1984 California Angels season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 California Angels 1984 American League West Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California Gene Autry Buzzie Bavasi, Mike Port John McNamara KTLA(Geoff Witcher, Joe Buttitta)ONTV KMPC(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Al Conin)KLVE(Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa) The 1984 California Angels season was the 24th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 19th in Anaheim, and their 19th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished second in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses. 2 Offseason November 22, 1983: Rod Carew was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carewro01.shtml Rod Carew Stats December 19, 1983: Curt Brown was traded by the Angels to the New York Yankees for Mike Browning (minors).Curt Brown at Baseball Reference February 6, 1984: Rob Picciolo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/picciro01.shtml Rob Picciolo Stats Regular season September 17, 1984: In a game against the Kansas City Royals, Reggie Jackson hit the 500th home run of his career.Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson It was the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run. Jackson hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals. September 30, 1984: Mike Witt throws a perfect game against the Texas Rangers, recording the only perfect game in franchise history. Season standings Record vs. opponents CAL Transactions June 4, 1984: Dante Bichette was drafted by the Angels in the 17th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 8, 1984.Dante Bichette at Baseball Reference August 2, 1984: Ron Jackson was released by the California Angels.https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksro02.shtml Ron Jackson Stats Roster 1984 California Angels Roster Pitchers 46 Don Aase 36 Steve Brown 63 Stew Cliburn 23 Doug Corbett 16 John Curtis 43 Ken Forsch 25 Tommy John 48 Curt Kaufman 24 Bruce Kison 31 Frank LaCorte 37 Ron Romanick 40 Luis Sánchez 41,47 Jim Slaton 35 Dave Smith 42 Rick Steirer 27 Craig Swan 39 Mike Witt 38 Geoff Zahn Catchers  8 Bob Boone 34 Jerry Narron Infielders 29 Rod Carew 11 Doug DeCinces  4 Bobby Grich 15 Ron Jackson 32 Darrell Miller 10 Rob Picciolo 22,30 Dick Schofield  6 Daryl Sconiers  9 Rob Wilfong Outfielders 12 Juan Beníquez  3 Mike Brown  5 Brian Downing 19 Fred Lynn 20 Gary Pettis 15,30 Derrel Thomas Other batters  7 Rick Burleson 44 Reggie Jackson Manager  2 John McNamara Coaches 49 Bob Clear 18 Preston Gómez  1 Bobby Knoop 51 Marcel Lachemann 50 Jimmie Reese Game log Regular season background:#CE2029;color:#333366; 1984 regular season game log: 81–81 (Home: 37–44; Away: 44–37) y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; April: 15–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–5) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; May: 11–14 (Home: 4–10; Away: 7–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style=background:#fbb | 35 || May 11 || 4:35p.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 2–8 || Wilcox (4–0) || Witt (4–2) || Hernández (4) || 2:55 || 44,187 || 18–17 || L5 |-style=background:#cfc | 38 || May 12 || 10:20a.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 4–2 || John (3–3) || Berenguer (2–2) || – || 2:32 || 38,516 || 19–17 || W1 |-style=background:#bbb | — || May 13 || || @ Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14) |-style=background:#fbb | 43 || May 22 || 7:30p.m. PDT || Tigers || 1–3 || Berenguer (3–2) || Witt (4–4) || López (6) || 2:53 || 41,253 || 23–20 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 44 || May 23 || 7:30p.m. PDT || Tigers || 2–4 || Petry (7–1) || LaCorte (0–2) || Hernández (7) || 2:39 || 41,205 || 23–21 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 45 || May 24 || 7:30p.m. PDT || Tigers || 1–5 || Morris (9–1) || Slaton (1–2) || – || 2:14 || 43,580 || 23–22 || L3 |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; June: 15–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 10–5) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; July: 12–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–8) # 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:#333366;color:#CE2029; August: 13–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/Streak |-style=background:#cfc | 117 || August 14 || 2:35p.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 6–4 || Aase (2–1) || Hernández (6–2) || Sánchez (11) || 2:53 || N/A || 60–57 || W2July 2026 InternetArchiveBot |-style=background:#cfc | 118 || August 14 || 6:03p.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 12–1 || Kison (3–1) || Rozema (7–4) || – || 2:33 || 38,597 || 61–57 || W3July 2026 InternetArchiveBot |-style=background:#fbb | 119 || August 15 || 4:35p.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 3–8 || Petry (15–5) || John (7–10) || – || 2:46 || 33,940 || 61–58 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 120 || August 16 || 10:30a.m. PDT || @ Tigers || 7–8 (12) || Hernández (7–2) || Curtis (0–1) || – || 4:02 || 37,779 || 61–59 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc | 127 || August 24 || 7:30p.m. PDT || Tigers || 5–3 || Witt (12–10) || Petry (15–7) || Aase (4) || 2:33 || 41,459 || 63–64 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb | 128 || August 25 || 7:00p.m. PDT || Tigers || 1–5 || Morris (17–8) || Kison (3–3) || – || 2:40 || 51,203 || 63–65 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 129 || August 26 || 1:00p.m. PDT || Tigers || 12–6 || Wilcox (15–7) || John (7–12) || – || 3:01 || 33,008 || 63–66 || L2 |- y background:#333366;color:#CE2029; September: 15–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–7) # 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 = Angels 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 Boone 139 450 91 .202 3 32 1B Rod Carew 93 329 97 .295 3 31 2B Bobby Grich 116 363 93 .256 18 58 SS Dick Schofield 140 400 77 .193 4 21 3B Doug DeCinces 146 547 147 .269 20 82 LF Brian Downing 156 539 148 .275 23 91 CF Gary Pettis 140 397 90 .227 2 29 RF Fred Lynn 142 517 140 .271 23 79 DH Reggie Jackson 143 525 117 .223 25 81 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 Juan Beníquez 110 354 119 .336 8 39 Rob Wilfong 108 307 76 .248 6 33 Daryl Sconiers 57 160 39 .244 4 17 Jerry Narron 69 150 37 .247 3 17 Mike Brown 62 148 42 .284 7 22 Rob Picciolo 87 119 24 .202 1 9 Ron Jackson 33 91 15 .165 0 5 Darrell Miller 17 41 7 .171 0 1 Derrel Thomas 14 29 4 .138 0 2 Rick Burleson 7 4 0 .000 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 Mike Witt 34 246.2 15 11 3.47 196 Ron Romanick 33 229.2 12 12 3.76 87 Geoff Zahn 28 199.1 13 10 3.12 61 Tommy John 32 181.1 7 13 4.52 47 Jim Slaton 32 163.0 7 10 4.97 67 Ken Forsch 2 16.1 1 1 2.20 10 Steve Brown 3 11.0 0 1 9.00 5 Rick Steirer 1 2.2 0 1 16.88 2 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 Bruce Kison 20 65.1 4 5 5.37 66 Craig Swan 2 5.0 0 1 10.80 2 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 Luis Sánchez 49 9 7 11 3.33 62 Doug Corbett 45 5 1 4 2.12 48 Curt Kaufman 29 2 3 1 4.57 41 Don Aase 23 4 1 8 1.62 28 John Curtis 17 1 2 0 4.40 18 Frank LaCorte 13 1 2 0 7.06 13 Stew Cliburn 1 0 0 0 13.50 1 Dave Smith 1 0 0 0 18.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Moose Stubing AA Waterbury Angels Eastern League Winston Llenas A Redwood Pioneers California League Tom Kotchman A Peoria Suns Midwest League Joe Maddon A-Short Season Salem Angels Northwest League Larry Patterson LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Edmonton 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 External links 1984 California Angels at Baseball Reference 1984 California Angels at Baseball Almanac California Angels seasons 1983 1983 1985 Category:Los Angeles Angels seasons Category:1980s in Anaheim, California Los Category:Long stubs with short prose