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1984 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees


Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

FieldValue
nameNew York Yankees
season1984
leagueAmerican League
divisionEast
ballparkYankee Stadium
cityNew York City
ownersGeorge Steinbrenner
general_managersMurray Cook, Clyde King
managersYogi Berra
television**WPIX**
radio**WABC (AM)**
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, John Gordon, Bobby Murcer)

(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White, Bobby Murcer) SportsChannel NY (Mel Allen and others from WPIX) (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.
  • November 22, 1983: Amalio Carreno was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
  • 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).
  • December 19, 1983: Mike Browning (minors) was traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Curt Brown.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • February 8, 1984: Tim Belcher was chosen from the Yankees by the Oakland Athletics from the Yankees as a free agent compensation pick.
  • 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.

Regular season

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • April 17, 1984: Oscar Gamble was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
  • 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.

Roster

1984 New York Yankees
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Game log

Regular season

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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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CButch Wynegar129442118.267645
1B153603207.34323110
2BWillie Randolph142564162.287231
SS9936091.253225
3BToby Harrah8825355.217126
LFSteve Kemp9431391.291741
CFOmar Moreno11735592.259438
RF141567193.34019100
DHDon Baylor134493129.2622789

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ken Griffey Sr.120399109.273756
Roy Smalley III6720950.239726
Mike Pagliarulo6720148.239734
Tim Foli6116341.252016
Andre Robertson5214030.21406
Brian Dayett6412731.244423
Oscar Gamble5412523.1841027
Rick Cerone3812025.208213
Lou Piniella298626.30216
Victor Mata307023.32916
Mike O'Berry13328.25005
Scott Bradley9216.28602
Rex Hudler971.14300
Stan Javier771.14300
Keith Smith240.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Phil Niekro32215.21683.09136
Ron Guidry29195.210114.51127
Ray Fontenot35169.1893.6185
24147.2964.57110
Joe Cowley1683.1923.5671
John Montefusco1155.1533.5823
Shane Rawley1142.0236.2124
739.1222.9724
Jim Deshaies27.00111.575

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Shirley41114.1333.3848
José Rijo2462.1284.7647

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dave Righetti6456312.3490
Jay Howell619472.69109
363213.4843
Clay Christiansen242426.0527
Dale Murray191204.9413
131102.7010

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

  • Don Mattingly
  • Dave Winfield
  • Phil Niekro

League leaders

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

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Lauderdale

Notes

References

References

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