1984 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place5th
OwnersGeorge Argyros
General managersHal Keller
ManagersDel Crandall,
Chuck Cottier (September 1)
TelevisionKSTW-TV 11
RadioKVI 570 AM: (Dave Niehaus,
Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)
Seasons

The Seattle Mariners 1984 season was their eighth since the franchise creation. They finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 74–88 (.457).

Offseason

Regular season

  • September 1 – Manager Del Crandall (59–76 (.437)) was fired on Saturday morning, August 31,[5] succeeded by third base coach Chuck Cottier.[6]
  • First baseman Alvin Davis reached base in each of the first 47 games of his career, and was chosen for his only All-Star Game. The M's MVP, he was also voted the American League's Rookie of the Year, with a .284 batting average, 27 home runs, and 116 RBIs.[7]
  • Lefthanded starting pitcher Mark Langston became the first rookie since Herb Score to lead the American League in strikeouts; he was second in the balloting to teammate Davis for AL Rookie of the Year

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 — 44–37 40–41
California Angels 8181 0.500 3 37–44 44–37
Minnesota Twins 8181 0.500 3 47–34 34–47
Oakland Athletics 7785 0.475 7 44–37 33–48
Chicago White Sox 7488 0.457 10 43–38 31–50
Seattle Mariners 7488 0.457 10 42–39 32–49
Texas Rangers 6992 0.429 14½ 34–46 35–46

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record

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 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 74–88 (Home: 42–39; Away: 32–49)
April: 12–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 5–8)
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May: 11–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–8)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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36May 14@ Tigers5–7LopezVande Berg–3:0518,83018–18L2
37May 15@ Tigers4–6MorrisThomasHernandez3:3221,78218–19L3
38May 16@ Tigers1–10WilcoxYoung–2:5222,00118–20L4
45May 25Tigers7–3Vande BergWilcoxMirabella2:5415,72221–24W1
46May 26Tigers9–5MooreBerenguer–2:5141,34222–24W2
47May 27Tigers6–1YoungPetry–2:5012,75523–24W3
June: 14–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–8)
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July: 12–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10)
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55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
August: 10–18 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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123August 17@ Tigers2–6WilcoxMoore–3:0836,49655–68L1
124August 18@ Tigers3–4BerenguerGeiselHernandez2:4136,71955–69L2
125August 19@ Tigers4–1LangstonPetryVande Berg2:5143,27756–69W1
132August 28Tigers4–5HernandezStanton–2:518,35357–75L5
133August 29Tigers5–1LangstonPetry–2:1110,86358–75W1
134August 30Tigers2–1BeattieMorrisNunez2:349,58359–75W2
September: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6)
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Mariners 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
CBob Kearney13343197.225743
1BAlvin Davis152567161.28427116
2BJack Perconte155612180.294031
SSSpike Owen152530130.245343
3BJim Presley7025157.2271036
LFBarry Bonnell11036396.264848
CFDave Henderson11235098.2801443
RFAl Cowens139524145.2771578
DHKen Phelps10129070.2412451

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
Steve Henderson10932585.2621035
Phil Bradley12432297.301024
Larry Milbourne7921156.265122
Pat Putnam6415531.200216
Darnell Coles4814323.16106
Gorman Thomas3510817.157113
Domingo Ramos598115.18502
Orlando Mercado307817.21805
Al Chambers224911.22414
John Moses193512.34302
Dave Valle13278.29614
Bill Nahorodny12256.24013
Iván Calderón11245.20811
Danny Tartabull10206.30027
Ricky Nelson9153.20012
Harold Reynolds10103.30000

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
Mark Langston35225.017103.40204
Mike Moore34212.07174.97158
Jim Beattie32211.012163.41119
Matt Young22113.1685.7273
Salomé Barojas1995.1653.9737

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
Ed Vande Berg50130.18124.7671
Bob Stoddard2779.0235.1339
Dave Geisel2043.1114.1528

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
Mike Stanton544483.5455
Paul Mirabella522534.3741
Dave Beard433255.8040
Edwin Núñez372273.1957
Roy Thomas213215.2642
Karl Best51103.006
Lee Guetterman30004.152

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Bobby Floyd
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Bill Plummer
A Salinas Spurs California League R. J. Harrison
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Gary Pellant
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Manny Estrada

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References

  1. ↑ Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ "Mariners fire another manager". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 2, 1984. p. 6B.
  6. ↑ "Mariner GM Claims talent there for winner". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. September 3, 1984. p. 13.
  7. ↑ "M's Davis gets his shot; earns AL Rookie honors". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 21, 1984. p. 2C.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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