1984 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1984 American League West Comiskey Park Chicago Jerry Reinsdorf Roland Hemond Tony La Russa WFLDSportsvisionONTV(Don Drysdale, Ken Harrelson) WMAQ (AM)(Joe McConnell, Lorn Brown) The 1984 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 84th season in the major leagues, and their 85th season overall. They finished with a record of 74–88, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 10 games behind the first place Kansas City Royals. The Sox' 1984 season is most famous for a 25-inning game on May 8, 1984, against the Milwaukee Brewers. The game was suspended after 17 innings at 1 a.m. It was completed the following night, with the White Sox winning 7–6 on Harold Baines's walk-off home run. Offseason November 21, 1983: Fran Mullins was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Steve Christmas.Steve Christmas at Baseball-Reference December 2, 1983: Jerry Koosman was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Jerry Koosman at Baseball-Reference December 5, 1983: The White Sox sent a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ron Reed. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jerry Koosman to the Phillies on February 15, 1984 December 5, 1983: Bert Roberge was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Bert Roberge at Baseball-Reference January 20, 1984: Tom Seaver was chosen by the White Sox from the New York Mets as a free agent compensation pick.Tom Seaver at Baseball-Reference March 1, 1984: Jim Kern was released by the Chicago White Sox.https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kernji01.shtml Jim Kern Stats March 27, 1984: Norberto Martin was signed by the White Sox as an amateur free agent.Norberto Martin at Baseball-Reference Regular season August 4, 1984: Bobby Meacham and Dale Berra of the New York Yankees were both tagged out at home by White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk.NY Daily News: In return, Bobby Meacham safe at home Season standings Record vs. opponents CWS Opening Day lineup Rudy Law, CF Carlton Fisk, C Harold Baines, RF Greg Luzinski, DH Tom Paciorek, 1B Ron Kittle, LF Vance Law, 3B Scott Fletcher, SS Julio Cruz, 2B LaMarr Hoyt, P Notable transactions May 23, 1984: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Jamie Quirk at Baseball-Reference June 21, 1984: The White Sox traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for Dan Spillner. The White Sox completed the trade by sending Jim Siwy to the Indians on June 26.Dan Spillner page on Baseball Reference July 18, 1984: Roy Smalley acquired by the White Sox from the New York Yankees for players to be named later. The White Sox sent Doug Drabek and Kevin Hickey to the New York Yankees to complete the trade on August 13.Doug Drabek page on Baseball Reference September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the White Sox. Roster 1984 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers 50 Juan Agosto 24 Floyd Bannister 30 Salomé Barojas 59 Tom Brennan 40 Britt Burns 34 Richard Dotson 37 Bob Fallon 43 Jerry Don Gleaton 31 LaMarr Hoyt 49 Al Jones 30 Gene Nelson 28 Randy Niemann 36 Ron Reed 53 Bert Roberge 41 Tom Seaver 54 Jim Siwy 37 Dan Spillner Catchers 58 Steve Christmas 72 Carlton Fisk  7 Marc Hill 12 Joel Skinner Infielders 16 Julio Cruz 20 Jerry Dybzinski  1 Scott Fletcher 32 Tim Hulett  5 Vance Law 26 Tom O'Malley 44 Tom Paciorek 13 Jamie Quirk 12 Roy Smalley 25 Mike Squires 29 Greg Walker Outfielders  3 Harold Baines 33 Daryl Boston 17 Jerry Hairston 42 Ron Kittle 11 Rudy Law  8 Dave Stegman Other batters 19 Greg Luzinski 23 Casey Parsons Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 46 Loren Babe (Died February 14) 35 Ed Brinkman 18 Dave Duncan (Pitching) 15 Art Kusnyer (Bullpen)  6 Charley Lau (Hitting; died March 18) 21 Jim Leyland (Third base) 38 Dave Nelson 14 Joe Nossek Game log Regular season background:black;color:white; 1984 regular season game log: 74–88 (Home: 43–38; Away: 31–50) y background:white;color:black; April: 8–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 3–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style=background:#fbb | 2 || April 6 || 1:30p.m. CST || Tigers || 2–3 || Wilcox (1–0) || Dotson (0–1) || Hernández (1) || 2:51 || 42,692 || 1–1 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 3 || April 7 || 12:50p.m. CST || Tigers || 0–4 || Morris (2–0) || Bannister (0–1) || – || 2:44 || 24,616 || 1–2 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 4 || April 8 || 1:30p.m. CST || Tigers || 3–7 || López (1–0) || Seaver (0–1) || – || 3:17 || 20,478 || 1–3 || L3 |-style=background:#fbb | 11 || April 20 || 6:35p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 2–3 || López (2–0) || Reed (0–1) || – || 2:36 || 33,554 || 5–6 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 12 || April 21 || 1:15p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 1–4 || Rozema (1–0) || Hoyt (2–1) || Bair (1) || 2:35 || 34,395 || 5–7 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 13 || April 22 || 12:30p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 1–9 || Berenguer (1–0) || Brennan (0–1) || – || 2:58 || 10,603 || 5–8 || L3 |- y background:white;color:black; May: 14–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:white;color:black; June: 15–13 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:white;color:black; July: 13–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 4–11) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style=background:#cfc | 78 || July 2 || 7:20p.m. CDT || Tigers || 7–1 || Bannister (5–6) || Rozema (4–1) || – || 2:29 || 32,768 || 38–40 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 79 || July 3 || 7:30p.m. CDT || Tigers || 9–5 || Seaver (7–6) || Morris (12–5) || Reed (4) || 2:42 || 43,094 || 39–40 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc | 80 || July 4 || 6:05p.m. CDT || Tigers || 8–2 || Dotson || Wilcox || – || 2:34 || 37,665 || 40–40 || W3 |-style=background:#bbbfff |colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA |-style=background:#fbb | 90 || July 16 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 1–7 || Abbott (3–2) || Hoyt (8–10) || – || 2:29 || 41,935 || 45–45 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 91 || July 17 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 2–3 || Petry (12–4) || Nelson (1–2) || Hernández (17) || 2:03 || 34,579 || 45–46 || L3 |-style=background:#cfc | 92 || July 18 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 10–6 || Bannister (7–6) || Morris (12–6) || Agosto (3) || 2:59 || 39,051 || 46–46 || W1 |- y background:white;color:black; August: 12–17 (Home: 3–9; Away: 9–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:white;color:black; September: 12–17 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–9) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = White Sox team member 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; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Harold Baines, RF 147 569 72 173 28 10 29 94 54 75 .304 1 Floyd Bannister, P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Daryl Boston, CF, RF 35 83 8 14 3 1 0 3 4 20 .169 6 Steve Christmas, C 12 11 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 2 .364 0 Julio Cruz, 2B 143 415 42 92 14 4 5 43 45 58 .222 14 Richard Dotson, PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Jerry Dybzinski, SS, 3B 94 132 17 31 5 1 1 10 13 12 .235 7 Carlton Fisk, C, DH 102 359 54 83 20 1 21 43 26 60 .231 6 Scott Fletcher, SS, 2B 149 456 46 114 13 3 3 35 46 46 .250 10 Jerry Hairston, OF, DH 115 227 41 59 13 2 5 19 41 29 .260 2 Marc Hill, C 77 193 15 45 10 1 5 20 9 26 .233 0 Tim Hulett, 2B, 3B 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 1 Ron Kittle, LF, DH 139 446 67 100 15 0 32 74 49 137 .215 3 Rudy Law, CF, LF 136 487 68 122 14 7 6 37 39 42 .251 29 Vance Law, 3B, 2B 151 481 60 121 18 2 17 59 41 75 .252 4 Greg Luzinski, DH 125 412 47 98 13 0 13 58 56 80 .238 5 Tom O'Malley, 3B 12 16 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 .125 0 Tom Paciorek, OF, 1B 111 363 35 93 21 2 4 29 25 69 .256 6 Casey Parsons, OF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 Jamie Quirk, 3B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 Ron Reed, P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Joel Skinner, C 43 80 4 17 2 0 0 3 7 19 .213 1 Roy Smalley, 3B 47 135 15 23 4 0 4 13 22 30 .170 1 Dan Spillner, PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Mike Squires, 1B, 3B 104 82 9 15 1 0 0 6 6 7 .183 2 Dave Stegman, OF, DH 55 92 13 24 1 2 2 11 4 18 .261 3 Greg Walker, 1B, DH 136 442 62 130 29 2 24 75 35 66 .294 8 Team totals 162 5513 679 1360 225 38 172 640 523 883 .247 109 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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Juan Agosto 2 1 3.09 49 0 7 55.1 59 20 19 2 41 26 Floyd Bannister 14 11 4.83 34 33 0 218.0 211 127 117 30 82 152 Salome Barojas 3 2 4.58 24 0 1 39.1 48 24 20 3 20 18 Tom Brennan 0 1 4.05 4 1 0 6.2 8 5 3 1 3 3 Britt Burns 4 12 5.00 34 16 3 117.0 130 74 65 7 46 85 Richard Dotson 14 15 3.59 32 32 0 245.2 216 110 98 24 108 120 Bob Fallon 0 0 3.68 3 3 0 14.2 12 7 6 0 11 10 Jerry Don Gleaton 1 2 3.44 11 1 2 18.1 20 12 7 2 6 4 LaMarr Hoyt 13 18 4.47 34 34 0 235.2 244 127 117 31 46 126 Al Jones 1 1 4.43 20 0 5 20.1 23 10 10 3 11 15 Gene Nelson 3 5 4.46 20 9 1 74.2 72 38 37 9 17 36 Randy Niemann 0 0 1.68 5 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 6 5 Ron Reed 0 6 3.08 51 0 12 73.0 67 29 25 7 16 57 Bert Roberge 3 3 3.76 21 0 0 40.2 36 18 17 2 16 25 Tom Seaver 15 11 3.95 34 33 0 236.2 216 108 104 27 64 131 Jim Siwy 0 0 2.08 1 0 0 4.1 3 1 1 0 2 1 Dan Spillner 1 0 4.10 22 0 1 48.1 51 25 22 7 14 26 Mike Squires 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team totals 74 88 4.13 162 162 32 1454.1 1416 736 668 155 509 840 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Denver Bears American Association Vern Law and Adrian Garrett AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League John Boles A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Sal Rende A-Short Season Niagara Falls Sox New York–Penn League Fred Nelson Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Steve Dillard LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AppletonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1984 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White Sox