# 1984 San Francisco Giants season

The 1984 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 102nd season in Major League Baseball, their 27th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 25th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in sixth place in the National League West with a 66–96 record, 26 games behind the San Diego Padres.

## Offseason

* December 5, 1983: Fran Mullins was drafted by the Giants from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1983 rule 5 draft.
* December 6, 1983: Champ Summers was traded by the Giants to the San Diego Padres for Joe Pittman and a player to be named later. The Padres completed the deal by sending Tommy Francis (minors) to the Giants on December 7.
* December 20, 1983: Manny Trillo was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
* January 17, 1984: Mackey Sasser was drafted by the Giants in the 5th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.
* February 8, 1984: Pat Larkin was traded by the Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Colin Ward.
* February 27, 1984: Max Venable, Fred Breining and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Montreal Expos for Al Oliver. The Giants completed the deal by sending Andy McGaffigan to the Expos on March 31.
* March 28, 1984: Gene Richards was signed as a free agent by the Giants.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| San Diego Padres | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Atlanta Braves | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 | 38‍–‍43 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Houston Astros | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 | 43‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 13 | 40‍–‍41 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 92 | .432 | 22 | 39‍–‍42 | 31‍–‍50 |
| San Francisco Giants | 66 | 96 | .407 | 26 | 35‍–‍46 | 31‍–‍50 |

### 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 | — |

### Opening Day starters

* Bob Brenly
* Jack Clark
* Chili Davis
* Mark Davis
* Johnnie LeMaster
* Jeffrey Leonard
* Al Oliver
* Manny Trillo
* Joel Youngblood

### Notable transactions

* June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball draft
** Terry Mulholland was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (24th pick).
** Mike Blowers was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.
* August 20, 1984: Al Oliver and a player to be named later were traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kelly Downs and George Riley. The Giants completed the deal by sending Renie Martin to the Phillies on August 30.

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

1984 regular season game log: 66–96 (Home: 35–46; Away: 31–50) :
April: 7–16 (Home: 6–6; Away: 1–10)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
1April 3Cubs3–50–1L1
2April 5Cubs7–110–2L2
11April 17Padres1–24–7L1
—April 18PadresPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 24)
16April 23@ Padres2–87–9L1
17April 24@ Padres1–67–10L2
18April 25@ Padres0–37–11L3 :
May: 9–13 (Home: 4–6; Away: 5–7)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
29May 7@ Cubs7–1011–18L1
30May 8@ Cubs11–1211–19L2 :
June: 14–16 (Home: 7–10; Away: 7–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
46June 1Padres11–717–29W1
47June 2Padres2–3 (10)17–30L1
48June 3Padres5–717–31L2
49June 3Padres6–717–32L3
60June 14@ Padres5–222–38W2
61June 15@ Padres2–322–39L1
62June 16@ Padres6–323–39W1
63June 17@ Padres5–3 (15)24–39W2 :
July: 10–17 (Home: 4–6; Away: 5–7)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
80July 5Cubs3–932–48L3
81July 6Cubs4–532–49L4
82July 7Cubs7–233–49W1
83July 8Cubs3–633–50L1
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
92July 19@ Cubs4–635–57L2
93July 20@ Cubs3–236–57W1
94July 21@ Cubs3–4 (11)36–58L1
95July 22@ Cubs11–537–58W1 :
August: 16–16 (Home: 4–9; Away: 12–7)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak :
September: 10–18 (Home: 8–6; Away: 2–12)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
151September 19@ Padres4–5 (10)62–89L5
152September 20@ Padres4–562–90L6
156September 24Padres1–765–91L1
157September 24Padres6–8 (11)65–92L2
158September 25Padres4–366–92W1
159September 26Padres0–466–93L1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Giants 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 Brenly | 145 | 506 | 147 | .291 | 20 | 80 |
| 1B | Al Oliver | 91 | 339 | 101 | .298 | 0 | 34 |
| 2B | Manny Trillo | 98 | 401 | 102 | .254 | 4 | 36 |
| SS | Johnny LeMaster | 132 | 451 | 98 | .217 | 4 | 32 |
| 3B | Joel Youngblood | 134 | 469 | 119 | .254 | 10 | 51 |
| LF | Jeffrey Leonard | 136 | 514 | 155 | .302 | 21 | 86 |
| CF | Dan Gladden | 86 | 342 | 120 | .351 | 4 | 31 |
| RF | Jack Clark | 57 | 203 | 65 | .320 | 11 | 44 |

#### 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 |
| Chili Davis | 137 | 499 | 157 | .315 | 21 | 81 |
| Brad Wellman | 93 | 265 | 60 | .226 | 2 | 25 |
| Scot Thompson | 120 | 245 | 75 | .306 | 1 | 31 |
| Dusty Baker | 100 | 243 | 71 | .292 | 3 | 32 |
| Gene Richards | 87 | 135 | 34 | .252 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Nicosia | 48 | 132 | 40 | .303 | 2 | 19 |
| Duane Kuiper | 83 | 115 | 23 | .200 | 0 | 11 |
| Fran Mullins | 57 | 110 | 24 | .218 | 2 | 10 |
| Chris Brown | 23 | 84 | 24 | .286 | 1 | 11 |
| John Rabb | 54 | 82 | 16 | .195 | 3 | 9 |
| Alejandro Sánchez | 13 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 2 |
| Randy Gomez | 14 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom O'Malley | 13 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Deer | 13 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 3 | 3 |
| Joe Pittman | 17 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Bill Laskey | 35 | 207.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.33 | 71 |
| Mike Krukow | 35 | 199.1 | 11 | 12 | 4.56 | 141 |
| Jeff Robinson | 34 | 171.2 | 7 | 15 | 4.56 | 102 |
| Mark Grant | 11 | 53.2 | 1 | 4 | 6.37 | 32 |
| Atlee Hammaker | 6 | 33.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.18 | 24 |
| George Riley | 5 | 29.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.99 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Mark Davis | 46 | 174.2 | 5 | 17 | 5.36 | 124 |
| Mark Calvert | 10 | 32.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.06 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Greg Minton | 74 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 3.76 | 48 |
| Gary Lavelle | 77 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 2.76 | 71 |
| Frank Williams | 61 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3.55 | 91 |
| Randy Lerch | 37 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4.23 | 48 |
| Bob Lacey | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.88 | 26 |
| Jeff Cornell | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.10 | 19 |
| Scott Garrelts | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.65 | 32 |
| Renie Martin | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 8 |

## Awards and honors

* Bob Brenly, Willie Mac Award
All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Phoenix Giants | Pacific Coast League | Jack Mull |
| AA | Shreveport Captains | Texas League | Duane Espy |
| A | Fresno Giants | California League | Wendell Kim |
| A | Clinton Giants | Midwest League | Bill Lachemann |
| A-Short Season | Everett Giants | Northwest League | Rocky Bridges |