1984 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1984
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Candlestick Park
City:	San Francisco, California
Owners:	Bob Lurie
General Managers:	Tom Haller
Managers:	Frank Robinson, Danny Ozark
Television:	KTVU (Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
Radio:	KNBR (Hank Greenwald, David Glass) SP Radio (Tito Fuentes, Armando Provedor)

The 1984 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 102nd season in Major League Baseball, their 27th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 25th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in sixth place in the National League West with a 66–96 record, 26 games behind the San Diego Padres.

Offseason

December 5, 1983: Fran Mullins was drafted by the Giants from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1983 rule 5 draft.^[1]
December 6, 1983: Champ Summers was traded by the Giants to the San Diego Padres for Joe Pittman and a player to be named later. The Padres completed the deal by sending Tommy Francis (minors) to the Giants on December 7.^[2]
December 20, 1983: Manny Trillo was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[3]
January 17, 1984: Mackey Sasser was drafted by the Giants in the 5th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.^[4]
February 8, 1984: Pat Larkin was traded by the Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Colin Ward.^[5]
February 27, 1984: Max Venable, Fred Breining and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Montreal Expos for Al Oliver. The Giants completed the deal by sending Andy McGaffigan to the Expos on March 31.^[6]
March 28, 1984: Gene Richards was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[7]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball draft
- Terry Mulholland was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (24th pick).^[9]
- Mike Blowers was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.^[10]
August 20, 1984: Al Oliver and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kelly Downs and George Riley. The Giants completed the deal by sending Renie Martin to the Phillies on August 30.^[11]

Roster

1984 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

(First base)
(Hitting)
(Third base)
(Pitching)
(Bullpen)

Game log

Regular season

|-style=background:#fbb| 1 || April 3 || || Cubs || 3–5 || || || || || || 0–1 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 2 || April 5 || || Cubs || 7–11 || || || || || || 0–2 || L2|-style=background:#fbb| 11 || April 17 || || Padres || 1–2 || || || || || || 4–7 || L1|-style=background:#bbb| — || April 18 || || Padres || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 24)|-style=background:#fbb| 16 || April 23 || || @ Padres || 2–8 || || || || || || 7–9 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 17 || April 24 || || @ Padres || 1–6 || || || || || || 7–10 || L2|-style=background:#fbb| 18 || April 25 || || @ Padres || 0–3 || || || || || || 7–11 || L3|-|-style=background:#fbb| 29 || May 7 || || @ Cubs || 7–10 || || || || || || 11–18 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 30 || May 8 || || @ Cubs || 11–12 || || || || || || 11–19 || L2|-|-style=background:#cfc| 46 || June 1 || || Padres || 11–7 || || || || || || 17–29 || W1|-style=background:#fbb| 47 || June 2 || || Padres || 2–3 || || || || || || 17–30 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 48 || June 3 || || Padres || 5–7 || || || || || || 17–31 || L2|-style=background:#fbb| 49 || June 3 || || Padres || 6–7 || || || || || || 17–32 || L3|-style=background:#cfc| 60 || June 14 || || @ Padres || 5–2 || || || || || || 22–38 || W2|-style=background:#fbb| 61 || June 15 || || @ Padres || 2–3 || || || || || || 22–39 || L1|-style=background:#cfc| 62 || June 16 || || @ Padres || 6–3 || || || || || || 23–39 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 63 || June 17 || || @ Padres || 5–3 || || || || || || 24–39 || W2|-|-style=background:#fbb| 80 || July 5 || || Cubs || 3–9 || || || || || || 32–48 || L3|-style=background:#fbb| 81 || July 6 || || Cubs || 4–5 || || || || || || 32–49 || L4|-style=background:#cfc| 82 || July 7 || || Cubs || 7–2 || || || || || || 33–49 || W1|-style=background:#fbb| 83 || July 8 || || Cubs || 3–6 || || || || || || 33–50 || L1|-style=background:#bbbfff|colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA|-style=background:#fbb| 92 || July 19 || || @ Cubs || 4–6 || || || || || || 35–57 || L2|-style=background:#cfc| 93 || July 20 || || @ Cubs || 3–2 || || || || || || 36–57 || W1|-style=background:#fbb| 94 || July 21 || || @ Cubs || 3–4 || || || || || || 36–58 || L1|-style=background:#cfc| 95 || July 22 || || @ Cubs || 11–5 || || || || || || 37–58 || W1|-|-|-style=background:#fbb| 151 || September 19 || || @ Padres || 4–5 || || || || || || 62–89 || L5|-style=background:#fbb| 152 || September 20 || || @ Padres || 4–5 || || || || || || 62–90 || L6|-style=background:#fbb| 156 || September 24 || || Padres || 1–7 || || || || || || 65–91 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 157 || September 24 || || Padres || 6–8 || || || || || || 65–92 || L2|-style=background:#cfc| 158 || September 25 || || Padres || 4–3 || || || || || || 66–92 || W1|-style=background:#fbb| 159 || September 26 || || Padres || 0–4 || || || || || || 66–93 || L1|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Giants 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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	145	506	147	.291	20	80
1B	91	339	101	.298	0	34
2B	98	401	102	.254	4	36
SS	132	451	98	.217	4	32
3B	134	469	119	.254	10	51
LF	136	514	155	.302	21	86
CF	86	342	120	.351	4	31
RF	57	203	65	.320	11	44

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
137	499	157	.315	21	81
93	265	60	.226	2	25
120	245	75	.306	1	31
100	243	71	.292	3	32
87	135	34	.252	0	4
48	132	40	.303	2	19
83	115	23	.200	0	11
57	110	24	.218	2	10
23	84	24	.286	1	11
54	82	16	.195	3	9
13	41		8	.195	0	2
14	30	5	.167	0	0
13	25	3	.120	0	0
13	24	4	.167	3	3
17	22	5	.227	0	2

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
35	207.2	9	14	4.33	71
35	199.1	11	12	4.56	141
34	171.2	7	15	4.56	102
11	53.2	1	4	6.37	32
6	33.0	2	0	2.18	24
5	29.1	1	0	3.99	12

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
46	174.2	5	17	5.36	124
10	32.0	2	4	5.06	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
74	4	9	19	3.76	48
77	5	4	12	2.76	71
61	9	4	3	3.55	91
37	5	3	2	4.23	48
34	1	3	0	3.88	26
23	1	3	0	6.10	19
21	2	3	0	5.65	32
12	1	1	0	3.86	8

Awards and honors

Bob Brenly, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

External links

1984 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference
1984 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mullifr01.shtml Fran Mullins
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/summech01.shtml Champ Summers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/trillma01.shtml Manny Trillo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sassema01.shtml Mackey Sasser
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/larkipa01.shtml Pat Larkin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/venabma01.shtml Max Venable
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/richage01.shtml Gene Richards
Web site: 1984 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mulhote01.shtml Terry Mulholland
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blowemi01.shtml Mike Blowers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oliveal01.shtml Al Oliver