1984 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersBuzzie Bavasi, Mike Port
ManagersJohn McNamara
TelevisionKTLA
(Geoff Witcher, Joe Buttitta)
ONTV
RadioKMPC
(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Al Conin)
KLVE
(Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
Seasons

The 1984 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing second in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

  • November 22, 1983: Rod Carew was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[1]
  • December 19, 1983: Curt Brown was traded by the Angels to the New York Yankees for Mike Browning (minors).[2]
  • February 6, 1984: Rob Picciolo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.[3]

Regular season

  • September 17, 1984: In a game against the Kansas City Royals, Reggie Jackson hit the 500th home run of his career.[4] 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

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—

Transactions

Roster

1984 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 81–81 (Home: 37–44; Away: 44–37)
April: 15–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–5)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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May: 11–14 (Home: 4–10; Away: 7–4)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
35May 114:35 p.m. PDT@ Tigers2–8Wilcox (4–0)Witt (4–2)Hernández (4)2:5544,18718–17L5
38May 1210:20 a.m. PDT@ Tigers4–2John (3–3)Berenguer (2–2)–2:3238,51619–17W1
—May 13@ TigersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14)
43May 227:30 p.m. PDTTigers1–3Berenguer (3–2)Witt (4–4)López (6)2:5341,25323–20L1
44May 237:30 p.m. PDTTigers2–4Petry (7–1)LaCorte (0–2)Hernández (7)2:3941,20523–21L2
45May 247:30 p.m. PDTTigers1–5Morris (9–1)Slaton (1–2)–2:1443,58023–22L3
June: 15–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 10–5)
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July: 12–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–8)
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55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
August: 13–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–8)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
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117August 142:35 p.m. PDT@ Tigers6–4Aase (2–1)Hernández (6–2)Sánchez (11)2:53N/A60–57W2
118August 146:03 p.m. PDT@ Tigers12–1Kison (3–1)Rozema (7–4)–2:3338,59761–57W3
119August 154:35 p.m. PDT@ Tigers3–8Petry (15–5)John (7–10)–2:4633,94061–58L1
120August 1610:30 a.m. PDT@ Tigers7–8 (12)Hernández (7–2)Curtis (0–1)–4:0237,77961–59L2
127August 247:30 p.m. PDTTigers5–3Witt (12–10)Petry (15–7)Aase (4)2:3341,45963–64W2
128August 257:00 p.m. PDTTigers1–5Morris (17–8)Kison (3–3)–2:4051,20363–65L1
129August 261:00 p.m. PDTTigers12–6Wilcox (15–7)John (7–12)–3:0133,00863–66L2
September: 15–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–7)
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Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels 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 Boone13945091.202332
1BRod Carew9332997.295331
2BBobby Grich11636393.2561858
SSDick Schofield14040077.193421
3BDoug DeCinces146547147.2692082
LFBrian Downing156539148.2752391
CFGary Pettis14039790.227229
RFFred Lynn142517140.2712379
DHReggie Jackson143525117.2232581

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
Juan Beníquez110354119.336839
Rob Wilfong10830776.248633
Daryl Sconiers5716039.244417
Jerry Narron6915037.247317
Mike Brown6214842.284722
Rob Picciolo8711924.20219
Ron Jackson339115.16505
Darrell Miller17417.17101
Derrel Thomas14294.13802
Rick Burleson740.00000

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
Mike Witt34246.215113.47196
Ron Romanick33229.212123.7687
Geoff Zahn28199.113103.1261
Tommy John32181.17134.5247
Jim Slaton32163.07104.9767
Ken Forsch216.1112.2010
Steve Brown311.0019.005
Rick Steirer12.20116.882

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
Bruce Kison2065.1455.3766
Craig Swan25.00110.802

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
Luis Sánchez4997113.3362
Doug Corbett455142.1248
Curt Kaufman292314.5741
Don Aase234181.6228
John Curtis171204.4018
Frank LaCorte131207.0613
Stew Cliburn100013.501
Dave Smith100018.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Moose Stubing
AA Waterbury Angels Eastern League Winston Llenas
A Redwood Pioneers California League Tom Kotchman
A Peoria Suns Midwest League Joe Maddon
A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Larry Patterson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Edmonton

Notes

  1. ↑ "Rod Carew Stats".
  2. ↑ Curt Brown at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Rob Picciolo Stats".
  4. ↑ Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson
  5. ↑ Dante Bichette at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ "Ron Jackson Stats".

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.


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