1984 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1984 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1984 in baseball.

1984 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 2, 1984 – October 14, 1984
Regular season
Season MVP	NL: Ryne Sandberg (CHC) AL: Willie Hernández (DET)
League postseason
AL champions	Detroit Tigers
AL runners-up	Kansas City Royals
NL champions	San Diego Padres
NL runners-up	Chicago Cubs
World Series
Champions	Detroit Tigers
Finals MVP	Alan Trammell (DET)

The 1984 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Don Mattingly NYY .343 Tony Gwynn SDP .351 HR Tony Armas BOS 43 Dale Murphy ATL Mike Schmidt PHI 36 RBI Tony Armas BOS 123 Gary Carter MON Mike Schmidt PHI 106 Wins Mike Boddicker BAL 20 Joaquín Andújar STL 20 ERA Mike Boddicker BAL 2.79 Alejandro Peña LAD 2.48 SO Mark Langston SEA 204 Dwight Gooden NYM 276 SV Dan Quisenberry KCR 44 Bruce Sutter STL 45 SB Rickey Henderson OAK 66 Tim Raines MON 75

Major league baseball final standings

American League

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

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

National League

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	96	65	0.596	—	51–29	45–36
New York Mets	90	72	0.556	6½	48–33	42–39
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	0.519	12½	44–37	40–41
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	15½	39–42	42–39
Montreal Expos	78	83	0.484	18	39–42	39–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	0.463	21½	41–40	34–47

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	92	70	0.568	—	48–33	44–37
Atlanta Braves	80	82	0.494	12	38–43	42–39
Houston Astros	80	82	0.494	12	43–38	37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	83	0.488	13	40–41	39–42
Cincinnati Reds	70	92	0.432	22	39–42	31–50
San Francisco Giants	66	96	0.407	26	35–46	31–50

Postseason

• World Series: Detroit Tigers over San Diego Padres (4–1); Alan Trammell, MVP

	League Championship Series ABC					World Series NBC
	East	Detroit	3
	West	Kansas City	0
						AL	Detroit	4
						NL	San Diego	1
	East	Chicago Cubs	2
	West	San Diego	3

• American League Championship Series MVP: Kirk Gibson
• National League Championship Series MVP: Steve Garvey

All-Star game

• All-Star Game, July 10 at Candlestick Park: National League, 3–1; Gary Carter, MVP

External links

• 1984 Major League Baseball season at ESPN
• 1984 Major League Baseball season at Baseball Reference