1984 Baltimore Orioles season

1984 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Memorial Stadium (since 1954)
Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
Results
Record	85–78 (.525)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s)	Hank Peters
Manager(s)	Joe Altobelli
Local television	WMAR-TV (Rex Barney, Brooks Robinson, Mel Proctor) Home Team Sports (Rex Barney, Mel Proctor)
Local radio	WFBR (Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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The 1984 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

• February 7, 1984: Tom Underwood was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]

Regular season

• May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken, Jr. hit for the cycle in a game against the Texas Rangers.
• Cal Ripken, Jr. set an American League record for most assists by a shortstop with 583.
• During the season, Mike Boddicker became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Orioles in the 20th century.^[2]

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	104	58	0.642	—	53–29	51–29
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	0.549	15	49–32	40–41
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	17	51–30	36–45
Boston Red Sox	86	76	0.531	18	41–40	45–36
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	0.525	19	44–37	41–40
Cleveland Indians	75	87	0.463	29	41–39	34–48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	0.416	36½	38–43	29–51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League Records Sources:
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

• Rich Dauer
• Rick Dempsey
• Dan Ford
• Wayne Gross
• John Lowenstein
• Scott McGregor
• Eddie Murray
• Cal Ripken, Jr.
• John Shelby
• Ken Singleton^[3]

Notable transactions

• August 14, 1984: Ron Jackson was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[4]

Roster

1984 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers 52 Mike Boddicker 21,59 Mark Brown 34 Storm Davis 39 Ken Dixon 46 Mike Flanagan 30 Dennis Martínez 23 Tippy Martinez 16 Scott McGregor 41 John Pacella 22 Jim Palmer 36 Nate Snell 53 Sammy Stewart 32 Bill Swaggerty 42 Tom Underwood		Catchers 24 Rick Dempsey  6 Floyd Rayford 41 Orlando Sánchez Infielders 10 Todd Cruz 25 Rich Dauer 14 Wayne Gross 11 Ron Jackson 33 Eddie Murray  8 Cal Ripken, Jr.  2 Vic Rodriguez 12 Lenn Sakata		Outfielders  1 Al Bumbry 9,28 Jim Dwyer 15 Dan Ford 38 John Lowenstein 35 Gary Roenicke 18 Larry Sheets 37 John Shelby 43 Mike Young Other batters 27 Benny Ayala 17 Joe Nolan 29 Ken Singleton 28 Jim Traber		Manager 26 Joe Altobelli Coaches 44 Elrod Hendricks 31 Ray Miller 47 Cal Ripken, Sr. 54 Ralph Rowe 40 Jimmy Williams

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
SS	Ripken, CalCal Ripken	162	641	195	.304	27	86

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
Rodriguez, VicVic Rodriguez	11	17	7	.412	0	2

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
Boddicker, MikeMike Boddicker	34	261.1	20	11	2.79	128

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

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
Brown, MarkMark Brown	9	1	2	0	3.91	10

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

Notes

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/underto01.shtml
2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
3. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=BAL
4. Ron Jackson page at Baseball Reference

References

• 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.
• 1984 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• 1984 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com