1984 Seattle Mariners season

1984 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place5th
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersHal Keller
ManagersDel Crandall,
Chuck Cottier (September 1)
TelevisionKSTW-TV 11
RadioKVI 570 AM: (Dave Niehaus,
Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)

The Seattle Mariners 1984 season was their eighth since the franchise creation. They finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 74–88 (.457).

Offseason

Regular season

  • September 1 – Manager Del Crandall (59–76 (.437)) was fired on Saturday morning, September 1,[5] succeeded by third base coach Chuck Cottier.[6]
  • First baseman Alvin Davis reached base in each of the first 47 games of his career, and was chosen for his only All-Star Game. The M's MVP, he was also voted the American League's Rookie of the Year, with a .284 batting average, 27 home runs, and 116 RBIs.[7]
  • Lefthanded starting pitcher Mark Langston became the first rookie since Herb Score to lead the American League in strikeouts; he was second in the balloting to teammate Davis for AL Rookie of the Year

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 84 78 .519 — 44‍–‍37 40‍–‍41
California Angels 81 81 .500 3 37‍–‍44 44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins 81 81 .500 3 47‍–‍34 34‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics 77 85 .475 7 44‍–‍37 33‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox 74 88 .457 10 43‍–‍38 31‍–‍50
Seattle Mariners 74 88 .457 10 42‍–‍39 32‍–‍49
Texas Rangers 69 92 .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 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 74–88 (Home: 42–39; Away: 32–49)
April: 12–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 5–8)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
May: 11–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–8)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
36 May 14 @ Tigers 5–7 Lopez Vande Berg – 3:05 18,830 18–18 L2
37 May 15 @ Tigers 4–6 Morris Thomas Hernandez 3:32 21,782 18–19 L3
38 May 16 @ Tigers 1–10 Wilcox Young – 2:52 22,001 18–20 L4
45 May 25 Tigers 7–3 Vande Berg Wilcox Mirabella 2:54 15,722 21–24 W1
46 May 26 Tigers 9–5 Moore Berenguer – 2:51 41,342 22–24 W2
47 May 27 Tigers 6–1 Young Petry – 2:50 12,755 23–24 W3
June: 14–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–8)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
July: 12–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
August: 10–18 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
123 August 17 @ Tigers 2–6 Wilcox Moore – 3:08 36,496 55–68 L1
124 August 18 @ Tigers 3–4 Berenguer Geisel Hernandez 2:41 36,719 55–69 L2
125 August 19 @ Tigers 4–1 Langston Petry Vande Berg 2:51 43,277 56–69 W1
132 August 28 Tigers 4–5 Hernandez Stanton – 2:51 8,353 57–75 L5
133 August 29 Tigers 5–1 Langston Petry – 2:11 10,863 58–75 W1
134 August 30 Tigers 2–1 Beattie Morris Nunez 2:34 9,583 59–75 W2
September: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Mariners 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 Bob Kearney 133 431 97 .225 7 43
1B Alvin Davis 152 567 161 .284 27 116
2B Jack Perconte 155 612 180 .294 0 31
SS Spike Owen 152 530 130 .245 3 43
3B Jim Presley 70 251 57 .227 10 36
LF Barry Bonnell 110 363 96 .264 8 48
CF Dave Henderson 112 350 98 .280 14 43
RF Al Cowens 139 524 145 .277 15 78
DH Ken Phelps 101 290 70 .241 24 51

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
Steve Henderson 109 325 85 .262 10 35
Phil Bradley 124 322 97 .301 0 24
Larry Milbourne 79 211 56 .265 1 22
Pat Putnam 64 155 31 .200 2 16
Darnell Coles 48 143 23 .161 0 6
Gorman Thomas 35 108 17 .157 1 13
Domingo Ramos 59 81 15 .185 0 2
Orlando Mercado 30 78 17 .218 0 5
Al Chambers 22 49 11 .224 1 4
John Moses 19 35 12 .343 0 2
Dave Valle 13 27 8 .296 1 4
Bill Nahorodny 12 25 6 .240 1 3
Iván Calderón 11 24 5 .208 1 1
Danny Tartabull 10 20 6 .300 2 7
Ricky Nelson 9 15 3 .200 1 2
Harold Reynolds 10 10 3 .300 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
Mark Langston 35 225.0 17 10 3.40 204
Mike Moore 34 212.0 7 17 4.97 158
Jim Beattie 32 211.0 12 16 3.41 119
Matt Young 22 113.1 6 8 5.72 73
Salomé Barojas 19 95.1 6 5 3.97 37

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
Ed Vande Berg 50 130.1 8 12 4.76 71
Bob Stoddard 27 79.0 2 3 5.13 39
Dave Geisel 20 43.1 1 1 4.15 28

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
Mike Stanton 54 4 4 8 3.54 55
Paul Mirabella 52 2 5 3 4.37 41
Dave Beard 43 3 2 5 5.80 40
Edwin Núñez 37 2 2 7 3.19 57
Roy Thomas 21 3 2 1 5.26 42
Karl Best 5 1 1 0 3.00 6
Lee Guetterman 3 0 0 0 4.15 2

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Bobby Floyd
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Bill Plummer
A Salinas Spurs California League R. J. Harrison
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Gary Pellant
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Manny Estrada

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References

  1. ^ Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "Mariners fire another manager". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. September 2, 1984. p. 6B.
  6. ^ "Mariner GM Claims talent there for winner". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. September 3, 1984. p. 13.
  7. ^ "M's Davis gets his shot; earns AL Rookie honors". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 21, 1984. p. 2C.
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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