1984 San Francisco Giants season

1984 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Candlestick Park (since 1960)
San Francisco, California (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bob Lurie
General manager(s)	Tom Haller
Manager(s)	Frank Robinson, Danny Ozark
Local television	KTVU (Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
Local radio	KNBR (Hank Greenwald, David Glass) SP Radio (Tito Fuentes, Armando Provedor)
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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 an 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.^[1]
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.^[2]
December 20, 1983: Manny Trillo was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[3]
January 17, 1984: Mackey Sasser was drafted by the Giants in the 5th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.^[4]
February 8, 1984: Pat Larkin was traded by the Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Colin Ward.^[5]
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.^[6]
March 28, 1984: Gene Richards was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	92	70	0.568	—	48–33	44–37
Atlanta Braves	80	82	0.494	12	38–43	42–39
Houston Astros	80	82	0.494	12	43–38	37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	83	0.488	13	40–41	39–42
Cincinnati Reds	70	92	0.432	22	39–42	31–50
San Francisco Giants	66	96	0.407	26	35–46	31–50

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	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 4, 1984: 1984 Major League Baseball draft
- Terry Mulholland was drafted by the Giants in the 1st round (24th pick).^[9]
- Mike Blowers was drafted by the Giants in the 2nd round of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.^[10]
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.^[11]

Roster

1984 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

31 Mark Calvert

31,45 Jeff Cornell

13 Mark Davis

50 Scott Garrelts

34 Mark Grant

14 Atlee Hammaker

39 Mike Krukow

17 Bob Lacey

19 Bill Laskey

46 Gary Lavelle

29 Randy Lerch

17 Renie Martin

38 Greg Minton

28,51 George Riley

49 Jeff Robinson

47 Frank Williams

Catchers

15 Bob Brenly

37 Randy Gomez

7 Steve Nicosia

Infielders

35 Chris Brown

18 Duane Kuiper

10 Johnnie LeMaster

16 Fran Mullins

35 Tom O'Malley

0 Al Oliver

2 Joe Pittman

5 John Rabb

41 Scot Thompson

9 Manny Trillo

36 Brad Wellman

8 Joel Youngblood

Outfielders

12 Dusty Baker

22 Jack Clark

30 Chili Davis

45 Rob Deer

32 Dan Gladden

26 Jeffrey Leonard

25 Gene Richards

32 Alejandro Sánchez

Manager

1 Danny Ozark

20 Frank Robinson

Coaches

6 Don Buford (First Base)

36 Tommy McCraw (Hitting)

1 Danny Ozark (Third Base)

23 Herm Starrette (Pitching)

42 John VanOrnum (Bullpen)

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	Brenly, BobBob Brenly	145	506	147	.291	20	80
1B	Oliver, AlAl Oliver	91	339	101	.298	0	34
2B	Trillo, MannyManny Trillo	98	401	102	.254	4	36
RF	Clark, JackJack 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
Thompson, ScotScot Thompson	120	245	75	.306	1	31
Richards, GeneGene Richards	87	135	34	.252	0	4
Mullins, FranFran Mullins	57	110	24	.218	2	10
Rabb, JohnJohn Rabb	54	82	16	.195	3	9
Gomez, RandyRandy Gomez	14	30	5	.167	0	0
Pittman, JoeJoe 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
Riley, GeorgeGeorge 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
Davis, MarkMark Davis	46	174.2	5	17	5.36	124
Calvert, MarkMark Calvert	10	32	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
Cornell, JeffJeff Cornell	23	1	3	0	6.10	19

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

References

↑ Fran Mullins at Baseball-Reference
↑ Champ Summers at Baseball-Reference
↑ Manny Trillo at Baseball-Reference
↑ Mackey Sasser at Baseball-Reference
↑ Pat Larkin at Baseball-Reference
↑ Max Venable at Baseball-Reference
↑ Gene Richards at Baseball-Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=SFN
↑ Terry Mulholland at Baseball-Reference
↑ Mike Blowers at Baseball-Reference
↑ Al Oliver at Baseball-Reference

External links

1984 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference
1984 San Francisco Giants team page 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

San Francisco Giants

Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants
Based in San Francisco, California (Bay Area)

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AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels
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A: Augusta GreenJackets
Short A: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
Rookie: AZL Giants; DSL Giants

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