1984 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1984
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Estate of F.J. "Steve" O'Neill
General Managers:	Phil Seghi
Managers:	Pat Corrales
Television:	WUAB
Radio:	WWWE

The 1984 Cleveland Indians season was the 84th for the franchise.

Offseason

October 21, 1983: Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby were sent to the Indians by the Atlanta Braves to complete an earlier deal (the Indians traded Len Barker to the Braves for players to be named later and $150,000, and received Rick Behenna from the Braves on September 2) made on August 28, 1983.^[1]
December 5, 1983: Kelly Gruber was drafted from the Indians by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1983 rule 5 draft.^[2]
January 14, 1984: DeWayne Buice was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[3]
February 5, 1984: Toby Harrah and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Otis Nixon, George Frazier and a player to be named later. The Indians and Yankees completed the deal on February 8, with the Indians sending Rick Browne (minors) to the Yankees and the Yankees sending Guy Elston (minors) to the Indians.^[4]

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 6, 1984: Jerry Ujdur was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[5]
April 7, 1984: DeWayne Buice was released by the Indians.^[3]
May 8, 1984: Geno Petralli was purchased by the Indians from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[6]
June 4, 1984: Cory Snyder was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]
June 13, 1984: Rick Sutcliffe, George Frazier and Ron Hassey were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Mel Hall, Joe Carter, Don Schulze, and Darryl Banks (minors).^[8]
June 21, 1984: Dan Spillner was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jim Siwy to the Indians on June 26.^[9]
September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the Chicago White Sox.^[10]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
	Name	Position
2		CF
4		2B
14		SS
29		DH
10		1B
26		3B
9		C
24		RF
20		LF
43		P

^[11]

Roster

1984 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

(Hitting)^[12]
(Third Base)
(Pitching)
(First Base)
(Bullpen)

Game log

Regular season

|-style=background:#cfc| 16 || April 27 || 7:35p.m. EST || @ Tigers || 8–4 || Aponte (1–0) || Abbott (1–1) || – || 5:44 || 34,112 || 10–6 || W5|-style=background:#fbb| 17 || April 28 || 2:15p.m. EST || @ Tigers || 2–6 || Morris (5–0) || Behenna (0–1) || – || 2:25 || 28,253 || 10–7 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 18 || April 29 || 1:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–6 || Petry (3–1) || Spillner (0–1) || – || 2:20 || 24,853 || 10–8 || L2|-|-style=background:#fbb| 22 || May 4 || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 2–9 || Petry (4–1) || Spillner (0–2) || Hernández (3) || 3:06 || 8,497 || 11–11 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 23 || May 5 || 1:35p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–6 || Abbott (2–1) || Heaton (2–3) || López (2) || 2:57 || 9,282 || 11–12 || L2|-style=background:#fbb| 24 || May 6 || 1:55p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–6 || López (3–0) || Camacho (0–2) || – || 4:20 || 16,125 || 11–13 || L3|-style=background:#fff| 29 || May 13|-|-|-style=background:#bbbfff|colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA|-style=background:#fbb| 96 || July 23 || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 1–4 || Morris (13–6) || Blyleven (9–4) || Bair (4) || 3:09 || 16,576 || 41–54–1 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 97 || July 24 || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–9 || Wilcox (10–6) || Farr (1–7) || – || 3:21 || 15,578 || 41–55–1 || L2|-style=background:#cfc| 98 || July 25 || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 4–1 || Smith (4–2) || Rozema (7–2) || Camacho (12) || 2:48 || 15,516 || 42–55–1 || W1|-style=background:#bbb| — || July 26 || || Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain; Site change) (Makeup date: July 31)|-style=background:#fbb| 102 || July 31 || 5:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–5 || Berenguer (5–7) || Smith (4–3) || – || 2:30 || N/A || 43–58–1 || L2|-style=background:#cfc| 103 || July 31 || 8:45p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 6–4 || Heaton (8–10) || Rozema (7–3) || Waddell (5) || 2:50 || 32,158 || 44–58–1 || W1|-|-style=background:#cfc| 104 || August 1 || 7:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 4–2 || Farr (2–7) || Petry (14–5) || Camacho (13) || 2:46 || 27,271 || 45–58–1 || W2|-style=background:#fbb| 105 || August 2 || 1:30p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–2 || Morris (14–7) || Blyleven (10–5) || Hernández (22) || 2:39 || 28,700 || 45–59–1 || L1|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
align=left		75	220	38	64	11	0	12	41	.291	1
align=left		140	439	44	97	15	4	2	38	.221	20
align=left		159	602	108	162	25	9	3	49	.269	52
align=left		66	244	32	67	6	1	13	41	.275	2
align=left		87	211	36	55	9	2	10	36	.261	1
align=left		85	133	17	30	4	2	1	14	.226	2
align=left		160	658	82	188	22	5	3	79	.286	19
align=left		83	257	43	66	13	1	7	30	.257	1
align=left		133	352	44	94	14	2	2	44	.267	0
align=left		48	149	11	38	5	1	0	19	.255	1
align=left		126	439	64	116	19	3	7	40	.264	3
align=left		7	19	1	3	1	0	0	3	.158	0
align=left		49	91	16	14	0	0	0	1	.154	12
align=left		23	11	3	4	0	0	0	0	.364	0
align=left		58	66	5	13	1	0	0	4	.197	0
align=left		1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	0
align=left		13	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	0
align=left		144	473	66	137	21	3	10	68	.290	3
align=left		155	587	91	159	26	0	33	99	.271	6
align=left		134	437	38	133	22	5	9	60	.304	1
align=left		87	246	21	55	8	1	10	37	.224	1
Team Totals	162	5643	761	1498	222	39	123	704	.265	126

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
align=left		1	0	4.11	25	0	0	50.1	53	25	23	15	25
align=left		0	0	6.75	3	0	0	4.0	6	3	3	1	4
align=left		0	3	13.97	3	3	0	9.2	17	15	15	8	6
align=left		19	7	2.87	33	32	0	245.0	204	86	78	74	170
align=left		5	9	2.43	69	0	23	100.0	83	31	27	37	48
align=left		4	8	5.68	22	20	0	117.1	146	80	74	39	39
align=left		3	1	3.38	26	1	2	69.1	74	31	26	23	42
align=left		3	11	4.58	31	16	1	116.0	106	61	59	46	83
align=left		3	2	3.65	22	0	1	44.1	45	19	18	14	24
align=left		12	15	5.21	38	34	0	198.2	231	128	115	75	75
align=left		5	2	2.99	63	1	1	75.1	82	28	25	24	41
align=left		0	2	18.00	3	2	0	6.0	9	12	12	11	3
align=left		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	3
align=left		3	6	4.83	19	14	0	85.2	105	53	46	27	39
align=left		4	5	5.15	15	15	0	94.1	111	60	54	46	58
align=left		1	2	6.91	4	3	0	14.1	22	14	11	6	6
align=left		7	4	3.06	58	0	6	97.0	68	35	33	37	59
Team Totals	75	87	4.26	162	162	35	1467.2	1523	766	694	545	803

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

References

1984 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
1984 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/butlebr01.shtml Brett Butler
https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grubeke01.shtml Kelly Gruber
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buicede01.shtml DeWayne Buice
https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nixonot01.shtml Otis Nixon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/ujdurje01.shtml Jerry Ujdur
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/petrage01.shtml Geno Petralli
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/snydeco02.shtml Cory Snyder
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sutclri02.shtml Rick Sutcliffe
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spillda01.shtml Dan Spillner
https://www.baseball-reference.com/q/quirkja01.shtml Jamie Quirk
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198404030.shtml 1984 Opening Day Lineup
/* Roster */ Bobby Bonds
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007