1984 Cleveland Indians season

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1984  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
OwnersEstate 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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10458.642—53‍–‍2951‍–‍29
Toronto Blue Jays 8973.5491549‍–‍3240‍–‍41
New York Yankees 8775.5371751‍–‍3036‍–‍45
Boston Red Sox 8676.5311841‍–‍4045‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 8577.5251944‍–‍3741‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians 7587.4632941‍–‍3934‍–‍48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794.41636½38‍–‍4329‍–‍51

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—

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
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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Roster

1984 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 75–87–1 (Home: 41–39–1; Away: 34–48)
April: 10–9 (Home: 4–3; Away: 6–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
16 April 277:35 p.m. EST @ Tigers 8–4 (19) Aponte (1–0) Abbott (1–1)–5:4434,11210–6 W5
17 April 282:15 p.m. EST @ Tigers 2–6 Morris (5–0) Behenna (0–1)–2:2528,25310–7 L1
18 April 291:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 1–6 Petry (3–1) Spillner (0–1)–2:2024,85310–8 L2
May: 7–19–1 (Home: 3–8–1; Away: 4–11)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
22 May 47:05 p.m. EDT Tigers 2–9 Petry (4–1) Spillner (0–2) Hernández (3)3:068,49711–11 L1
23 May 51:35 p.m. EDT Tigers 5–6 Abbott (2–1) Heaton (2–3) López (2)2:579,28211–12 L2
24 May 61:55 p.m. EDT Tigers 5–6 (12) López (3–0) Camacho (0–2)–4:2016,12511–13 L3
29May 13
June: 14–14 (Home: 7–9; Away: 7–5)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
July: 13–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
96 July 237:05 p.m. EDT Tigers 1–4 Morris (13–6) Blyleven (9–4) Bair (4)3:0916,57641–54–1 L1
97 July 247:05 p.m. EDT Tigers 5–9 Wilcox (10–6) Farr (1–7)–3:2115,57841–55–1 L2
98 July 257:05 p.m. EDT Tigers 4–1 Smith (4–2) Rozema (7–2) Camacho (12)2:4815,51642–55–1 W1
—July 26 Tigers Postponed (Rain; Site change)(Makeup date: July 31)
102 July 315:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 1–5 Berenguer (5–7) Smith (4–3)–2:30N/A43–58–1 L2
103 July 318:45 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 6–4 Heaton (8–10) Rozema (7–3) Waddell (5)2:5032,15844–58–1 W1
August: 16–18 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–10)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
104 August 17:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 4–2 Farr (2–7) Petry (14–5) Camacho (13)2:4627,27145–58–1 W2
105 August 21:30 p.m. EDT @ Tigers 1–2 Morris (14–7) Blyleven (10–5) Hernández (22)2:3928,70045–59–1 L1
September: 15–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 5–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Chris Bando 7522038641101241.2911
Tony Bernazard 1404394497154238.22120
Brett Butler 159602108162259349.26952
Joe Carter 662443267611341.2752
Carmelo Castillo 872113655921036.2611
Mike Fischlin 85133173042114.2262
Julio Franco 16065882188225379.28619
Mel Hall 832574366131730.2571
Mike Hargrove 1333524494142244.2670
Ron Hassey 48149113851019.2551
Brook Jacoby 12643964116193740.2643
Jeff Moronko 719131003.1580
Otis Nixon 499116140001.15412
Junior Noboa 2311340000.3640
Broderick Perkins 58665131004.1970
Jamie Quirk 111100111.0000
Kevin Rhomberg 138020000.2500
Pat Tabler 144473661372131068.2903
Andre Thornton 155587911592603399.2716
George Vukovich 13443738133225960.3041
Jerry Willard 872462155811037.2241
Team Totals1625643761149822239123704.265126

Pitching

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Luis Aponte 104.11250050.15325231525
Jeff Barkley 006.753004.063314
Rick Behenna 0313.973309.217151586
Bert Blyleven 1972.8733320245.0204867874170
Ernie Camacho 592.4369023100.08331273748
Steve Comer 485.6822200117.114680743939
Jamie Easterly 313.38261269.17431262342
Steve Farr 3114.5831161116.010661594683
George Frazier 323.65220144.14519181424
Neal Heaton 12155.2138340198.22311281157575
Mike Jeffcoat 522.99631175.18228252441
José Román 0218.003206.091212113
Ramon Romero 000.001003.000003
Don Schulze 364.831914085.210553462739
Rick Sutcliffe 455.151515094.111160544658
Jerry Ujdur 126.9143014.122141166
Tom Waddell 743.06580697.06835333759
Team Totals75874.26162162351467.21523766694545803

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Maine Guides International League Doc Edwards
AA Buffalo Bisons Eastern League Jack Aker
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Gomer Hodge
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Eddie Bane

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Brett Butler". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Kelly Gruber". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "DeWayne Buice". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Otis Nixon". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Jerry Ujdur". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Geno Petralli". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Cory Snyder". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Rick Sutcliffe". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Dan Spillner". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Jamie Quirk". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  11. ↑ "1984 Opening Day Lineup". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  12. ↑ /* Roster */ Bobby Bonds
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN   978-1-93-239117-6.

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