The Eighties Club
The Politics and Pop Culture of the 1980s
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MLB 1984
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The Standings
 1984 World Series
(10.9.84-10.14.84)
Detroit Tigers (4) vs San Diego Padres (1)
Game 1 (San Diego): Tigers 3 (Morris), Padres 2 (Thurmond)
Game 2 (San Diego): Padres 5 (Hawkins), Tigers 3 (Petry)
Game 3 (Detroit): Tigers 5 (Wilcox), Padres 2 (Lollar)
Game 4 (Detroit): Tigers 4 (Morris), Padres 2 (Show)
Game 5 (Detroit): Tigers 8 (Lopez), Padres 4 (Hawkins)
Series Summary: The Detroit Tigers seemed determined to sweep all before them in 1984; they won the AL East championship with 104 victories (along with only 58 losses) -- 15 games more than the runner-up; they had swept the Kansas City Royals in the AL Championship Series. As a team they had the most home runs (187), the best on base percentage (.345), the most runs (829), the most stolen bases (193) and the best slugging average (.441). Game 1 -- the first World Series game ever played in San Diego -- had the Padres ahead 2-1 in the fifth, when pitcher Mark Thurmond gave up a two-out, two-run homer to Tiger Larry Herndon. In Game 2, The Tigers sent San Diego starting pitcher Ed Whitson to the showers with three runs in the first inning, but Whitson's replacement, Andy Hawkins, pitched 5 1/3 innings and gave up just one hit. The Padres trailed 3-2 in the fifth when Kurt Bevacqua hit a three-run homer, and San Diego held on to that 5-3 edge. San Diego pitchers had an off day with Game 3, issuing no less than 11 walks in the first five innings; starter Tim Lollar surrendered four hits, four walks and four runs before leaving the mound -- in the second inning. The Tigers had an easy 5-2 win. Tigers ace pitcher Jack Morris took the mound in Game 4 and and had his second complete game of the Series, pitching a five-hitter and racking up 13 strikeouts in his two appearances. Meanwhile, shortstop Alan Trammell accounted for the Tigers offense with a couple of two-run homers off Eric Show. Game 5 was a showcase for another Tigers slugger, Kirk Gibson, who hit home runs in the first and eighth innings and racked up five RBIs. Detroit's manager Sparky Anderson became the first to lead teams from both leagues to Series triumph -- he had guided the Cincinnati Reds to the championship in 1975 and 1976.
MVP: Detroit's Alan Trammell (.450, 1 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI).
  The All-Star Game
 NL 3, AL 1
7.10.84
Candlestick Park
Attendance: 57,756
MVP: Gary Carter
AL All Stars
Tony Armas (Boston).....Buddy Bell (Texas).....Mike Boddicker (Baltimore).....George Brett (Kansas City).....Rod Carew (California).....Bill Caudill (Oakland).....Alvin Davis (Seattle).....Richard Dotson (Chicago).....Dave Engle (Minnesota).....Damaso Garcia (Toronto).....Alfredo Griffin (Toronto).....Rickey Henderson (Oakland).....Willie Hernandez (Detroit).....Reggie Jackson (California).....Chet Lemon (Detroit).....Don Mattingly (New York).....Jack Morris (Detroit).....Eddie Murray (Baltimore).....Phil Niekro (New York).....Lance Parrish (Detroit).....Dan Quisenberry (Kansas City).....Jim Rice (Boston).....Cal Ripken, Jr. (Baltimore).....Dave Stieb (Toronto).....Jim Sundberg (Milwaukee).....Andy Thornton (Cleveland).....Alan Trammell (Detroit).....Lou Whitaker (Detroit).....Dave Winfield (New York)
NL All Stars
Joaquin Andujar (St. Louis).....Bob Brenly (San Francisco).....Gary Carter (Montreal).....Chili Davis (San Francisco).....Jody Davis (Chicago).....Steve Garvey (San Diego).....Dwight Gooden (New York).....Rich Gossage (San Diego).....Tony Gwynn (San Diego).....Keith Hernandez (New York).....Al Holland (Philadelphia).....Charlie Lea (Montreal).....Mike Marshall (Los Angeles).....Jerry Mumphrey (Houston).....Dale Murphy (Atlanta).....Jesse Orosco (New York).....Tony Pena (Pittsburgh).....Tim Raines (Montreal).....Rafael Ramirez (Atlanta).....Juan Samuel (Philadelphia).....Ryne Sandberg (Chicago).....Mike Schmidt (Philadelphia).....Ozzie Smith (St. Louis).....Mario Soto (Cincinnati).....Darryl Strawberry (New York).....Bruce Sutter (St. Louis).....Fernando Valenzuela (Los Angeles).....Tim Wallach (Montreal).....Claudell Washington (Atlanta)
A new All-Star record was set with twenty-one total strikeouts (ten by the American League pitchers and eleven by the National League pitchers) occurring during the 1984 game.
Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden struck out six consecutive batters, with Valenzuela handling three Hall-of-Famers -- Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson and George Brett -- and Gooden following up with Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon and Alvin Parrish.
Dwight Gooden set another All-Star record by being only nineteen when he took the mound in the fifth inning.
Individual Leaders -1984
Highlights of 1984
American League
 Harold Baines hit a home run in the 25th inning to lead the White Sox to a 7-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. The game lasted eight hours and six minutes, setting records for the longest game ever in the Majors and the most innings played in an AL game.Reggie Jackson hit a homer on the 17th anniversary of his first home run, and it was his 500th career round-tripper. (Jackson and the Angels lost that game, however, to the Kansas City Royals.National League
Pete Rose played his 3,309th Major League game when he and the rest of the Montreal Expos took the field on June 29. This beat Carl Yastrzemski's record.The Atlanta Braves and the San Diego Padres engaged in a ten-minute brawl at Fulton County Stadium that led to sixteen ejections. Several veteran umpires declared it to be the most disgraceful behavior ever seen on a baseball diamond.When the Chicago Cubs won the National League East, it was their first title of any kind since 1945.and...
College-level officials replaced Major League umpires for the first game of the NL Championship due to a strike by the latter, who wanted a $340,000 pool distributed among all umps.Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth told the city of Chicago that all future playoff games involving the Cubs would be moved to St. Louis unless outdoor lights were installed at Wrigley Field."The Clown Prince of Baseball," Al Schacth, who had entertained fans at 25 World Series and 18 All-Star Games, died at the age of 91.AL
Pitching: Complete Games--Baltimore (48).....Earned Run Average--Detroit (3.49).....Fewest Hits Allowed--Detroit (1,358).....Fewest Home Runs Allowed--New York (120).....Fewest Walks Allowed--Kansas City (433).....Saves--Detroit (51)..... Shutouts--Baltimore (13).....Strikeouts--New York (992)
Hitting: Bases on Balls--Baltimore (620).....Batting Average--Boston (.283) .....Doubles--TIE, New York & Toronto (275).....Hits--Boston (1,598).....Home Runs--Detroit (187).....On-Base Percentage--Detroit (.345).....Runs--Detroit (829)..... Slugging Average--Boston (.441).....Stolen Bases--Toronto (193).....Triples--Toronto (68)
NL
Pitching: Complete Games--Los Angeles (39).....ERA--Pittsburgh (3.11)..... Fewest Hits Allowed--San Diego (1,327).....Fewest Home Runs Allowed--Los Angeles (76) .....Fewest Walks Allowed--Chicago (442).....Saves--St. Louis(51).....Shutouts--San Diego (17).....Strikeouts--Los Angeles (1,033)
Hitting: Bases on Balls--Chicago (567).....Batting Average--Philadelphia (.266)..... Doubles--Philadelphia (248).....Hits--San Francisco (1,499).....Home Runs--Philadelphia (147).....On-Base Percentage--Philadelphia (.335).....Runs--Chicago (762).....Slugging Average--Philadelphia (.407).....Stolen Bases--St. Louis (220).....Triples--Houston (67)
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