| 1984 MLB season | |
| League: | Major League Baseball |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | April 2 – October 14, 1984 |
| No Of Games: | 162 |
| No Of Teams: | 26 |
| Tv: | ABC, NBC |
| Draft: | Draft |
| Draft Link: | 1984 Major League Baseball draft |
| Top Pick: | Shawn Abner |
| Top Pick Link: | List of first overall MLB draft picks |
| Picked By: | New York Mets |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Mvp: | NL |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
| Playoffs: | Postseason |
| Playoffs Link: | 1984 Major League Baseball postseason |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Link: | 1984 American League Championship Series |
| Conf1 Champ: | Detroit Tigers |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Kansas City Royals |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Link: | 1984 National League Championship Series |
| Conf2 Champ: | San Diego Padres |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Chicago Cubs |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1984 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | Detroit Tigers |
| Finals Runner-Up: | San Diego Padres |
| World Series Mvp: | Alan Trammell (DET) |
| World Series Mvp Link: | World Series Most Valuable Player Award |
| Seasonslist: | List of Major League Baseball seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1983 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1983 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1985 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1985 |
The 1984 Major League Baseball season started with a 9-game winning streak by the eventual World Series champions Detroit Tigers who started the season with 35 wins and 5 losses and never relinquished the first place lead.
On March 3, 1984, Peter Ueberroth was elected by the owners as the sixth commissioner of baseball (replacing retiring commissioner Bowie Kuhn) and officially took office on October 1 of that year. As a condition of his hiring, Ueberroth increased the commissioner's fining ability from US$5,000 to $250,000. His salary was raised to a reported $450,000, nearly twice what Kuhn was paid.
Just as Ueberroth was taking office, the Major League Umpires Union was threatening to strike the postseason. Ueberroth managed to arbitrate the disagreement and had the umpires back to work before the League Championship Series were over.
Dan Quisenberry (KC, American); Bruce Sutter (STL, National).
| Month | American League | National League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| April | Tony Gwynn | ||
| May | Leon Durham | ||
| June | Ryne Sandberg | ||
| July | José Cruz | ||
| August | Keith Moreland | ||
| September | Dale Murphy |
| Month | American League | National League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| April | Rick Honeycutt | ||
| May | Nolan Ryan | ||
| June | Ron Darling | ||
| July | Orel Hershiser | ||
| August | Rick Sutcliffe | ||
| September | Dwight Gooden |
| Statistic | American League | National League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Mattingly NYY | .343 | Tony Gwynn SD | .351 | ||
| Tony Armas BOS | 43 | Dale Murphy ATL Mike Schmidt PHI | 36 | ||
| Tony Armas BOS | 123 | Gary Carter MTL Mike Schmidt PHI | 106 | ||
| Mike Boddicker BAL | 20 | Joaquín Andújar STL | 20 | ||
| Mike Boddicker BAL | 2.79 | Alejandro Peña LA | 2.48 | ||
| Mark Langston SEA | 204 | Dwight Gooden NYM | 276 | ||
| Dan Quisenberry KC | 44 | Bruce Sutter STL | 45 | ||
| Rickey Henderson OAK | 66 | Tim Raines MTL | 75 | ||
See main article: article and 1984 MLB Postseason.
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers[1] | 79 | −13.2% | 3,134,824 | −10.7% | 38,702 | |
| Detroit Tigers[2] | 104 | 13.0% | 2,704,794 | 47.8% | 32,985 | |
| California Angels[3] | 81 | 15.7% | 2,402,997 | −5.9% | 29,667 | |
| Chicago White Sox[4] | 74 | −25.3% | 2,136,988 | 0.2% | 26,383 | |
| Toronto Blue Jays[5] | 89 | 0.0% | 2,110,009 | 9.3% | 26,049 | |
| Chicago Cubs[6] | 96 | 35.2% | 2,107,655 | 42.4% | 26,346 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Baseball-Reference.com">Web site: Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com. | 81 | −10.0% | 2,062,693 | −3.1% | 25,465 |
| Baltimore Orioles[7] | 85 | −13.3% | 2,045,784 | 0.2% | 25,257 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals[8] | 84 | 6.3% | 2,037,448 | −12.1% | 25,154 | |
| San Diego Padres[9] | 92 | 13.6% | 1,983,904 | 28.8% | 24,493 | |
| New York Mets[10] | 90 | 32.4% | 1,842,695 | 65.6% | 22,749 | |
| New York Yankees[11] | 87 | −4.4% | 1,821,815 | −19.3% | 22,492 | |
| Kansas City Royals[12] | 84 | 6.3% | 1,810,018 | −7.8% | 22,346 | |
| Atlanta Braves[13] | 80 | −9.1% | 1,724,892 | −18.6% | 21,295 | |
| Boston Red Sox[14] | 86 | 10.3% | 1,661,618 | −6.8% | 20,514 | |
| Milwaukee Brewers[15] | 67 | −23.0% | 1,608,509 | −32.9% | 19,858 | |
| Montreal Expos[16] | 78 | −4.9% | 1,606,531 | −30.8% | 19,834 | |
| Minnesota Twins[17] | 81 | 15.7% | 1,598,692 | 86.1% | 19,737 | |
| Oakland Athletics | Baseball-Reference.com" /> | 77 | 4.1% | 1,353,281 | 4.5% | 16,707 |
| Cincinnati Reds[18] | 70 | −5.4% | 1,275,887 | 7.2% | 15,752 | |
| Houston Astros[19] | 80 | −5.9% | 1,229,862 | −9.0% | 15,183 | |
| Texas Rangers[20] | 69 | −10.4% | 1,102,471 | −19.1% | 13,781 | |
| San Francisco Giants[21] | 66 | −16.5% | 1,001,545 | −20.0% | 12,365 | |
| Seattle Mariners[22] | 74 | 23.3% | 870,372 | 7.0% | 10,745 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates[23] | 75 | −10.7% | 773,500 | −36.9% | 9,549 | |
| Cleveland Indians[24] | 75 | 7.1% | 734,079 | −4.5% | 9,063 |
| Network | Day of week | Announcers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Monday nights Sunday afternoons | Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Howard Cosell, Don Drysdale, Tim McCarver, Earl Weaver, Reggie Jackson | |
| NBC | Saturday afternoons | Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola, Bob Costas, Tony Kubek |