1984 San Francisco Giants season

1984 San Francisco Giants
1984 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco, California
Owners	Bob Lurie
General managers	Tom Haller
Managers	Frank Robinson, Danny Ozark
Television	KTVU; (Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
Radio	KNBR; (Hank Greenwald, David Glass); SP Radio; (Tito Fuentes, Armando Provedor)
	Seasons
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The 1984 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 102nd season in Major League Baseball, their 27th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 25th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in sixth place in the National League West with a 66–96 record, 26 games behind the San Diego Padres.

Offseason

December 5, 1983: Fran Mullins was drafted by the Giants from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1983 rule 5 draft.^[1]
December 6, 1983: Champ Summers was traded by the Giants to the San Diego Padres for Joe Pittman and a player to be named later. The Padres completed the deal by sending Tommy Francis (minors) to the Giants on December 7.^[2]
December 20, 1983: Manny Trillo was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[3]
January 17, 1984: Mackey Sasser was drafted by the Giants in the 5th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.^[4]
February 8, 1984: Pat Larkin was traded by the Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Colin Ward.^[5]
February 27, 1984: Max Venable, Fred Breining and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Montreal Expos for Al Oliver. The Giants completed the deal by sending Andy McGaffigan to the Expos on March 31.^[6]
March 28, 1984: Gene Richards was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	92	70	0.568	—	48–33	44–37
Atlanta Braves	80	82	0.494	12	38–43	42–39
Houston Astros	80	82	0.494	12	43–38	37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	83	0.488	13	40–41	39–42
Cincinnati Reds	70	92	0.432	22	39–42	31–50
San Francisco Giants	66	96	0.407	26	35–46	31–50

Record vs. opponents

1984 National League record Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–9	13–5	12–6	6–12	5–7	4–8	7–5	8–4	7–11	10–8	5–7
Chicago	9–3	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	10–7	12–6	9–9	8–10	6–6	9–3	13–5
Cincinnati	5–13	5–7	—	8–10	7–11	7–5	3–9	5–7	7–5	7–11	12–6	4–8
Houston	6–12	6–6	10–8	—	9–9	7–5	4–8	6–6	6–6	6–12	12–6	8–4
Los Angeles	12–6	5–7	7–11	9–9	—	6–6	3–9	3–9	4–8	10–8	10–8	6–6
Montreal	7–5	7–10	5–7	5–7	6–6	—	7–11	11–7	7–11	7–5	7–5	9–9
New York	8–4	6–12	9–3	8–4	9–3	11–7	—	10–8	12–6	6–6	4–8	7–11
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	7–5	6–6	9–3	7–11	8–10	—	7–11	7–5	8–4	8–10
Pittsburgh	4–8	10–8	5–7	6–6	8–4	11–7	6–12	11–7	—	4–8	6–6	4–14
San Diego	11–7	6–6	11–7	12–6	8–10	5–7	6–6	5–7	8–4	—	13–5	7–5
San Francisco	8–10	3–9	6–12	6–12	8–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–13	—	7–5
St. Louis	7–5	5–13	8–4	4–8	6–6	9–9	11–7	10–8	14–4	5–7	5–7	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball draft
- Terry Mulholland was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (24th pick).^[9]
- Mike Blowers was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.^[10]
August 20, 1984: Al Oliver and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kelly Downs and George Riley. The Giants completed the deal by sending Renie Martin to the Phillies on August 30.^[11]

Roster

1984 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

31 Mark Calvert

31,45 Jeff Cornell

13 Mark Davis

50 Scott Garrelts

34 Mark Grant

14 Atlee Hammaker

39 Mike Krukow

17 Bob Lacey

19 Bill Laskey

46 Gary Lavelle

29 Randy Lerch

17 Renie Martin

38 Greg Minton

28,51 George Riley

49 Jeff Robinson

47 Frank Williams

Catchers

15 Bob Brenly

37 Randy Gomez

7 Steve Nicosia

Infielders

35 Chris Brown

18 Duane Kuiper

10 Johnnie LeMaster

16 Fran Mullins

35 Tom O'Malley

0 Al Oliver

2 Joe Pittman

5 John Rabb

41 Scot Thompson

9 Manny Trillo

36 Brad Wellman

8 Joel Youngblood

Outfielders

12 Dusty Baker

22 Jack Clark

30 Chili Davis

45 Rob Deer

32 Dan Gladden

26 Jeffrey Leonard

25 Gene Richards

32 Alejandro Sánchez

Manager

1 Danny Ozark

20 Frank Robinson

Coaches

6 Don Buford (First base)

36 Tommy McCraw (Hitting)

1 Danny Ozark (Third base)

23 Herm Starrette (Pitching)

42 John VanOrnum (Bullpen)

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 66–96 (Home: 35–46; Away: 31–50)

April: 7–16 (Home: 6–6; Away: 1–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Box/ Streak
1	April 3	Cubs	3–5	0–1	L1
2	April 5	Cubs	7–11	0–2	L2
11	April 17	Padres	1–2	4–7	L1
—	April 18	Padres	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 24)
16	April 23	@ Padres	2–8	7–9	L1
17	April 24	@ Padres	1–6	7–10	L2
18	April 25	@ Padres	0–3	7–11	L3

May: 9–13 (Home: 4–6; Away: 5–7)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
29	May 7		@ Cubs	7–10						11–18	L1
30	May 8		@ Cubs	11–12						11–19	L2

June: 14–16 (Home: 7–10; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Box/ Streak
46	June 1	Padres	11–7	17–29	W1
47	June 2	Padres	2–3 (10)	17–30	L1
48	June 3	Padres	5–7	17–31	L2
49	June 3	Padres	6–7	17–32	L3
60	June 14	@ Padres	5–2	22–38	W2
61	June 15	@ Padres	2–3	22–39	L1
62	June 16	@ Padres	6–3	23–39	W1
63	June 17	@ Padres	5–3 (15)	24–39	W2

July: 10–17 (Home: 4–6; Away: 5–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Box/ Streak
80	July 5	Cubs	3–9	32–48	L3
81	July 6	Cubs	4–5	32–49	L4
82	July 7	Cubs	7–2	33–49	W1
83	July 8	Cubs	3–6	33–50	L1
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
92	July 19	@ Cubs	4–6	35–57	L2
93	July 20	@ Cubs	3–2	36–57	W1
94	July 21	@ Cubs	3–4 (11)	36–58	L1
95	July 22	@ Cubs	11–5	37–58	W1

August: 16–16 (Home: 4–9; Away: 12–7)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak

September: 10–18 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Box/ Streak
151	September 19	@ Padres	4–5 (10)	62–89	L5
152	September 20	@ Padres	4–5	62–90	L6
156	September 24	Padres	1–7	65–91	L1
157	September 24	Padres	6–8 (11)	65–92	L2
158	September 25	Padres	4–3	66–92	W1
159	September 26	Padres	0–4	66–93	L1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Giants team member

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Bob Brenly	145	506	147	.291	20	80
1B	Al Oliver	91	339	101	.298	0	34
2B	Manny Trillo	98	401	102	.254	4	36
SS	Johnny LeMaster	132	451	98	.217	4	32
3B	Joel Youngblood	134	469	119	.254	10	51
LF	Jeffrey Leonard	136	514	155	.302	21	86
CF	Dan Gladden	86	342	120	.351	4	31
RF	Jack Clark	57	203	65	.320	11	44

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
Chili Davis	137	499	157	.315	21	81
Brad Wellman	93	265	60	.226	2	25
Scot Thompson	120	245	75	.306	1	31
Dusty Baker	100	243	71	.292	3	32
Gene Richards	87	135	34	.252	0	4
Steve Nicosia	48	132	40	.303	2	19
Duane Kuiper	83	115	23	.200	0	11
Fran Mullins	57	110	24	.218	2	10
Chris Brown	23	84	24	.286	1	11
John Rabb	54	82	16	.195	3	9
Alejandro Sánchez	13	41	8	.195	0	2
Randy Gomez	14	30	5	.167	0	0
Tom O'Malley	13	25	3	.120	0	0
Rob Deer	13	24	4	.167	3	3
Joe Pittman	17	22	5	.227	0	2

Pitching

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
Bill Laskey	35	207.2	9	14	4.33	71
Mike Krukow	35	199.1	11	12	4.56	141
Jeff Robinson	34	171.2	7	15	4.56	102
Mark Grant	11	53.2	1	4	6.37	32
Atlee Hammaker	6	33.0	2	0	2.18	24
George Riley	5	29.1	1	0	3.99	12

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
Mark Davis	46	174.2	5	17	5.36	124
Mark Calvert	10	32.0	2	4	5.06	5

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
Greg Minton	74	4	9	19	3.76	48
Gary Lavelle	77	5	4	12	2.76	71
Frank Williams	61	9	4	3	3.55	91
Randy Lerch	37	5	3	2	4.23	48
Bob Lacey	34	1	3	0	3.88	26
Jeff Cornell	23	1	3	0	6.10	19
Scott Garrelts	21	2	3	0	5.65	32
Renie Martin	12	1	1	0	3.86	8

Awards and honors

Bob Brenly, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Giants	Pacific Coast League	Jack Mull
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Duane Espy
A	Fresno Giants	California League	Wendell Kim
A	Clinton Giants	Midwest League	Bill Lachemann
A-Short Season	Everett Giants	Northwest League	Rocky Bridges

References

↑ Fran Mullins at Baseball-Reference
↑ Champ Summers at Baseball-Reference
↑ Manny Trillo at Baseball-Reference
↑ Mackey Sasser at Baseball-Reference
↑ Pat Larkin at Baseball-Reference
↑ Max Venable at Baseball-Reference
↑ Gene Richards at Baseball-Reference
↑ "1984 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
↑ Terry Mulholland at Baseball-Reference
↑ Mike Blowers at Baseball-Reference
↑ Al Oliver at Baseball-Reference

External links

1984 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference
1984 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

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[1] Fran Mullins at Baseball-Reference

[2] Champ Summers at Baseball-Reference

[3] Manny Trillo at Baseball-Reference

[4] Mackey Sasser at Baseball-Reference

[5] Pat Larkin at Baseball-Reference

[6] Max Venable at Baseball-Reference

[7] Gene Richards at Baseball-Reference

[8] "1984 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".

[9] Terry Mulholland at Baseball-Reference

[10] Mike Blowers at Baseball-Reference

[11] Al Oliver at Baseball-Reference

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