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 ALCS. Dan Quisenberry's 44 saves paced the American League.
Offseason October 17, 1983: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Royals.Eric Rasmussen at Baseball-Reference 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.Steve Balboni at Baseball-Reference 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). 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.http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml March 31, 1984: Don Werner and Derek Botelho were traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Alan Hargesheimer.Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball-Reference
Regular season September 17, 1984: Reggie Jackson of the California Angels hit the 500th home run of his career against the Royals. 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
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased by the Royals from the St. Louis Cardinals.Dane Iorg at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1984 Kansas City Royals roster Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 Don Slaught 124 409 108 .264 4 42 1B Steve Balboni 126 438 107 .244 28 77 2B Frank White 129 479 130 .271 17 56 SS Onix Concepcion 90 287 81 .282 1 23 3B George Brett 104 377 107 .284 13 69 LF Darryl Motley 146 522 148 .284 15 70 CF Willie Wilson 128 541 163 .301 2 44 RF Pat Sheridan 138 481 136 .283 8 53 DH Hal McRae 106 317 96 .303 3 42
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 Orta 122 403 120 .298 9 50 Greg Pryor 123 270 71 .263 4 25 Dane Iorg 78 235 60 .255 5 30 John Wathan 97 171 31 .181 2 10 UL Washington 63 170 38 .224 1 10 Buddy Biancalana 66 134 26 .194 2 9 Butch Davis 41 116 17 .147 2 12 Lynn Jones 47 103 31 .301 1 10 Leon Roberts 28 45 10 .222 0 3 Tucker Ashford 9 13 2 .154 0 0 Orlando Sánchez 10 10 1 .100 0 2 Bucky Dent 11 9 3 .333 0 1 Dave Leeper 4 6 0 .000 0 0 Luis Pujols 4 5 1 .200 0 1 Jim Scranton 2 2 0 .000 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 Bud Black 35 257.0 17 12 3.12 140 Mark Gubicza 29 189.0 10 14 4.05 111 Larry Gura 31 168.2 12 9 5.18 68 Charlie Leibrandt 23 143.2 11 7 3.63 53
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 Saberhagen 38 157.2 10 11 3.48 73 Mike Jones 23 81.0 2 3 4.89 43 Danny Jackson 15 76.0 2 6 4.26 40 Frank Wills 10 37.0 2 3 5.11 21 Paul Splittorff 12 28.0 1 3 7.71 4
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 Quisenberry 72 6 3 44 2.64 41 Joe Beckwith 49 8 4 2 3.40 75 Mark Huismann 13 2 1 0 5.58 20
ALCS
Game 1 October 2, Royals Stadium Team123456789RHEDetroit2001101218140Kansas City000000100151W: 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 Team1234567891011RHEDetroit20100000002581Kansas City000100110003103W: Aurelio López (1–0) L: Dan Quisenberry (0–1) HRs: DET – Kirk Gibson (1)
Game 3 October 5, Tiger Stadium Team123456789RHEKansas City000000000033Detroit01000000X130W: Milt Wilcox (1–0) L: Charlie Leibrandt (0–1) S:Willie Hernández (1)HRs: None
Farm system
References
Bibliography
External links 1984 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference 1984 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com