1984 Seattle Mariners season explained

Seattle Mariners
Season:	1984
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Kingdome
City:	Seattle, Washington
Divisional Place:	5th
General Managers:	Hal Keller
Managers:	Del Crandall, Chuck Cottier (September 1)
Television:	KSTW-TV 11
Radio:	KVI 570 AM: (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)

The Seattle Mariners season was their eighth since the franchise creation. They finished fifth in the American League West with a record of .

Offseason

November 21, 1983: Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds were traded to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Beard and Bob Kearney.^[1]
December 5, 1983: Dave Geisel was selected by the Mariners from the Toronto Blue Jays in the rule 5 draft.^[2]
January 17, 1984: Mike Blowers was selected in the eighth round of the amateur draft, but did not sign.^[3]
March 23, 1984: Rick Sweet was released by the Mariners.^[4]

Regular season

September 1 – Manager Del Crandall was fired on Saturday morning, August 31,^[5] succeeded by third base coach Chuck Cottier.^[6]
First baseman Alvin Davis reached base in each of the first 47 games of his career, and was chosen for his only All-Star Game. The M's MVP, he was also voted the American League's Rookie of the Year, with a .284 batting average, 27 home runs, and 116 RBIs.^[7]
Lefthanded starting pitcher Mark Langston became the first rookie since Herb Score to lead the American League in strikeouts; he was second in the balloting to teammate Davis for AL Rookie of the Year

Roster

1984 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Third Base) (Pitching) (Hitting) (First Base)

Game log

Regular season

|-|-style=background:#fbb| 36 || May 14 || || @ Tigers || 5–7 || Lopez || Vande Berg || – || 3:05 || 18,830 || 18–18 || L2|-style=background:#fbb| 37 || May 15 || || @ Tigers || 4–6 || Morris || Thomas || Hernandez || 3:32 || 21,782 || 18–19 || L3|-style=background:#fbb| 38 || May 16 || || @ Tigers || 1–10 || Wilcox || Young || – || 2:52 || 22,001 || 18–20 || L4|-style=background:#cfc| 45 || May 25 || || Tigers || 7–3 || Vande Berg || Wilcox || Mirabella || 2:54 || 15,722 || 21–24 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 46 || May 26 || || Tigers || 9–5 || Moore || Berenguer || – || 2:51 || 41,342 || 22–24 || W2|-style=background:#cfc| 47 || May 27 || || Tigers || 6–1 || Young || Petry || – || 2:50 || 12,755 || 23–24 || W3|-|-|-style=background:#bbbfff|colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA|-|-style=background:#fbb| 123 || August 17 || || @ Tigers || 2–6 || Wilcox || Moore || – || 3:08 || 36,496 || 55–68 || L1|-style=background:#fbb| 124 || August 18 || || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Berenguer || Geisel || Hernandez || 2:41 || 36,719 || 55–69 || L2|-style=background:#cfc| 125 || August 19 || || @ Tigers || 4–1 || Langston || Petry || Vande Berg || 2:51 || 43,277 || 56–69 || W1|-style=background:#fbb| 132 || August 28 || || Tigers || 4–5 || Hernandez || Stanton || – || 2:51 || 8,353 || 57–75 || L5|-style=background:#cfc| 133 || August 29 || || Tigers || 5–1 || Langston || Petry || – || 2:11 || 10,863 || 58–75 || W1|-style=background:#cfc| 134 || August 30 || || Tigers || 2–1 || Beattie || Morris || Nunez || 2:34 || 9,583 || 59–75 || W2|-|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Mariners 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	133	431	97	.225	7	43
1B	152	567	161	.284	27	116
2B	155	612	180	.294	0	31
SS	152	530	130	.245	3	43
3B	70	251	57	.227	10	36
LF	110	363	96	.264	8	48
CF	112	350	98	.280	14	43
RF	139	524	145	.277	15	78
DH	101	290	70	.241	24	51

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
109	325	85	.262	10	35
124	322	97	.301	0	24
79	211	56	.265	1	22
64	155	31	.200	2	16
48	143	23	.161	0	6
35	108	17	.157	1	13
59	81	15	.185	0	2
30	78	17	.218	0	5
22	49	11	.224	1	4
19	35	12	.343	0	2
13	27	8	.296	1	4
12	25	6	.240	1	3
11	24	5	.208	1	1
10	20	6	.300	2	7
9	15	3	.200	1	2
10	10	3	.300	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
35	225.0	17	10	3.40	204
34	212.0	7	17	4.97	158
32	211.0	12	16	3.41	119
22	113.1	6	8	5.72	73
19	95.1	6	5	3.97	37

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
50	130.1	8	12	4.76	71
27	79.0	2	3	5.13	39
20	43.1	1	1	4.15	28

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
54	4	4	8	3.54	55
52	2	5	3	4.37	41
43	3	2	5	5.80	40
37	2	2	7	3.19	57
21	3	2	1	5.26	42
5	1	1	0	3.00	6
3	0	0	0	4.15	2

Awards and honors

Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (204)

All-Star Game

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caudibi01.shtml Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/geiseda01.shtml Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blowemi01.shtml Mike Blowers page at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweetri01.shtml Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
News: Mariners fire another manager . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . September 2, 1984 . 6B.
News: Mariner GM Claims talent there for winner . Spokane Chronicle . (Washington) . Associated Press . September 3, 1984 . 13.
News: M's Davis gets his shot; earns AL Rookie honors . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . November 21, 1984 . 2C.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007