1984 New York Mets season

The New York Mets' 1984 season was the 23rd regular season for the Mets. They went 90–72 and finished in second place in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

1984 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)Frank Cashen
Manager(s)Davey Johnson
Local televisionWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy)
Local radioWHN
(Bob Murphy, Steve LaMar, Juan Alicea)
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Offseason

Regular season

1984 got off to an embarrassing start for GM Frank Cashen and the Mets before the season even began. Believing that it was unnecessary to protect a high-salaried, 39-year-old pitcher, the Mets left Tom Seaver unprotected. In a move that stunned the Mets, on January 20 Seaver was claimed in a free-agent compensation draft by the Chicago White Sox.

This left opening day duties to Mike Torrez. Torrez lasted only 1.1 innings against the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium, giving up six earned runs, and giving the Mets their first opening day loss since 1974. Davey Johnson's team did, however, come back to win the next six in a row, including Dwight Gooden's Major League Baseball debut on April 7. Johnson also helped bring the Mets back in contention, producing their first winning season since 1976.[5] Off-season acquisition Sid Fernandez made his debut with the Mets on July 16, going seven innings against the Houston Astros at the Astrodome, and earning the victory.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9665 0.596 — 51–29 45–36
New York Mets 9072 0.556 6½ 48–33 42–39
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 12½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 8181 0.500 15½ 39–42 42–39
Montreal Expos 7883 0.484 18 39–42 39–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 0.463 21½ 41–40 34–47

Record vs. opponents
1984 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —3–913–512–66–125–74–87–58–47–1110–85–7
Chicago 9–3—7–56–67–510–712–69–98–106–69–313–5
Cincinnati 5–135–7—8–107–117–53–95–77–57–1112–64–8
Houston 6–126–610–8—9–97–54–86–66–66–1212–68–4
Los Angeles 12–65–77–119–9—6–63–93–94–810–810–86–6
Montreal 7–57–105–75–76–6—7–1111–77–117–57–59–9
New York 8–46–129–38–49–311–7—10–812–66–64–87–11
Philadelphia 5-79–97–56–69–37–118–10—7–117–58–48–10
Pittsburgh 4–810–85–76–68–411–76–1211–7—4–86–64–14
San Diego 11–76–611–712–68–105–76–65–78–4—13–57–5
San Francisco 8–103–96–126–128–105–78–44–86–65–13—7–5
St. Louis 7–55–138–44–86–69–911–710–814–45–75–7—

Notable transactions

Opening Day starters
  • Wally Backman
  • Hubie Brooks
  • George Foster
  • John Gibbons
  • Keith Hernandez
  • Jose Oquendo
  • Darryl Strawberry
  • Mike Torrez
  • Mookie Wilson[12]

Roster
1984 New York Mets roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CMike Fitzgerald11236087.242233
1BKeith Hernandez154550171.3111594
2BWally Backman128436122.280126
SSRon Gardenhire7420751.246110
3BHubie Brooks153561159.2831673
LFGeorge Foster146553149.2692486
CFMookie Wilson154587162.2761054
RFDarryl Strawberry147522131.2512697

[13]

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Danny Heep9919946.231112
Kelvin Chapman7519757.289323
José Oquendo8118942.222010
Rafael Santana5115242.276112
Ron Hodges6410622.208111
Ray Knight279326.28016
Jerry Martin519114.15435
Junior Ortiz409118.198011
Rusty Staub787219.264118
John Gibbons10312.06501
Herm Winningham142711.40705
John Stearns8173.17601
Kevin Mitchell7143.21401
John Christensen5113.27303
Billy Beane5101.10000
Ross Jones17101.10001

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dwight Gooden312181792.60276
Walt Terrell3321511123.52114
Ron Darling33205.21293.81136
Bruce Berenyi19115963.7681
Sid Fernandez1590663.5062
Mike Torrez937.2155.0216

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Lynch40124984.5062
Tim Leary2053.2334.0229
Calvin Schiraldi517.1025.7116

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jesse Orosco60106312.5985
Doug Sisk5013152.0932
Brent Gaff473213.6342
Tom Gorman366002.9740
Wes Gardner211116.3919
Dick Tidrow110009.198
Craig Swan101008.2010

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Bob Schaefer
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Sam Perlozzo
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Mike Cubbage
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Rich Miller
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Bud Harrelson
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Dan Radison

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jackson, Lynchburg, Little Falls

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Notes
  1. Kevin Elster at Baseball Reference
  2. Rafael Santana at Baseball Reference
  3. Kelvin Moore at Baseball Reference
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martije01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goodedw01.shtml?redir
  6. Shawn Abner at Baseball Reference
  7. Mauro Gozzo at Baseball Reference
  8. Mike Torrez at Baseball Reference
  9. Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball Reference
  10. Ray Knight at Baseball Reference
  11. Jeff Gardner at Baseball Reference
  12. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=NYN
  13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1984.shtml

References
  • 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.
  • 1984 New York Mets
  • 1984 New York Mets at Baseball Almanac
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