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.

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1984 Kansas City Royals
American League West Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkRoyals Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record84–78 (.519)
Divisional place1st
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersDick Howser
TelevisionWDAF-TV 4
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
Sports Time
(Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley)
RadioWIBW–AM 580
KCMO–AM 810
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
 1983 Seasons 1985 
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Offseason

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 8478 .519 4437 4041
California Angels 8181 .500 3 3744 4437
Minnesota Twins 8181 .500 3 4734 3447
Oakland Athletics 7785 .475 7 4437 3348
Chicago White Sox 7488 .457 10 4338 3150
Seattle Mariners 7488 .457 10 4239 3249
Texas Rangers 6992 .429 14½ 3446 3546
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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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Roster

1984 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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Manager

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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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CDon Slaught124409108.264442
1BSteve Balboni126438107.2442877
2BFrank White129479130.2711756
SSOnix Concepcion9028781.282123
3BGeorge Brett104377107.2841369
LFDarryl Motley146522148.2841570
CFWillie Wilson128541163.301244
RFPat Sheridan138481136.283853
DHHal McRae10631796.303342
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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
Jorge Orta122403120.298950
Greg Pryor12327071.263425
Dane Iorg7823560.255530
John Wathan9717131.181210
UL Washington6317038.224110
Buddy Biancalana6613426.19429
Butch Davis4111617.147212
Lynn Jones4710331.301110
Leon Roberts284510.22203
Tucker Ashford9132.15400
Orlando Sánchez10101.10002
Bucky Dent1193.33301
Dave Leeper460.00000
Luis Pujols451.20001
Jim Scranton220.00000
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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 SO
Bud Black35257.017123.12140
Mark Gubicza29189.010144.05111
Larry Gura31168.21295.1868
Charlie Leibrandt23143.21173.6353
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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
Bret Saberhagen38157.210113.4873
Mike Jones2381.0234.8943
Danny Jackson1576.0264.2640
Frank Wills1037.0235.1121
Paul Splittorff1228.0137.714
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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
Dan Quisenberry7263442.6441
Joe Beckwith498423.4075
Mark Huismann132105.5820
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ALCS

Game 1

October 2, Royals Stadium

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 200 110 121 8140
Kansas City 000 000 100 151
W: Jack Morris (1-0)  L: Bud Black (0-1)  
HRs: DETLarry Herndon (1)  Alan Trammell (1)  Lance Parrish (1)
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Game 2

October 3, Royals Stadium

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Detroit 201 000 000 02 581
Kansas City 000 100 110 00 3103
W: Aurelio López (1-0)  L: Dan Quisenberry (0-1)  
HRs: DETKirk Gibson (1)
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Game 3

October 5, Tiger Stadium

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 000 000 000 033
Detroit 010 000 00X 130
W: Milt Wilcox (1-0)  L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1)  S:Willie Hernández (1)
HRs: None
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