The 1984 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 84th season in the major leagues, and their 85th season overall. They finished with a record of 74-88, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 10 games behind the 1st place Kansas City Royals.
The Sox' 1984 season is most famous for a 25-inning game on May 8, 1984, against the Milwaukee Brewers. The game was suspended after 17 innings at 1 a.m. It was completed the following night, with the White Sox winning 7-6 on Harold Baines's walk-off home run.
December 2, 1983: Jerry Koosman was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[2]
December 5, 1983: The White Sox sent a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ron Reed. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jerry Koosman to the Phillies on February 15, 1984[2]
December 5, 1983: Bert Roberge was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[3]
January 20, 1984: Tom Seaver was chosen by the White Sox from the New York Mets as a free agent compensation pick.[4]
March 1, 1984: Jim Kern was released by the Chicago White Sox.[5]
March 27, 1984: Norberto Martin was signed by the White Sox as an amateur free agent.[6]
May 23, 1984: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[8]
June 21, 1984: The White Sox traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for Dan Spillner. The White Sox completed the trade by sending Jim Siwy to the Indians on June 26.[9]
July 18, 1984: Roy Smalley acquired by the White Sox from the New York Yankees for players to be named later. The White Sox sent Doug Drabek and Kevin Hickey to the New York Yankees to complete the trade on August 13.[10]
September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the White Sox.[8]
Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = White Sox team member
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
^Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
1984 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
February 16, 2023
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The 1984 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox s 84th season in the major leagues and their 85th season overall They finished with a record of 74 88 good enough for 5th place in the American League West 10 games behind the 1st place Kansas City Royals 1984 Chicago White SoxMajor League affiliationsAmerican League since 1901 American League West since 1969 LocationComiskey Park since 1910 Chicago since 1900 Other informationOwner s Jerry ReinsdorfGeneral manager s Roland HemondManager s Tony La RussaLocal televisionWFLDSportsvisionONTV Don Drysdale Ken Harrelson Local radioWMAQ AM Joe McConnell Lorn Brown lt Previous season Next season gt The Sox 1984 season is most famous for a 25 inning game on May 8 1984 against the Milwaukee Brewers The game was suspended after 17 innings at 1 a m It was completed the following night with the White Sox winning 7 6 on Harold Baines s walk off home run Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Opening Day lineup 2 4 Notable transactions 2 5 Roster 3 Game log 3 1 Regular season 4 Player stats 4 1 Batting 4 2 Pitching 5 Farm system 6 Notes 7 ReferencesOffseason EditNovember 21 1983 Fran Mullins was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Steve Christmas 1 December 2 1983 Jerry Koosman was signed as a free agent by the White Sox 2 December 5 1983 The White Sox sent a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ron Reed The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jerry Koosman to the Phillies on February 15 1984 2 December 5 1983 Bert Roberge was signed as a free agent by the White Sox 3 January 20 1984 Tom Seaver was chosen by the White Sox from the New York Mets as a free agent compensation pick 4 March 1 1984 Jim Kern was released by the Chicago White Sox 5 March 27 1984 Norberto Martin was signed by the White Sox as an amateur free agent 6 Regular season EditAugust 4 1984 Bobby Meacham and Dale Berra of the New York Yankees were both tagged out at home by White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk 7 Season standings Edit vteAL West W L Pct GB Home RoadKansas City Royals 84 78 0 519 44 37 40 41California Angels 81 81 0 500 3 37 44 44 37Minnesota Twins 81 81 0 500 3 47 34 34 47Oakland Athletics 77 85 0 475 7 44 37 33 48Chicago White Sox 74 88 0 457 10 43 38 31 50Seattle Mariners 74 88 0 457 10 42 39 32 49Texas Rangers 69 92 0 429 14 34 46 35 46Record vs opponents Edit 1984 American League RecordsvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TORBaltimore 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 9Boston 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 8California 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 5Chicago 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 8Cleveland 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 1Detroit 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 5Kansas 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 7Milwaukee 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 3Minnesota 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 11New 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 5Oakland 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 8Seattle 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 7Texas 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 6Toronto 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 Opening Day lineup Edit Rudy Law CF Carlton Fisk C Harold Baines RF Greg Luzinski DH Tom Paciorek 1B Ron Kittle LF Vance Law 3B Scott Fletcher SS Julio Cruz 2B LaMarr Hoyt PNotable transactions Edit May 23 1984 Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the White Sox 8 June 21 1984 The White Sox traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for Dan Spillner The White Sox completed the trade by sending Jim Siwy to the Indians on June 26 9 July 18 1984 Roy Smalley acquired by the White Sox from the New York Yankees for players to be named later The White Sox sent Doug Drabek and Kevin Hickey to the New York Yankees to complete the trade on August 13 10 September 24 1984 Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the White Sox 8 Roster Edit 1984 Chicago White SoxRosterPitchers 50 Juan Agosto 24 Floyd Bannister 30 Salome Barojas 59 Tom Brennan 40 Britt Burns 34 Richard Dotson 37 Bob Fallon 43 Jerry Don Gleaton 31 LaMarr Hoyt 49 Al Jones 30 Gene Nelson 28 Randy Niemann 36 Ron Reed 53 Bert Roberge 41 Tom Seaver 54 Jim Siwy 37 Dan Spillner Catchers 58 Steve Christmas 72 Carlton Fisk 7 Marc Hill 12 Joel SkinnerInfielders 16 Julio Cruz 20 Jerry Dybzinski 1 Scott Fletcher 32 Tim Hulett 5 Vance Law 26 Tom O Malley 44 Tom Paciorek 13 Jamie Quirk 12 Roy Smalley 25 Mike Squires 29 Greg Walker Outfielders 3 Harold Baines 33 Daryl Boston 17 Jerry Hairston 42 Ron Kittle 11 Rudy Law 8 Dave StegmanOther batters 19 Greg Luzinski 23 Casey Parsons Manager 10 Tony La RussaCoaches 46 Loren Babe Died February 14 35 Ed Brinkman 18 Dave Duncan Pitching 15 Art Kusnyer Bullpen 6 Charley Lau Hitting died March 18 21 Jim Leyland Third base 38 Dave Nelson 14 Joe NossekGame log EditRegular season Edit 1984 regular season game log 74 88 Home 43 38 Away 31 50 April 8 13 Home 5 6 Away 3 7 Date Time CT Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box Streak2 April 6 1 30 p m CST Tigers 2 3 Wilcox 1 0 Dotson 0 1 Hernandez 1 2 51 42 692 1 1 L13 April 7 12 50 p m CST Tigers 0 4 Morris 2 0 Bannister 0 1 2 44 24 616 1 2 L24 April 8 1 30 p m CST Tigers 3 7 Lopez 1 0 Seaver 0 1 3 17 20 478 1 3 L311 April 20 6 35 p m CST Tigers 2 3 Lopez 2 0 Reed 0 1 2 36 33 554 5 6 L112 April 21 1 15 p m CST Tigers 1 4 Rozema 1 0 Hoyt 2 1 Bair 1 2 35 34 395 5 7 L213 April 22 12 30 p m CST Tigers 1 9 Berenguer 1 0 Brennan 0 1 2 58 10 603 5 8 L3May 14 13 Home 9 5 Away 5 8 Date Time CT Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box StreakJune 15 13 Home 10 6 Away 5 7 Date Time CT Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box StreakJuly 13 15 Home 9 4 Away 4 11 Date Time CT Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box Streak78 July 2 7 20 p m CDT Tigers 7 1 Bannister 5 6 Rozema 4 1 2 29 32 768 38 40 W179 July 3 7 30 p m CDT Tigers 9 5 Seaver 7 6 Morris 12 5 Reed 4 2 42 43 094 39 40 W280 July 4 6 05 p m CDT Tigers 8 2 Dotson Wilcox 2 34 37 665 40 40 W355th All Star Game in San Francisco CA90 July 16 6 35 p m CDT Tigers 1 7 Abbott 3 2 Hoyt 8 10 2 29 41 935 45 45 L291 July 17 6 35 p m CDT Tigers 2 3 Petry 12 4 Nelson 1 2 Hernandez 17 2 03 34 579 45 46 L392 July 18 6 35 p m CDT Tigers 10 6 Bannister 7 6 Morris 12 6 Agosto 3 2 59 39 051 46 46 W1August 12 17 Home 3 9 Away 9 8 Date Time CT Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box StreakSeptember 12 17 Home 7 8 Away 5 9 Date Time CT Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box StreakLegend Win Loss PostponementBold White Sox team memberPlayer stats EditBatting Edit Note G Games played AB At bats R Runs scored H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in BB Base on balls SO Strikeouts AVG Batting average SB Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SBHarold Baines RF 147 569 72 173 28 10 29 94 54 75 304 1Floyd Bannister P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0Daryl Boston CF RF 35 83 8 14 3 1 0 3 4 20 169 6Steve Christmas C 12 11 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 2 364 0Julio Cruz 2B 143 415 42 92 14 4 5 43 45 58 222 14Richard Dotson PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0Jerry Dybzinski SS 3B 94 132 17 31 5 1 1 10 13 12 235 7Carlton Fisk C DH 102 359 54 83 20 1 21 43 26 60 231 6Scott Fletcher SS 2B 149 456 46 114 13 3 3 35 46 46 250 10Jerry Hairston OF DH 115 227 41 59 13 2 5 19 41 29 260 2Marc Hill C 77 193 15 45 10 1 5 20 9 26 233 0Tim Hulett 2B 3B 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 000 1Ron Kittle LF DH 139 446 67 100 15 0 32 74 49 137 215 3Rudy Law CF LF 136 487 68 122 14 7 6 37 39 42 251 29Vance Law 3B 2B 151 481 60 121 18 2 17 59 41 75 252 4Greg Luzinski DH 125 412 47 98 13 0 13 58 56 80 238 5Tom O Malley 3B 12 16 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 125 0Tom Paciorek OF 1B 111 363 35 93 21 2 4 29 25 69 256 6Casey Parsons OF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 000 0Jamie Quirk 3B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 000 0Ron Reed P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0Joel Skinner C 43 80 4 17 2 0 0 3 7 19 213 1Roy Smalley 3B 47 135 15 23 4 0 4 13 22 30 170 1Dan Spillner PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0Mike Squires 1B 3B 104 82 9 15 1 0 0 6 6 7 183 2Dave Stegman OF DH 55 92 13 24 1 2 2 11 4 18 261 3Greg Walker 1B DH 136 442 62 130 29 2 24 75 35 66 294 8Team totals 162 5513 679 1360 225 38 172 640 523 883 247 109Pitching Edit Note W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average G Games pitched GS Games started SV Saves IP Innings pitched H Hits allowed R Runs allowed ER Earned runs allowed HR Home runs allowed BB Walks allowed K Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB KJuan Agosto 2 1 3 09 49 0 7 55 1 59 20 19 2 41 26Floyd Bannister 14 11 4 83 34 33 0 218 0 211 127 117 30 82 152Salome Barojas 3 2 4 58 24 0 1 39 1 48 24 20 3 20 18Tom Brennan 0 1 4 05 4 1 0 6 2 8 5 3 1 3 3Britt Burns 4 12 5 00 34 16 3 117 0 130 74 65 7 46 85Richard Dotson 14 15 3 59 32 32 0 245 2 216 110 98 24 108 120Bob Fallon 0 0 3 68 3 3 0 14 2 12 7 6 0 11 10Jerry Don Gleaton 1 2 3 44 11 1 2 18 1 20 12 7 2 6 4LaMarr Hoyt 13 18 4 47 34 34 0 235 2 244 127 117 31 46 126Al Jones 1 1 4 43 20 0 5 20 1 23 10 10 3 11 15Gene Nelson 3 5 4 46 20 9 1 74 2 72 38 37 9 17 36Randy Niemann 0 0 1 68 5 0 0 5 1 5 1 1 0 6 5Ron Reed 0 6 3 08 51 0 12 73 0 67 29 25 7 16 57Bert Roberge 3 3 3 76 21 0 0 40 2 36 18 17 2 16 25Tom Seaver 15 11 3 95 34 33 0 236 2 216 108 104 27 64 131Jim Siwy 0 0 2 08 1 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 2 1Dan Spillner 1 0 4 10 22 0 1 48 1 51 25 22 7 14 26Mike Squires 0 0 0 00 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Team totals 74 88 4 13 162 162 32 1454 1 1416 736 668 155 509 840Farm system EditSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League ManagerAAA Denver Bears American Association Vern Law and Adrian GarrettAA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League John BolesA Appleton Foxes Midwest League Sal RendeA Short Season Niagara Falls Sox New York Penn League Fred NelsonRookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Steve DillardLEAGUE CHAMPIONS Appleton 11 Notes Edit Steve Christmas at Baseball Reference a b Jerry Koosman at Baseball Reference Bert Roberge at Baseball Reference Tom Seaver at Baseball Reference Jim Kern Stats Norberto Martin at Baseball Reference NY Daily News In return Bobby Meacham safe at home a b Jamie Quirk at Baseball Reference Dan Spillner page on Baseball Reference Doug Drabek page on Baseball Reference Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Durham North Carolina Baseball America 1997References Edit1984 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 Chicago White Sox season amp oldid 1129649442, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
