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1984 Kansas City Royals
	1984 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1969);
	West Division (since 1969);
Location
	Royals Stadium (since 1973); Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969);
Other information
Owner(s)	Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)	John Schuerholz
Manager(s)	Dick Howser
Local television	WDAF-TV; (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White); Sports Time; (Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley)
Local radio	WIBW (AM); (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1984 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. However, they would lose to the Detroit Tigers in 3 Games in the ALCS. The Tigers would go on to the World Series and defeat the San Diego Padres in 5 Games.

Offseason

October 17, 1983: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Royals.^[1]
December 8, 1983: Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (minors) were traded by the Royals to the New York Yankees for Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson.^[2]
December 8, 1983: Joe Beckwith was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Szekeley (minors), John Serritella (minors) and José Torres (minors).^[3]
January 17, 1984: Steve Carter was Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.^[4]
March 31, 1984: Don Werner and Derek Botelho were traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Alan Hargesheimer.^[5]

Regular season

September 17, 1984: Reggie Jackson of the California Angels hit the 500th Home Run of his career against the Royals.^[6] 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.

Season standings

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

1984 American League Records 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

May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased by the Royals from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[7]

Roster

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
C	Don Slaught	124	409	108	.264	4	42
1B	Steve Balboni	126	438	107	.244	28	77
2B	Frank White	129	479	130	.271	17	56
SS	Onix Concepcion	90	287	81	.282	1	23
3B	George Brett	104	377	107	.284	13	69
LF	Darryl Motley	146	522	148	.284	15	70
CF	Willie Wilson	128	541	163	.301	2	44
RF	Pat Sheridan	138	481	136	.283	8	53
DH	Hal McRae	106	317	96	.303	3	42

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jorge Orta	122	403	120	.298	9	50
Greg Pryor	123	270	71	.263	4	25
Dane Iorg	78	235	60	.255	5	30
John Wathan	97	171	31	.181	2	10
UL Washington	63	170	38	.224	1	10
Buddy Biancalana	66	134	26	.194	2	9
Butch Davis	41	116	17	.147	2	12
Lynn Jones	47	103	31	.301	1	10
Leon Roberts	28	45	10	.222	0	3
Tucker Ashford	9	13	2	.154	0	0
Bucky Dent	11	9	3	.333	0	1
Orlando Sanchez	10	10	1	.100	0	2
Dave Leeper	4	6	0	.000	0	0
Luis Pujols	4	5	1	.200	0	1
Jim Scranton	2	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bud Black	35	257	17	12	3.12	140
Mark Gubicza	29	189	10	14	4.05	111
Larry Gura	31	168.2	12	9	5.18	68
Charlie Leibrandt	23	143.2	11	7	3.63	53

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bret Saberhagen	38	157.2	10	11	3.48	73
Mike Jones	23	81	2	3	4.89	43
Danny Jackson	15	76	2	6	4.26	40
Paul Splittorff	12	28	1	3	7.71	4
Frank Wills	10	37	2	3	5.11	21

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dan Quisenberry	72	6	3	44	2.64	41
Joe Beckwith	49	8	4	2	3.40	75
Mark Huismann	13	2	1	0	5.58	20

ALCS

Game 1

October 2, Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	8	14	0
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1
W: Jack Morris (1-0) L: Bud Black (0-1)
HRs: DET - Larry Herndon (1) Alan Trammell (1) Lance Parrish (1)

Game 2

October 3, Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Detroit	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	8	1
Kansas City	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	10	3
W: Aurelio López (1-0) L: Dan Quisenberry (0-1)
HRs: DET - Kirk Gibson (1)

Game 3

October 5, Tiger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Detroit	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	3	0
W: Milt Wilcox (1-0) L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1) S:Willie Hernández (1)
HRs: None

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Gene Lamont
AA	Memphis Chicks	Southern League	Rick Mathews
A	Fort Myers Royals	Florida State League	Tommy Jones
A	Charleston Royals	South Atlantic League	Duane Gustavson
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Dave Roberts

References

^ Eric Rasmussen at Baseball-Reference
^ Steve Balboni at Baseball-Reference
^ "Joe Beckwith Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml
^ Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball-Reference
^ "Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson". www.baseball-almanac.com.
^ Dane Iorg at Baseball-Reference

Bibliography

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.

External links

1984 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference
1984 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com

[1] Eric Rasmussen at Baseball-Reference

[2] Steve Balboni at Baseball-Reference

[3] "Joe Beckwith Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.

[4] ttp: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml

[5] Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball-Reference

[6] "Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson". www.baseball-almanac.com.

[7] Dane Iorg at Baseball-Reference

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1984 Kansas City Royals
1984 AL West Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Royals Stadium (since 1973) Kansas City, Missouri (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ewing Kauffman
General manager(s)	John Schuerholz
Manager(s)	Dick Howser
Local television	WDAF-TV (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) Sports Time (Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley)
Local radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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