# 1984 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1984 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 103rd season of the franchise; the 98th in the National League. This was their 15th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 75–87.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 96 | 65 | .596 | — | 51‍–‍29 | 45‍–‍36 |
| New York Mets | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6½ | 48‍–‍33 | 42‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 78 | .519 | 12½ | 44‍–‍37 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 81 | .500 | 15½ | 39‍–‍42 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Montreal Expos | 78 | 83 | .484 | 18 | 39‍–‍42 | 39‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 87 | .463 | 21½ | 41‍–‍40 | 34‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1984 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 3–9 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 9–3 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–7 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 13–5 |
| Cincinnati | 5–13 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 4–8 |
| Houston | 6–12 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 9–9 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 8–4 |
| Los Angeles | 12–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 6–6 |
| Montreal | 7–5 | 7–10 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–11 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–9 |
| New York | 8–4 | 6–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 11–7 | — | 10–8 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–11 |
| Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 8–10 | — | 7–11 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–8 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 11–7 | — | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–14 |
| San Diego | 11–7 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | — | 13–5 | 7–5 |
| San Francisco | 8–10 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–13 | — | 7–5 |
| St. Louis | 7–5 | 5–13 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 14–4 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — |

### Game log

1984 Game Log: 75–87 (Home: 41–40; Away: 34–47) :
April: 7–13 (Home: 2–4; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Padres1–5ShowRhoden (0–1)—44,5530–1
2April 5@ Padres6–8DeLeonScurry (0–1)Gossage19,3610–2
3April 6@ Dodgers3–1Tudor (1–0)WelchGuante (1)39,8201–2
4April 7@ Dodgers3–0Candelaria (1–0)PenaRobinson (1)32,4032–2
5April 8@ Dodgers5–2Rhoden (1–1)ValenzuelaGuante (2)41,5503–2
6April 10@ Giants3–4KrukowMcWilliams (0–1)Minton6,8373–3
7April 11@ Giants1–2 (10)LavelleGuante (0–1)—8,7733–4
8April 13@ Cardinals1–4LaPointCandelaria (1–1)Sutter45,4533–5
9April 14@ Cardinals5–7CoxRhoden (1–2)Sutter23,6023–6
10April 15@ Cardinals0–1RuckerMcWilliams (0–2)Sutter24,0993–7
11April 17Phillies1–4HudsonTudor (1–1)Holland34,1143–8
12April 18Phillies6–3Candelaria (2–1)KoosmanRobinson (2)2,7524–8
13April 20@ Cubs4–5 (10)StoddardTekulve (0–1)—22,0494–9
14April 21@ Cubs8–5DeLeon (1–0)NolesRobinson (3)21,9365–9
15April 24@ Phillies3–2Candelaria (3–1)KoosmanTekulve (1)14,0966–9
16April 25@ Phillies7–8McGrawTunnell (0–1)Holland20,6226–10
17April 27Cubs3–2Rhoden (2–2)RaineyTekulve (2)9,0577–10
18April 28Cubs1–7SandersonMcWilliams (0–3)—17,3177–11
19April 29Cubs1–2TroutCandelaria (3–2)Smith13,3977–12
20April 30Cardinals3–5SutterTunnell (0–2)—4,0977–13 :
May: 12–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 3–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1Cardinals5–10AndujarDeLeon (1–1)—3,7627–14
22May 2Cardinals1–3LaPointRhoden (2–3)Sutter3,6497–15
23May 5Dodgers8–7 (10)Tekulve (1–1)Hershiser—18,1768–15
24May 6Dodgers4–6 (10)NiedenfuerTekulve (1–2)—8–16
25May 6Dodgers2–1Tudor (2–1)Valenzuela—19,2469–16
26May 10Giants4–2Rhoden (3–3)RobinsonTekulve (3)4,00210–16
27May 11@ Braves2–4 (10)ForsterTekulve (1–3)—24,58610–17
28May 12@ Braves3–4PerezGuante (0–2)Dedmon41,31910–18
29May 13@ Braves8–9 (10)DedmonCandelaria (3–3)—23,03510–19
30May 14Astros3–2DeLeon (2–1)KnepperTekulve (4)3,79011–19
31May 15Astros3–2 (10)Guante (1–2)DiPino—2,97812–19
32May 16Astros0–1RyanCandelaria (3–4)—4,52312–20
33May 18Braves6–0McWilliams (1–3)Falcone—10,94713–20
34May 19Braves2–4 (7)MahlerTudor (2–2)—11,98913–21
35May 20Braves1–5BedrosianTekulve (1–4)—16,41213–22
36May 22Reds3–5SotoScurry (0–2)—7,95913–23
37May 23Reds7–2Candelaria (4–4)Russell—7,07214–23
38May 24Reds5–1McWilliams (2–3)Price—8,58015–23
39May 25@ Astros6–2Tudor (3–2)Scott—18,43016–23
40May 26@ Astros0–2RyanDeLeon (2–2)—39,51816–24
41May 27@ Astros2–1Rhoden (4–3)NiekroScurry (1)18,41617–24
42May 28@ Astros7–0Candelaria (5–4)RuhleRobinson (4)10,95218–24
43May 29@ Reds4–5 (10)PowerTekulve (1–5)—10,41118–25
44May 30@ Reds4–6 (14)OwchinkoRobinson (0–1)—11,60818–26
45May 31Expos2–1DeLeon (3–2)Gullickson—6,04919–26 :
June: 11–20 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
46June 1Expos0–2LeaRhoden (4–4)Reardon12,69119–27
47June 2Expos2–1Tunnell (1–2)RogersTekulve (5)19,08020–27
48June 3Expos4–0Tudor (4–2)Palmer—19,71321–27
49June 4Mets2–4DarlingRobinson (0–2)Orosco13,30621–28
50June 5Mets0–3TerrellDeLeon (3–3)—6,53921–29
51June 6Mets1–2 (13)GormanScurry (0–3)—7,49321–30
52June 8@ Phillies4–5KoosmanCandelaria (5–5)Holland21–31
53June 8@ Phillies1–2GrossMcWilliams (2–4)Holland31,13321–32
54June 9@ Phillies5–6CarltonTudor (4–3)Holland31,98121–33
55June 10@ Phillies12–6 (12)Guante (2–2)Kern—32,99622–33
56June 11@ Mets1–3GoodenRhoden (4–5)Orosco19,59622–34
57June 12@ Mets6–3McWilliams (3–4)LearyScurry (2)14,25523–34
58June 13@ Mets0–2LynchTunnell (1–3)Sisk12,12423–35
59June 14@ Expos3–2Tekulve (2–5)Lucas—30,65724–35
60June 15@ Expos0–1SchatzederDeLeon (3–4)James23,24724–36
61June 16@ Expos2–3 (11)ReardonTekulve (2–6)—24,62624–37
62June 17@ Expos3–5LeaMcWilliams (3–5)Reardon31,21624–38
63June 19Cubs3–4SutcliffeTudor (4–4)Smith9,37724–39
64June 20Cubs5–1DeLeon (4–4)Rainey—7,76725–39
65June 21Cubs8–6Rhoden (5–5)EckersleyTekulve (6)8,26726–39
66June 22Phillies10–3McWilliams (4–5)Bystrom—27–39
67June 22Phillies7–6 (13)Scurry (1–3)Campbell—20,51628–39
68June 23Phillies5–7KoosmanCandelaria (5–6)—19,01428–40
69June 24Phillies2–4CarltonTudor (4–5)Holland17,74928–41
70June 25@ Cubs3–0DeLeon (5–4)Rainey—19,03629–41
71June 26@ Cubs9–0Rhoden (6–5)Eckersley—30–41
72June 26@ Cubs8–9BordiMcWilliams (4–6)Smith28,36930–42
73June 27@ Cubs7–8 (11)StoddardScurry (1–4)—37,05530–43
74June 28@ Giants3–4 (11)LavelleRobinson (0–3)—6,19130–44
75June 29@ Giants0–3RobinsonTudor (4–6)—15,44830–45
76June 30@ Giants5–7WilliamsGuante (2–3)Lavelle26,99030–46 :
July: 15–15 (Home: 11–8; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Giants4–7HammakerRhoden (6–6)Minton15,73130–47
78July 2@ Dodgers4–5PenaMcWilliams (4–7)Niedenfuer28,98630–48
79July 3@ Dodgers6–0Candelaria (6–6)Howell—37,95131–48
80July 4@ Dodgers0–9HershiserTudor (4–7)—46,74731–49
81July 5@ Padres1–2GossageScurry (1–5)—14,90731–50
82July 6@ Padres3–7WhitsonRhoden (6–7)—18,36831–51
83July 7@ Padres0–1DraveckyMcWilliams (4–8)Gossage28,99531–52
84July 8@ Padres4–3Candelaria (7–6)ThurmondTekulve (7)17,95032–52
85July 12Giants6–3DeLeon (6–4)LaskeyTekulve (8)6,29533–52
86July 13Giants8–2Candelaria (8–6)Krukow—34–52
87July 13Giants4–3 (18)Scurry (2–5)Cornell—22,16735–52
88July 14Giants6–2Rhoden (7–7)Davis—9,00136–52
89July 15Giants9–3Tudor (5–7)Robinson—13,07837–52
90July 16Dodgers4–1Walk (1–0)Honeycutt—9,04438–52
91July 17Dodgers0–5PenaDeLeon (6–5)—10,13438–53
92July 18Dodgers5–2McWilliams (5–8)Reuss—13,47339–53
93July 19Padres5–1Candelaria (9–6)Lollar—10,04840–53
94July 20Padres4–3Rhoden (8–7)DraveckyRobinson (5)41–53
95July 20Padres2–3HawkinsTudor (5–8)Gossage18,00741–54
96July 21Padres4–6ThurmondWalk (1–1)Gossage11,59341–55
97July 22Padres1–5WhitsonDeLeon (6–6)—41–56
98July 22Padres3–2 (11)Winn (1–0)Gossage—22,97142–56
99July 24@ Expos12–5 (11)Scurry (3–5)Reardon—28,08743–56
100July 25@ Expos3–1Rhoden (9–7)LeaRobinson (6)28,26644–56
101July 26@ Expos4–5JamesRobinson (0–4)Reardon17,68544–57
102July 27Cardinals2–3 (10)AndujarTekulve (2–7)Sutter9,74044–58
103July 28Cardinals1–5CoxDeLeon (6–7)Sutter12,94544–59
104July 29Cardinals3–4AllenCandelaria (9–7)Sutter12,50144–60
105July 30Expos1–3JamesRhoden (9–8)—6,21244–61
106July 31Expos5–3Tudor (6–8)RogersRobinson (7)7,81345–61 :
August: 13–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Expos4–0McWilliams (6–8)Lea—8,72946–61
108August 2Mets6–4Robinson (1–4)Darling—8,54347–61
109August 3Mets1–4TerrellCandelaria (9–8)—7,78347–62
110August 4Mets3–4GormanScurry (3–6)Orosco7,87647–63
111August 5Mets1–3 (10)GardnerRobinson (1–5)—10,57547–64
112August 6@ Cardinals3–2McWilliams (7–8)AndujarTekulve (9)22,14248–64
113August 7@ Cardinals1–2CoxDeLeon (6–8)Sutter18,14648–65
114August 8@ Cardinals6–4Candelaria (10–8)HortonTunnell (1)18,32549–65
115August 9@ Mets11–0Rhoden (10–8)Berenyi—27,60450–65
116August 10@ Mets4–1Tudor (7–8)FernandezTekulve (10)28,35551–65
117August 11@ Mets1–3GoodenMcWilliams (7–9)Orosco28,32651–66
118August 12@ Mets3–6DarlingDeLeon (6–9)Gardner36,13551–67
119August 14@ Braves1–3CampCandelaria (10–9)Moore14,24351–68
120August 15@ Braves3–7BedrosianRhoden (10–9)Garber12,95751–69
121August 16@ Braves5–2Tudor (8–8)Mahler—16,82952–69
122August 17Astros4–7 (10)DawleyTekulve (2–8)—10,37052–70
123August 18Astros0–5LaCossDeLeon (6–10)—11,69152–71
124August 19Astros3–4NiekroCandelaria (10–10)Dawley13,21552–72
125August 20Braves1–4 (10)GarberTekulve (2–9)—7,61352–73
126August 21Braves5–4Robinson (2–5)Dedmon—6,40053–73
127August 22Braves7–2McWilliams (8–9)Payne—4,15654–73
128August 24Reds0–2RussellDeLeon (6–11)—8,07454–74
129August 25Reds5–3Candelaria (11–10)TibbsMcWilliams (1)21,38555–74
130August 26Reds7–1Rhoden (11–9)Price—10,83156–74
131August 28@ Astros2–3SmithTudor (8–9)—11,01656–75
132August 29@ Astros4–2Robinson (3–5)DiPino—9,58757–75
133August 30@ Reds1–4TibbsDeLeon (6–12)—10,22057–76
134August 31@ Reds6–2Candelaria (12–10)PriceRobinson (8)12,95458–76 :
September: 17–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Reds5–7 (11)PowerRobinson (3–6)—16,73358–77
136September 2@ Reds1–7RobinsonTudor (8–10)—13,59758–78
137September 3@ Expos3–0McWilliams (9–9)RogersTekulve (11)12,33359–78
138September 4@ Expos5–3Scurry (4–6)JamesTekulve (12)10,18460–78
139September 5Mets2–4BerenyiTunnell (1–4)Sisk3,56960–79
140September 6Mets2–0Rhoden (12–9)SchiraldiScurry (3)3,52961–79
141September 7Cardinals4–1Tudor (9–10)HortonScurry (4)4,07762–79
142September 8Cardinals2–9AndujarMcWilliams (9–10)—8,80762–80
143September 9Cardinals1–2CoxDeLeon (6–13)Sutter7,46062–81
144September 10Expos5–8GrapenthinTunnell (1–5)Hesketh3,12662–82
145September 11Expos5–1Rhoden (13–9)Bargar—2,96363–82
146September 12@ Mets0–2GoodenTudor (9–11)—12,87663–83
147September 13@ Mets14–4McWilliams (10–10)Terrell—6,07664–83
148September 14@ Cardinals8–7 (12)Robinson (4–6)SutterTekulve (13)16,29265–83
149September 15@ Cardinals3–8LaPointCandelaria (12–11)—17,35665–84
150September 16@ Cardinals7–8 (10)HasslerTunnell (1–6)—21,91865–85
151September 18@ Cubs6–2Tudor (10–11)EckersleyRobinson (9)30,72166–85
152September 19@ Cubs11–6McWilliams (11–10)StoddardWinn (1)31,58567–85
153September 20@ Cubs7–6Tekulve (3–9)SmithCandelaria (1)33,65168–85
154September 21Phillies5–1Scurry (5–6)Koosman—4,94069–85
155September 22Phillies2–1 (12)Robinson (5–6)Andersen—6,92770–85
156September 23Phillies4–2Tudor (11–11)RawleyCandelaria (2)11,24971–85
157September 24Cubs1–4SutcliffeMcWilliams (11–11)—5,47271–86
158September 25Cubs7–1DeLeon (7–13)Patterson—4,06872–86
159September 26Cubs2–5RuthvenTunnell (1–7)—3,36572–87
160September 29@ Phillies4–0Rhoden (14–9)Hudson—27,49373–87
161September 30@ Phillies2–0Tudor (12–11)DennyRobinson (10)74–87
162September 30@ Phillies7–2McWilliams (12–11)Rawley—17,29275–87 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member :

## Roster
### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 36 | Marvell Wynne | CF |
| 3 | Johnny Ray | 2B |
| 5 | Bill Madlock | 3B |
| 30 | Jason Thompson | 1B |
| 26 | Amos Otis | LF |
| 6 | Tony Peña | C |
| 51 | Doug Frobel | RF |
| 4 | Dale Berra | SS |
| 29 | Rick Rhoden | SP |

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| M. Page | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Rhoden | 35 | 84 | 28 | 0.333 | 0 | 4 |
| L. Lacy | 138 | 474 | 152 | 0.321 | 12 | 70 |
| J. Ray | 155 | 555 | 173 | 0.312 | 6 | 67 |
| D. Robinson | 53 | 31 | 9 | 0.290 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Morrison | 100 | 304 | 87 | 0.286 | 11 | 45 |
| T. Peña | 147 | 546 | 156 | 0.286 | 15 | 78 |
| M. Wynne | 154 | 653 | 174 | 0.266 | 0 | 39 |
| B. Harper | 46 | 112 | 29 | 0.259 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Thompson | 154 | 543 | 138 | 0.254 | 17 | 74 |
| J. Orsulak | 32 | 67 | 17 | 0.254 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Madlock | 103 | 403 | 102 | 0.253 | 4 | 44 |
| L. Mazzilli | 111 | 266 | 63 | 0.237 | 4 | 21 |
| R. Belliard | 20 | 22 | 5 | 0.227 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Vargas | 18 | 31 | 7 | 0.226 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Berra | 136 | 450 | 100 | 0.222 | 9 | 52 |
| R. Wotus | 27 | 55 | 12 | 0.218 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Tudor | 36 | 76 | 16 | 0.211 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Frobel | 126 | 276 | 56 | 0.203 | 12 | 28 |
| D. González | 26 | 82 | 15 | 0.183 | 0 | 4 |
| M. May | 50 | 96 | 17 | 0.177 | 1 | 8 |
| B. Distefano | 45 | 78 | 13 | 0.167 | 3 | 9 |
| A. Otis | 40 | 97 | 16 | 0.165 | 0 | 10 |
| J. Candelaria | 33 | 62 | 8 | 0.129 | 1 | 2 |
| L. McWilliams | 36 | 74 | 9 | 0.122 | 0 | 4 |
| J. DeLeón | 30 | 59 | 5 | 0.085 | 0 | 2 |
| L. Tunnell | 26 | 12 | 1 | 0.083 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Guante | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Scurry | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Tekulve | 72 | 7 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Walk | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Winn | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Bielecki | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| C. Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| R. Krawczyk | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| A. Pulido | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. Zaske | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5,537 | 1,412 | 0.255 | 98 | 586 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| M. Bielecki | 4 | 41⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| J. Zaske | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| R. Scurry | 43 | 461⁄3 | 5 | 6 | 2.53 | 48 |
| C. Guante | 27 | 411⁄3 | 2 | 3 | 2.61 | 30 |
| B. Walk | 2 | 101⁄3 | 1 | 1 | 2.61 | 10 |
| K. Tekulve | 72 | 88 | 3 | 9 | 2.66 | 36 |
| R. Rhoden | 33 | 2381⁄3 | 14 | 9 | 2.72 | 136 |
| J. Candelaria | 33 | 1851⁄3 | 12 | 11 | 2.72 | 133 |
| L. McWilliams | 34 | 2271⁄3 | 12 | 11 | 2.93 | 149 |
| D. Robinson | 51 | 122 | 5 | 6 | 3.02 | 110 |
| J. Tudor | 32 | 212 | 12 | 11 | 3.27 | 117 |
| R. Krawczyk | 4 | 51⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 |
| J. DeLeón | 30 | 1921⁄3 | 7 | 13 | 3.74 | 153 |
| J. Winn | 9 | 182⁄3 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 11 |
| L. Tunnell | 26 | 681⁄3 | 1 | 7 | 5.27 | 51 |
| C. Green | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |
| A. Pulido | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 1470 | 75 | 87 | 3.11 | 995 |

## Awards and honors

* Don Robinson, Hutch Award
1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Tony Peña, C, reserve

## Transactions

* November 7, 1983 – Jim Bibby granted free agency.
* November 7, 1983 – Miguel Diloné granted free agency.
* November 7, 1983 – Richie Hebner granted free agency.
* November 7, 1983 – Dave Parker granted free agency.
* November 7, 1983 – Kent Tekulve granted free agency.
* November 7, 1983 – Dave Tomlin granted free agency.
* November 12, 1983 – Sold Bob Owchinko to the Cincinnati Reds.
* November 22, 1983 – Signed Jeff Little as a free agent.
* November 22, 1983 – Signed Andy Rincon as a free agent.
* December 6, 1983 – Traded Mike Easler to the Boston Red Sox. Received John Tudor.
* December 19, 1983 – Signed Amos Otis as a free agent.
* December 22, 1983 – Signed Kent Tekulve as a free agent.
* January 12, 1984 – Signed Dave Tomlin as a free agent.
* January 17, 1984 – Drafted Gil Heredia in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
* January 17, 1984 – Drafted Jay Buhner in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 26, 1984.
* January 17, 1984 – Drafted Tom Prince in the 4th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 24, 1984.
* January 17, 1984 – Drafted Alex Cole in the 11th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
* February 1, 1984 – Signed Joe Charboneau as a free agent.
* March 4, 1984 – Signed Jim Neidlinger as an amateur free agent.
* March 28, 1984 – Signed Kelly Paris as a free agent.
* March 31, 1984 – Released Gene Tenace.
* April 3, 1984 – Signed Bob Walk as a free agent.
* May 19, 1984 – Signed Mitchell Page as a free agent.
* June 4, 1984 – Drafted Eric Hetzel in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
* June 4, 1984 – Drafted Barry Jones in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft.
* June 4, 1984 – Drafted Wes Chamberlain in the 5th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
* June 4, 1984 – Drafted Gordon Dillard in the 7th round of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
* June 4, 1984 – Drafted Stu Cole in the 19th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
* June 21, 1984 – Signed Hipolito Pena as a free agent.
* August 5, 1984 – Released Amos Otis.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Tommy Sandt |
| AA | Nashua Pirates | Eastern League | Bill Scripture |
| A | Prince William Pirates | Carolina League | Johnny Lipon |
| A | Macon Pirates | South Atlantic League | Joe Frisina |
| A-Short Season | Watertown Pirates | New York–Penn League | Bill Bryk |
| Rookie | GCL Pirates | Gulf Coast League | Woody Huyke |