# 1984 California Angels season

The 1984 California Angels season was the 24th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 19th in Anaheim, and their 19th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished second in the American League west with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

## Offseason

* November 22, 1983: Rod Carew was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* December 19, 1983: Curt Brown was traded by the Angels to the New York Yankees for Mike Browning (minors).
* February 6, 1984: Rob Picciolo was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.

## Regular season

* September 17, 1984: In a game against the Kansas City Royals, Reggie Jackson hit the 500th home run of his career. It was the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run. Jackson hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals.
* September 30, 1984: Mike Witt throws a perfect game against the Texas Rangers, recording the only perfect game in franchise history.

### 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 | — |

### Transactions

* June 4, 1984: Dante Bichette was drafted by the Angels in the 17th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 8, 1984.
* August 2, 1984: Ron Jackson was released by the California Angels.

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

1984 regular season game log: 81–81 (Home: 37–44; Away: 44–37) :
April: 15–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–5)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
May: 11–14 (Home: 4–10; Away: 7–4)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
35May 114:35 p.m. PDT@ Tigers2–8Wilcox (4–0)Witt (4–2)Hernández (4)2:5544,18718–17L5
38May 1210:20 a.m. PDT@ Tigers4–2John (3–3)Berenguer (2–2)–2:3238,51619–17W1
—May 13@ TigersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 14)
43May 227:30 p.m. PDTTigers1–3Berenguer (3–2)Witt (4–4)López (6)2:5341,25323–20L1
44May 237:30 p.m. PDTTigers2–4Petry (7–1)LaCorte (0–2)Hernández (7)2:3941,20523–21L2
45May 247:30 p.m. PDTTigers1–5Morris (9–1)Slaton (1–2)–2:1443,58023–22L3 :
June: 15–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 10–5)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
July: 12–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–8)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA :
August: 13–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–8)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
117August 142:35 p.m. PDT@ Tigers6–4Aase (2–1)Hernández (6–2)Sánchez (11)2:53N/A60–57W2
118August 146:03 p.m. PDT@ Tigers12–1Kison (3–1)Rozema (7–4)–2:3338,59761–57W3
119August 154:35 p.m. PDT@ Tigers3–8Petry (15–5)John (7–10)–2:4633,94061–58L1
120August 1610:30 a.m. PDT@ Tigers7–8 (12)Hernández (7–2)Curtis (0–1)–4:0237,77961–59L2
127August 247:30 p.m. PDTTigers5–3Witt (12–10)Petry (15–7)Aase (4)2:3341,45963–64W2
128August 257:00 p.m. PDTTigers1–5Morris (17–8)Kison (3–3)–2:4051,20363–65L1
129August 261:00 p.m. PDTTigers12–6Wilcox (15–7)John (7–12)–3:0133,00863–66L2 :
September: 15–14 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–7)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Angels 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 Boone | 139 | 450 | 91 | .202 | 3 | 32 |
| 1B | Rod Carew | 93 | 329 | 97 | .295 | 3 | 31 |
| 2B | Bobby Grich | 116 | 363 | 93 | .256 | 18 | 58 |
| SS | Dick Schofield | 140 | 400 | 77 | .193 | 4 | 21 |
| 3B | Doug DeCinces | 146 | 547 | 147 | .269 | 20 | 82 |
| LF | Brian Downing | 156 | 539 | 148 | .275 | 23 | 91 |
| CF | Gary Pettis | 140 | 397 | 90 | .227 | 2 | 29 |
| RF | Fred Lynn | 142 | 517 | 140 | .271 | 23 | 79 |
| DH | Reggie Jackson | 143 | 525 | 117 | .223 | 25 | 81 |

#### 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 |
| Juan Beníquez | 110 | 354 | 119 | .336 | 8 | 39 |
| Rob Wilfong | 108 | 307 | 76 | .248 | 6 | 33 |
| Daryl Sconiers | 57 | 160 | 39 | .244 | 4 | 17 |
| Jerry Narron | 69 | 150 | 37 | .247 | 3 | 17 |
| Mike Brown | 62 | 148 | 42 | .284 | 7 | 22 |
| Rob Picciolo | 87 | 119 | 24 | .202 | 1 | 9 |
| Ron Jackson | 33 | 91 | 15 | .165 | 0 | 5 |
| Darrell Miller | 17 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0 | 1 |
| Derrel Thomas | 14 | 29 | 4 | .138 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Burleson | 7 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Mike Witt | 34 | 246.2 | 15 | 11 | 3.47 | 196 |
| Ron Romanick | 33 | 229.2 | 12 | 12 | 3.76 | 87 |
| Geoff Zahn | 28 | 199.1 | 13 | 10 | 3.12 | 61 |
| Tommy John | 32 | 181.1 | 7 | 13 | 4.52 | 47 |
| Jim Slaton | 32 | 163.0 | 7 | 10 | 4.97 | 67 |
| Ken Forsch | 2 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 2.20 | 10 |
| Steve Brown | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 5 |
| Rick Steirer | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 16.88 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Bruce Kison | 20 | 65.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.37 | 66 |
| Craig Swan | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Luis Sánchez | 49 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3.33 | 62 |
| Doug Corbett | 45 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2.12 | 48 |
| Curt Kaufman | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4.57 | 41 |
| Don Aase | 23 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1.62 | 28 |
| John Curtis | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.40 | 18 |
| Frank LaCorte | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.06 | 13 |
| Stew Cliburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Edmonton Trappers | Pacific Coast League | Moose Stubing |
| AA | Waterbury Angels | Eastern League | Winston Llenas |
| A | Redwood Pioneers | California League | Tom Kotchman |
| A | Peoria Suns | Midwest League | Joe Maddon |
| A-Short Season | Salem Angels | Northwest League | Larry Patterson |
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