1984 Cleveland Indians season

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 Notes
7 References

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.^[1]
December 5, 1983: Kelly Gruber was drafted from the Indians by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1983 rule 5 draft.^[2]
January 14, 1984: DeWayne Buice was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[3]
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.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Detroit Tigers	104	58	.642	0
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	15.0
New York Yankees	87	75	.537	17.0
Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	18.0
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	.525	19.0
Cleveland Indians	75	87	.463	29.0
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	.416	36.5

Notable transactions

April 6, 1984: Jerry Ujdur was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[5]
April 7, 1984: DeWayne Buice was released by the Indians.^[3]
May 8, 1984: Geno Petralli was purchased by the Indians from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[6]
June 4, 1984: Cory Snyder was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball Draft.^[7]
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).^[8]
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.^[9]
September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the Chicago White Sox.^[10]

Roster

1984 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

15 Broderick Perkins
29 Andre Thornton

Manager

18 Pat Corrales

Coaches

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
3B	Jacoby, BrookBrook Jacoby	126	439	116	.264	7	40
LF	Hall, MelMel Hall	83	257	66	.257	7	30
CF	Butler, BrettBrett Butler	159	602	162	.269	3	49

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.	RBI
Hassey, RonRon Hassey	48	149	38	.255	19
Nixon, OtisOtis Nixon	49	91	14	.154	1
Perkins, BroderickBroderick Perkins	58	66	13	.197	4

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
Sutcliffe, RickRick Sutcliffe	15	94.1	4	5	5.15	58
Ujdur, JerryJerry Ujdur	4	14.1	1	2	6.91	6
Behenna, RickRick Behenna	3	9.2	0	3	13.97	6

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
Smith, RoyRoy Smith	22	86.1	5	5	4.59	55
Schulze, DonDon Schulze	19	85.2	3	6	4.83	39

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
Waddell, TomTom Waddell	58	7	4	6	3.06	59
Aponte, LuisLuis Aponte	25	1	0	0	4.11	25
Frazier, GeorgeGeorge Frazier	22	3	2	1	3.65	24
Barkley, JeffJeff Barkley	3	0	0	0	6.75	4
Romero, RamónRamón Romero	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

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
Short-Season A	Batavia Trojans	New York-Penn League	Eddie Bane

^[11]

Notes

References

1984 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference
1984 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v t e 1984 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1984 Major League Baseball Draft 1984 All-Star Game 1984 World Series

Cleveland Indians

Formerly the Grand Rapids Rustlers, Cleveland Lake Shores, Cleveland Bluebirds, and Cleveland Naps
Based in Cleveland, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

League Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Progressive Field
Spring Training: Henley Field
Terry Park Ballfield
Clearwater Athletic Field
Hi Corbett Field
Chain of Lakes Park
Goodyear Ballpark

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Cincinnati Reds

Key personnel

Owner: Larry Dolan
President: Mark Shapiro
General Manager: Chris Antonetti
Manager: Terry Francona

Postseason appearances (11)

Division championships (7)

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2001

2007

American League pennants (5)

1920

1948

1954

1995

1997

World Series championships (2)

1920

1948

Retired numbers

Hall of fame members

Minor league affiliations

AAA: Columbus Clippers

AA: Akron RubberDucks

A: Carolina Mudcats

Lake County Captains

Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Rookie: Arizona League Indians

Dominican Summer League Indians

Media

TV: SportsTime Ohio

WKYC

Announcers: Matt Underwood

Rick Manning

Radio: WTAM

WMMS

Radio Network

Announcers: Tom Hamilton

Jim Rosenhaus

Seasons (113)

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1984 Cleveland Indians season