1984 Kansas City Royals season

The 1984 Kansas City Royals season was their 16th in Major League Baseball. The Royals won the American League West with a record of 84–78, but lost to the eventual World Series champion Detroit Tigers 3–0 in the 1984 American League Championship Series. Dan Quisenberry's 44 saves paced the American League.

1984 Kansas City Royals
1984 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersDick Howser
Local televisionWDAF-TV
(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)
Sports Time
(Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley)
Local radioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 — 44–37 40–41
California Angels 8181 0.500 3 37–44 44–37
Minnesota Twins 8181 0.500 3 47–34 34–47
Oakland Athletics 7785 0.475 7 44–37 33–48
Chicago White Sox 7488 0.457 10 43–38 31–50
Seattle Mariners 7488 0.457 10 42–39 32–49
Texas Rangers 6992 0.429 14½ 34–46 35–46

Record vs. opponents
1984 American League record

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster
1984 Kansas City Royals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season
1984 regular season game log: 84–78 (Home: 44–37; Away: 40–41)
April: 8–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 3–4)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
—April 17@ TigersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: April 19)
11April 186:35 p.m. CST@ Tigers3–4 (10)Hernández (1–0)Beckwith (0–1)–3:0212,3105–6L3
12April 1912:30 p.m. CST@ Tigers5–2Saberhagen (1–0)Petry (2–1)Quisenberry (5)2:2712,1006–6W1
May: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
25May 77:35 p.m. CDTTigers3–10Berenguer (2–1)Gubicza (0–3)Bair (2)3:0219,4749–16L5
26May 87:35 p.m. CDTTigers2–5Morris (6–1)Black (3–2)–2:3514,3049–17L6
27May 97:35 p.m. CDTTigers1–3Petry (5–1)Jackson (0–4)López (4)2:4815,7099–18L7
June: 13–14 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
July: 17–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 8–11)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
August: 17–12 (Home: 8–8; Away: 9–4)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
107August 36:35 p.m. CDT@ Tigers9–6Saberhagen (5–8)Wilcox (11–7)Quisenberry (28)2:3739,48051–56W1
108August 41:15 p.m. CDT@ Tigers9–5Beckwith (4–2)Bair (4–3)–2:5741,71452–56W2
109August 512:30 p.m. CDT@ Tigers5–4Saberhagen (6–8)Hernández (6–1)Quisenberry (29)2:57N/A53–56W3
110August 54:02 p.m. CDT@ Tigers4–0Leibrandt (6–4)Berenguer (5–8)–2:3742,76154–56W4
114August 107:35 p.m. CDTTigers4–5López (10–0)Beckwith (5–3)Hernández (25)2:5432,18156–58L1
115August 117:35 p.m. CDTTigers5–9Morris (15–8)Leibrandt (6–5)López (12)2:4240,50156–59L2
116August 121:35 p.m. CDTTigers4–8Wilcox (12–7)Saberhagen (6–9)–2:4732,75356–60L3
September: 17–11 (Home: 10–3; Away: 7–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Postseason Game log
1984 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)
AL Championship Series: vs. Detroit Tigers 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
Streak
1October 27:35 p.m. CDTTigers1–8Morris (1–0)Black (0–1)–2:4241,9730–1L1
2October 37:25 p.m. CDTTigers3–5 (11)López (1–0)Quisenberry (0–1)–3:3742,0190–2L2
3October 57:25 p.m. CDT@ Tigers0–1Wilcox (1–0)Leibrandt (0–1)Hernández (1)2:3952,1680–3L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Royals team member

Player stats

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
CDon Slaught124409108.264442
1BSteve Balboni126438107.2442877
2BFrank White129479130.2711756
SSOnix Concepcion9028781.282123
3BGeorge Brett104377107.2841369
LFDarryl Motley146522148.2841570
CFWillie Wilson128541163.301244
RFPat Sheridan138481136.283853
DHHal McRae10631796.303342

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
Jorge Orta122403120.298950
Greg Pryor12327071.263425
Dane Iorg7823560.255530
John Wathan9717131.181210
UL Washington6317038.224110
Buddy Biancalana6613426.19429
Butch Davis4111617.147212
Lynn Jones4710331.301110
Leon Roberts284510.22203
Tucker Ashford9132.15400
Orlando Sánchez10101.10002
Bucky Dent1193.33301
Dave Leeper460.00000
Luis Pujols451.20001
Jim Scranton220.00000

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
Bud Black35257.017123.12140
Mark Gubicza29189.010144.05111
Larry Gura31168.21295.1868
Charlie Leibrandt23143.21173.6353

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
Bret Saberhagen38157.210113.4873
Mike Jones2381.0234.8943
Danny Jackson1576.0264.2640
Frank Wills1037.0235.1121
Paul Splittorff1228.0137.714

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
Dan Quisenberry7263442.6441
Joe Beckwith498423.4075
Mark Huismann132105.5820

ALCS
Main article: 1984 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 2, Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 200 110 121 8140
Kansas City 000 000 100 151
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 201 000 000 02 581
Kansas City 000 100 110 00 3103
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 000 000 000 033
Detroit 010 000 00X 130
W: Milt Wilcox (1-0)  L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1)  S:Willie Hernández (1)
HRs: None

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

References
  1. Eric Rasmussen at Baseball-Reference
  2. Steve Balboni at Baseball-Reference
  3. "Joe Beckwith Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  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". www.baseball-almanac.com.
  7. Dane Iorg at Baseball-Reference

Bibliography
  • 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.
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