1984 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1984 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1984 in baseball.

1984 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 2, 1984 – October 14, 1984
Regular season
Season MVP	NL: Ryne Sandberg (CHC) AL: Willie Hernández (DET)
League postseason
AL champions	Detroit Tigers
AL runners-up	Kansas City Royals
NL champions	San Diego Padres
NL runners-up	Chicago Cubs
World Series
Champions	Detroit Tigers
World Series MVP	Alan Trammell (DET)

The 1984 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Don Mattingly NYY	.343	Tony Gwynn SDP	.351
HR	Tony Armas BOS	43	Dale Murphy ATL Mike Schmidt PHI	36
RBI	Tony Armas BOS	123	Gary Carter MON Mike Schmidt PHI	106
Wins	Mike Boddicker BAL	20	Joaquín Andújar STL	20
ERA	Mike Boddicker BAL	2.79	Alejandro Peña LAD	2.48
SO	Mark Langston SEA	204	Dwight Gooden NYM	276
SV	Dan Quisenberry KCR	44	Bruce Sutter STL	45
SB	Rickey Henderson OAK	66	Tim Raines MON	75

Major league baseball final standings

American League

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

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

National League

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	96	65	0.596	—	51–29	45–36
New York Mets	90	72	0.556	6½	48–33	42–39
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	0.519	12½	44–37	40–41
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	15½	39–42	42–39
Montreal Expos	78	83	0.484	18	39–42	39–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	0.463	21½	41–40	34–47

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	92	70	0.568	—	48–33	44–37
Atlanta Braves	80	82	0.494	12	38–43	42–39
Houston Astros	80	82	0.494	12	43–38	37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	83	0.488	13	40–41	39–42
Cincinnati Reds	70	92	0.432	22	39–42	31–50
San Francisco Giants	66	96	0.407	26	35–46	31–50

Postseason

World Series: Detroit Tigers over San Diego Padres (4–1); Alan Trammell, MVP

	League Championship Series ABC					World Series NBC

	East	Detroit	3
	West	Kansas City	0
						AL	Detroit	4
						NL	San Diego	1
	East	Chicago Cubs	2
	West	San Diego	3

All-Star game

All-Star Game, July 10 at Candlestick Park: National League, 3–1; Gary Carter, MVP

External links

1984 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1984 MLB draft 1984 All-Star Game 1984 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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