1984 Baltimore Orioles season

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1984  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record85–78 (.525)
Divisional place5th
Owners Edward Bennett Williams
General managers Hank Peters
Managers Joe Altobelli
Television WMAR-TV
(Rex Barney, Brooks Robinson, Mel Proctor)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor)
Radio WFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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The 1984 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 104580.642—53–2951–29
Toronto Blue Jays 89730.5491549–3240–41
New York Yankees 87750.5371751–3036–45
Boston Red Sox 86760.5311841–4045–36
Baltimore Orioles 85770.5251944–3741–40
Cleveland Indians 75870.4632941–3934–48
Milwaukee Brewers 67940.41636½38–4329–51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record

Sources:

TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1984 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HR
C Rick Dempsey 10933076.2301134
1B Eddie Murray 162588180.30629110
2B Rich Dauer 127397101.254224
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 162641195.3042786
3B Wayne Gross 12734274.2162264
LF Gary Roenicke 12132673.2241044
CF John Shelby 12838380.209630
RF Mike Young 123401101.2521752
DH Ken Singleton 11136378.215636

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Al Bumbry 11934493.270324
John Lowenstein 10527064.237828
Floyd Rayford 8625064.256427
Jim Dwyer 7616141.255221
Lenn Sakata 8115730.191311
Todd Cruz 9514231.21839
Benny Ayala 6011825.212424
Dan Ford 259121.23115
Joe Nolan 356218.29019
Ron Jackson 12288.28602
Jim Traber 10215.23802
Vic Rodriguez 11177.41202
Larry Sheets 8167.43812
Orlando Sánchez 482.25001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERABB
Mike Boddicker 34261.120112.79128
Mike Flanagan 34226.213133.53115
Storm Davis 35225.01493.12105
Scott McGregor 30196.115123.9467
Ken Dixon 213.0014.158

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dennis Martínez 34141.2695.0277
Bill Swaggerty 2357.0325.2118
Jim Palmer 517.2039.174
John Pacella 614.2016.758

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tippy Martinez 5549173.9172
Sammy Stewart 6074133.2956
Tom Underwood 371013.5239
Mark Brown 91203.9110
Nate Snell 51102.357
Todd Cruz 10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Frank Verdi
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Grady Little and John Hart
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League John Hart, Grady Little and Len Johnston
A-Short Season Newark Orioles New York–Penn League Jim Hutto
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Greg Biagini

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

Japan tour

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+1⁄2 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 8–5–1 record, [11] including 4–1 each in head-to-head competition against the Giants and Carp.

GameMonthDateDayPlaceOpponentW/L/DScoreOrioles Pitcher of RecordNotes
1OCT27SA Tokyo Hiroshima Toyo Carp L0–1 Mike Boddicker Winning pitcher Kazuhisa Kawaguchi singles in the game's only run in the second. [13]
2OCT28SUTokyoHiroshima Toyo CarpW5–3 Nate Snell
3OCT30TU Tokorozawa Hiroshima Toyo CarpW5–3 Bill Swaggerty
4OCT31W Yokohama Hiroshima Toyo CarpW7–5Nate SnellFour-run rally erases 5–3 deficit with two outs in the ninth. [14]
5NOV1TH Osaka Hiroshima Toyo CarpW5–2 Mike Flanagan
6NOV3SATokyo Yomiuri Giants W7–4 Storm Davis
7NOV4SU Nishinomiya Japan All-StarsL4–5Mike Boddicker
8NOV6TU Okayama Japan All-StarsL7–8 Sammy Stewart 5–2 lead disappears after giving up six runs in the eighth. [15]
9NOV7W Hiroshima Yomiuri Giants/Hiroshima Toyo CarpD5–5–
10NOV9F Kumamoto Yomiuri GiantsW11–6Nate Snell
11NOV10SA Kitakyushu Yomiuri GiantsW9–8 Tom Underwood
12NOV11SU Fukuoka Yomiuri GiantsW13–9Nate Snell
13NOV13TU Nagoya Yomiuri Giants/Chunichi Dragons L4–8 Dennis Martínez All four runs score on homers by John Lowenstein, Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. [16]
14NOV14W Shizuoka Yomiuri GiantsL5–10Mike Flanagan

Source: Baltimore Orioles 1985 Media Guide (scroll down to pages 43 through 46).

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