1984 Kansas City Royals season

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Royals Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersDick Howser
TelevisionWDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
Sports Time
(Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley)
RadioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

  • AL West
W
L
 Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 84 78 0.519 — 44–37 40–41
California Angels 81 81 0.500 3 37–44 44–37
Minnesota Twins 81 81 0.500 3 47–34 34–47
Oakland Athletics 77 85 0.475 7 44–37 33–48
Chicago White Sox 74 88 0.457 10 43–38 31–50
Seattle Mariners 74 88 0.457 10 42–39 32–49
Texas Rangers 69 92 0.429 14½ 34–46 35–46

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1984 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 84–78 (Home: 44–37; Away: 40–41)
April: 8–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 3–4)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
— April 17 @ Tigers Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: April 19)
11 April 18 6:35 p.m. CST @ Tigers 3–4 (10) Hernández (1–0) Beckwith (0–1) – 3:02 12,310 5–6 L3
12 April 19 12:30 p.m. CST @ Tigers 5–2 Saberhagen (1–0) Petry (2–1) Quisenberry (5) 2:27 12,100 6–6 W1
May: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
25 May 7 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 3–10 Berenguer (2–1) Gubicza (0–3) Bair (2) 3:02 19,474 9–16 L5
26 May 8 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 2–5 Morris (6–1) Black (3–2) – 2:35 14,304 9–17 L6
27 May 9 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 1–3 Petry (5–1) Jackson (0–4) López (4) 2:48 15,709 9–18 L7
June: 13–14 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–5)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
July: 17–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 8–11)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
August: 17–12 (Home: 8–8; Away: 9–4)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
107 August 3 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 9–6 Saberhagen (5–8) Wilcox (11–7) Quisenberry (28) 2:37 39,480 51–56 W1
108 August 4 1:15 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 9–5 Beckwith (4–2) Bair (4–3) – 2:57 41,714 52–56 W2
109 August 5 12:30 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 5–4 Saberhagen (6–8) Hernández (6–1) Quisenberry (29) 2:57 N/A 53–56 W3
110 August 5 4:02 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 4–0 Leibrandt (6–4) Berenguer (5–8) – 2:37 42,761 54–56 W4
114 August 10 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 4–5 López (10–0) Beckwith (5–3) Hernández (25) 2:54 32,181 56–58 L1
115 August 11 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 5–9 Morris (15–8) Leibrandt (6–5) López (12) 2:42 40,501 56–59 L2
116 August 12 1:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 4–8 Wilcox (12–7) Saberhagen (6–9) – 2:47 32,753 56–60 L3
September: 17–11 (Home: 10–3; Away: 7–8)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Postseason Game log

1984 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)
AL Championship Series: vs. Detroit Tigers 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/
Streak
1 October 2 7:35 p.m. CDT Tigers 1–8 Morris (1–0) Black (0–1) – 2:42 41,973 0–1 L1
2 October 3 7:25 p.m. CDT Tigers 3–5 (11) López (1–0) Quisenberry (0–1) – 3:37 42,019 0–2 L2
3 October 5 7:25 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 0–1 Wilcox (1–0) Leibrandt (0–1) Hernández (1) 2:39 52,168 0–3 L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Don Slaught 124 409 108 .264 4 42
1B Steve Balboni 126 438 107 .244 28 77
2B Frank White 129 479 130 .271 17 56
SS
Onix Concepcion
 90 287 81 .282 1 23
3B George Brett 104 377 107 .284 13 69
LF Darryl Motley 146 522 148 .284 15 70
CF Willie Wilson 128 541 163 .301 2 44
RF Pat Sheridan 138 481 136 .283 8 53
DH Hal McRae 106 317 96 .303 3 42

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jorge Orta 122 403 120 .298 9 50
Greg Pryor 123 270 71 .263 4 25
Dane Iorg 78 235 60 .255 5 30
John Wathan 97 171 31 .181 2 10
UL Washington
 63 170 38 .224 1 10
Buddy Biancalana 66 134 26 .194 2 9
Butch Davis
 41 116 17 .147 2 12
Lynn Jones 47 103 31 .301 1 10
Leon Roberts 28 45 10 .222 0 3
Tucker Ashford 9 13 2 .154 0 0
Orlando Sánchez 10 10 1 .100 0 2
Bucky Dent 11 9 3 .333 0 1
Dave Leeper 4 6 0 .000 0 0
Luis Pujols 4 5 1 .200 0 1
Jim Scranton 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bud Black 35 257.0 17 12 3.12 140
Mark Gubicza 29 189.0 10 14 4.05 111
Larry Gura 31 168.2 12 9 5.18 68
Charlie Leibrandt 23 143.2 11 7 3.63 53

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bret Saberhagen 38 157.2 10 11 3.48 73
Mike Jones 23 81.0 2 3 4.89 43
Danny Jackson 15 76.0 2 6 4.26 40
Frank Wills 10 37.0 2 3 5.11 21
Paul Splittorff 12 28.0 1 3 7.71 4

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dan Quisenberry 72 6 3 44 2.64 41
Joe Beckwith 49 8 4 2 3.40 75
Mark Huismann 13 2 1 0 5.58 20

ALCS

Main article: 1984 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 2,

Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 8 14 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1
W: Jack Morris (1-0)  L: Bud Black (0-1)  
HRs: DET – Larry Herndon (1)  Alan Trammell (1)  Lance Parrish (1)

Game 2

October 3,

Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Detroit 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 8 1
Kansas City 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 10 3
W: Aurelio López (1-0)  L: Dan Quisenberry (0-1)  
HRs: DET – Kirk Gibson (1)

Game 3

October 5, Tiger Stadium

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA
Omaha Royals
American Association
 Gene Lamont
AA Memphis Chicks
Southern League
 Rick Mathews
A
 Fort Myers Royals Florida State League Tommy Jones
A
Charleston Royals
 South Atlantic League Duane Gustavson
A-Short Season
 Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Dave Roberts

References

  1. ^ Eric Rasmussen at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Steve Balboni at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ "Joe Beckwith Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml
  5. ^ Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ "Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson". www.baseball-almanac.com.
  7. ^ Dane Iorg at Baseball-Reference

Bibliography

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.
    ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3
    .

External links
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