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1984 San Francisco Giants season
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San Francisco Giants 1984 National League West Candlestick Park San Francisco, California Bob Lurie Tom Haller Frank Robinson, Danny Ozark KTVU(Hank Greenwald, Gary Park) KNBR(Hank Greenwald, David Glass)SP Radio(Tito Fuentes, Armando Provedor)
The 1984 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 102nd season in Major League Baseball, their 27th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 25th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in sixth place in the National League West with a 66–96 record, 26 games behind the San Diego Padres.
Offseason
December 5, 1983: Fran Mullins was drafted by the Giants from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1983 rule 5 draft.Fran Mullins at Baseball-Reference
December 6, 1983: Champ Summers was traded by the Giants to the San Diego Padres for Joe Pittman and a player to be named later. The Padres completed the deal by sending Tommy Francis (minors) to the Giants on December 7.Champ Summers at Baseball-Reference
December 20, 1983: Manny Trillo was signed as a free agent by the Giants.Manny Trillo at Baseball-Reference
January 17, 1984: Mackey Sasser was drafted by the Giants in the 5th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.Mackey Sasser at Baseball-Reference
February 8, 1984: Pat Larkin was traded by the Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Colin Ward.Pat Larkin at Baseball-Reference
February 27, 1984: Max Venable, Fred Breining and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Montreal Expos for Al Oliver. The Giants completed the deal by sending Andy McGaffigan to the Expos on March 31.Max Venable at Baseball-Reference
March 28, 1984: Gene Richards was signed as a free agent by the Giants.Gene Richards at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
SF
Opening Day starters
Bob Brenly
Jack Clark
Chili Davis
Mark Davis
Johnnie LeMaster
Jeffrey Leonard
Al Oliver
Manny Trillo
Joel Youngbloodhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=SFN 1984 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac
Notable transactions
June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball draft
Terry Mulholland was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (24th pick).Terry Mulholland at Baseball-Reference
Mike Blowers was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.Mike Blowers at Baseball-Reference
August 20, 1984: Al Oliver and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kelly Downs and George Riley. The Giants completed the deal by sending Renie Martin to the Phillies on August 30.Al Oliver at Baseball-Reference
Roster
1984 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers
31 Mark Calvert
31,45 Jeff Cornell
13 Mark Davis
50 Scott Garrelts
34 Mark Grant
14 Atlee Hammaker
39 Mike Krukow
17 Bob Lacey
19 Bill Laskey
46 Gary Lavelle
29 Randy Lerch
17 Renie Martin
38 Greg Minton
28,51 George Riley
49 Jeff Robinson
47 Frank Williams Catchers
15 Bob Brenly
37 Randy Gomez
7 Steve Nicosia
Infielders
35 Chris Brown
18 Duane Kuiper
10 Johnnie LeMaster
16 Fran Mullins
35 Tom O'Malley
0 Al Oliver
2 Joe Pittman
5 John Rabb
41 Scot Thompson
9 Manny Trillo
36 Brad Wellman
8 Joel Youngblood Outfielders
12 Dusty Baker
22 Jack Clark
30 Chili Davis
45 Rob Deer
32 Dan Gladden
26 Jeffrey Leonard
25 Gene Richards
32 Alejandro Sánchez Manager
1 Danny Ozark
20 Frank Robinson
Coaches
6 Don Buford (First base)
36 Tommy McCraw (Hitting)
1 Danny Ozark (Third base)
23 Herm Starrette (Pitching)
42 John VanOrnum (Bullpen)
Game log
Regular season
background:black;color:#fd5a1e; 1984 regular season game log: 66–96 (Home: 35–46; Away: 31–50)
y background:#fd5a1e;color:black; April: 7–16 (Home: 6–6; Away: 1–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak
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| 1 || April 3 || || Cubs || 3–5 || || || || || || 0–1 || L1
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| 2 || April 5 || || Cubs || 7–11 || || || || || || 0–2 || L2
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| 11 || April 17 || || Padres || 1–2 || || || || || || 4–7 || L1
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| — || April 18 || || Padres || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 24)
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| 16 || April 23 || || @ Padres || 2–8 || || || || || || 7–9 || L1
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| 17 || April 24 || || @ Padres || 1–6 || || || || || || 7–10 || L2
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| 18 || April 25 || || @ Padres || 0–3 || || || || || || 7–11 || L3
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y background:#fd5a1e;color:black; May: 9–13 (Home: 4–6; Away: 5–7) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak
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| 29 || May 7 || || @ Cubs || 7–10 || || || || || || 11–18 || L1
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| 30 || May 8 || || @ Cubs || 11–12 || || || || || || 11–19 || L2
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y background:#fd5a1e;color:black; June: 14–16 (Home: 7–10; Away: 7–6) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak
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| 46 || June 1 || || Padres || 11–7 || || || || || || 17–29 || W1
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| 47 || June 2 || || Padres || 2–3 (10) || || || || || || 17–30 || L1
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| 48 || June 3 || || Padres || 5–7 || || || || || || 17–31 || L2
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| 49 || June 3 || || Padres || 6–7 || || || || || || 17–32 || L3
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| 60 || June 14 || || @ Padres || 5–2 || || || || || || 22–38 || W2
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| 61 || June 15 || || @ Padres || 2–3 || || || || || || 22–39 || L1
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| 62 || June 16 || || @ Padres || 6–3 || || || || || || 23–39 || W1
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| 63 || June 17 || || @ Padres || 5–3 (15) || || || || || || 24–39 || W2
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y background:#fd5a1e;color:black; July: 10–17 (Home: 4–6; Away: 5–7) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak
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| 80 || July 5 || || Cubs || 3–9 || || || || || || 32–48 || L3
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| 81 || July 6 || || Cubs || 4–5 || || || || || || 32–49 || L4
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| 82 || July 7 || || Cubs || 7–2 || || || || || || 33–49 || W1
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| 83 || July 8 || || Cubs || 3–6 || || || || || || 33–50 || L1
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|colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
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| 92 || July 19 || || @ Cubs || 4–6 || || || || || || 35–57 || L2
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| 93 || July 20 || || @ Cubs || 3–2 || || || || || || 36–57 || W1
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| 94 || July 21 || || @ Cubs || 3–4 (11) || || || || || || 36–58 || L1
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| 95 || July 22 || || @ Cubs || 11–5 || || || || || || 37–58 || W1
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y background:#fd5a1e;color:black; August: 16–16 (Home: 4–9; Away: 12–7) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak
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y background:#fd5a1e;color:black; September: 10–18 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–12) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak
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| 151 || September 19 || || @ Padres || 4–5 (10) || || || || || || 62–89 || L5
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| 152 || September 20 || || @ Padres || 4–5 || || || || || || 62–90 || L6
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| 156 || September 24 || || Padres || 1–7 || || || || || || 65–91 || L1
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| 157 || September 24 || || Padres || 6–8 (11) || || || || || || 65–92 || L2
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| 158 || September 25 || || Padres || 4–3 || || || || || || 66–92 || W1
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| 159 || September 26 || || Padres || 0–4 || || || || || || 66–93 || L1
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| Legend: #cfc darkgray = Win #fbb darkgray = Loss #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Giants 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 C Bob Brenly 145 506 147 .291 20 80 1B Al Oliver 91 339 101 .298 0 34 2B Manny Trillo 98 401 102 .254 4 36 SS Johnny LeMaster 132 451 98 .217 4 32 3B Joel Youngblood 134 469 119 .254 10 51 LF Jeffrey Leonard 136 514 155 .302 21 86 CF Dan Gladden 86 342 120 .351 4 31 RF Jack Clark Jack Clark (baseball) 57 203 65 .320 11 44
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 Chili Davis 137 499 157 .315 21 81 Brad Wellman 93 265 60 .226 2 25 Scot Thompson Scot Thompson (baseball) 120 245 75 .306 1 31 Dusty Baker 100 243 71 .292 3 32 Gene Richards Gene Richards (baseball) 87 135 34 .252 0 4 Steve Nicosia 48 132 40 .303 2 19 Duane Kuiper 83 115 23 .200 0 11 Fran Mullins 57 110 24 .218 2 10 Chris Brown 23 84 24 .286 1 11 John Rabb 54 82 16 .195 3 9 Alejandro Sánchez 13 41 8 .195 0 2 Randy Gomez 14 30 5 .167 0 0 Tom O'Malley 13 25 3 .120 0 0 Rob Deer 13 24 4 .167 3 3 Joe Pittman baseball 17 22 5 .227 0 2
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 Bill Laskey 35 207.2 9 14 4.33 71 Mike Krukow 35 199.1 11 12 4.56 141 Jeff Robinson 34 171.2 7 15 4.56 102 Mark Grant 11 53.2 1 4 6.37 32 Atlee Hammaker 6 33.0 2 0 2.18 24 George Riley George Riley (baseball) 5 29.1 1 0 3.99 12
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 Mark Davis Mark Davis (pitcher) 46 174.2 5 17 5.36 124 Mark Calvert 10 32.0 2 4 5.06 5
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 Greg Minton 74 4 9 19 3.76 48 Gary Lavelle 77 5 4 12 2.76 71 Frank Williams 61 9 4 3 3.55 91 Randy Lerch 37 5 3 2 4.23 48 Bob Lacey 34 1 3 0 3.88 26 Jeff Cornell 23 1 3 0 6.10 19 Scott Garrelts 21 2 3 0 5.65 32 Renie Martin 12 1 1 0 3.86 8
Awards and honors
Bob Brenly, Willie Mac Award
All-Star Game
Bob Brenly, Catcher, Reserve
Chili Davis, Outfield, Reserve
Farm system
Minor League Baseball
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Jack Mull AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Duane Espy A Fresno Giants California League Wendell Kim A Clinton Giants Midwest League Bill Lachemann A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Rocky Bridges
References
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External links
1984 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference
1984 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac
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