 11–13 L3 29 May 13
June: 14–14 (Home: 7–9; Away: 7–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
July: 13–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–9) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA 96 July 23 7:05 p.m. EDT Tigers 1–4 Morris (13–6) Blyleven (9–4) Bair (4) 3:09 16,576 41–54–1 L1 97 July 24 7:05 p.m. EDT Tigers 5–9 Wilcox (10–6) Farr (1–7) – 3:21 15,578 41–55–1 L2 98 July 25 7:05 p.m. EDT Tigers 4–1 Smith (4–2) Rozema (7–2) Camacho (12) 2:48 15,516 42–55–1 W1 — July 26 Tigers Postponed (Rain; Site change) (Makeup date: July 31) 102 July 31 5:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 1–5 Berenguer (5–7) Smith (4–3) – 2:30 N/A 43–58–1 L2 103 July 31 8:45 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 6–4 Heaton (8–10) Rozema (7–3) Waddell (5) 2:50 32,158 44–58–1 W1
August: 16–18 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–10) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 104 August 1 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 4–2 Farr (2–7) Petry (14–5) Camacho (13) 2:46 27,271 45–58–1 W2 105 August 2 1:30 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 1–2 Morris (14–7) Blyleven (10–5) Hernández (22) 2:39 28,700 45–59–1 L1
September: 15–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 5–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Chris Bando	75	220	38	64	11	0	12	41	.291	1
Tony Bernazard	140	439	44	97	15	4	2	38	.221	20
Brett Butler	159	602	108	162	25	9	3	49	.269	52
Joe Carter	66	244	32	67	6	1	13	41	.275	2
Carmelo Castillo	87	211	36	55	9	2	10	36	.261	1
Mike Fischlin	85	133	17	30	4	2	1	14	.226	2
Julio Franco	160	658	82	188	22	5	3	79	.286	19
Mel Hall	83	257	43	66	13	1	7	30	.257	1
Mike Hargrove	133	352	44	94	14	2	2	44	.267	0
Ron Hassey	48	149	11	38	5	1	0	19	.255	1
Brook Jacoby	126	439	64	116	19	3	7	40	.264	3
Jeff Moronko	7	19	1	3	1	0	0	3	.158	0
Otis Nixon	49	91	16	14	0	0	0	1	.154	12
Junior Noboa	23	11	3	4	0	0	0	0	.364	0
Broderick Perkins	58	66	5	13	1	0	0	4	.197	0
Jamie Quirk	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	0
Kevin Rhomberg	13	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Pat Tabler	144	473	66	137	21	3	10	68	.290	3
Andre Thornton	155	587	91	159	26	0	33	99	.271	6
George Vukovich	134	437	38	133	22	5	9	60	.304	1
Jerry Willard	87	246	21	55	8	1	10	37	.224	1
Team Totals	162	5643	761	1498	222	39	123	704	.265	126

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Luis Aponte	1	0	4.11	25	0	0	50.1	53	25	23	15	25
Jeff Barkley	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	4.0	6	3	3	1	4
Rick Behenna	0	3	13.97	3	3	0	9.2	17	15	15	8	6
Bert Blyleven	19	7	2.87	33	32	0	245.0	204	86	78	74	170
Ernie Camacho	5	9	2.43	69	0	23	100.0	83	31	27	37	48
Steve Comer	4	8	5.68	22	20	0	117.1	146	80	74	39	39
Jamie Easterly	3	1	3.38	26	1	2	69.1	74	31	26	23	42
Steve Farr	3	11	4.58	31	16	1	116.0	106	61	59	46	83
George Frazier	3	2	3.65	22	0	1	44.1	45	19	18	14	24
Neal Heaton	12	15	5.21	38	34	0	198.2	231	128	115	75	75
Mike Jeffcoat	5	2	2.99	63	1	1	75.1	82	28	25	24	41
José Román	0	2	18.00	3	2	0	6.0	9	12	12	11	3
Ramon Romero	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	3
Don Schulze	3	6	4.83	19	14	0	85.2	105	53	46	27	39
Rick Sutcliffe	4	5	5.15	15	15	0	94.1	111	60	54	46	58
Jerry Ujdur	1	2	6.91	4	3	0	14.1	22	14	11	6	6
Tom Waddell	7	4	3.06	58	0	6	97.0	68	35	33	37	59
Team Totals	75	87	4.26	162	162	35	1467.2	1523	766	694	545	803

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Maine Guides	International League	Doc Edwards
AA	Buffalo Bisons	Eastern League	Jack Aker
A	Waterloo Indians	Midwest League	Gomer Hodge
A-Short Season	Batavia Trojans	New York–Penn League	Eddie Bane

^[13]

Notes

1. "Brett Butler". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
2. "Kelly Gruber". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
3. "DeWayne Buice". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
4. "Otis Nixon". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
5. "Jerry Ujdur". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
6. "Geno Petralli". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
7. "Cory Snyder". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
8. "Rick Sutcliffe". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
9. "Dan Spillner". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
10. "Jamie Quirk". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
11. "1984 Opening Day Lineup". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
12. /* Roster */ Bobby Bonds
13. Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-93-239117-6.

References

• 1984 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1984 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac