1984 Cleveland Indians | ||
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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 | |
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The 1984 Cleveland Indians season was the 84th for the franchise.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | 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 |
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Other batters | Manager
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1984 regular season game log: 75–87–1 (Home: 41–39–1; Away: 34–48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 10–9 (Home: 4–3; Away: 6–6)
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May: 7–19–1 (Home: 3–8–1; Away: 4–11)
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June: 14–14 (Home: 7–9; Away: 7–5)
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July: 13–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–9)
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August: 16–18 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September: 15–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 5–7)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Indians team member |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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