1984 Philadelphia Phillies season

The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia in the United States of America. Below are details about their 1984 playing season.

1984 Philadelphia Phillies
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1883) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Veterans Stadium (since 1971) Philadelphia (since 1883)
1984 information
Owner(s)	Bill Giles
General manager(s)	Paul Owens
Manager(s)	Paul Owens
Local television	WTAF PRISM
Local radio	WCAU (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
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1 Offseason
- 1.1 Spring training
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 19, 1983: Pete Rose was released by the Phillies.^[1]
December 3, 1983: Ron Reed was traded by the Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jerry Koosman to the Phillies on February 15, 1984.^[2]
December 6, 1983: Tony Pérez was purchased from the Phillies by the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]
January 30, 1984: Butch Benton was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[4]
March 24, 1984: Willie Hernández and Dave Bergman were traded by the Phillies to the Detroit Tigers for John Wockenfuss and Glenn Wilson.^[5]

Spring training

The Phils went 13 and 16 in spring training exhibition play. The Phillies closed spring training with two games against the St. Louis Cardinals at the Louisiana Superdome on March 31, 1984 and April 1, 1984.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Chicago Cubs	96	65	.596	0
New York Mets	90	72	.556	6.5
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	.519	12.5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	15.5
Montreal Expos	78	83	.484	18.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	.463	21.5

Notable transactions

April 20, 1984: Butch Benton was released by the Phillies.^[4]
June 2, 1984: Dave Wehrmeister was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[7]
June 3, 1984: Jim Kern was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.^[8]
July 27, 1984: Jim Kern was released by the Phillies.^[8]
August 20, 1984: Kelly Downs and George Riley were traded by the Phillies to the San Francisco Giants for Al Oliver and a player to be named later. The Giants completed the deal by sending Renie Martin to the Phillies on August 30.^[9]

Draft picks

June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball Draft
- Marvin Freeman was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round. Player signed June 14, 1984.^[10]
- Todd Frohwirth was drafted by the Phillies in the 13th round. Player signed June 9, 1984.^[11]
- Keith Miller was drafted by the Phillies in the 16th round.^[12]

Roster

1984 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5 Paul Owens

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
LF	Wilson, GlennGlenn Wilson	132	341	82	.240	6	31

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
Wockenfuss, JohnJohn Wockenfuss	86	180	52	.289	6	24

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Koosman, JerryJerry Koosman	36	224	14	15	3.25	137

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

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Andersen, LarryLarry Andersen	64	3	7	4	2.38	54
Wehrmeister, DaveDave Wehrmeister	7	0	0	0	7.20	13
Fireovid, SteveSteve Fireovid	6	0	0	0	1.59	3

Awards and honors

Juan Samuel, National League record (since broken), Most Stolen Bases by a rookie^[13]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Lee Elia
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Bill Dancy
A	Peninsula Pilots	Carolina League	Ron Clark
A	Spartanburg Suns	South Atlantic League	Jay Ward
Short-Season A	Bend Phillies	Northwest League	Ramón Avilés
Rookie	GCL Phillies	Gulf Coast League	Roly de Armas

Notes

References

1984 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference

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

Philadelphia Phillies

Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers • Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The franchise

History • Seasons • Records • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Opening Day starting pitchers • First-round picks • No-hitters • Award winners and league leaders

Ballparks

Recreation Park • Baker Bowl • Shibe Park • Veterans Stadium • Citizens Bank Park
Spring Training: Coffee Pot Park • Rickwood Field • McKechnie Field • Wilmington Park • Flamingo Field • Clearwater Athletic Field • Jack Russell Memorial Stadium • Carpenter Complex / Bright House Field

Culture

Phillie Phanatic • Curse of Billy Penn • Hot Pants Patrol • Whiz Kids • Baseball Wall of Fame • Sports Hall of Fame • Philadelphia Phillies (NFL) • "High Hopes" • Jim Bunning's perfect game • Franchise awards • "Team to Beat" • Roy Halladay's perfect game • Dan Baker

Rivalries

New York Mets • Pittsburgh Pirates • Philadelphia Athletics (City Series)

Important figures

Wall of Fame members	Grover Cleveland Alexander • Dick Allen • Richie Ashburn • Bob Boone • Larry Bowa • Jim Bunning • Johnny Callison • Steve Carlton • Gavvy Cravath • Darren Daulton • Ed Delahanty • Del Ennis • Dallas Green • Billy Hamilton • Granny Hamner • Willie Jones • Harry Kalas • Chuck Klein • John Kruk • Greg Luzinski • Garry Maddox • Sherry Magee • Gene Mauch • Tug McGraw • Pat Moran • Paul Owens • Robin Roberts • Pete Rose • Juan Samuel • Eddie Sawyer • Curt Schilling • Mike Schmidt • Chris Short • Curt Simmons • Tony Taylor • Sam Thompson • John Vukovich • Cy Williams

Franchise record holders	John Coleman • Bill Duggleby • Lenny Dykstra • Kid Gleason • Ryan Howard • George McQuillan • José Mesa • Lefty O'Doul • Jimmy Rollins • Curt Schilling • Kent Tekulve • Chase Utley

Retired numbers

1 • 14 • 20 • 32 • 36 • 42 • P • P

Key personnel

Owner: Bill Giles • President: David Montgomery • General Manager: Rubén Amaro, Jr. • Manager: Ryne Sandberg

World Series
championships (2)

1980 • 2008

NL pennants (7)

1915 • 1950 • 1980 • 1983 • 1993 • 2008 • 2009

Division
championships (11)

1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1983 • 1993 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Minor league
affiliates

AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs • AA: Reading Fightin Phils • A: Clearwater Threshers, Lakewood BlueClaws, Williamsport Crosscutters • Rookie: Gulf Coast League Phillies, VSL Phillies, DSL Phillies • Rosters: Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television	Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia • WPHL-TV • Comcast Network

Radio	WPHT • WDAS • Phillies radio network affiliates

Broadcasters:	TV: Tom McCarthy • Chris Wheeler • Gary Matthews Radio: Scott Franzke • Larry Andersen

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1984 Philadelphia Phillies season