1984 New York Mets season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Mets 1984 New York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg National League East Shea Stadium New York 90 72 y 2nd Nelson Doubleday, Jr. Frank Cashen Davey Johnson WOR-TV/SportsChannel New York(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy) WHN (Bob Murphy, Steve LaMar, Juan Alicea) The 1984 New York Mets season was the 23rd regular season for the Mets. They went 90–72 (their first winning season in 8 years) and finished in second place in the National League East, six and half games behind the first place Chicago Cubs. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium. This was Davey Johnson's first season as Mets manager and the move paid instant dividends. With rookie Dwight Gooden and the first full seasons as Mets for Keith Hernandez & Darryl Strawberry the Mets contended for the division title but fell just short against the Cubs. It would be the first of 6 straight seasons where the Mets would finish either first or second in the division. The Mets would acquire more future championship pieces during the season by drafting Kevin Elster, signing free agent Rafael Santana and trading for Sid Fernandez and most importantly, Ray Knight. Despite their winning record, the Mets were actually outscored on the season, 676 runs allowed to 652 scored. Their Pythagorean winning percentage, a sabermetric estimate of expected record based on run differential, translated to a 78–84 mark — 12 games worse than their actual 90–72 finish. Offseason December 8, 1983: Acquired Sid Fernandez and Ross Jones from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bob Bailor and Carlos Diaz. January 17, 1984: Kevin Elster was drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed May 21, 1984.Kevin Elster at Baseball Reference January 17, 1984: Rafael Santana was signed as a free agent by the Mets.Rafael Santana at Baseball Reference January 20, 1984: The Chicago White Sox choose Tom Seaver from the Mets as a free agent compensation pick. January 27, 1984: Signed Dick Tidrow as a free agent. The Mets released him on May 8. January 30, 1984: Released Dave Kingman. February 19, 1984: Kelvin Moore was traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers for Billy Max (minors).Kelvin Moore at Baseball Reference March 17, 1984: Jerry Martin was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martije01.shtml Jerry Martin Stats Regular season 1984 got off to an embarrassing start for GM Frank Cashen and the Mets before the season even began. Believing that it was unnecessary to protect a high-salaried, 39-year-old pitcher, the Mets left Tom Seaver unprotected. In a move that stunned the Mets, on January 20 Seaver was claimed in a free-agent compensation draft by the Chicago White Sox. This left opening day duties to Mike Torrez. Torrez lasted only 1.1 innings against the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium, giving up six earned runs, and giving the Mets their first opening day loss since 1974. Davey Johnson's team did, however, come back to win the next six in a row, including Dwight Gooden's Major League Baseball debut on April 7. Johnson also helped bring the Mets back in contention, producing their first winning season since 1976.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goodedw01.shtml?redir Dwight Gooden Stats Off-season acquisition Sid Fernandez made his debut with the Mets on July 16, going seven innings against the Houston Astros at the Astrodome, and earning the victory. Season standings New York Mets Record vs. opponents NYM Notable transactions May 9, 1984: Released Craig Swan. June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball draft Shawn Abner was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (1st pick).Shawn Abner at Baseball Reference Mauro Gozzo was drafted by the Mets in the 13th round.Mauro Gozzo at Baseball Reference June 15, 1984: Acquired Bruce Berenyi from the Cincinnati Reds for Jay Tibbs, Eddie Williams and Matts Bullinger. June 22, 1984: Released Mike Torrez.Mike Torrez at Baseball Reference July 10, 1984: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent.Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball Reference August 28, 1984: The Mets traded players to be named later to the Houston Astros for Ray Knight. The Mets completed the deal by sending Gerald Young and Manuel Lee to the Astros on August 31 and Mitch Cook (minors) to the Astros on September 10.Ray Knight at Baseball Reference August 28, 1984: Jeff Gardner was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.Jeff Gardner at Baseball Reference September 30, 1984: Jerry Martin was released by the New York Mets. Opening Day starters Wally Backman Hubie Brooks George Foster John Gibbons Keith Hernandez Jose Oquendo Darryl Strawberry Mike Torrez Mookie Wilsonhttp://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=NYN 1984 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac Roster 1984 New York Mets Roster Pitchers 27 Bruce Berenyi 44 Ron Darling 50 Sid Fernandez 45 Brent Gaff 27 Wes Gardner 16 Dwight Gooden 29 Tom Gorman 38 Tim Leary 36 Ed Lynch 47 Jesse Orosco 40 Calvin Schiraldi 39 Doug Sisk 27 Craig Swan 49 Walt Terrell 13 Dick Tidrow 30 Mike Torrez Catchers 20 Mike Fitzgerald  8 John Gibbons 42 Ron Hodges 34 Junior Ortiz 12 John Stearns Infielders  6 Wally Backman  7 Hubie Brooks 11 Kelvin Chapman 19 Ron Gardenhire 17 Keith Hernandez 21 Ross Jones 22 Ray Knight 32 Kevin Mitchell  2 José Oquendo  3 Rafael Santana 10 Rusty Staub Outfielders 35 Billy Beane 35 John Christensen 15 George Foster 25 Danny Heep  9 Jerry Martin 18 Darryl Strawberry  1 Mookie Wilson 21,3 Herm Winningham Manager  5 Davey Johnson Coaches 51 Vern Hoscheit 55 Frank Howard 26 Bill Robinson 48 Mel Stottlemyre 28 Bobby Valentine Game log LegendMets WinMets LossGame PostponedBold = Mets team member Regular season New York Mets 1962thru1992; 1984 Game LogOverall: 90–72 (Home: 48–33; Away: 42–39) y New York Mets 1962thru1992; April: 12–8 (Home: 4–2; Away: 8–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- y New York Mets 1962thru1992; May: 10–13 (Home: 6–9; Away: 4–4) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- y New York Mets 1962thru1992; June: 16–12 (Home: 6–8; Away: 10–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- y New York Mets 1962thru1992; July: 21–9 (Home: 13–4; Away: 8–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- style="background:#bbcaff;" | – || July 10 || ||colspan=10 |1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco |- y New York Mets 1962thru1992; August: 15–17 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–11) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- y New York Mets 1962thru1992; September: 16–13 (Home: 12–4; Away: 4–9) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak GB |- 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 Mike Fitzgerald Mike Fitzgerald (catcher) 112 360 87 .242 2 33 1B Keith Hernandez 154 550 171 .311 15 94 2B Wally Backman 128 436 122 .280 1 26 SS Ron Gardenhire 74 207 51 .246 1 10 3B Hubie Brooks 153 561 159 .283 16 73 LF George Foster George Foster (baseball) 146 553 149 .269 24 86 CF Mookie Wilson 154 587 162 .276 10 54 RF Darryl Strawberry 147 522 131 .251 26 97https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1984.shtml 1984 New York Mets Statistics 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 Danny Heep 99 199 46 .231 1 12 Kelvin Chapman 75 197 57 .289 3 23 José Oquendo 81 189 42 .222 0 10 Rafael Santana 51 152 42 .276 1 12 Ron Hodges 64 106 22 .208 1 11 Ray Knight 27 93 26 .280 1 6 Jerry Martin Jerry Martin (baseball) 51 91 14 .154 3 5 Junior Ortiz 40 91 18 .198 0 11 Rusty Staub 78 72 19 .264 1 18 John Gibbons 10 31 2 .065 0 1 Herm Winningham 14 27 11 .407 0 5 John Stearns 8 17 3 .176 0 1 Kevin Mitchell Kevin Mitchell (baseball) 7 14 3 .214 0 1 John Christensen John Christensen (baseball) 5 11 3 .273 0 3 Billy Beane 5 10 1 .100 0 0 Ross Jones baseball 17 10 1 .100 0 1 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 Dwight Gooden 31 218.0 17 9 2.60 276 Walt Terrell 33 215.0 11 12 3.52 114 Ron Darling 33 205.2 12 9 3.81 136 Bruce Berenyi 19 115.0 9 6 3.76 81 Sid Fernandez 15 90.0 6 6 3.50 62 Mike Torrez 9 37.2 1 5 5.02 16 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 Ed Lynch Ed Lynch (baseball) 40 124.0 9 8 4.50 62 Tim Leary 20 53.2 3 3 4.02 29 Calvin Schiraldi 5 17.1 0 2 5.71 16 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 Jesse Orosco 60 10 6 31 2.59 85 Doug Sisk 50 1 3 15 2.09 32 Brent Gaff 47 3 2 1 3.63 42 Tom Gorman Tom Gorman (1980s pitcher) 36 6 0 0 2.97 40 Wes Gardner 21 1 1 1 6.39 19 Dick Tidrow 11 0 0 0 9.19 8 Craig Swan 10 1 0 0 8.20 10 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Tidewater Tides International League Bob Schaefer AA Jackson Mets Texas League Sam Perlozzo A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Mike Cubbage A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Rich Miller A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Bud Harrelson Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Dan Radison LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jackson, Lynchburg, Little Falls Awards and honors Mike Fitzgerald, Topps All-Star Rookie Teams Dwight Gooden, Rookie of the Year & Topps All-Star Rookie Team Keith Hernandez, Gold Glove & Silver Slugger All-Star Game Dwight Gooden, pitcher Jesse Orosco, pitcher Darryl Strawberry, outfielder Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1984 New York Mets at Baseball Reference 1984 New York Mets at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Mets seasons New York Mets season New York Mets Category:1980s in Queens