1984 Seattle Mariners season

March 2026 November 2013 Seattle Mariners 1984 American League West Kingdome Seattle, Washington 74 88 y 5th George Argyros Hal Keller Del Crandall,Chuck Cottier (September 1) KSTW-TV 11 KVI 570 AM: (Dave Niehaus,Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles) The Seattle Mariners 1984 season was their eighth since the franchise creation. They finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 74 88 y. Offseason November 21, 1983: Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds were traded to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Beard and Bob Kearney.Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference December 5, 1983: Dave Geisel was selected by the Mariners from the Toronto Blue Jays in the rule 5 draft.Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference January 17, 1984: Mike Blowers was selected in the eighth round of the amateur draft, but did not sign.Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference March 23, 1984: Rick Sweet was released by the Mariners.Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference Regular season September 1 – Manager Del Crandall (59 76 y) was fired on Saturday morning, September 1,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6KxjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6770%2C493057 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Mariners fire another manager September 2, 1984 6B succeeded by third base coach Chuck Cottier.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=711OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1913%2C234518 Spokane Chronicle Washington Associated Press Mariner GM Claims talent there for winner September 3, 1984 13 First baseman Alvin Davis reached base in each of the first 47 games of his career, and was chosen for his only All-Star Game. The M's MVP, he was also voted the American League's Rookie of the Year, with a .284 batting average, 27 home runs, and 116 RBIs.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I4tfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7C4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4608%2C1885573 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press M's Davis gets his shot; earns AL Rookie honors November 21, 1984 2C Lefthanded starting pitcher Mark Langston became the first rookie since Herb Score to lead the American League in strikeouts; he was second in the balloting to teammate Davis for AL Rookie of the Year Season standings Record vs. opponents SEA Notable transactions Roster 1984 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers 38 Salomé Barojas 33 Dave Beard 45 Jim Beattie 39 Karl Best 37 Dave Geisel 36 Lee Guetterman 12 Mark Langston 52 Paul Mirabella 25 Mike Moore 30 Edwin Núñez 46 Mike Stanton 34 Bob Stoddard 49 Roy Thomas 32 Ed Vande Berg 40 Matt Young Catchers 11 Bob Kearney  2 Orlando Mercado  6 Bill Nahorodny 41 Dave Valle Infielders 6,19 Darnell Coles 21 Alvin Davis  8 Larry Milbourne  7 Spike Owen 14 Jack Perconte 17 Jim Presley  3 Domingo Ramos  4 Harold Reynolds 38 Danny Tartabull Outfielders  9 Barry Bonnell 29 Phil Bradley 13 Iván Calderón 47 Al Chambers 16 Al Cowens 42 Dave Henderson  5 Steve Henderson 26 John Moses 10 Ricky Nelson 20 Gorman Thomas Other batters 44 Ken Phelps 23 Pat Putnam Manager 15 Chuck Cottier  1 Del Crandall Coaches 15 Chuck Cottier (Third Base) 35 Frank Funk (Pitching) 33 Ben Hines (Hitting)  4 Phil Roof (First Base) Game log Regular season background:#004B8D;color:#FFC425; 1984 regular season game log: 74–88 (Home: 42–39; Away: 32–49) y background:#FFC425;color:#004B8D; April: 12–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:#FFC425;color:#004B8D; May: 11–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style=background:#fbb | 36 || May 14 || || @ Tigers || 5–7 || Lopez || Vande Berg || – || 3:05 || 18,830 || 18–18 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 37 || May 15 || || @ Tigers || 4–6 || Morris || Thomas || Hernandez || 3:32 || 21,782 || 18–19 || L3 |-style=background:#fbb | 38 || May 16 || || @ Tigers || 1–10 || Wilcox || Young || – || 2:52 || 22,001 || 18–20 || L4 |-style=background:#cfc | 45 || May 25 || || Tigers || 7–3 || Vande Berg || Wilcox || Mirabella || 2:54 || 15,722 || 21–24 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 46 || May 26 || || Tigers || 9–5 || Moore || Berenguer || – || 2:51 || 41,342 || 22–24 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc | 47 || May 27 || || Tigers || 6–1 || Young || Petry || – || 2:50 || 12,755 || 23–24 || W3 |- y background:#FFC425;color:#004B8D; June: 14–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:#FFC425;color:#004B8D; July: 12–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style=background:#bbbfff |colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA |- y background:#FFC425;color:#004B8D; August: 10–18 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style=background:#fbb | 123 || August 17 || || @ Tigers || 2–6 || Wilcox || Moore || – || 3:08 || 36,496 || 55–68 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 124 || August 18 || || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Berenguer || Geisel || Hernandez || 2:41 || 36,719 || 55–69 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 125 || August 19 || || @ Tigers || 4–1 || Langston || Petry || Vande Berg || 2:51 || 43,277 || 56–69 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb | 132 || August 28 || || Tigers || 4–5 || Hernandez || Stanton || – || 2:51 || 8,353 || 57–75 || L5 |-style=background:#cfc | 133 || August 29 || || Tigers || 5–1 || Langston || Petry || – || 2:11 || 10,863 || 58–75 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 134 || August 30 || || Tigers || 2–1 || Beattie || Morris || Nunez || 2:34 || 9,583 || 59–75 || W2 |- y background:#FFC425;color:#004B8D; September: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6) # Date Time (PT) 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 = Mariners 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 Kearney 133 431 97 .225 7 43 1B Alvin Davis 152 567 161 .284 27 116 2B Jack Perconte 155 612 180 .294 0 31 SS Spike Owen 152 530 130 .245 3 43 3B Jim Presley 70 251 57 .227 10 36 LF Barry Bonnell 110 363 96 .264 8 48 CF Dave Henderson 112 350 98 .280 14 43 RF Al Cowens 139 524 145 .277 15 78 DH Ken Phelps 101 290 70 .241 24 51 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 Steve Henderson 109 325 85 .262 10 35 Phil Bradley 124 322 97 .301 0 24 Larry Milbourne 79 211 56 .265 1 22 Pat Putnam 64 155 31 .200 2 16 Darnell Coles 48 143 23 .161 0 6 Gorman Thomas 35 108 17 .157 1 13 Domingo Ramos 59 81 15 .185 0 2 Orlando Mercado 30 78 17 .218 0 5 Al Chambers 22 49 11 .224 1 4 John Moses 19 35 12 .343 0 2 Dave Valle 13 27 8 .296 1 4 Bill Nahorodny 12 25 6 .240 1 3 Iván Calderón 11 24 5 .208 1 1 Danny Tartabull 10 20 6 .300 2 7 Ricky Nelson Ricky Nelson (baseball) 9 15 3 .200 1 2 Harold Reynolds 10 10 3 .300 0 0 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 Mark Langston 35 225.0 17 10 3.40 204 Mike Moore 34 212.0 7 17 4.97 158 Jim Beattie Jim Beattie (baseball) 32 211.0 12 16 3.41 119 Matt Young 22 113.1 6 8 5.72 73 Salomé Barojas 19 95.1 6 5 3.97 37 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 Vande Berg 50 130.1 8 12 4.76 71 Bob Stoddard 27 79.0 2 3 5.13 39 Dave Geisel 20 43.1 1 1 4.15 28 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 Mike Stanton Mike Stanton (right-handed pitcher) 54 4 4 8 3.54 55 Paul Mirabella 52 2 5 3 4.37 41 Dave Beard 43 3 2 5 5.80 40 Edwin Núñez 37 2 2 7 3.19 57 Roy Thomas Roy Thomas (pitcher) 21 3 2 1 5.26 42 Karl Best 5 1 1 0 3.00 6 Lee Guetterman 3 0 0 0 4.15 2 Awards and honors Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (204) All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Salt Lake City Gulls Pacific Coast League Bobby Floyd AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Bill Plummer A Salinas Spurs California League R. J. Harrison A Wausau Timbers Midwest League Greg Mahlberg A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Gary Pellant Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Manny EstradaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1984 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1984 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Seattle Mariners seasons Seattle Mariners season Seattle Mariners