1984 Seattle Mariners season

1984 Seattle Mariners
1984 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	George Argyros
General managers	Hal Keller
Managers	Del Crandall,; Chuck Cottier (September 1)
Television	KSTW-TV 11
Radio	KVI 570 AM: (Dave Niehaus,; Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	—	44–37	40–41
California Angels	81	81	0.500	3	37–44	44–37
Minnesota Twins	81	81	0.500	3	47–34	34–47
Oakland Athletics	77	85	0.475	7	44–37	33–48
Chicago White Sox	74	88	0.457	10	43–38	31–50
Seattle Mariners	74	88	0.457	10	42–39	32–49
Texas Rangers	69	92	0.429	14½	34–46	35–46

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1984 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	8–4	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	9–3	9–3	4–9
Boston	7–6	—	9–3	7–5	10–3	7–6	3–9	9–4	6–6	7–6	7–5	4–8	5–7	5–8
California	4–8	3–9	—	8–5	8–4	4–8	6–7	8–4	4–9	8–4	7–6	9–4	5–8	7–5
Chicago	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	8–4	4–8	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	5–8	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	3–10	4–8	4–8	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	7–5	2–11	7–5	8–4	9–3	6–7–1
Detroit	6–7	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–4	—	7–5	11–2	9–3	7–6	9–3	6–6	10–2	8–5
Kansas City	7–5	9–3	7–6	8–5	6–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	9–4	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	2–11	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	6–6	5–6	10–3
Minnesota	7–5	6–6	9–4	5–8	5–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	8–5	7–6	8–5	1–11
New York	8–5	6–7	4–8	5–7	11–2	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–5
Oakland	6–6	5–7	6–7	7–6	5–7	3–9	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–8	—	8–5	8–5	4–8
Seattle	3–9	8–4	4–9	8–5	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	8–5	3–9	2–10	7–6	6–5	5–8	6–6	5–8	3–10	—	6–6
Toronto	9–4	8–5	5–7	8–4	7–6–1	5–8	7–5	3–10	11–1	5–8	8–4	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions[edit]

Roster[edit]

1984 Seattle Mariners

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

44 Ken Phelps
23 Pat Putnam

Manager

15 Chuck Cottier
1 Del Crandall

Coaches

15 Chuck Cottier (Third Base)
35 Frank Funk (Pitching)
33 Ben Hines (Hitting)
4 Phil Roof (First Base)

Game log[edit]

Regular season[edit]

1984 regular season game log: 74–88 (Home: 42–39; Away: 32–49)

April: 12–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 5–8)

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

May: 11–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
36	May 14	@ Tigers	5–7	Lopez	Vande Berg	–	3:05	18,830	18–18	L2
37	May 15	@ Tigers	4–6	Morris	Thomas	Hernandez	3:32	21,782	18–19	L3
38	May 16	@ Tigers	1–10	Wilcox	Young	–	2:52	22,001	18–20	L4
45	May 25	Tigers	7–3	Vande Berg	Wilcox	Mirabella	2:54	15,722	21–24	W1
46	May 26	Tigers	9–5	Moore	Berenguer	–	2:51	41,342	22–24	W2
47	May 27	Tigers	6–1	Young	Petry	–	2:50	12,755	23–24	W3

June: 14–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–8)

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

July: 12–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA

August: 10–18 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
123	August 17	@ Tigers	2–6	Wilcox	Moore	–	3:08	36,496	55–68	L1
124	August 18	@ Tigers	3–4	Berenguer	Geisel	Hernandez	2:41	36,719	55–69	L2
125	August 19	@ Tigers	4–1	Langston	Petry	Vande Berg	2:51	43,277	56–69	W1
132	August 28	Tigers	4–5	Hernandez	Stanton	–	2:51	8,353	57–75	L5
133	August 29	Tigers	5–1	Langston	Petry	–	2:11	10,863	58–75	W1
134	August 30	Tigers	2–1	Beattie	Morris	Nunez	2:34	9,583	59–75	W2

September: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6)

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

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

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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 Kearney	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[edit]

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 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
Ricky Nelson	9	15	3	.200	1	2
Harold Reynolds	10	10	3	.300	0	0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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 Langston	35	225.0	17	10	3.40	204
Mike Moore	34	212.0	7	17	4.97	158
Jim Beattie	32	211.0	12	16	3.41	119
Matt Young	22	113.1	6	8	5.72	73
Salomé Barojas	19	95.1	6	5	3.97	37

Other pitchers[edit]

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 Berg	50	130.1	8	12	4.76	71
Bob Stoddard	27	79.0	2	3	5.13	39
Dave Geisel	20	43.1	1	1	4.15	28

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Stanton	54	4	4	8	3.54	55
Paul Mirabella	52	2	5	3	4.37	41
Dave Beard	43	3	2	5	5.80	40
Edwin Núñez	37	2	2	7	3.19	57
Roy Thomas	21	3	2	1	5.26	42
Karl Best	5	1	1	0	3.00	6
Lee Guetterman	3	0	0	0	4.15	2

Awards and honors[edit]

Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (204)

All-Star Game

Farm system[edit]

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[edit]

^ Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
^ Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
^ "Mariners fire another manager". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 2, 1984. p. 6B.
^ "Mariner GM Claims talent there for winner". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. September 3, 1984. p. 13.
^ "M's Davis gets his shot; earns AL Rookie honors". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 21, 1984. p. 2C.
^ 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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[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

[ergfanm-5] "Mariners fire another manager". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 2, 1984. p. 6B.

[claims-6] "Mariner GM Claims talent there for winner". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. September 3, 1984. p. 13.

[dvghs-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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