1984 Kansas City Royals season

1984 Kansas City Royals
1984 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Royals Stadium (since 1973)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)	John Schuerholz
Manager(s)	Dick Howser
Local television	WDAF-TV (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) Sports Time (Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1984 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses.

Offseason

• October 17, 1983: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Royals.^[1]
• December 8, 1983: Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (minors) were traded by the Royals to the New York Yankees for Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson.^[2]
• December 8, 1983: Joe Beckwith was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Szekeley (minors), John Serritella (minors) and José Torres (minors).^[3]
• January 17, 1984: Steve Carter was Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.^[4]
• March 31, 1984: Don Werner and Derek Botelho were traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Alan Hargesheimer.^[5]

Regular season

• September 17, 1984: Reggie Jackson of the California Angels hit the 500th Home Run of his career against the Royals.^[6] 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	—

Notable transactions

• May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased by the Royals from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[7]

Roster

1984 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers 27 Joe Beckwith 40 Bud Black 23 Mark Gubicza 32 Larry Gura 38 Mark Huismann 25 Danny Jackson 17 Mike Jones 37 Charlie Leibrandt 29 Dan Quisenberry 31 Bret Saberhagen 34 Paul Splittorff 19 Frank Wills		Catchers 49 Luis Pujols 49 Orlando Sánchez  7 Don Slaught 12 John Wathan Infielders 37 Tucker Ashford 18 Steve Balboni  1 Buddy Biancalana  5 George Brett  2 Onix Concepción 21 Bucky Dent  9 Dane Iorg  4 Greg Pryor 50 Jim Scranton 30 U L Washington 20 Frank White		Outfielders 33 Butch Davis 35 Lynn Jones 58 Dave Leeper 24 Darryl Motley 16 Leon Roberts 15 Pat Sheridan  6 Willie Wilson Other batters 11 Hal McRae  3 Jorge Orta		Manager 10 Dick Howser Coaches 46 Howie Bedell 43 Gary Blaylock 41 Mike Ferraro 42 José Martínez 14 Lee May 44 Jimmie Schaffer

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
1B	Steve Balboni	126	438	107	.244	28	77

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dave Leeper	4	6	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bud Black	35	257	17	12	3.12	140

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mark Huismann	13	2	1	0	5.58	20

ALCS

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

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

Notes

1. Eric Rasmussen at Baseball-Reference
2. Steve Balboni at Baseball-Reference
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beckwjo01.shtml
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
7. Dane Iorg 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.

External links

• 1984 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference
• 1984 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com