# 1984 Cleveland Indians season

The 1984 Cleveland Indians season was the 84th for the franchise.

## Offseason

* October 21, 1983: Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby were sent to the Indians by the Atlanta Braves to complete an earlier deal (the Indians traded Len Barker to the Braves for players to be named later and $150,000, and received Rick Behenna from the Braves on September 2) made on August 28, 1983.
* December 5, 1983: Kelly Gruber was drafted from the Indians by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1983 rule 5 draft.
* January 14, 1984: DeWayne Buice was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
* February 5, 1984: Toby Harrah and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Otis Nixon, George Frazier and a player to be named later. The Indians and Yankees completed the deal on February 8, with the Indians sending Rick Browne (minors) to the Yankees and the Yankees sending Guy Elston (minors) to the Indians.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 104 | 58 | .642 | — | 53‍–‍29 | 51‍–‍29 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | 15 | 49‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍41 |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | .537 | 17 | 51‍–‍30 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 18 | 41‍–‍40 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 19 | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 87 | .463 | 29 | 41‍–‍39 | 34‍–‍48 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 67 | 94 | .416 | 36½ | 38‍–‍43 | 29‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1984 American League recordvte 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

* April 6, 1984: Jerry Ujdur was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
* April 7, 1984: DeWayne Buice was released by the Indians.
* May 8, 1984: Geno Petralli was purchased by the Indians from the Toronto Blue Jays.
* June 4, 1984: Cory Snyder was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.
* June 13, 1984: Rick Sutcliffe, George Frazier and Ron Hassey were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Mel Hall, Joe Carter, Don Schulze, and Darryl Banks (minors).
* June 21, 1984: Dan Spillner was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jim Siwy to the Indians on June 26.
* September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the Chicago White Sox.

### Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 2 | Brett Butler | CF |
| 4 | Tony Bernazard | 2B |
| 14 | Julio Franco | SS |
| 29 | Andre Thornton | DH |
| 10 | Pat Tabler | 1B |
| 26 | Brook Jacoby | 3B |
| 9 | Ron Hassey | C |
| 24 | George Vukovich | RF |
| 20 | Otis Nixon | LF |
| 43 | Rick Sutcliffe | P |

### Roster
## Game log
### Regular season

1984 regular season game log: 75–87–1 (Home: 41–39–1; Away: 34–48) :
April: 10–9 (Home: 4–3; Away: 6–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
16April 277:35 p.m. EST@ Tigers8–4 (19)Aponte (1–0)Abbott (1–1)–5:4434,11210–6W5
17April 282:15 p.m. EST@ Tigers2–6Morris (5–0)Behenna (0–1)–2:2528,25310–7L1
18April 291:35 p.m. EDT@ Tigers1–6Petry (3–1)Spillner (0–1)–2:2024,85310–8L2 :
May: 7–19–1 (Home: 3–8–1; Away: 4–11)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
22May 47:05 p.m. EDTTigers2–9Petry (4–1)Spillner (0–2)Hernández (3)3:068,49711–11L1
23May 51:35 p.m. EDTTigers5–6Abbott (2–1)Heaton (2–3)López (2)2:579,28211–12L2
24May 61:55 p.m. EDTTigers5–6 (12)López (3–0)Camacho (0–2)–4:2016,12511–13L3
29May 13 :
June: 14–14 (Home: 7–9; Away: 7–5)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
July: 13–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
96July 237:05 p.m. EDTTigers1–4Morris (13–6)Blyleven (9–4)Bair (4)3:0916,57641–54–1L1
97July 247:05 p.m. EDTTigers5–9Wilcox (10–6)Farr (1–7)–3:2115,57841–55–1L2
98July 257:05 p.m. EDTTigers4–1Smith (4–2)Rozema (7–2)Camacho (12)2:4815,51642–55–1W1
—July 26TigersPostponed (Rain; Site change) (Makeup date: July 31)
102July 315:35 p.m. EDT@ Tigers1–5Berenguer (5–7)Smith (4–3)–2:30N/A43–58–1L2
103July 318:45 p.m. EDT@ Tigers6–4Heaton (8–10)Rozema (7–3)Waddell (5)2:5032,15844–58–1W1 :
August: 16–18 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–10)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
104August 17:35 p.m. EDT@ Tigers4–2Farr (2–7)Petry (14–5)Camacho (13)2:4627,27145–58–1W2
105August 21:30 p.m. EDT@ Tigers1–2Morris (14–7)Blyleven (10–5)Hernández (22)2:3928,70045–59–1L1 :
September: 15–11 (Home: 10–4; Away: 5–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Chris Bando | 75 | 220 | 38 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 41 | .291 | 1 |
| Tony Bernazard | 140 | 439 | 44 | 97 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 38 | .221 | 20 |
| Brett Butler | 159 | 602 | 108 | 162 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 49 | .269 | 52 |
| Joe Carter | 66 | 244 | 32 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 41 | .275 | 2 |
| Carmelo Castillo | 87 | 211 | 36 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 36 | .261 | 1 |
| Mike Fischlin | 85 | 133 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | .226 | 2 |
| Julio Franco | 160 | 658 | 82 | 188 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 79 | .286 | 19 |
| Mel Hall | 83 | 257 | 43 | 66 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 30 | .257 | 1 |
| Mike Hargrove | 133 | 352 | 44 | 94 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | .267 | 0 |
| Ron Hassey | 48 | 149 | 11 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .255 | 1 |
| Brook Jacoby | 126 | 439 | 64 | 116 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 40 | .264 | 3 |
| Jeff Moronko | 7 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .158 | 0 |
| Otis Nixon | 49 | 91 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | 12 |
| Junior Noboa | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | 0 |
| Broderick Perkins | 58 | 66 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .197 | 0 |
| Jamie Quirk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Kevin Rhomberg | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |
| Pat Tabler | 144 | 473 | 66 | 137 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 68 | .290 | 3 |
| Andre Thornton | 155 | 587 | 91 | 159 | 26 | 0 | 33 | 99 | .271 | 6 |
| George Vukovich | 134 | 437 | 38 | 133 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 60 | .304 | 1 |
| Jerry Willard | 87 | 246 | 21 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 37 | .224 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5643 | 761 | 1498 | 222 | 39 | 123 | 704 | .265 | 126 |

### Pitching

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Luis Aponte | 1 | 0 | 4.11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 | 53 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 25 |
| Jeff Barkley | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Rick Behenna | 0 | 3 | 13.97 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9.2 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
| Bert Blyleven | 19 | 7 | 2.87 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 245.0 | 204 | 86 | 78 | 74 | 170 |
| Ernie Camacho | 5 | 9 | 2.43 | 69 | 0 | 23 | 100.0 | 83 | 31 | 27 | 37 | 48 |
| Steve Comer | 4 | 8 | 5.68 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 117.1 | 146 | 80 | 74 | 39 | 39 |
| Jamie Easterly | 3 | 1 | 3.38 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 69.1 | 74 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 42 |
| Steve Farr | 3 | 11 | 4.58 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 116.0 | 106 | 61 | 59 | 46 | 83 |
| George Frazier | 3 | 2 | 3.65 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 44.1 | 45 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 24 |
| Neal Heaton | 12 | 15 | 5.21 | 38 | 34 | 0 | 198.2 | 231 | 128 | 115 | 75 | 75 |
| Mike Jeffcoat | 5 | 2 | 2.99 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 75.1 | 82 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 41 |
| José Román | 0 | 2 | 18.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| Ramon Romero | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Don Schulze | 3 | 6 | 4.83 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 85.2 | 105 | 53 | 46 | 27 | 39 |
| Rick Sutcliffe | 4 | 5 | 5.15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 94.1 | 111 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 58 |
| Jerry Ujdur | 1 | 2 | 6.91 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14.1 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| Tom Waddell | 7 | 4 | 3.06 | 58 | 0 | 6 | 97.0 | 68 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 59 |
| Team Totals | 75 | 87 | 4.26 | 162 | 162 | 35 | 1467.2 | 1523 | 766 | 694 | 545 | 803 |

## Awards and honors

All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Maine Guides | International League | Doc Edwards |
| AA | Buffalo Bisons | Eastern League | Jack Aker |
| A | Waterloo Indians | Midwest League | Gomer Hodge |
| A-Short Season | Batavia Trojans | New York–Penn League | Eddie Bane |