1984 Baltimore Orioles season

1984 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Memorial Stadium (since 1954)
Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
Results
Record	85–78 (.525)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s)	Hank Peters
Manager(s)	Joe Altobelli
Local television	WMAR-TV (Rex Barney, Brooks Robinson, Mel Proctor) Home Team Sports (Rex Barney, Mel Proctor)
Local radio	WFBR (Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Tom Marr)
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The 1984 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 5th 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	104	58	0.642	—	53–29	51–29
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	0.549	15	49–32	40–41
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	17	51–30	36–45
Boston Red Sox	86	76	0.531	18	41–40	45–36
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	0.525	19	44–37	41–40
Cleveland Indians	75	87	0.463	29	41–39	34–48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	0.416	36½	38–43	29–51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League Records Sources:
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	—

Opening Day starters

Rich Dauer
Rick Dempsey
Dan Ford
Wayne Gross
John Lowenstein
Scott McGregor
Eddie Murray
Cal Ripken, Jr.
John Shelby
Ken Singleton^[3]

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1984 Baltimore Orioles roster

Roster

Pitchers

52 Mike Boddicker

21,59 Mark Brown

34 Storm Davis

39 Ken Dixon

46 Mike Flanagan

30 Dennis Martínez

23 Tippy Martinez

16 Scott McGregor

41 John Pacella

22 Jim Palmer

36 Nate Snell

53 Sammy Stewart

32 Bill Swaggerty

42 Tom Underwood

Catchers

24 Rick Dempsey

6 Floyd Rayford

41 Orlando Sánchez

Infielders

10 Todd Cruz

25 Rich Dauer

14 Wayne Gross

11 Ron Jackson

33 Eddie Murray

8 Cal Ripken, Jr.

2 Vic Rodriguez

12 Lenn Sakata

Outfielders

1 Al Bumbry

9,28 Jim Dwyer

15 Dan Ford

38 John Lowenstein

35 Gary Roenicke

18 Larry Sheets

37 John Shelby

43 Mike Young

Other batters

27 Benny Ayala

17 Joe Nolan

29 Ken Singleton

28 Jim Traber

Manager

26 Joe Altobelli

Coaches

44 Elrod Hendricks

31 Ray Miller

47 Cal Ripken, Sr.

54 Ralph Rowe

40 Jimmy Williams

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
SS	Ripken, CalCal Ripken	162	641	195	.304	27	86

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
Rodriguez, VicVic Rodriguez	11	17	7	.412	0	2

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
Boddicker, MikeMike Boddicker	34	261.1	20	11	2.79	128

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

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
Brown, MarkMark Brown	9	1	2	0	3.91	10

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

Notes

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/underto01.shtml
↑ 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
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=BAL
↑ Ron Jackson page at Baseball Reference

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.
1984 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1984 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

1984 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1984 MLB draft 1984 All-Star Game 1984 World Series

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (9)

American League Wild Card
(3)

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

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