1984 California Angels season explained

California Angels
Season:	1984
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Anaheim Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Owners:	Gene Autry
General Managers:	Buzzie Bavasi, Mike Port
Managers:	John McNamara
Television:	KTLA (Geoff Witcher, Joe Buttitta) ONTV
Radio:	KMPC (Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Al Conin) KLVE (Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)

The 1984 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing second in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

• November 22, 1983: Rod Carew was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[1]
• December 19, 1983: Curt Brown was traded by the Angels to the New York Yankees for Mike Browning (minors).^[2]
• February 6, 1984: Rob Picciolo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.^[3]

Regular season

• September 17, 1984: In a game against the Kansas City Royals, Reggie Jackson hit the 500th home run of his career.^[4] 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.

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.^[5]
• August 2, 1984: Ron Jackson was released by the California Angels.^[6]

Roster

1984 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Game log

Regular season

|-|-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|-|-|-style=background:#bbbfff|colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA|-|-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 || W2|-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 || W3|-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 || 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|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponement
Bold = 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		139	450	91	.202	3	32
1B		93	329	97	.295	3	31
2B		116	363	93	.256	18	58
SS		140	400	77	.193	4	21
3B		146	547	147	.269	20	82
LF		156	539	148	.275	23	91
CF		140	397	90	.227	2	29
RF		142	517	140	.271	23	79
DH		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
	110	354	119	.336	8	39
	108	307	76	.248	6	33
	57	160	39	.244	4	17
	69	150	37	.247	3	17
	62	148	42	.284	7	22
	87	119	24	.202	1	9
	33	91	15	.165	0	5
	17	41	7	.171	0	1
	14	29	4	.138	0	2
	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
	34	246.2	15	11	3.47	196
	33	229.2	12	12	3.76	87
	28	199.1	13	10	3.12	61
	32	181.1	7	13	4.52	47
	32	163.0	7	10	4.97	67
	2	16.1	1	1	2.20	10
	3	11.0	0	1	9.00	5
	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
	20	65.1	4	5	5.37	66
	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
	49	9	7	11	3.33	62
	45	5	1	4	2.12	48
	29	2	3	1	4.57	41
	23	4	1	8	1.62	28
	17	1	2	0	4.40	18
	13	1	2	0	7.06	13
	1	0	0	0	13.50	1
	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Edmonton

References

• Book: 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rod Carew Stats.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/browncu03.shtml Curt Brown
3. Web site: Rob Picciolo Stats.
4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/09171984.shtml Baseball Almanac – Box Score of 500th Home Run by Reggie Jackson
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bicheda01.shtml Dante Bichette
6. Web site: Ron Jackson Stats.