1984 California Angels season

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1984  California Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Anaheim Stadium
City Anaheim, California
Owners Gene Autry
General managers Buzzie Bavasi, Mike Port
Managers John McNamara
Television KTLA
(Geoff Witcher, Joe Buttitta)
ONTV
Radio KMPC
(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Al Conin)
KLVE
(Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
  1983 Seasons 1985  

The 1984 California Angels season was the 24th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 19th in Anaheim, and their 19th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished second in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 8478.51944374041
California Angels 8181.500337444437
Minnesota Twins 8181.500347343447
Oakland Athletics 7785.475744373348
Chicago White Sox 7488.4571043383150
Seattle Mariners 7488.4571042393249
Texas Rangers 6992.42914½34463546

Record vs. opponents


Sources:

TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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

Transactions

Roster

1984 California Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 81–81 (Home: 37–44; Away: 44–37)
April: 15–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–5)
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May: 11–14 (Home: 4–10; Away: 7–4)
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35 May 114:35 p.m. PDT @ Tigers 2–8 Wilcox (4–0) Witt (4–2) Hernández (4)2:5544,18718–17 L5
38 May 1210:20 a.m. PDT @ Tigers 4–2 John (3–3) Berenguer (2–2)2:3238,51619–17 W1
May 13@ Tigers Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 14)
43 May 227:30 p.m. PDT Tigers 1–3 Berenguer (3–2) Witt (4–4) López (6)2:5341,25323–20 L1
44 May 237:30 p.m. PDT Tigers 2–4 Petry (7–1) LaCorte (0–2) Hernández (7)2:3941,20523–21 L2
45 May 247:30 p.m. PDT Tigers 1–5 Morris (9–1) Slaton (1–2)2:1443,58023–22 L3
June: 15–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 10–5)
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July: 12–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–8)
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55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
August: 13–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–8)
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117 August 142:35 p.m. PDT @ Tigers 6–4 Aase (2–1) Hernández (6–2) Sánchez (11)2:53N/A60–57 W2
118 August 146:03 p.m. PDT @ Tigers 12–1 Kison (3–1) Rozema (7–4)2:3338,59761–57 W3
119 August 154:35 p.m. PDT @ Tigers 3–8 Petry (15–5) John (7–10)2:4633,94061–58 L1
120 August 1610:30 a.m. PDT @ Tigers 7–8 (12) Hernández (7–2) Curtis (0–1)4:0237,77961–59 L2
127 August 247:30 p.m. PDT Tigers 5–3 Witt (12–10) Petry (15–7) Aase (4)2:3341,45963–64 W2
128 August 257:00 p.m. PDT Tigers 1–5 Morris (17–8) Kison (3–3)2:4051,20363–65 L1
129 August 261:00 p.m. PDT Tigers 12–6 Wilcox (15–7) John (7–12)3:0133,00863–66 L2
September: 15–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–7)
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Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Bob Boone 13945091.202332
1B Rod Carew 9332997.295331
2B Bobby Grich 11636393.2561858
SS Dick Schofield 14040077.193421
3B Doug DeCinces 146547147.2692082
LF Brian Downing 156539148.2752391
CF Gary Pettis 14039790.227229
RF Fred Lynn 142517140.2712379
DH Reggie Jackson 143525117.2232581

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Juan Beníquez 110354119.336839
Rob Wilfong 10830776.248633
Daryl Sconiers 5716039.244417
Jerry Narron 6915037.247317
Mike Brown 6214842.284722
Rob Picciolo 8711924.20219
Ron Jackson 339115.16505
Darrell Miller 17417.17101
Derrel Thomas 14294.13802
Rick Burleson 740.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Witt 34246.215113.47196
Ron Romanick 33229.212123.7687
Geoff Zahn 28199.113103.1261
Tommy John 32181.17134.5247
Jim Slaton 32163.07104.9767
Ken Forsch 216.1112.2010
Steve Brown 311.0019.005
Rick Steirer 12.20116.882

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bruce Kison 2065.1455.3766
Craig Swan 25.00110.802

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Luis Sánchez 4997113.3362
Doug Corbett 455142.1248
Curt Kaufman 292314.5741
Don Aase 234181.6228
John Curtis 171204.4018
Frank LaCorte 131207.0613
Stew Cliburn 100013.501
Dave Smith 100018.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Moose Stubing
AA Waterbury Angels Eastern League Winston Llenas
A Redwood Pioneers California League Tom Kotchman
A Peoria Suns Midwest League Joe Maddon
A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Larry Patterson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Edmonton

Notes

  1. "Rod Carew Stats".
  2. Curt Brown at Baseball Reference
  3. "Rob Picciolo Stats".
  4. Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson
  5. Dante Bichette at Baseball Reference
  6. "Ron Jackson Stats".

References

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