1984 California Angels season

1984 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi, Mike Port
Manager(s)	John McNamara
Local television	KTLA (Geoff Witcher, Joe Buttitta) ONTV
Local radio	KMPC (Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Al Conin) KLVE (Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The California Angels 1984 season involved the Angels finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

• November 22, 1983: Rod Carew was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[1]
• December 19, 1983: Curt Brown was traded by the Angels to the New York Yankees for Mike Browning (minors).^[2]
• February 6, 1984: Rob Picciolo was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[3]

Regular season

• September 17, 1984: In a game against the Kansas City Royals, Reggie Jackson hit the 500th home run of his career.^[4] It was the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run. Jackson hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals.

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 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	—

Transactions

• June 4, 1984: Dante Bichette was drafted by the Angels in the 17th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 8, 1984.^[5]
• August 2, 1984: Ron Jackson was released by the California Angels.^[6]

Roster

1984 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 46 Don Aase 36 Steve Brown 63 Stew Cliburn 23 Doug Corbett 16 John Curtis 43 Ken Forsch 25 Tommy John 48 Curt Kaufman 24 Bruce Kison 31 Frank LaCorte 37 Ron Romanick 40 Luis Sánchez 41,47 Jim Slaton 35 Dave Smith 42 Rick Steirer 27 Craig Swan 39 Mike Witt 38 Geoff Zahn		Catchers  8 Bob Boone 34 Jerry Narron Infielders 29 Rod Carew 11 Doug DeCinces  4 Bobby Grich 15 Ron Jackson 32 Darrell Miller 10 Rob Picciolo 22,30 Dick Schofield  6 Daryl Sconiers  9 Rob Wilfong		Outfielders 12 Juan Beníquez  3 Mike Brown  5 Brian Downing 19 Fred Lynn 20 Gary Pettis 15,30 Derrel Thomas Other batters  7 Rick Burleson 44 Reggie Jackson		Manager  2 John McNamara Coaches 49 Bob Clear 18 Preston Gómez  1 Bobby Knoop 51 Marcel Lachemann 50 Jimmie Reese

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
DH	Reggie Jackson	143	525	117	.223	25	81

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Juan Beníquez	110	354	119	.336	8	39
Daryl Sconiers	57	160	39	.244	4	17

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Steve Brown	3	11	0	1	9.00	5

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Luis Sánchez	49	9	7	11	3.33	62
Dave Smith	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

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Notes

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carewro01.shtml
2. Curt Brown at Baseball Reference
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/picciro01.shtml
4. Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson
5. Dante Bichette at Baseball Reference
6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksro02.shtml

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.

External links

• 1984 California Angels at Baseball Reference
• 1984 California Angels at Baseball Almanac