1984 California Angels season

The 1984 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing second in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

1984 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersBuzzie Bavasi, Mike Port
ManagersJohn McNamara
TelevisionKTLA
(Geoff Witcher, Joe Buttitta)
ONTV
RadioKMPC
(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Al Conin)
KLVE
(Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
← 1983 Seasons 1985 →

Offseason

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  • November 22, 1983: Rod Carew was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[1]
  • December 19, 1983: Curt Brown was traded by the Angels to the New York Yankees for Mike Browning (minors).[2]
  • February 6, 1984: Rob Picciolo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[3]

Regular season

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  • September 17, 1984: In a game against the Kansas City Royals, Reggie Jackson hit the 500th home run of his career.[4] 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.
  • September 30, 1984: Mike Witt throws a perfect game against the Texas Rangers, recording the only perfect game in franchise history.

Season standings

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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

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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


Transactions

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Roster

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1984 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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1984 regular season game log: 81–81 (Home: 37–44; Away: 44–37)
April: 15–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–5)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
May: 11–14 (Home: 4–10; Away: 7–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
35 May 11 4:35 p.m. PDT @ Tigers 2–8 Wilcox (4–0) Witt (4–2) Hernández (4) 2:55 44,187 18–17 L5
38 May 12 10:20 a.m. PDT @ Tigers 4–2 John (3–3) Berenguer (2–2) 2:32 38,516 19–17 W1
May 13 @ Tigers Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14)
43 May 22 7:30 p.m. PDT Tigers 1–3 Berenguer (3–2) Witt (4–4) López (6) 2:53 41,253 23–20 L1
44 May 23 7:30 p.m. PDT Tigers 2–4 Petry (7–1) LaCorte (0–2) Hernández (7) 2:39 41,205 23–21 L2
45 May 24 7:30 p.m. PDT Tigers 1–5 Morris (9–1) Slaton (1–2) 2:14 43,580 23–22 L3
June: 15–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 10–5)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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July: 12–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–8)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
August: 13–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–8)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
117 August 14 2:35 p.m. PDT @ Tigers 6–4 Aase (2–1) Hernández (6–2) Sánchez (11) 2:53 N/A 60–57 W2
118 August 14 6:03 p.m. PDT @ Tigers 12–1 Kison (3–1) Rozema (7–4) 2:33 38,597 61–57 W3
119 August 15 4:35 p.m. PDT @ Tigers 3–8 Petry (15–5) John (7–10) 2:46 33,940 61–58 L1
120 August 16 10:30 a.m. PDT @ Tigers 7–8 (12) Hernández (7–2) Curtis (0–1) 4:02 37,779 61–59 L2
127 August 24 7:30 p.m. PDT Tigers 5–3 Witt (12–10) Petry (15–7) Aase (4) 2:33 41,459 63–64 W2
128 August 25 7:00 p.m. PDT Tigers 1–5 Morris (17–8) Kison (3–3) 2:40 51,203 63–65 L1
129 August 26 1:00 p.m. PDT Tigers 12–6 Wilcox (15–7) John (7–12) 3:01 33,008 63–66 L2
September: 15–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–7)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Boone 139 450 91 .202 3 32
1B Rod Carew 93 329 97 .295 3 31
2B Bobby Grich 116 363 93 .256 18 58
SS Dick Schofield 140 400 77 .193 4 21
3B Doug DeCinces 146 547 147 .269 20 82
LF Brian Downing 156 539 148 .275 23 91
CF Gary Pettis 140 397 90 .227 2 29
RF Fred Lynn 142 517 140 .271 23 79
DH Reggie Jackson 143 525 117 .223 25 81

Other batters

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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
Juan Beníquez 110 354 119 .336 8 39
Rob Wilfong 108 307 76 .248 6 33
Daryl Sconiers 57 160 39 .244 4 17
Jerry Narron 69 150 37 .247 3 17
Mike Brown 62 148 42 .284 7 22
Rob Picciolo 87 119 24 .202 1 9
Ron Jackson 33 91 15 .165 0 5
Darrell Miller 17 41 7 .171 0 1
Derrel Thomas 14 29 4 .138 0 2
Rick Burleson 7 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Witt 34 246.2 15 11 3.47 196
Ron Romanick 33 229.2 12 12 3.76 87
Geoff Zahn 28 199.1 13 10 3.12 61
Tommy John 32 181.1 7 13 4.52 47
Jim Slaton 32 163.0 7 10 4.97 67
Ken Forsch 2 16.1 1 1 2.20 10
Steve Brown 3 11.0 0 1 9.00 5
Rick Steirer 1 2.2 0 1 16.88 2

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bruce Kison 20 65.1 4 5 5.37 66
Craig Swan 2 5.0 0 1 10.80 2

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Luis Sánchez 49 9 7 11 3.33 62
Doug Corbett 45 5 1 4 2.12 48
Curt Kaufman 29 2 3 1 4.57 41
Don Aase 23 4 1 8 1.62 28
John Curtis 17 1 2 0 4.40 18
Frank LaCorte 13 1 2 0 7.06 13
Stew Cliburn 1 0 0 0 13.50 1
Dave Smith 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Moose Stubing
AA Waterbury Angels Eastern League Winston Llenas
A Redwood Pioneers California League Tom Kotchman
A Peoria Suns Midwest League Joe Maddon
A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Larry Patterson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Edmonton

Notes

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  1. ^ "Rod Carew Stats".
  2. ^ Curt Brown at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ "Rob Picciolo Stats".
  4. ^ Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson
  5. ^ Dante Bichette at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Ron Jackson Stats".

References

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  • 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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Preceded by California Angels seasons
1983
Succeeded by