1984 Kansas City Royals season
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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 | |
Record | 84–78 (.519) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Ewing Kauffman | |
General managers | John Schuerholz | |
Managers | Dick Howser | |
Television | WDAF-TV 4 (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) Sports Time (Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley) | |
Radio | WIBW–AM 580 KCMO–AM 810 (Denny Matthews, Fred White) | |
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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
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- 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
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Kansas City Royals | 84 | 78 | .519 | — | 44–37 | 40–41 |
California Angels | 81 | 81 | .500 | 3 | 37–44 | 44–37 |
Minnesota Twins | 81 | 81 | .500 | 3 | 47–34 | 34–47 |
Oakland Athletics | 77 | 85 | .475 | 7 | 44–37 | 33–48 |
Chicago White Sox | 74 | 88 | .457 | 10 | 43–38 | 31–50 |
Seattle Mariners | 74 | 88 | .457 | 10 | 42–39 | 32–49 |
Texas Rangers | 69 | 92 | .429 | 14½ | 34–46 | 35–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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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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Outfielders
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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
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
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
Starting pitchers
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
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
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
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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