1984 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1984
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Yankee Stadium
City:	New York City
Owners:	George Steinbrenner
General Managers:	Murray Cook
Managers:	Yogi Berra
Television:	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White, Bobby Murcer) SportsChannel NY (Mel Allen and others from WPIX)
Radio:	WABC (AM) (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, John Gordon, Bobby Murcer)

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.^[1]
November 22, 1983: Amalio Carreno was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.^[2]
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).^[3]
December 19, 1983: Mike Browning (minors) was traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Curt Brown.^[4]
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.^[5]
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.^[6]
February 8, 1984: Tim Belcher was chosen from the Yankees by the Oakland Athletics from the Yankees as a free agent compensation pick.^[5]
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.^[7]

Regular season

Dave Winfield was the runner up to Don Mattingly for the American League batting title.

Notable transactions

April 17, 1984: Oscar Gamble was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[8]
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.^[9]

Roster

1984 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Pitching) (First Base) (Bullpen) (Third Base) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Bullpen) (First Base)

Game log

Regular season

|-|-|-|- style="background:#bbcaff;"| – || July 10 || ||colspan=10 |1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco|-|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Yankees team member

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	129	442	118	.267	6	45
1B	153	603	207	.343	23	110
2B	142	564	162	.287	2	31
SS	99	360	91	.253	2	25
3B	88	253	55	.217	1	26
LF	94	313	91	.291	7	41
CF	117	355	92	.259	4	38
RF	141	567	193	.340	19	100
DH	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
120	399	109	.273	7	56
67	209	50	.239	7	26
67	201	48	.239	7	34
61	163	41	.252	0	16
52	140	30	.214	0	6
64	127	31	.244	4	23
54	125	23	.184	10	27
38	120	25	.208	2	13
29	86	26	.302	1	6
30	70	23	.329	1	6
13	32	8	.250	0	5
9	21	6	.286	0	2
9	7	1	.143	0	0
7	7	1	.143	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	215.2	16	8	3.09	136
29	195.2	10	11	4.51	127
35	169.1	8	9	3.61	85
24	147.2	9	6	4.57	110
16	83.1	9	2	3.56	71
11	55.1	5	3	3.58	23
11	42.0	2	3	6.21	24
7	39.1	2	2	2.97	24
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
	41	114.1	3	3	3.38	48
	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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
64	5	6	31	2.34	90
61	9	4	7	2.69	109
36	3	2	1	3.48	43
24	2	4	2	6.05	27
19	1	2	0	4.94	13
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

League leaders

Don Mattingly – American League batting champion (.343)
Don Mattingly – American League leader, hits (207)

Farm system

References

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/officro01.shtml Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference
Web site: Amalio Carreno Statistics and History . Baseball Reference . June 21, 2010.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/balbost01.shtml Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/browncu03.shtml Curt Brown page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belchti01.shtml Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nixonot01.shtml Otis Nixon page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nettlgr01.shtml Graig Nettles page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gamblos01.shtml Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/drabedo01.shtml Doug Drabek page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007