1984 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees' 1984 season was the 82nd season for the Yankees. The team finished in third place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 87-75, finishing 17 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Yogi Berra. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

1984 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Murray Cook
Manager(s)Yogi Berra
Local televisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White, Bobby Murcer)
SportsChannel NY
(Mel Allen and others from WPIX)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, John Gordon, Bobby Murcer)
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Offseason

Regular season
  • Dave Winfield was the runner up to Don Mattingly for the American League batting title.

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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1984 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 51 Dom Scala (Bullpen)

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
CButch Wynegar129442118.267645
1BDon Mattingly153603207.34323110
2BWillie Randolph142564162.287231
SSBobby Meacham9936091.253225
3BToby Harrah8825355.217126
LFSteve Kemp9431391.291741
CFOmar Moreno11735592.259438
RFDave Winfield141567193.34019100
DHDon Baylor134493129.2622789

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
Ken Griffey Sr.120399109.273756
Roy Smalley III6720950.239726
Mike Pagliarulo6720148.239734
Tim Foli6116341.252016
Andre Robertson5214030.21406
Brian Dayett6412731.244423
Oscar Gamble5412523.1841027
Rick Cerone3812025.208213
Lou Piniella298626.30216
Victor Mata307023.32916
Mike O'Berry13328.25005
Scott Bradley9216.28602
Rex Hudler971.14300
Stan Javier771.14300
Keith Smith240.00000

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
Phil Niekro32215.21683.09136
Ron Guidry29195.210114.51127
Ray Fontenot35169.1893.6185
Dennis Rasmussen24147.2964.57110
Joe Cowley1683.1923.5671
John Montefusco1155.1533.5823
Shane Rawley1142236.2124
Marty Bystrom739.1222.9724
Jim Deshaies270111.575

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
Bob Shirley41114.1333.3848
José Rijo2462.1284.7647

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
Dave Righetti6456312.3490
Jay Howell619472.69109
Mike Armstrong363213.4843
Clay Christiansen242426.0527
Dale Murray191204.9413
Curt Brown131102.7010

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

League leaders
  • Don Mattingly – American League batting champion (.343)
  • Don Mattingly – American League leader, hits (207)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Stump Merrill
AA Nashville Sounds Southern League Jim Marshall
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Barry Foote
A Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Carlos Tosca
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Bill Livesey
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Jack Gillis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale[10]

Notes
  1. Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference
  2. "Amalio Carreno Statistics and History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  3. Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
  4. Curt Brown page at Baseball Reference
  5. Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference
  6. Otis Nixon page at Baseball Reference
  7. Graig Nettles page at Baseball Reference
  8. Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference
  9. Doug Drabek page at Baseball Reference
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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