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1984 Minnesota Twins season

Field	Value
name	Minnesota Twins
season	1984
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
city	Minneapolis, Minnesota
record	81–81 ()
divisional_place	2nd
owners	Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
general_managers	Calvin Griffith
managers	Billy Gardner
television	KMSP-TV
(Bob Kurtz, Ted Robinson)
Spectrum
(Harmon Killebrew, Dick Bremer)
radio	830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Joe Angel)

(Bob Kurtz, Ted Robinson) Spectrum (Harmon Killebrew, Dick Bremer) (Herb Carneal, Joe Angel) |}}

The **1984 Minnesota Twins season **was the 24th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 3rd season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 84th overall in the American League.

The team spent much of the season contending for the division title, but finished with a record of 81–81, tied for second in the American League West, and three games behind the division winner Kansas City Royals. Their 81–81 record was an 11-game improvement from 1983, and a 21-game improvement from their 102-loss season of 1982 (the third-worst record in franchise history).

1,598,692 fans attended Twins games, a Twins attendance record, but still the fifth-lowest total in the American League. Towards the end of the season, Calvin Griffith sold the club to local investor Carl Pohlad.

Offseason

October 1983: Jeff Little was released by the Twins.
December 7, 1983: Gary Ward and Sam Sorce (minors) were traded by the Twins to the Texas Rangers for John Butcher and Mike Smithson.
January 17, 1984: Mark Grace was drafted by the Twins in the 15th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.

Regular season

May 4 - Oakland's Dave Kingman popped up in the fourth inning. The ball found a drainage hole in the Metrodome's roof and never returned to the playing surface. Kingman was awarded a ground-rule double. In the ninth, he hit another ball out—but this one was just into the seats.
May 8 – Kirby Puckett got four hits in his major league debut, at Anaheim Stadium.
June 29 – Andre David made his major league debut and started in right field for the Twins. In his first at bat in the second inning, he homered off Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris to become the fourth Twin to homer in his first-ever at bat. David joined Rick Renick (1968), Dave McKay (1975) and Gary Gaetti (1981); three of the four were against Detroit pitching. In 2015, Eddie Rosario joins the list when he homers on the very first pitch he sees in the majors.
Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game, catcher Dave Engle.
September 28 – The Twins suffered their biggest blown lead for a loss in team history. Leading Cleveland 10–0 in the third inning, and 10–2 in the sixth, they lost the 9-inning game 11–10. In the ninth, relievers Ron Davis and Ed Hodge loaded the bases. Hodge allowed a walk-off single.

Offense

Kent Hrbek hit .311 with 27 HR and 107 RBI. Tom Brunansky hit 32 HR and 85 RBI. Leadoff batter Kirby Puckett hit .296 and scored 63 runs. Gary Gaetti hit 5 HR and 65 RBI.

Pitching

Starter Frank Viola was 18–12. Reliever Ron Davis had 29 saves. He also blew 14 saves, to tie a major league record set in 1976 and tied two other times. Mike Smithson allowed 35 homers, the most in the majors.

Defense

Gary Gaetti led the major leagues playing in 162 games. His 334 assists led all of baseball this season. Outfield teammates Kirby Puckett (center) and Tom Brunansky (right) also led the major leagues in assists.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 4, 1984: Jay Bell was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Jay Bell signed on June 11, 1984.

Roster

1984 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

Regular season

|-style=background:#fbb | 1 || April 3 || 7:35p.m. CST || Tigers || 1–8 || Morris (1–0) || Williams (0–1) || – || 2:10 || 34,381 || 0–1 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 2 || April 5 || 12:15p.m. CST || Tigers || 3–7 || Petry (1–0) || Viola (0–1) || – || 2:33 || 8,373 || 0–2 || L2 |-style=background:#bbb | — || April 23 || || @ Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: April 24) |-style=background:#fbb | 17 || April 24 || 4:30p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 5–6 || Morris (4–0) || Davis (2–2) || – || 2:16 || N/A || 8–9 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 18 || April 24 || 7:21p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 3–4 || Abbott (1–0) || Viola (0–3) || López (1) || 2:29 || 20,315 || 8–10 || L2

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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Player stats

	= Indicates team 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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		109	391	104	.266	4	38
1B		149	559	174	.311	27	107
2B	Tim Teufel	157	568	149	.262	14	61
3B		162	588	154	.262	5	65
SS		108	298	60	.201	0	19
LF	Mickey Hatcher	152	576	174	.302	5	69
CF		128	557	165	.296	0	31
RF		155	567	144	.254	32	85
DH	Randy Bush	113	311	69	.222	11	43

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tim Laudner	87	262	54	.206	10	35
Darrell Brown	95	260	71	.273	1	19
Ron Washington	88	197	58	.294	3	23
Dave Meier	59	147	35	.238	0	13
	16	52	13	.250	1	6
Andre David	33	48	12	.250	1	5
Pat Putnam	14	38	3	.079	0	4
Chris Speier	12	33	7	.212	0	1
Jim Eisenreich	12	32	7	.219	0	3
	13	29	5	.172	0	5
John Castino	8	27	12	.444	0	3
Jeff Reed	18	21	3	.143	0	1
Greg Gagne	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Álvaro Espinoza	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting 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
	35	257.2	18	12	3.21	149
	36	252.0	15	13	3.68	144
	34	225.0	13	11	3.44	83
Ken Schrom	25	137.0	5	11	4.47	49

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
Pete Filson	55	118.2	6	5	4.10	59
Ed Hodge	25	100.0	4	3	4.77	59
	17	68.2	3	5	5.77	22
Bobby Castillo	10	25.1	2	1	1.78	7

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	64	7	11	29	4.55	74
	36	4	3	5	3.49	22
Len Whitehouse	30	2	2	1	3.16	18
Mike Walters	23	0	3	2	3.72	10
Larry Pashnick	13	2	1	0	3.52	10
Keith Comstock	4	0	0	0	8.53	2
	2	0	0	0	1.93	0
Curt Wardle	2	0	0	0	4.50	5

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Dave Engle, reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/littlje01.shtml Jeff Little] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/butchjo01.shtml John Butcher] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gracema01.shtml Mark Grace] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellja01.shtml Jay Bell] at ''Baseball Reference''

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