1984 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1984 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1984

World Series Champions

Detroit Tigers

Runner Up

San Diego Padres

Most Valuable Players

AL: Willie Hernandez NL: Ryne Sandberg

Cy Young Winners

AL: Willie Hernandez NL: Rick Sutcliffe

Rookies of the Year

AL: Alvin Davis NL: Dwight Gooden

Managers of the Year

AL: Sparky Anderson NL: Jim Frey

#1 Draft Pick

Shawn Abner (New York Mets)

All-Star Game

San Francisco,California

Teams

Players

934

Attendance

44,742,863

Payroll

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1984 Major League Baseball Standings

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American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	104	58	.642	--	829	643	186	Won World Series (Padres)	2,704,794	2	Bill Lajoie	Sparky Anderson	Tiger Stadium
2	2	5	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	15.0	750	696	54	dnq	2,110,009	5	Pat Gillick	Bobby Cox	Exhibition Stadium
3	3	6	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	17.0	758	679	79	dnq	1,821,815	12	Murray Cook	Yogi Berra	Yankee Stadium I
4	4	7	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	18.0	810	764	46	dnq	1,661,618	15	Haywood Sullivan	Ralph Houk	Fenway Park
5	5	8	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	19.0	681	667	14	dnq	2,045,784	8	Hank Peters	Joe Altobelli	Memorial Stadium
6	10	20	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	29.0	761	766	-5	dnq	734,079	26	Phil Seghi	Pat Corrales	Cleveland Stadium
7	14	25	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	161	67	94	.416	36.5	641	734	-93	dnq	1,608,509	16	Harry Dalton	Rene Lachemann	County Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	6	9	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	--	673	686	-13	Lost ALCS (Tigers)	1,810,018	13	John Schuerholz	Dick Howser	Royals Stadium
2	7	12	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	3.0	696	697	-1	dnq	2,402,997	3	Buzzie Bavasi	John McNamara	Anaheim Stadium
3	8	11	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	3.0	673	675	-2	dnq	1,598,692	18	Calvin Griffith	Billy Gardner	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
4	9	18	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	7.0	738	796	-58	dnq	1,353,281	19	Sandy Alderson	Jackie Moore, Steve Boros	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
5	11	21	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	10.0	682	774	-92	dnq	870,372	24	Hal Keller	Del Crandall, Chuck Cottier	The Kingdome
6	12	22	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	10.0	679	736	-57	dnq	2,136,988	4	Roland Hemond	Tony La Russa	Comiskey Park
7	13	24	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	161	69	92	.429	14.5	656	714	-58	dnq	1,102,471	22	Joe Klein	Doug Rader	Arlington Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	161	96	65	.596	--	762	658	104	Lost NLCS (Padres)	2,107,655	6	Dallas Green	Jim Frey	Wrigley Field
2	3	4	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	6.5	652	676	-24	dnq	1,842,695	11	Frank Cashen	Davey Johnson	Shea Stadium
3	4	10	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	12.5	652	645	7	dnq	2,037,448	9	Joe McDonald	Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II
4	5	13	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	15.5	720	690	30	dnq	2,062,693	7	Bill Giles	Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium
5	9	17	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	161	78	83	.484	18.0	593	585	8	dnq	1,606,531	17	John McHale	Bill Virdon, Jim Fanning	Olympic Stadium
6	10	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	21.5	615	567	48	dnq	773,500	25	Hardy Peterson	Chuck Tanner	Three Rivers Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	--	686	634	52	Lost World Series (Tigers)	1,983,904	10	Jack McKeon	Dick Williams	Jack Murphy Stadium
2	6	15	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	12.0	693	630	63	dnq	1,229,862	21	Al Rosen	Bob Lillis	Astrodome
3	7	14	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	12.0	632	655	-23	dnq	1,724,892	14	John Mullen	Joe Torre	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
4	8	16	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	13.0	580	600	-20	dnq	3,134,824	1	Al Campanis	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
5	11	23	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	22.0	627	747	-120	dnq	1,275,887	20	Bob Howsam	Vern Rapp, Pete Rose	Riverfront Stadium
6	12	26	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	66	96	.407	26.0	682	807	-125	dnq	1,001,545	23	Tom Haller	Frank Robinson, Danny Ozark	Candlestick Park
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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