1984 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMemorial Stadium
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record85–78 (.525)
Divisional place5th
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
General managersHank Peters
ManagersJoe Altobelli
TelevisionWMAR-TV
(Rex Barney, Brooks Robinson, Mel Proctor)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor)
RadioWFBR
(Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
Seasons

The 1984 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

  • February 7, 1984: Tom Underwood was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[1]

Regular season

  • May 6, 1984: Cal Ripken Jr. hit for the cycle in a game against the Texas Rangers.
  • Cal Ripken Jr. set an American League record for most assists by a shortstop with 583.
  • During the season, Mike Boddicker became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Orioles in the 20th century.[2]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10458 0.642 — 53–29 51–29
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 15 49–32 40–41
New York Yankees 8775 0.537 17 51–30 36–45
Boston Red Sox 8676 0.531 18 41–40 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 8577 0.525 19 44–37 41–40
Cleveland Indians 7587 0.463 29 41–39 34–48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794 0.416 36½ 38–43 29–51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

  • August 14, 1984: Ron Jackson was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[4]

Roster

1984 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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 Player G AB R H Avg. HR
CRick Dempsey10933076.2301134
1BEddie Murray162588180.30629110
2BRich Dauer127397101.254224
SSCal Ripken Jr.162641195.3042786
3BWayne Gross12734274.2162264
LFGary Roenicke12132673.2241044
CFJohn Shelby12838380.209630
RFMike Young123401101.2521752
DHKen Singleton11136378.215636

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
Al Bumbry11934493.270324
John Lowenstein10527064.237828
Floyd Rayford8625064.256427
Jim Dwyer7616141.255221
Lenn Sakata8115730.191311
Todd Cruz9514231.21839
Benny Ayala6011825.212424
Dan Ford259121.23115
Joe Nolan356218.29019
Ron Jackson12288.28602
Jim Traber10215.23802
Vic Rodriguez11177.41202
Larry Sheets8167.43812
Orlando Sánchez482.25001

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 BB
Mike Boddicker34261.120112.79128
Mike Flanagan34226.213133.53115
Storm Davis35225.01493.12105
Scott McGregor30196.115123.9467
Ken Dixon213.0014.158

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
Dennis Martínez34141.2695.0277
Bill Swaggerty2357.0325.2118
Jim Palmer517.2039.174
John Pacella614.2016.758

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
Tippy Martinez5549173.9172
Sammy Stewart6074133.2956
Tom Underwood371013.5239
Mark Brown91203.9110
Nate Snell51102.357
Todd Cruz10000.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Frank Verdi
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Grady Little and John Hart
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League John Hart, Grady Little and Len Johnston
A-Short Season Newark Orioles New York–Penn League Jim Hutto
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Greg Biagini

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Charlotte

Japan tour

The Orioles made its second Yomiuri Shimbun-sponsored tour of Japan since 1971. The newspaper received approval from MLB on December 29, 1982 to invite the winner of the 1983 World Series to play 15 games against Nippon Professional Baseball competition, primarily the 1984 Japan Series champion. Yomiuri owner Tōru Shōriki originally wanted to invite the 1984 World Series winner, but eventually agreed to MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's suggestion of the previous year's World Series champion. The exhibition matches were intended to be part of the golden jubilee celebration for the Yomiuri Giants which was owned by the tour's sponsor and another attempt by Shōriki for his team to make a legitimate claim at being world champions of the sport.[5]

The Orioles accepted the invitation on January 2, 1984,[6] 2+1⁄2 months after winning the 1983 World Series.[7] The Yomiuri was eventually left disappointed when both the Orioles and its Giants failed to qualify for the postseason with fifth- and third-place finishes respectively. Instead of the Giants for which the event's organizers had hoped, the opponent in the first five matches was the 1984 Japan Series champion Hiroshima Toyo Carp.[8]

Eight of the games featured both players who surpassed Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played streak. Cal Ripken Jr. and Sachio Kinugasa batted .219 and .143 respectively.[9]

The fifteenth and final exhibition contest originally scheduled for November 15 in Baltimore's sister city Kawasaki was cancelled due to rain.[10][11] Upon the Orioles' arrival in Tokyo on October 25, manager Joe Altobelli said he wanted his team to win at least 10 games.[12] The Orioles finished the tour with an 8–5–1 record,[11] including 4–1 each in head-to-head competition against the Giants and Carp.

Game Month Date Day Place Opponent W/L/D Score Orioles Pitcher of Record Notes
1 OCT 27 SA Tokyo Hiroshima Toyo Carp L 0–1 Mike Boddicker Winning pitcher Kazuhisa Kawaguchi singled in the game's only run in the second.[13]
2 OCT 28 SU Tokyo Hiroshima Toyo Carp W 5–3 Nate Snell
3 OCT 30 TU Tokorozawa Hiroshima Toyo Carp W 5–3 Bill Swaggerty
4 OCT 31 W Yokohama Hiroshima Toyo Carp W 7–5 Nate Snell Four-run rally erased 5–3 deficit with two outs in the ninth.[14]
5 NOV 1 TH Osaka Hiroshima Toyo Carp W 5–2 Mike Flanagan
6 NOV 3 SA Tokyo Yomiuri Giants W 7–4 Storm Davis
7 NOV 4 SU Nishinomiya Japan All-Stars L 4–5 Mike Boddicker
8 NOV 6 TU Okayama Japan All-Stars L 7–8 Sammy Stewart 5–2 lead disappeared after giving up six runs in the eighth.[15]
9 NOV 7 W Hiroshima Yomiuri Giants/Hiroshima Toyo Carp D 5–5 –
10 NOV 9 F Kumamoto Yomiuri Giants W 11–6 Nate Snell
11 NOV 10 SA Kitakyushu Yomiuri Giants W 9–8 Tom Underwood
12 NOV 11 SU Fukuoka Yomiuri Giants W 13–9 Nate Snell
13 NOV 13 TU Nagoya Yomiuri Giants/Chunichi Dragons L 4–8 Dennis Martínez All four runs scored on homers by John Lowenstein, Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr.[16]
14 NOV 14 W Shizuoka Yomiuri Giants L 5–10 Mike Flanagan

Source: Baltimore Orioles 1985 Media Guide (scroll down to pages 43 through 46).

References

  1. ↑ "Tom Underwood Stats".
  2. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ↑ "1984 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ↑ Ron Jackson page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ "Toru Shoriki, owner of the Yomiuri Giants, the best...," United Press International (UPI), Wednesday, December 29, 1982. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  6. ↑ "The world champion Baltimore Orioles are scheduled to tour...," United Press International (UPI), Monday, January 2, 1984. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  7. ↑ Durso, Joseph. "Orioles Defeat Phillies, 5–0, and Win Series," The New York Times, Monday, October 17, 1983. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  8. ↑ Haberman, Clyde. "'World Series' Loses Luster in Japan," The New York Times, Wednesday, October 31, 1984. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  9. ↑ Holway, John B. "Japanese Baseball's Iron Outcast," The Washington Post, Sunday, September 17, 1995. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  10. ↑ "The Baltimore Orioles, last year's World Series champions, will...," United Press International (UPI), Friday, September 28, 1984. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  11. 1 2 Burgess, John. "Baseball in Land of the Rising Sun," The Washington Post, Saturday, November 17, 1984. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Orioles Look Anemic, Losing 1st to Carp, 1–0," The Washington Post, Sunday, October 28, 1984. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Sports People: Japanese Stops Orioles," The New York Times, Sunday, October 28, 1984. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  14. ↑ "The Baltimore Orioles scored four runs in the ninth...," United Press International (UPI), Wednesday, October 31, 1984. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  15. ↑ "A collection of Japanese all-stars rallied for six runs...," United Press International (UPI), Tuesday, November 6, 1984. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  16. ↑ "The Baltimore Orioles suffered their fourth defeat in their...," United Press International (UPI), Tuesday, November 13, 1984. Retrieved March 27, 2023.

Bibliography

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.


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