1984 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1984 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

1984 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–78 (.525)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s)Hank Peters
Manager(s)Joe Altobelli
Local televisionWMAR-TV
(Rex Barney, Brooks Robinson, Mel Proctor)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor)
Local radioWFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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Offseason
  • February 7, 1984: Tom Underwood was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[1]

Regular season
  • May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken, Jr. hit for the cycle in a game against the Texas Rangers.
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. set an American League record for most assists by a shortstop with 583.
  • During the season, Mike Boddicker became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Orioles in the 20th century.[2]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10458 0.642 — 53–29 51–29
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 15 49–32 40–41
New York Yankees 8775 0.537 17 51–30 36–45
Boston Red Sox 8676 0.531 18 41–40 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 8577 0.525 19 44–37 41–40
Cleveland Indians 7587 0.463 29 41–39 34–48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794 0.416 36½ 38–43 29–51

Record vs. opponents
1984 American League Records

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—

Opening Day starters
  • Rich Dauer
  • Rick Dempsey
  • Dan Ford
  • Wayne Gross
  • John Lowenstein
  • Scott McGregor
  • Eddie Murray
  • Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • John Shelby
  • Ken Singleton[3]

Notable transactions
  • August 14, 1984: Ron Jackson was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[4]

Roster
1984 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CRick Dempsey10933076.2301134
1BEddie Murray162588180.30629110
2BRich Dauer127397101.254224
SSCal Ripken162641195.3042786
3BWayne Gross12734274.2162264
LFGary Roenicke12132673.2241044
CFJohn Shelby12838380.209630
RFMike Young123401101.2521752
DHKen Singleton11136378.215636

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
Al Bumbry11934493.270324
John Lowenstein10527064.237828
Floyd Rayford8625064.256427
Jim Dwyer7616141.255221
Lenn Sakata8115730.191311
Todd Cruz9514231.21839
Benny Ayala6011825.212424
Dan Ford259121.23115
Joe Nolan356218.29019
Ron Jackson12288.28602
Jim Traber10215.23802
Vic Rodriguez11177.41202
Larry Sheets8167.43812
Orlando Sánchez482.25001

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
Mike Boddicker34261.120112.79128
Mike Flanagan34226.213133.53115
Storm Davis352251493.12105
Scott McGregor30196.115123.9467
Ken Dixon213014.158

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
Dennis Martínez34141.2695.0277
Bill Swaggerty2357325.2118
Jim Palmer517.2039.174
John Pacella614.2016.758

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
Sammy Stewart6074133.2956
Tippy Martinez5549173.9172
Tom Underwood371013.5239
Mark Brown91203.9110
Nate Snell51102.357
Todd Cruz10000.000

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Frank Verdi
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Grady Little and John Hart
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League John Hart, Grady Little and Len Johnston
A-Short Season Newark Orioles New York–Penn League Jim Hutto
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Greg Biagini

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

Notes
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/underto01.shtml
  2. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=BAL
  4. Ron Jackson page at Baseball Reference

References


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