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1984 Chicago White Sox season

Summary

The 1984 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 84th season in the major leagues, and their 85th season overall. They finished with a record of 74-88, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 10 games behind the first place Kansas City Royals.

1984 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersTony La Russa
TelevisionWFLD
Sportsvision
ONTV
(Don Drysdale, Ken Harrelson)
RadioWMAQ (AM)
(Joe McConnell, Lorn Brown)
← 1983 Seasons 1985 →

The Sox' 1984 season is most famous for a 25-inning game on May 8, 1984, against the Milwaukee Brewers. The game was suspended after 17 innings at 1 a.m. It was completed the following night, with the White Sox winning 7-6 on Harold Baines's walk-off home run.

Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

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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 edit

1984 American League record
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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 —


Opening Day lineup edit

Notable transactions edit

  • May 23, 1984: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[8]
  • June 21, 1984: The White Sox traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for Dan Spillner. The White Sox completed the trade by sending Jim Siwy to the Indians on June 26.[9]
  • July 18, 1984: Roy Smalley acquired by the White Sox from the New York Yankees for players to be named later. The White Sox sent Doug Drabek and Kevin Hickey to the New York Yankees to complete the trade on August 13.[10]
  • September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the White Sox.[8]

Roster edit

1984 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log edit

Regular season edit

1984 regular season game log: 74–88 (Home: 43–38; Away: 31–50)
April: 8–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 3–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
2 April 6 1:30 p.m. CST Tigers 2–3 Wilcox (1–0) Dotson (0–1) Hernández (1) 2:51 42,692 1–1 L1
3 April 7 12:50 p.m. CST Tigers 0–4 Morris (2–0) Bannister (0–1) – 2:44 24,616 1–2 L2
4 April 8 1:30 p.m. CST Tigers] 3–7 López (1–0) Seaver (0–1) – 3:17 20,478 1–3 L3
11 April 20 6:35 p.m. CST @ Tigers 2–3 López (2–0) Reed (0–1) – 2:36 33,554 5–6 L1
12 April 21 1:15 p.m. CST @ Tigers 1–4 Rozema (1–0) Hoyt (2–1) Bair (1) 2:35 34,395 5–7 L2
13 April 22 12:30 p.m. CST @ Tigers 1–9 Berenguer (1–0) Brennan (0–1) – 2:58 10,603 5–8 L3
May: 14–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–8)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
June: 15–13 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–7)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
July: 13–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 4–11)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
78 July 2 7:20 p.m. CDT Tigers 7–1 Bannister (5–6) Rozema (4–1) – 2:29 32,768 38–40 W1
79 July 3 7:30 p.m. CDT Tigers 9–5 Seaver (7–6) Morris (12–5) Reed (4) 2:42 43,094 39–40 W2
80 July 4 6:05 p.m. CDT Tigers 8–2 Dotson Wilcox – 2:34 37,665 40–40 W3
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
90 July 16 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 1–7 Abbott (3–2) Hoyt (8–10) – 2:29 41,935 45–45 L2
91 July 17 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 2–3 Petry (12–4) Nelson (1–2) Hernández (17) 2:03 34,579 45–46 L3
92 July 18 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Tigers 10–6 Bannister (7–6) Morris (12–6) Agosto (3) 2:59 39,051 46–46 W1
August: 12–17 (Home: 3–9; Away: 9–8)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
September: 12–17 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–9)
# Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = White Sox team member

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Harold Baines, RF 147 569 72 173 28 10 29 94 54 75 .304 1
Floyd Bannister, P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Daryl Boston, CF,RF 35 83 8 14 3 1 0 3 4 20 .169 6
Steve Christmas, C 12 11 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 2 .364 0
Julio Cruz, 2B 143 415 42 92 14 4 5 43 45 58 .222 14
Richard Dotson, PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jerry Dybzinski, SS,3B 94 132 17 31 5 1 1 10 13 12 .235 7
Carlton Fisk, C,DH 102 359 54 83 20 1 21 43 26 60 .231 6
Scott Fletcher, SS,2B 149 456 46 114 13 3 3 35 46 46 .250 10
Jerry Hairston, OF,DH 115 227 41 59 13 2 5 19 41 29 .260 2
Marc Hill, C 77 193 15 45 10 1 5 20 9 26 .233 0
Tim Hulett, 2B,3B 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 1
Ron Kittle, LF,DH 139 446 67 100 15 0 32 74 49 137 .215 3
Rudy Law, CF,LF 136 487 68 122 14 7 6 37 39 42 .251 29
Vance Law, 3B,2B 151 481 60 121 18 2 17 59 41 75 .252 4
Greg Luzinski, DH 125 412 47 98 13 0 13 58 56 80 .238 5
Tom O'Malley, 3B 12 16 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 .125 0
Tom Paciorek, OF,1B 111 363 35 93 21 2 4 29 25 69 .256 6
Casey Parsons, OF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Jamie Quirk, 3B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0
Ron Reed, P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Joel Skinner, C 43 80 4 17 2 0 0 3 7 19 .213 1
Roy Smalley, 3B 47 135 15 23 4 0 4 13 22 30 .170 1
Dan Spillner, PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Mike Squires, 1B,3B 104 82 9 15 1 0 0 6 6 7 .183 2
Dave Stegman, OF,DH 55 92 13 24 1 2 2 11 4 18 .261 3
Greg Walker, 1B,DH 136 442 62 130 29 2 24 75 35 66 .294 8
Team Totals
 162 5513 679 1360 225 38 172 640 523 883 .247 109

Pitching edit

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Juan Agosto 2 1 3.09 49 0 7 55.1 59 20 19 2 41 26
Floyd Bannister 14 11 4.83 34 33 0 218.0 211 127 117 30 82 152
Salome Barojas 3 2 4.58 24 0 1 39.1 48 24 20 3 20 18
Tom Brennan 0 1 4.05 4 1 0 6.2 8 5 3 1 3 3
Britt Burns 4 12 5.00 34 16 3 117.0 130 74 65 7 46 85
Richard Dotson 14 15 3.59 32 32 0 245.2 216 110 98 24 108 120
Bob Fallon 0 0 3.68 3 3 0 14.2 12 7 6 0 11 10
Jerry Don Gleaton 1 2 3.44 11 1 2 18.1 20 12 7 2 6 4
LaMarr Hoyt 13 18 4.47 34 34 0 235.2 244 127 117 31 46 126
Al Jones 1 1 4.43 20 0 5 20.1 23 10 10 3 11 15
Gene Nelson 3 5 4.46 20 9 1 74.2 72 38 37 9 17 36
Randy Niemann 0 0 1.68 5 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 6 5
Ron Reed 0 6 3.08 51 0 12 73.0 67 29 25 7 16 57
Bert Roberge 3 3 3.76 21 0 0 40.2 36 18 17 2 16 25
Tom Seaver 15 11 3.95 34 33 0 236.2 216 108 104 27 64 131
Jim Siwy 0 0 2.08 1 0 0 4.1 3 1 1 0 2 1
Dan Spillner 1 0 4.10 22 0 1 48.1 51 25 22 7 14 26
Mike Squires 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals
 74 88 4.13 162 162 32 1454.1 1416 736 668 155 509 840

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Vern Law and Adrian Garrett
AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League John Boles
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Sal Rende
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Sox New York–Penn League Fred Nelson
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Steve Dillard

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton[11]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Steve Christmas at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ a b Jerry Koosman at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Bert Roberge at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Tom Seaver at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ "Jim Kern Stats".
  6. ^ Norberto Martin at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ NY Daily News: In return, Bobby Meacham safe at home
  8. ^ a b Jamie Quirk at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Dan Spillner page on Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Doug Drabek page on Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References edit

  • 1984 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

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