1984 Seattle Mariners season
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The Seattle Mariners Template:Mlby season was their eighth since the franchise creation. They finished fifth in the American League West with a record of Template:Winning percentage.
Offseason
- November 21, 1983: Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds were traded to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Beard and Bob Kearney.[1]
- December 5, 1983: Dave Geisel was selected by the Mariners from the Toronto Blue Jays in the rule 5 draft.[2]
- January 17, 1984: Mike Blowers was selected in the eighth round of the amateur draft, but did not sign.[3]
- March 23, 1984: Rick Sweet was released by the Mariners.[4]
Regular season
- September 1 – Manager Del Crandall (Template:Winning percentage) 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
Record vs. opponents
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Notable transactions
Roster
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Game log
Regular season
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| 36 || May 14 || || @ Tigers || 5–7 || Lopez || Vande Berg || – || 3:05 || 18,830 || 18–18 || L2
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| 37 || May 15 || || @ Tigers || 4–6 || Morris || Thomas || Hernandez || 3:32 || 21,782 || 18–19 || L3
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| 38 || May 16 || || @ Tigers || 1–10 || Wilcox || Young || – || 2:52 || 22,001 || 18–20 || L4
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| 45 || May 25 || || Tigers || 7–3 || Vande Berg || Wilcox || Mirabella || 2:54 || 15,722 || 21–24 || W1
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| 46 || May 26 || || Tigers || 9–5 || Moore || Berenguer || – || 2:51 || 41,342 || 22–24 || W2
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| 47 || May 27 || || Tigers || 6–1 || Young || Petry || – || 2:50 || 12,755 || 23–24 || W3
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| 123 || August 17 || || @ Tigers || 2–6 || Wilcox || Moore || – || 3:08 || 36,496 || 55–68 || L1
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| 124 || August 18 || || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Berenguer || Geisel || Hernandez || 2:41 || 36,719 || 55–69 || L2
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| 125 || August 19 || || @ Tigers || 4–1 || Langston || Petry || Vande Berg || 2:51 || 43,277 || 56–69 || W1
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| 132 || August 28 || || Tigers || 4–5 || Hernandez || Stanton || – || 2:51 || 8,353 || 57–75 || L5
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| 133 || August 29 || || Tigers || 5–1 || Langston || Petry || – || 2:11 || 10,863 || 58–75 || W1
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| 134 || August 30 || || Tigers || 2–1 || Beattie || Morris || Nunez || 2:34 || 9,583 || 59–75 || W2
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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 |
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| C | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 133 | 431 | 97 | .225 | 7 | 43 |
| 1B | Alvin Davis | 152 | 567 | 161 | .284 | 27 | 116 |
| 2B | Jack Perconte | 155 | 612 | 180 | .294 | 0 | 31 |
| SS | Spike Owen | 152 | 530 | 130 | .245 | 3 | 43 |
| 3B | Jim Presley | 70 | 251 | 57 | .227 | 10 | 36 |
| LF | Barry Bonnell | 110 | 363 | 96 | .264 | 8 | 48 |
| CF | Dave Henderson | 112 | 350 | 98 | .280 | 14 | 43 |
| RF | Al Cowens | 139 | 524 | 145 | .277 | 15 | 78 |
| DH | Ken Phelps | 101 | 290 | 70 | .241 | 24 | 51 |
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 |
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| Steve Henderson | 109 | 325 | 85 | .262 | 10 | 35 |
| Phil Bradley | 124 | 322 | 97 | .301 | 0 | 24 |
| Larry Milbourne | 79 | 211 | 56 | .265 | 1 | 22 |
| Pat Putnam | 64 | 155 | 31 | .200 | 2 | 16 |
| Darnell Coles | 48 | 143 | 23 | .161 | 0 | 6 |
| Gorman Thomas | 35 | 108 | 17 | .157 | 1 | 13 |
| Domingo Ramos | 59 | 81 | 15 | .185 | 0 | 2 |
| Orlando Mercado | 30 | 78 | 17 | .218 | 0 | 5 |
| Al Chambers | 22 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 1 | 4 |
| John Moses | 19 | 35 | 12 | .343 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Valle | 13 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 1 | 4 |
| Bill Nahorodny | 12 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 1 | 3 |
| Iván Calderón | 11 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 1 | 1 |
| Danny Tartabull | 10 | 20 | 6 | .300 | 2 | 7 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 9 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 1 | 2 |
| Harold Reynolds | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 35 | 225.0 | 17 | 10 | 3.40 | 204 |
| Mike Moore | 34 | 212.0 | 7 | 17 | 4.97 | 158 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 32 | 211.0 | 12 | 16 | 3.41 | 119 |
| Matt Young | 22 | 113.1 | 6 | 8 | 5.72 | 73 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 19 | 95.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.97 | 37 |
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 |
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| Ed Vande Berg | 50 | 130.1 | 8 | 12 | 4.76 | 71 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 27 | 79.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.13 | 39 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 20 | 43.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 28 |
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 |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 54 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3.54 | 55 |
| Paul Mirabella | 52 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4.37 | 41 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 43 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5.80 | 40 |
| Edwin Núñez | 37 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.19 | 57 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5.26 | 42 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 |
| Lee Guetterman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 2 |
Awards and honors
- Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (204)
Farm system
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References
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- ↑ Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
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- ↑ 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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External links
- 1984 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
- 1984 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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