1984 California Angels season
{{Short description|Major League Baseball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = California Angels
| season = 1984
| misc =
| league = American League
| division = West
| ballpark = Anaheim Stadium
| city = Anaheim, California
| owners = Gene Autry
| general_managers = Buzzie Bavasi, Mike Port
| managers = John McNamara
| television =KTLA
(Geoff Witcher, Joe Buttitta)
ONTV
| radio = KMPC
(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Al Conin)
KLVE
(Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
|}}
The 1984 California Angels season was the 24th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 19th in Anaheim, and their 19th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished second in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.
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Offseason
- November 22, 1983: Rod Carew was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carewro01.shtml|title = Rod Carew Stats}}
- December 19, 1983: Curt Brown was traded by the Angels to the New York Yankees for Mike Browning (minors).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/browncu03.shtml Curt Brown] at Baseball Reference
- February 6, 1984: Rob Picciolo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/picciro01.shtml|title = Rob Picciolo Stats}}
Regular season
- September 17, 1984: In a game against the Kansas City Royals, Reggie Jackson hit the 500th home run of his career.[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/09171984.shtml Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson] It was the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run. Jackson hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals.
- September 30, 1984: Mike Witt throws a perfect game against the Texas Rangers, recording the only perfect game in franchise history.
= Season standings =
{{1984 AL West standings}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1984 AL Record vs. opponents|team=CAL}}
= Transactions =
- June 4, 1984: Dante Bichette was drafted by the Angels in the 17th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 8, 1984.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bicheda01.shtml Dante Bichette] at Baseball Reference
- August 2, 1984: Ron Jackson was released by the California Angels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksro02.shtml|title = Ron Jackson Stats}}
= Roster =
| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="10" style="background-color: #CE2029; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | 1984 California Angels |
|---|
| colspan="10" style="background-color:#333366; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster |
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|46|Don Aase}} {{MLBplayer|36|Steve Brown}} {{MLBplayer|63|Stew Cliburn}} {{MLBplayer|23|Doug Corbett}} {{MLBplayer|16|John Curtis}} {{MLBplayer|43|Ken Forsch}} {{MLBplayer|25|Tommy John}} {{MLBplayer|48|Curt Kaufman}} {{MLBplayer|24|Bruce Kison}} {{MLBplayer|31|Frank LaCorte}} {{MLBplayer|37|Ron Romanick}} {{MLBplayer|40|Luis Sánchez}} {{MLBplayer|41,47|Jim Slaton}} {{MLBplayer|35|Dave Smith}} {{MLBplayer|42|Rick Steirer}} {{MLBplayer|27|Craig Swan}} {{MLBplayer|39|Mike Witt}} {{MLBplayer|38|Geoff Zahn}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer| 8|Bob Boone}} {{MLBplayer|34|Jerry Narron}} Infielders {{MLBplayer|29|Rod Carew}} {{MLBplayer|11|Doug DeCinces}} {{MLBplayer| 4|Bobby Grich}} {{MLBplayer|15|Ron Jackson}} {{MLBplayer|32|Darrell Miller}} {{MLBplayer|10|Rob Picciolo}} {{MLBplayer|22,30|Dick Schofield}} {{MLBplayer| 6|Daryl Sconiers}} {{MLBplayer| 9|Rob Wilfong}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer|12|Juan Beníquez}} {{MLBplayer| 3|Mike Brown}} {{MLBplayer| 5|Brian Downing}} {{MLBplayer|19|Fred Lynn}} {{MLBplayer|20|Gary Pettis}} {{MLBplayer|15,30|Derrel Thomas}} Other batters {{MLBplayer| 7|Rick Burleson}} {{MLBplayer|44|Reggie Jackson}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer| 2|John McNamara}} Coaches {{MLBplayer|49|Bob Clear}} {{MLBplayer|18|Preston Gómez}} {{MLBplayer| 1|Bobby Knoop}} {{MLBplayer|51|Marcel Lachemann}} {{MLBplayer|50|Jimmie Reese}} |
Game log
=Regular season=
{{Game log start|style=background:#CE2029;color:#333366;|title=1984 regular season game log: 81–81 (Home: 37–44; Away: 44–37)}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#333366;color:#CE2029;|title=April: 15–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–5)|#|Date|Time (PT)|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/
Streak}}
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#333366;color:#CE2029;|title=May: 11–14 (Home: 4–10; Away: 7–4)|#|Date|Time (PT)|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/
Streak}}
|-style=background:#fbb
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198405110.shtml 35] || May 11 || 4:35{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 2–8 || Wilcox (4–0) || Witt (4–2) || Hernández (4) || 2:55 || 44,187 || 18–17 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B05110DET1984.htm L5]
|-style=background:#cfc
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198405120.shtml 38] || May 12 || 10:20{{nbsp}}a.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 4–2 || John (3–3) || Berenguer (2–2) || – || 2:32 || 38,516 || 19–17 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B05120DET1984.htm W1]
|-style=background:#bbb
| — || May 13 || || @ Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14)
|-style=background:#fbb
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198405220.shtml 43] || May 22 || 7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || Tigers || 1–3 || Berenguer (3–2) || Witt (4–4) || López (6) || 2:53 || 41,253 || 23–20 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B05220CAL1984.htm L1]
|-style=background:#fbb
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198405230.shtml 44] || May 23 || 7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || Tigers || 2–4 || Petry (7–1) || LaCorte (0–2) || Hernández (7) || 2:39 || 41,205 || 23–21 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B05230CAL1984.htm L2]
|-style=background:#fbb
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198405240.shtml 45] || May 24 || 7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || Tigers || 1–5 || Morris (9–1) || Slaton (1–2) || – || 2:14 || 43,580 || 23–22 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B05240CAL1984.htm L3]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#333366;color:#CE2029;|title=June: 15–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 10–5)|#|Date|Time (PT)|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/
Streak}}
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#333366;color:#CE2029;|title=July: 12–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–8)|#|Date|Time (PT)|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/
Streak}}
|-style=background:#bbbfff
|colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#333366;color:#CE2029;|title=August: 13–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–8)|#|Date|Time (PT)|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/
Streak}}
|-style=background:#cfc
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198408140.shtml 117] || August 14 || 2:35{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 6–4 || Aase (2–1) || Hernández (6–2) || Sánchez (11) || 2:53 || N/A || 60–57 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B08140DET1984.htm W2]
|-style=background:#cfc
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198408140.shtml 118] || August 14 || 6:03{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 12–1 || Kison (3–1) || Rozema (7–4) || – || 2:33 || 38,597 || 61–57 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B08140DET1984.htm W3]
|-style=background:#fbb
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198408150.shtml 119] || August 15 || 4:35{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 3–8 || Petry (15–5) || John (7–10) || – || 2:46 || 33,940 || 61–58 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B08150DET1984.htm L1]
|-style=background:#fbb
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198408160.shtml 120] || August 16 || 10:30{{nbsp}}a.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 7–8 {{small|(12)}} || Hernández (7–2) || Curtis (0–1) || – || 4:02 || 37,779 || 61–59 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B08160DET1984.htm L2]
|-style=background:#cfc
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198408240.shtml 127] || August 24 || 7:30{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || Tigers || 5–3 || Witt (12–10) || Petry (15–7) || Aase (4) || 2:33 || 41,459 || 63–64 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B08240CAL1984.htm W2]
|-style=background:#fbb
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198408250.shtml 128] || August 25 || 7:00{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || Tigers || 1–5 || Morris (17–8) || Kison (3–3) || – || 2:40 || 51,203 || 63–65 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B08250CAL1984.htm L1]
|-style=background:#fbb
| [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198408260.shtml 129] || August 26 || 1:00{{nbsp}}p.m. PDT || Tigers || 12–6 || Wilcox (15–7) || John (7–12) || – || 3:01 || 33,008 || 63–66 || [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B08260CAL1984.htm L2]
|-
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#333366;color:#CE2029;|title=September: 15–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–7)|#|Date|Time (PT)|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Time of Game|Attendance|Record|Box/
Streak}}
|-
{{Game log section end}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Legend: {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} = Win {{Color box|#fbb|border=darkgray}} = Loss {{Color box|#bbb|border=darkgray}} = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member
{{Game log end}}
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
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| C | Bob Boone | 139 | 450 | 91 | .202 | 3 | 32 |
| align=center
| 1B | Rod Carew | 93 | 329 | 97 | .295 | 3 | 31 |
| align=center
| 2B | Bobby Grich | 116 | 363 | 93 | .256 | 18 | 58 |
| align=center
| SS | Dick Schofield | 140 | 400 | 77 | .193 | 4 | 21 |
| align=center
| 3B | Doug DeCinces | 146 | 547 | 147 | .269 | 20 | 82 |
| align=center
| LF | Brian Downing | 156 | 539 | 148 | .275 | 23 | 91 |
| align=center
| CF | Gary Pettis | 140 | 397 | 90 | .227 | 2 | 29 |
| align=center
| RF | Fred Lynn | 142 | 517 | 140 | .271 | 23 | 79 |
| align=center
| DH | Reggie Jackson | 143 | 525 | 117 | .223 | 25 | 81 |
| align="center" |
== Other batters ==
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 110 | 354 | 119 | .336 | 8 | 39 |
| align="center" | 108 | 307 | 76 | .248 | 6 | 33 |
| align=center | 57 | 160 | 39 | .244 | 4 | 17 |
| align="center" | 69 | 150 | 37 | .247 | 3 | 17 |
| align=center | 62 | 148 | 42 | .284 | 7 | 22 |
| align=center | 87 | 119 | 24 | .202 | 1 | 9 |
| align=center | 33 | 91 | 15 | .165 | 0 | 5 |
| align=center | 17 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0 | 1 |
| align=center | 14 | 29 | 4 | .138 | 0 | 2 |
| align=center | 7 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
= Pitching =
== Starting pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 34 | 246.2 | 15 | 11 | 3.47 | 196 |
| align=center | 33 | 229.2 | 12 | 12 | 3.76 | 87 |
| align=center | 28 | 199.1 | 13 | 10 | 3.12 | 61 |
| align=center | 32 | 181.1 | 7 | 13 | 4.52 | 47 |
| align=center | 32 | 163.0 | 7 | 10 | 4.97 | 67 |
| align=center | 2 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 2.20 | 10 |
| align=center | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 5 |
| align="center" | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 16.88 | 2 |
== Other pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 20 | 65.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.37 | 66 |
| align=center | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 2 |
== Relief pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 49 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3.33 | 62 |
| align="center" | 45 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2.12 | 48 |
| align=center | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4.57 | 41 |
| align=center
| Don Aase | 23 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1.62 | 28 |
| align=center | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.40 | 18 |
| align=center | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.06 | 13 |
| align=center | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| align=center | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
| align="center" |
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Edmonton Trappers|league16=Pacific Coast League|manager16=Moose Stubing
|level17=AA |team17=Waterbury Angels|league17=Eastern League|manager17=Winston Llenas
|level18=A |team18=Redwood Pioneers|league18=California League|manager18=Tom Kotchman
|level19=A |team19=Peoria Suns|league19=Midwest League|manager19=Joe Maddon
|level20=A-Short Season|team20=Salem Angels|league20=Northwest League|manager20=[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=patter001lar Larry Patterson]
}}
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Edmonton
Notes
{{Reflist|2}}
References
- {{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CAL/1984.shtml 1984 California Angels] at Baseball Reference
- [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=CAL 1984 California Angels ] at Baseball Almanac
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{{succession box
| title = California Angels seasons
| years =1983
| before =1983
| after =1985
}}
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