1984 Kansas City Royals season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Royals 1984 American League West champions Kansas City Royals Insignia (1969–2001).svg American League West Royals Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 84–78 (.519) 1st Ewing Kauffman John Schuerholz Dick Howser WDAF-TV 4(Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White)Sports Time(Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley) WIBW–AM 580KCMO–AM 810(Denny Matthews, Fred White) The 1984 Kansas City Royals season was their 16th in Major League Baseball. The Royals won the American League West with a record of 84–78, but lost to the eventual World Series champion Detroit Tigers 3–0 in the ALCS. Dan Quisenberry's 44 saves paced the American League. Offseason October 17, 1983: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Royals.Eric Rasmussen at Baseball-Reference December 8, 1983: Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (minors) were traded by the Royals to the New York Yankees for Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson.Steve Balboni at Baseball-Reference December 8, 1983: Joe Beckwith was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Szekeley (minors), John Serritella (minors) and José Torres (minors).https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beckwjo01.shtml Joe Beckwith Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com January 17, 1984: Steve Carter was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml March 31, 1984: Don Werner and Derek Botelho were traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Alan Hargesheimer.Alan Hargesheimer at Baseball-Reference Regular season September 17, 1984: Reggie Jackson of the California Angels hit the 500th home run of his career against the Royals.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/09171984.shtml Baseball Almanac - Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson www.baseball-almanac.com 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. Season standings Kansas City Royals Record vs. opponents KC Notable transactions May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased by the Royals from the St. Louis Cardinals.Dane Iorg at Baseball-Reference Roster 1984 Kansas City Royals roster Roster Pitchers 27 Joe Beckwith 40 Bud Black 23 Mark Gubicza 32 Larry Gura 38 Mark Huismann 25 Danny Jackson 17 Mike Jones 37 Charlie Leibrandt 29 Dan Quisenberry 31 Bret Saberhagen 34 Paul Splittorff 19 Frank Wills Catchers 49 Luis Pujols 49 Orlando Sánchez  7 Don Slaught 12 John Wathan Infielders 37 Tucker Ashford 18 Steve Balboni  1 Buddy Biancalana  5 George Brett  2 Onix Concepción 21 Bucky Dent  9 Dane Iorg  4 Greg Pryor 50 Jim Scranton 30 U L Washington 20 Frank White Outfielders 33 Butch Davis 35 Lynn Jones 58 Dave Leeper 24 Darryl Motley 16 Leon Roberts 15 Pat Sheridan  6 Willie Wilson Other batters 11 Hal McRae  3 Jorge Orta Manager 10 Dick Howser Coaches 46 Howie Bedell 43 Gary Blaylock 41 Mike Ferraro 42 José Martínez 14 Lee May 44 Jimmie Schaffer 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 Don Slaught 124 409 108 .264 4 42 1B Steve Balboni 126 438 107 .244 28 77 2B Frank White 129 479 130 .271 17 56 SS Onix Concepcion 90 287 81 .282 1 23 3B George Brett 104 377 107 .284 13 69 LF Darryl Motley 146 522 148 .284 15 70 CF Willie Wilson 128 541 163 .301 2 44 RF Pat Sheridan 138 481 136 .283 8 53 DH Hal McRae 106 317 96 .303 3 42 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 Jorge Orta 122 403 120 .298 9 50 Greg Pryor 123 270 71 .263 4 25 Dane Iorg 78 235 60 .255 5 30 John Wathan 97 171 31 .181 2 10 UL Washington 63 170 38 .224 1 10 Buddy Biancalana 66 134 26 .194 2 9 Butch Davis 41 116 17 .147 2 12 Lynn Jones 47 103 31 .301 1 10 Leon Roberts 28 45 10 .222 0 3 Tucker Ashford 9 13 2 .154 0 0 Orlando Sánchez 10 10 1 .100 0 2 Bucky Dent 11 9 3 .333 0 1 Dave Leeper 4 6 0 .000 0 0 Luis Pujols 4 5 1 .200 0 1 Jim Scranton 2 2 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 Bud Black 35 257.0 17 12 3.12 140 Mark Gubicza 29 189.0 10 14 4.05 111 Larry Gura 31 168.2 12 9 5.18 68 Charlie Leibrandt 23 143.2 11 7 3.63 53 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 Bret Saberhagen 38 157.2 10 11 3.48 73 Mike Jones 23 81.0 2 3 4.89 43 Danny Jackson 15 76.0 2 6 4.26 40 Frank Wills 10 37.0 2 3 5.11 21 Paul Splittorff 12 28.0 1 3 7.71 4 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 Dan Quisenberry 72 6 3 44 2.64 41 Joe Beckwith 49 8 4 2 3.40 75 Mark Huismann 13 2 1 0 5.58 20 ALCS 1984 American League Championship Series Game 1 October 2, Royals Stadium Team123456789RHEDetroit2001101218140Kansas City000000100151W: Jack Morris (1–0)  L: Bud Black (0–1)  HRs: DET – Larry Herndon (1)  Alan Trammell (1)  Lance Parrish (1) Game 2 October 3, Royals Stadium Team1234567891011RHEDetroit20100000002581Kansas City000100110003103W: Aurelio López (1–0)  L: Dan Quisenberry (0–1)  HRs: DET – Kirk Gibson (1) Game 3 October 5, Tiger Stadium Team123456789RHEKansas City000000000033Detroit01000000X130W: Milt Wilcox (1–0)  L: Charlie Leibrandt (0–1)  S:Willie Hernández (1)HRs: None Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Omaha Royals American Association Gene Lamont AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Rick Mathews A Fort Myers Royals Florida State League Tommy Jones A Charleston Royals South Atlantic League Duane Gustavson A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Dave Roberts References Bibliography 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 Kansas City Royals team at Baseball-Reference 1984 Kansas City Royals team at baseball-almanac.com Category:Kansas City Royals seasons Category:American League West champion seasons Kansas City Royals Kansas City