1984 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1984 season was their eighth since the franchise creation. They finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 74–88 (.457).

1984 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Kingdome
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	George Argyros
General managers	Hal Keller
Managers	Del Crandall, Chuck Cottier (September 1)
Television	KSTW-TV 11
Radio	KVI 570 AM: (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Nelson Briles)
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Offseason

• November 21, 1983: Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds were traded to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Beard and Bob Kearney.^[1]
• December 5, 1983: Dave Geisel was selected by the Mariners from the Toronto Blue Jays in the rule 5 draft.^[2]
• January 17, 1984: Mike Blowers was selected in the eighth round of the amateur draft, but did not sign.^[3]
• March 23, 1984: Rick Sweet was released by the Mariners.^[4]

Regular season

• September 1 – Manager Del Crandall (59–76 (.437)) was fired on Saturday morning, August 31,^[5] succeeded by third base coach Chuck Cottier.^[6]
• First baseman Alvin Davis reached base in each of the first 47 games of his career, and was chosen for his only All-Star Game. The M's MVP, he was also voted the American League's Rookie of the Year, with a .284 batting average, 27 home runs, and 116 RBIs.^[7]
• Lefthanded starting pitcher Mark Langston became the first rookie since Herb Score to lead the American League in strikeouts; he was second in the balloting to teammate Davis for AL Rookie of the Year

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	84	78	.519	—	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍41
California Angels	81	81	.500	3	37‍–‍44	44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins	81	81	.500	3	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics	77	85	.475	7	44‍–‍37	33‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox	74	88	.457	10	43‍–‍38	31‍–‍50
Seattle Mariners	74	88	.457	10	42‍–‍39	32‍–‍49
Texas Rangers	69	92	.429	14½	34‍–‍46	35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record v t e 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	—

Notable transactions

Roster

1984 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 38 Salomé Barojas 33 Dave Beard 45 Jim Beattie 39 Karl Best 37 Dave Geisel 36 Lee Guetterman 12 Mark Langston 52 Paul Mirabella 25 Mike Moore 30 Edwin Núñez 46 Mike Stanton 34 Bob Stoddard 49 Roy Thomas 32 Ed Vande Berg 40 Matt Young		Catchers 11 Bob Kearney  2 Orlando Mercado  6 Bill Nahorodny 41 Dave Valle Infielders 6,19 Darnell Coles 21 Alvin Davis  8 Larry Milbourne  7 Spike Owen 14 Jack Perconte 17 Jim Presley  3 Domingo Ramos  4 Harold Reynolds 38 Danny Tartabull		Outfielders  9 Barry Bonnell 29 Phil Bradley 13 Iván Calderón 47 Al Chambers 16 Al Cowens 42 Dave Henderson  5 Steve Henderson 26 John Moses 10 Ricky Nelson 20 Gorman Thomas Other batters 44 Ken Phelps 23 Pat Putnam		Manager 15 Chuck Cottier  1 Del Crandall Coaches 15 Chuck Cottier (Third Base) 35 Frank Funk (Pitching) 33 Ben Hines (Hitting)  4 Phil Roof (First Base)

Game log

Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 74–88 (Home: 42–39; Away: 32–49)
April: 12–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 5–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
May: 11–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 36 May 14 @ Tigers 5–7 Lopez Vande Berg – 3:05 18,830 18–18 L2 37 May 15 @ Tigers 4–6 Morris Thomas Hernandez 3:32 21,782 18–19 L3 38 May 16 @ Tigers 1–10 Wilcox Young – 2:52 22,001 18–20 L4 45 May 25 Tigers 7–3 Vande Berg Wilcox Mirabella 2:54 15,722 21–24 W1 46 May 26 Tigers 9–5 Moore Berenguer – 2:51 41,342 22–24 W2 47 May 27 Tigers 6–1 Young Petry – 2:50 12,755 23–24 W3
June: 14–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–8) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
July: 12–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
August: 10–18 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 123 August 17 @ Tigers 2–6 Wilcox Moore – 3:08 36,496 55–68 L1 124 August 18 @ Tigers 3–4 Berenguer Geisel Hernandez 2:41 36,719 55–69 L2 125 August 19 @ Tigers 4–1 Langston Petry Vande Berg 2:51 43,277 56–69 W1 132 August 28 Tigers 4–5 Hernandez Stanton – 2:51 8,353 57–75 L5 133 August 29 Tigers 5–1 Langston Petry – 2:11 10,863 58–75 W1 134 August 30 Tigers 2–1 Beattie Morris Nunez 2:34 9,583 59–75 W2
September: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Mariners team member

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 Kearney	133	431	97	.225	7	43
1B	Alvin Davis	152	567	161	.284	27	116
2B	Jack Perconte	155	612	180	.294	0	31
SS	Spike Owen	152	530	130	.245	3	43
3B	Jim Presley	70	251	57	.227	10	36
LF	Barry Bonnell	110	363	96	.264	8	48
CF	Dave Henderson	112	350	98	.280	14	43
RF	Al Cowens	139	524	145	.277	15	78
DH	Ken Phelps	101	290	70	.241	24	51

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
Steve Henderson	109	325	85	.262	10	35
Phil Bradley	124	322	97	.301	0	24
Larry Milbourne	79	211	56	.265	1	22
Pat Putnam	64	155	31	.200	2	16
Darnell Coles	48	143	23	.161	0	6
Gorman Thomas	35	108	17	.157	1	13
Domingo Ramos	59	81	15	.185	0	2
Orlando Mercado	30	78	17	.218	0	5
Al Chambers	22	49	11	.224	1	4
John Moses	19	35	12	.343	0	2
Dave Valle	13	27	8	.296	1	4
Bill Nahorodny	12	25	6	.240	1	3
Iván Calderón	11	24	5	.208	1	1
Danny Tartabull	10	20	6	.300	2	7
Ricky Nelson	9	15	3	.200	1	2
Harold Reynolds	10	10	3	.300	0	0

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
Mark Langston	35	225.0	17	10	3.40	204
Mike Moore	34	212.0	7	17	4.97	158
Jim Beattie	32	211.0	12	16	3.41	119
Matt Young	22	113.1	6	8	5.72	73
Salomé Barojas	19	95.1	6	5	3.97	37

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
Ed Vande Berg	50	130.1	8	12	4.76	71
Bob Stoddard	27	79.0	2	3	5.13	39
Dave Geisel	20	43.1	1	1	4.15	28

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
Mike Stanton	54	4	4	8	3.54	55
Paul Mirabella	52	2	5	3	4.37	41
Dave Beard	43	3	2	5	5.80	40
Edwin Núñez	37	2	2	7	3.19	57
Roy Thomas	21	3	2	1	5.26	42
Karl Best	5	1	1	0	3.00	6
Lee Guetterman	3	0	0	0	4.15	2

Awards and honors

• Mark Langston – American League Leader, Strikeouts (204)

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake City Gulls	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Floyd
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Bill Plummer
A	Salinas Spurs	California League	R. J. Harrison
A	Wausau Timbers	Midwest League	Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season	Bellingham Mariners	Northwest League	Gary Pellant
Rookie	Butte Copper Kings	Pioneer League	Manny Estrada

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