# 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).

## Offseason

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

## Regular season

* September 1 – Manager Del Crandall (59–76 (.437)) was fired on Saturday morning, August 31, succeeded by third base coach Chuck Cottier.
* 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.
* 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

vteAL 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 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
May: 11–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–8)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
36May 14@ Tigers5–7LopezVande Berg–3:0518,83018–18L2
37May 15@ Tigers4–6MorrisThomasHernandez3:3221,78218–19L3
38May 16@ Tigers1–10WilcoxYoung–2:5222,00118–20L4
45May 25Tigers7–3Vande BergWilcoxMirabella2:5415,72221–24W1
46May 26Tigers9–5MooreBerenguer–2:5141,34222–24W2
47May 27Tigers6–1YoungPetry–2:5012,75523–24W3 :
June: 14–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–8)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
July: 12–16 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA :
August: 10–18 (Home: 8–6; Away: 4–10)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
123August 17@ Tigers2–6WilcoxMoore–3:0836,49655–68L1
124August 18@ Tigers3–4BerenguerGeiselHernandez2:4136,71955–69L2
125August 19@ Tigers4–1LangstonPetryVande Berg2:5143,27756–69W1
132August 28Tigers4–5HernandezStanton–2:518,35357–75L5
133August 29Tigers5–1LangstonPetry–2:1110,86358–75W1
134August 30Tigers2–1BeattieMorrisNunez2:349,58359–75W2 :
September: 15–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ 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

| 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 |