1984 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1984 American League East Cleveland Municipal Stadium Cleveland, Ohio 75 87 y 6th Estate of F.J. "Steve" O'Neill Phil Seghi Pat Corrales WUAB WWWE The 1984 Cleveland Indians season was the 84th for the franchise. Offseason October 21, 1983: Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby were sent to the Indians by the Atlanta Braves to complete an earlier deal (the Indians traded Len Barker to the Braves for players to be named later and $150,000, and received Rick Behenna from the Braves on September 2) made on August 28, 1983.Brett Butler https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/butlebr01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en December 5, 1983: Kelly Gruber was drafted from the Indians by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1983 rule 5 draft.Kelly Gruber https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grubeke01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en January 14, 1984: DeWayne Buice was signed as a free agent by the Indians.DeWayne Buice https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buicede01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en February 5, 1984: Toby Harrah and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Otis Nixon, George Frazier and a player to be named later. The Indians and Yankees completed the deal on February 8, with the Indians sending Rick Browne (minors) to the Yankees and the Yankees sending Guy Elston (minors) to the Indians.Otis Nixon https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nixonot01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season Season standings Cleveland Indians Record vs. opponents CLE Notable transactions April 6, 1984: Jerry Ujdur was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Jerry Ujdur https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/ujdurje01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en April 7, 1984: DeWayne Buice was released by the Indians. May 8, 1984: Geno Petralli was purchased by the Indians from the Toronto Blue Jays.Geno Petralli https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/petrage01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en June 4, 1984: Cory Snyder was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.Cory Snyder https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/snydeco02.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en June 13, 1984: Rick Sutcliffe, George Frazier and Ron Hassey were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Mel Hall, Joe Carter, Don Schulze, and Darryl Banks (minors).Rick Sutcliffe https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sutclri01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en June 21, 1984: Dan Spillner was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jim Siwy to the Indians on June 26.Dan Spillner https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spillda01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the Chicago White Sox.Jamie Quirk https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quirkja01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position2 Brett Butler CF4 Tony Bernazard 2B14 Julio Franco SS29 Andre Thornton DH10 Pat Tabler 1B26 Brook Jacoby 3B9 Ron Hassey C24 George Vukovich RF20 Otis Nixon LF43 Rick Sutcliffe P 1984 Opening Day Lineup https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198404030.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en Roster 1984 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers 38 Luis Aponte 49 Jeff Barkley 32 Rick Behenna 28 Bert Blyleven 13 Ernie Camacho 31 Steve Comer 36 Jamie Easterly 58,34 Steve Farr 25 George Frazier 44 Neal Heaton 46 Mike Jeffcoat 65 José Román 50 Ramon Romero 37 Don Schulze 33 Roy Smith 37 Dan Spillner 43 Rick Sutcliffe 43 Jerry Ujdur 54 Tom Waddell Catchers 23 Chris Bando  9 Ron Hassey  9 Jamie Quirk 53,16 Jerry Willard Infielders  4 Tony Bernazard 22 Mike Fischlin 14 Julio Franco 21 Mike Hargrove 26 Brook Jacoby 11 Jeff Moronko 17 Junior Noboa 10 Pat Tabler Outfielders  2 Brett Butler 30 Joe Carter  8 Carmen Castillo 27 Mel Hall 20 Otis Nixon 12 Kevin Rhomberg 24 George Vukovich Other batters 15 Broderick Perkins 29 Andre Thornton Manager 18 Pat Corrales Coaches 25 Bobby Bonds (Hitting)/* Roster */ Bobby Bonds 45 John Goryl (Third Base) 47 Don McMahon (Pitching)  1 Ed Napoleon (First Base)  6 Dennis Sommers (Bullpen) Game log Regular season Cleveland Indians 1984 regular season game log: 75–87–1 (Home: 41–39–1; Away: 34–48)https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1984-schedule-scores.shtml 1984 Cleveland Indians schedule and results Baseball Reference April 12, 2026 y Cleveland Indians April: 10–9 (Home: 4–3; Away: 6–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 27, 1984 || 7:35p.m. EST || @ Tigers || 8–4 (19) || Aponte (1–0) || Abbott (1–1) || — || 5:44 || 34,112 || 10–6 || W5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 17 || April 28, 1984 || 2:15p.m. EST || @ Tigers || 2–6 || Morris (5–0) || Behenna (0–1) || — || 2:25 || 28,253 || 10–7 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 29, 1984 || 1:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–6 || Petry (3–1) || Spillner (0–1) || — || 2:20 || 24,853 || 10–8 || L2 |- y Cleveland Indians May: 7–19–1 (Home: 3–8–1; Away: 4–11) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || May 4, 1984 || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 2–9 || Petry (4–1) || Spillner (0–2) || Hernández (3) || 3:06 || 8,497 || 11–11 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || May 5, 1984 || 1:35p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–6 || Abbott (2–1) || Heaton (2–3) || López (2) || 2:57 || 9,282 || 11–12 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 24 || May 6, 1984 || 1:55p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–6 (12) || López (3–0) || Camacho (0–2) || — || 4:20 || 16,125 || 11–13 || L3 |-style=background:#fff | 29 || May 13 |- y Cleveland Indians June: 14–14 (Home: 7–9; Away: 7–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y Cleveland Indians July: 13–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–9) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;" | ASG || July 10, 1984 || 8:30p.m. EDT || 55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA || 3 – 1 AL || — || — || — || 2:29 || 57,756 || — || ASG |- style="background:#fbb;" | 96 || July 23, 1984 || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 1–4 || Morris (13–6) || Blyleven (9–4) || Bair (4) || 3:09 || 16,576 || 41–54–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 97 || July 24, 1984 || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–9 || Wilcox (10–6) || Farr (1–7) || — || 3:21 || 15,578 || 41–55–1 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 98 || July 25, 1984 || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 4–1 || Smith (4–2) || Rozema (7–2) || Camacho (12) || 2:48 || 15,516 || 42–55–1 || W1 |- style="background:#bbb;" | — || July 26, 1984 || || Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain; Site change) (Makeup date: July 31) |- style="background:#fbb;" | 102 || July 31, 1984(1) || 5:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–5 || Berenguer (5–7) || Smith (4–3) || — || 2:30 || — || 43–58–1 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 103 || July 31, 1984(2) || 8:45p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 6–4 || Heaton (8–10) || Rozema (7–3) || Waddell (5) || 2:50 || 32,158 || 44–58–1 || W1 |- y Cleveland Indians August: 16–18 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–10) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- style="background:#bfb;" | 104 || August 1, 1984 || 7:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 4–2 || Farr (2–7) || Petry (14–5) || Camacho (13) || 2:46 || 27,271 || 45–58–1 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || August 2, 1984 || 1:30p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–2 || Morris (14–7) || Blyleven (10–5) || Hernández (22) || 2:39 || 28,700 || 45–59–1 || L1 |- y Cleveland Indians September: 15–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 5–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #933 darkgray = Eliminated from playoff race      #bbb darkgray = Postponement     Bold = Indians team member Detailed records American League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed AL East Cleveland Indians — — — — — — Detroit Tigers 1–5 3–4 4–9 4 9 45 64 Division Total 1–5 3–4 4–9 4 9 45 64 AL West Division Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 Season Total 1–5 3–4 4–9 4 9 45 64 Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB Chris Bando 75 220 38 64 11 0 12 41 .291 1 Tony Bernazard 140 439 44 97 15 4 2 38 .221 20 Brett Butler Brett Butler (baseball) 159 602 108 162 25 9 3 49 .269 52 Joe Carter 66 244 32 67 6 1 13 41 .275 2 Carmelo Castillo 87 211 36 55 9 2 10 36 .261 1 Mike Fischlin 85 133 17 30 4 2 1 14 .226 2 Julio Franco 160 658 82 188 22 5 3 79 .286 19 Mel Hall 83 257 43 66 13 1 7 30 .257 1 Mike Hargrove 133 352 44 94 14 2 2 44 .267 0 Ron Hassey 48 149 11 38 5 1 0 19 .255 1 Brook Jacoby 126 439 64 116 19 3 7 40 .264 3 Jeff Moronko 7 19 1 3 1 0 0 3 .158 0 Otis Nixon 49 91 16 14 0 0 0 1 .154 12 Junior Noboa 23 11 3 4 0 0 0 0 .364 0 Broderick Perkins 58 66 5 13 1 0 0 4 .197 0 Jamie Quirk 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 Kevin Rhomberg 13 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 0 Pat Tabler 144 473 66 137 21 3 10 68 .290 3 Andre Thornton 155 587 91 159 26 0 33 99 .271 6 George Vukovich 134 437 38 133 22 5 9 60 .304 1 Jerry Willard 87 246 21 55 8 1 10 37 .224 1 Team totals 162 5643 761 1498 222 39 123 704 .265 126 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K Luis Aponte 1 0 4.11 25 0 0 50.1 53 25 23 15 25 Jeff Barkley 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 1 4 Rick Behenna 0 3 13.97 3 3 0 9.2 17 15 15 8 6 Bert Blyleven 19 7 2.87 33 32 0 245.0 204 86 78 74 170 Ernie Camacho 5 9 2.43 69 0 23 100.0 83 31 27 37 48 Steve Comer Steve Comer (baseball) 4 8 5.68 22 20 0 117.1 146 80 74 39 39 Jamie Easterly 3 1 3.38 26 1 2 69.1 74 31 26 23 42 Steve Farr 3 11 4.58 31 16 1 116.0 106 61 59 46 83 George Frazier George Frazier (pitcher) 3 2 3.65 22 0 1 44.1 45 19 18 14 24 Neal Heaton 12 15 5.21 38 34 0 198.2 231 128 115 75 75 Mike Jeffcoat 5 2 2.99 63 1 1 75.1 82 28 25 24 41 José Román José Román (baseball) 0 2 18.00 3 2 0 6.0 9 12 12 11 3 Ramon Romero Ramón Romero (baseball) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 Don Schulze 3 6 4.83 19 14 0 85.2 105 53 46 27 39 Rick Sutcliffe 4 5 5.15 15 15 0 94.1 111 60 54 46 58 Jerry Ujdur 1 2 6.91 4 3 0 14.1 22 14 11 6 6 Tom Waddell Tom Waddell (baseball) 7 4 3.06 58 0 6 97.0 68 35 33 37 59 Team totals 75 87 4.26 162 162 35 1467.2 1523 766 694 545 803 Awards and honors All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Maine Guides International League Doc Edwards AA Buffalo Bisons Eastern League Jack Aker A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Gomer Hodge A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Eddie BaneJohnson Lloyd The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Wolff Miles Baseball America 2007 978-1-93-239117-6 3rd Durham, North Carolina Notes 2 References 1984 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1984 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleve