1984 New York Mets season

1984 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)	Frank Cashen
Manager(s)	Davey Johnson
Local television	WOR-TV/SportsChannel New York (Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy)
Local radio	WHN (Bob Murphy, Steve LaMar, Juan Alicea)
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The New York Mets' 1984 season was the 23rd regular season for the Mets. They went 90–72 and finished in second place in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

December 8, 1983: Acquired Sid Fernandez and Ross Jones from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bob Bailor and Carlos Diaz.
January 17, 1984: Kevin Elster was drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed May 21, 1984.^[1]
January 17, 1984: Rafael Santana was signed as a free agent by the Mets.^[2]
January 20, 1984: The Chicago White Sox choose Tom Seaver from the Mets as a Free Agent compensation pick.
January 27, 1984: Signed Dick Tidrow as a Free Agent. The Mets released him on May 8.
January 30, 1984: Released Dave Kingman.
February 19, 1984: Kelvin Moore was traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers for Billy Max (minors).^[3]
March 17, 1984: Jerry Martin was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[4]

Regular season

The season had already gotten off to an embarrassing start for GM Frank Cashen and the Mets before it even started. Believing that it was unnecessary to protect a high-salaried, forty-year-old pitcher, the Mets left Tom Seaver unprotected and the Mets were stunned on January 20, 1984 when he was claimed in a free-agent compensation draft by the Chicago White Sox.

This left opening day duties to Mike Torrez. Torrez lasted only 1.1 innings against the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium, giving up six earned runs, and giving the Mets their first opening day loss since 1974. Davey Johnson's team did, however, come back to win the next six in a row, including Dwight Gooden's Major League Baseball debut on April 7.^[5] Off-season acquisition Sid Fernandez made his debut with the Mets on July 16, going seven innings against the Houston Astros at the Astrodome, and earning the victory.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	96	65	0.596	—	51–29	45–36
New York Mets	90	72	0.556	6½	48–33	42–39
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	0.519	12½	44–37	40–41
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	0.500	15½	39–42	42–39
Montreal Expos	78	83	0.484	18	39–42	39–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	0.463	21½	41–40	34–47

Record vs. opponents

1984 National League Records 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	—

Notable transactions

May 9, 1984: Released Craig Swan.
June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball draft
- Shawn Abner was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (1st pick).^[6]
- Mauro Gozzo was drafted by the Mets in the 13th round.^[7]
June 15, 1984: Acquired Bruce Berenyi from the Cincinnati Reds for Jay Tibbs, Eddie Williams and Matts Bullinger.
June 22, 1984: Released Mike Torrez.^[8]
July 10, 1984: Heathcliff Slocumb was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent.^[9]
August 28, 1984: The Mets traded players to be named later to the Houston Astros for Ray Knight. The Mets completed the deal by sending Gerald Young and Manuel Lee to the Astros on August 31 and Mitch Cook (minors) to the Astros on September 10.^[10]
August 28, 1984: Jeff Gardner was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.^[11]
September 30, 1984: Jerry Martin was released by the New York Mets.^[4]

Opening Day starters

Wally Backman
Hubie Brooks
George Foster
John Gibbons
Keith Hernandez
Jose Oquendo
Darryl Strawberry
Mike Torrez
Mookie Wilson^[12]

Roster

1984 New York Mets roster

Roster

Pitchers

27 Bruce Berenyi

44 Ron Darling

50 Sid Fernandez

45 Brent Gaff

27 Wes Gardner

16 Dwight Gooden

29 Tom Gorman

38 Tim Leary

36 Ed Lynch

47 Jesse Orosco

40 Calvin Schiraldi

39 Doug Sisk

27 Craig Swan

49 Walt Terrell

13 Dick Tidrow

30 Mike Torrez

Catchers

20 Mike Fitzgerald

8 John Gibbons

42 Ron Hodges

34 Junior Ortiz

12 John Stearns

Infielders

6 Wally Backman

7 Hubie Brooks

11 Kelvin Chapman

19 Ron Gardenhire

17 Keith Hernandez

21 Ross Jones

22 Ray Knight

32 Kevin Mitchell

2 José Oquendo

3 Rafael Santana

10 Rusty Staub

Outfielders

35 Billy Beane

35 John Christensen

15 George Foster

25 Danny Heep

9 Jerry Martin

18 Darryl Strawberry

1 Mookie Wilson

21,3 Herm Winningham

Manager

5 Davey Johnson

Coaches

51 Vern Hoscheit

55 Frank Howard

26 Bill Robinson

48 Mel Stottlemyre

28 Bobby Valentine

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
1B	Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	154	550	171	.311	15	94

^[13]

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Gardenhire, RonRon Gardenhire	74	207	51	.246	1	10
Heep, DannyDanny Heep	99	199	46	.231	1	12
Chapman, KelvinKelvin Chapman	75	197	57	.289	3	23
Santana, RafaelRafael Santana	51	152	42	.276	1	12
Knight, RayRay Knight	27	93	26	.280	1	6
Ortiz, JuniorJunior Ortiz	40	91	18	.198	0	11
Staub, RustyRusty Staub	78	72	19	.264	1	18
Gibbons, JohnJohn Gibbons	10	31	2	.065	0	1
Winningham, HermHerm Winningham	14	27	11	.407	0	5
Mitchell, KevinKevin Mitchell	7	14	3	.214	0	1
Christensen, JohnJohn Christensen	5	11	3	.273	0	3
Beane, BillyBilly Beane	5	10	1	.100	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Gooden, DwightDwight Gooden	31	218	17	9	2.60	276
Torrez, MikeMike Torrez	9	37.2	1	5	5.02	16

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Gorman, TomTom Gorman	36	6	0	0	2.97	40

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tidewater Tides	International League	Bob Schaefer
AA	Jackson Mets	Texas League	Sam Perlozzo
A	Lynchburg Mets	Carolina League	Mike Cubbage
A	Columbia Mets	South Atlantic League	Rich Miller
A-Short Season	Little Falls Mets	New York–Penn League	Bud Harrelson
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Dan Radison

Awards and honors

Mike Fitzgerald, Topps All-Star Rookie Teams
Dwight Gooden, Rookie of the Year & Topps All-Star Rookie Team
Keith Hernandez, Gold Glove & Silver Slugger

All-Star Game

Dwight Gooden, Pitcher
Jesse Orosco, Pitcher
Darryl Strawberry, Outfielder

Notes

↑ Kevin Elster at Baseball Reference
↑ Rafael Santana at Baseball Reference
↑ Kelvin Moore at Baseball Reference
1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martije01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goodedw01.shtml?redir
↑ Shawn Abner at Baseball Reference
↑ Mauro Gozzo at Baseball Reference
↑ Mike Torrez at Baseball Reference
↑ Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball Reference
↑ Ray Knight at Baseball Reference
↑ Jeff Gardner at Baseball Reference
↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=NYN
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1984.shtml

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1984 New York Mets
1984 New York Mets at Baseball Almanac

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 MLB draft 1984 All-Star Game 1984 World Series

New York Mets

Based in Queens, New York City, New York

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Al Lang Stadium; Tradition Field

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Fred Wilpon
President: Saul Katz
COO: Jeff Wilpon
General Manager: Sandy Alderson
Manager: Terry Collins
Team Captain: David Wright

Rivalries

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