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1984 New York Yankees season
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Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees
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New York Yankees 1984 American League 87-75 (.537) East Yankee Stadium New York City George Steinbrenner Murray Cook, Clyde King Yogi Berra WPIX
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The 1984 New York Yankees season was the 82nd season for the Yankees. The team finished in third place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 87–75, finishing 17 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Yogi Berra. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
Offseason
November 9, 1983: Rowland Office was released by the Yankees.Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference
November 22, 1983: Amalio Carreno was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carream01.shtml Amalio Carreno Statistics and History Baseball Reference June 21, 2010
December 8, 1983: Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (minors).Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
December 19, 1983: Mike Browning (minors) was traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Curt Brown.Curt Brown page at Baseball Reference
January 17, 1984: Tim Belcher was drafted by the Yankees in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase). Player signed February 2, 1984.Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference
February 5, 1984: Otis Nixon, George Frazier and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Toby Harrah and a player to be named later. On February 8, the deal was completed, as the Indians sent Rick Browne (minors) to the Yankees, and the Yankees sent Guy Elston (minors) to the Indians.Otis Nixon page at Baseball Reference
February 8, 1984: Tim Belcher was chosen from the Yankees by the Oakland Athletics from the Yankees as a free agent compensation pick.
March 30, 1984: Graig Nettles was traded by the Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Dennis Rasmussen and a player to be named later. The Padres completed the deal by sending Darin Cloninger (minors) to the Yankees on April 26.Graig Nettles page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Dave Winfield was the runner up to Don Mattingly for the American League batting title.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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Notable transactions
April 17, 1984: Oscar Gamble was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference
July 18, 1984: Roy Smalley was traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Doug Drabek and Kevin Hickey to the Yankees on August 13.Doug Drabek page at Baseball Reference
Roster
1984 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers
36 Mike Armstrong
56 Curt Brown
53 Marty Bystrom
67 Clay Christiansen
41 Joe Cowley
66 Jim Deshaies
47 Ray Fontenot
49 Ron Guidry
50 Jay Howell
24 John Montefusco
48 Dale Murray
35 Phil Niekro
45 Dennis Rasmussen
26 Shane Rawley
19 Dave Righetti
38 José Rijo
29 Bob Shirley Catchers
10 Rick Cerone
58 Mike O'Berry
27 Butch Wynegar
Infielders
2 Tim Foli
11 Toby Harrah
56 Rex Hudler
23 Don Mattingly
20 Bob Meacham
46 Mike Pagliarulo
30 Willie Randolph
18 Andre Robertson
12 Roy Smalley
20 Keith Smith Outfielders
34 Scott Bradley
62 Brian Dayett
33 Ken Griffey
55 Stan Javier
21 Steve Kemp
55 Víctor Mata
22 Omar Moreno
14 Lou Piniella
31 Dave Winfield
Other batters
25 Don Baylor
17 Oscar Gamble Manager
8 Yogi Berra
Coaches
52 Mark Connor (Pitching)
41 Sammy Ellis (Pitching)
42 Doug Holmquist (First Base)
42 Jerry McNertney (Bullpen)
40 Gene Michael (Third Base)
14 Lou Piniella (Hitting)
51 Dom Scala (Bullpen)
43,44 Jeff Torborg (Bullpen)
6 Roy White (First Base)
Game log
Regular season
background:#1c2841;color:white; 1984 regular season game log: 87–75 (home: 51–30; Away: 36–45)
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Player stats
= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader
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 Butch Wynegar 129 442 118 .267 6 45 1B Don Mattingly 153 603 207 .343 23 110 2B Willie Randolph 142 564 162 .287 2 31 SS Bobby Meacham 99 360 91 .253 2 25 3B Toby Harrah 88 253 55 .217 1 26 LF Steve Kemp 94 313 91 .291 7 41 CF Omar Moreno 117 355 92 .259 4 38 RF Dave Winfield 141 567 193 .340 19 100 DH Don Baylor 134 493 129 .262 27 89
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 Ken Griffey Sr. 120 399 109 .273 7 56 Roy Smalley III 67 209 50 .239 7 26 Mike Pagliarulo 67 201 48 .239 7 34 Tim Foli 61 163 41 .252 0 16 Andre Robertson 52 140 30 .214 0 6 Brian Dayett 64 127 31 .244 4 23 Oscar Gamble 54 125 23 .184 10 27 Rick Cerone 38 120 25 .208 2 13 Lou Piniella 29 86 26 .302 1 6 Victor Mata 30 70 23 .329 1 6 Mike O'Berry 13 32 8 .250 0 5 Scott Bradley 9 21 6 .286 0 2 Rex Hudler 9 7 1 .143 0 0 Stan Javier 7 7 1 .143 0 0 Keith Smith 2 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 Phil Niekro 32 215.2 16 8 3.09 136 Ron Guidry 29 195.2 10 11 4.51 127 Ray Fontenot 35 169.1 8 9 3.61 85 Dennis Rasmussen Dennis Rasmussen (baseball) 24 147.2 9 6 4.57 110 Joe Cowley 16 83.1 9 2 3.56 71 John Montefusco 11 55.1 5 3 3.58 23 Shane Rawley 11 42.0 2 3 6.21 24 Marty Bystrom 7 39.1 2 2 2.97 24 Jim Deshaies 2 7.0 0 1 11.57 5
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 Bob Shirley 41 114.1 3 3 3.38 48 José Rijo 24 62.1 2 8 4.76 47
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 Dave Righetti 64 5 6 31 2.34 90 Jay Howell 61 9 4 7 2.69 109 Mike Armstrong Mike Armstrong (baseball) 36 3 2 1 3.48 43 Clay Christiansen 24 2 4 2 6.05 27 Dale Murray 19 1 2 0 4.94 13 Curt Brown Curt Brown (baseball) 13 1 1 0 2.70 10
Awards and honors
Ron Guidry, Pitcher, Gold Glove
Ron Guidry, Roberto Clemente Award
Dave Winfield, Outfield, Silver Slugger Award
Dave Winfield, Outfield, Gold Glove
All-Star Game
Don Mattingly
Dave Winfield
Phil Niekro
League leaders
Don Mattingly – American League batting champion (.343)
Don Mattingly – American League leader, hits (207)
Farm system
Minor League Baseball
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Stump Merrill AA Nashville Sounds Southern League Jim Marshall A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Barry Foote A Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Carlos Tosca A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Bill Livesey Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Jack Gillis
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort LauderdaleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
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References
1984 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
1984 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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