1984 California Angels season

1984 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961) West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966) Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi, Mike Port
Manager(s)	John McNamara
Local television	KTLA (Geoff Witcher, Joe Buttitta) ONTV
Local radio	KMPC (Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Al Conin) KLVE (Cookie Rojas, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The California Angels 1984 season involved the Angels finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason[]

• November 22, 1983: Rod Carew was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[1]
• December 19, 1983: Curt Brown was traded by the Angels to the New York Yankees for Mike Browning (minors).^[2]
• February 6, 1984: Rob Picciolo was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[3]

Regular season[]

• September 17, 1984: In a game against the Kansas City Royals, Reggie Jackson hit the 500th home run of his career.^[4] It was the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run. Jackson hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals.
• September 30, 1984: Mike Witt throws a perfect game against the Texas Rangers, recording the only perfect game in franchise history.

Season standings[]

v t AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	84	78	0.519	—	44–37	40–41
California Angels	81	81	0.500	3	37–44	44–37
Minnesota Twins	81	81	0.500	3	47–34	34–47
Oakland Athletics	77	85	0.475	7	44–37	33–48
Chicago White Sox	74	88	0.457	10	43–38	31–50
Seattle Mariners	74	88	0.457	10	42–39	32–49
Texas Rangers	69	92	0.429	14½	34–46	35–46

Record vs. opponents[]

1984 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	8–4	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	9–3	9–3	4–9
Boston	7–6	—	9–3	7–5	10–3	7–6	3–9	9–4	6–6	7–6	7–5	4–8	5–7	5–8
California	4–8	3–9	—	8–5	8–4	4–8	6–7	8–4	4–9	8–4	7–6	9–4	5–8	7–5
Chicago	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	8–4	4–8	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	5–8	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	3–10	4–8	4–8	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	7–5	2–11	7–5	8–4	9–3	6–7–1
Detroit	6–7	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–4	—	7–5	11–2	9–3	7–6	9–3	6–6	10–2	8–5
Kansas City	7–5	9–3	7–6	8–5	6–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	9–4	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	2–11	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	6–6	5–6	10–3
Minnesota	7–5	6–6	9–4	5–8	5–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	8–5	7–6	8–5	1–11
New York	8–5	6–7	4–8	5–7	11–2	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–5
Oakland	6–6	5–7	6–7	7–6	5–7	3–9	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–8	—	8–5	8–5	4–8
Seattle	3–9	8–4	4–9	8–5	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	8–5	3–9	2–10	7–6	6–5	5–8	6–6	5–8	3–10	—	6–6
Toronto	9–4	8–5	5–7	8–4	7–6–1	5–8	7–5	3–10	11–1	5–8	8–4	7–5	6–6	—

Transactions[]

• June 4, 1984: Dante Bichette was drafted by the Angels in the 17th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 8, 1984.^[5]
• August 2, 1984: Ron Jackson was released by the California Angels.^[6]

Roster[]

1984 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 46 Don Aase 36 Steve Brown 63 Stew Cliburn 23 Doug Corbett 16 John Curtis 43 Ken Forsch 25 Tommy John 48 Curt Kaufman 24 Bruce Kison 31 Frank LaCorte 37 Ron Romanick 40 Luis Sánchez 41,47 Jim Slaton 35 Dave Smith 42 Rick Steirer 27 Craig Swan 39 Mike Witt 38 Geoff Zahn		Catchers  8 Bob Boone 34 Jerry Narron Infielders 29 Rod Carew 11 Doug DeCinces  4 Bobby Grich 15 Ron Jackson 32 Darrell Miller 10 Rob Picciolo 22,30 Dick Schofield  6 Daryl Sconiers  9 Rob Wilfong		Outfielders 12 Juan Beníquez  3 Mike Brown  5 Brian Downing 19 Fred Lynn 20 Gary Pettis 15,30 Derrel Thomas Other batters  7 Rick Burleson 44 Reggie Jackson		Manager  2 John McNamara Coaches 49 Bob Clear 18 Preston Gómez  1 Bobby Knoop 51 Marcel Lachemann 50 Jimmie Reese

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	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bob Boone	139	450	91	.202	3	32
1B	Rod Carew	93	329	97	.295	3	31
2B	Bobby Grich	116	363	93	.256	18	58
SS	Dick Schofield	140	400	77	.193	4	21
3B	Doug DeCinces	146	547	147	.269	20	82
LF	Brian Downing	156	539	148	.275	23	91
CF	Gary Pettis	140	397	90	.227	2	29
RF	Fred Lynn	142	517	140	.271	23	79
DH	Reggie Jackson	143	525	117	.223	25	81

Other batters[]

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Juan Beníquez	110	354	119	.336	8	39
Rob Wilfong	108	307	76	.248	6	33
Daryl Sconiers	57	160	39	.244	4	17
Jerry Narron	69	150	37	.247	3	17
Mike Brown	62	148	42	.284	7	22
Rob Picciolo	87	119	24	.202	1	9
Ron Jackson	33	91	15	.165	0	5
Darrell Miller	17	41	7	.171	0	1
Derrel Thomas	14	29	4	.138	0	2
Rick Burleson	7	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Witt	34	246.2	15	11	3.47	196
Ron Romanick	33	229.2	12	12	3.76	87
Geoff Zahn	28	199.1	13	10	3.12	61
Tommy John	32	181.1	7	13	4.52	47
Jim Slaton	32	163	7	10	4.97	67
Ken Forsch	2	16.1	1	1	2.20	10
Steve Brown	3	11	0	1	9.00	5
Rick Steirer	1	2.2	0	1	16.88	2

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bruce Kison	20	65.1	4	5	5.37	66
Craig Swan	2	5	0	1	10.80	2

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Luis Sánchez	49	9	7	11	3.33	62
Doug Corbett	45	5	1	4	2.12	48
Curt Kaufman	29	2	3	1	4.57	41
Don Aase	23	4	1	8	1.62	28
John Curtis	17	1	2	0	4.40	18
Frank LaCorte	13	1	2	0	7.06	13
Stew Cliburn	1	0	0	0	13.50	1
Dave Smith	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Moose Stubing
AA	Waterbury Angels	Eastern League	Winston Llenas
A	Redwood Pioneers	California League	Tom Kotchman
A	Peoria Suns	Midwest League	Joe Maddon
A-Short Season	Salem Angels	Northwest League	Larry Patterson

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Notes[]

References[]

• 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.

External links[]

• 1984 California Angels at Baseball Reference
• 1984 California Angels at Baseball Almanac

Preceded by 1983

California Angels seasons 1983

Succeeded by 1985