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1984 Minnesota Twins season

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Major League Baseball team season
1984 Minnesota Twins
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
CityMinneapolis, Minnesota
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersCalvin Griffith(majority owner, withThelma Griffith Haynes)
General managersCalvin Griffith
ManagersBilly Gardner
TelevisionKMSP-TV
(Bob Kurtz,Ted Robinson)
Spectrum
(Harmon Killebrew,Dick Bremer)
Radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal,Joe Angel)
← 1983Seasons1985 →

The1984 Minnesota Twins seasonwas the 24th season for theMinnesota Twins franchise in theTwin Cities ofMinnesota, their 3rd season atHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 84th overall in theAmerican League.

The team spent much of the season contending for the division title, but finished with a record of 81–81, tied for second in theAmerican League West, and three games behind the division winner Kansas City Royals. Their 81–81 record was an 11-game improvement from 1983, and a 21-game improvement from their 102-loss season of 1982 (the third-worst record in franchise history).

1,598,692 fans attended Twins games, a Twins attendance record, but still the fifth-lowest total in theAmerican League. Towards the end of the season,Calvin Griffith sold the club to local investorCarl Pohlad.

Offseason

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Regular season

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  • May 4 -Oakland'sDave Kingman popped up in the fourth inning. The ball found a drainage hole in theMetrodome's roof and never returned to the playing surface. Kingman was awarded a ground-rule double. In the ninth, he hit another ball out—but this one was just into the seats.
  • May 8 –Kirby Puckett got four hits in his major league debut, atAnaheim Stadium.
  • June 29 –Andre David made his major league debut and started in right field for the Twins. In his firstat bat in the second inning, he homered offDetroit Tigers pitcherJack Morris to become the fourth Twin to homer in his first-ever at bat. David joinedRick Renick (1968),Dave McKay (1975) andGary Gaetti (1981); three of the four were against Detroit pitching. In 2015,Eddie Rosario joins the list when he homers on the very first pitch he sees in the majors.
  • Only one Twins player made theAll-Star Game, catcherDave Engle.
  • September 28 – The Twins suffered their biggest blown lead for a loss in team history. LeadingCleveland 10–0 in the third inning, and 10–2 in the sixth, they lost the 9-inning game 11–10. In the ninth, relieversRon Davis andEd Hodge loaded the bases. Hodge allowed a walk-off single.

Offense

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Kent Hrbek hit .311 with 27 HR and 107 RBI.Tom Brunansky hit 32 HR and 85 RBI.Leadoff batterKirby Puckett hit .296 and scored 63 runs.Gary Gaetti hit 5 HR and 65 RBI.

Pitching

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StarterFrank Viola was 18–12.RelieverRon Davis had 29 saves. He also blew 14 saves, to tie a major league record set in 1976 and tied two other times.Mike Smithson allowed 35 homers, the most in the majors.

Defense

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Gary Gaetti led the major leagues playing in 162 games. His 334 assists led all of baseball this season. Outfield teammates Kirby Puckett (center) and Tom Brunansky (right) also led the major leagues in assists.

Season standings

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AL West
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Kansas City Royals8478.519—44‍–‍3740‍–‍41
California Angels8181.500337‍–‍4444‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins8181.500347‍–‍3434‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics7785.475744‍–‍3733‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox7488.4571043‍–‍3831‍–‍50
Seattle Mariners7488.4571042‍–‍3932‍–‍49
Texas Rangers6992.42914½34‍–‍4635‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

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1984 American League record

Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore—6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1984 Minnesota Twins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Regular season

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1984 regular season game log: 81–81 (Home: 47–34; Away: 34–47)
April: 11–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 3–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
1April 37:35 p.m.CSTTigers1–8Morris (1–0)Williams (0–1)–2:1034,3810–1L1
2April 512:15 p.m.CSTTigers3–7Petry (1–0)Viola (0–1)–2:338,3730–2L2
—April 23@TigersPostponed (Rain)(Makeup date: April 24)
17April 244:30 p.m.CST@Tigers5–6Morris (4–0)Davis (2–2)–2:16N/A8–9L1
18April 247:21 p.m.CST@Tigers3–4Abbott (1–0)Viola (0–3)López (1)2:2920,3158–10L2
May: 13–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
June: 13–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–7)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
74June 294:35 p.m.CST@Tigers5–3Williams (3–3)Morris (12–4)Davis (15)2:50N/A37–37W1
75June 298:00 p.m.CDT@Tigers5–7Hernández (4–0)Filson (4–2)–3:0044,61937–38L1
76June 306:35 p.m.CDT@Tigers3–4Petry (11–3)Schrom (1–3)Hernández (14)2:4348,09537–39L2
July: 17–10 (Home: 13–6; Away: 4–4)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
77July 112:30 p.m.CDT@Tigers9–0Viola (8–7)Berenguer (4–6)–2:2143,48438–39L1
55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA
85July 127:35 p.m.CDTTigers4–2Viola (10–7)Petry (11–4)Davis (17)2:1829,72944–41W2
86July 137:35 p.m.CDTTigers3–5(11)Hernández (5–0)Lysander (0–1)López (10)3:1130,05044–42L1
87July 147:35 p.m.CDTTigers5–6(12)Hernández (6–0)Walters (0–3)–3:4046,01744–43L2
88July 151:15 p.m.CDTTigers2–6Rozema (6–1)Schrom (2–4)López (11)3:0027,96544–44L3
August: 15–16 (Home: 4–7; Away: 11–9)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
September: 12–16 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–11)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CDave Engle109391104.266438
1BKent Hrbek149559174.31127107
2BTim Teufel157568149.2621461
3BGary Gaetti162588154.262565
SSHouston Jiménez10829860.201019
LFMickey Hatcher152576174.302569
CFKirby Puckett128557165.296031
RFTom Brunansky155567144.2543285
DHRandy Bush11331169.2221143

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Tim Laudner8726254.2061035
Darrell Brown9526071.273119
Ron Washington8819758.294323
Dave Meier5914735.238013
Lenny Faedo165213.25016
Andre David334812.25015
Pat Putnam14383.07904
Chris Speier12337.21201
Jim Eisenreich12327.21903
Mike Hart13295.17205
John Castino82712.44403
Jeff Reed18213.14301
Greg Gagne210.00000
Álvaro Espinoza100----00

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Frank Viola35257.218123.21149
Mike Smithson36252.015133.68144
John Butcher34225.013113.4483
Ken Schrom25137.05114.4749

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pete Filson55118.2654.1059
Ed Hodge25100.0434.7759
Albert Williams1768.2355.7722
Bobby Castillo1025.1211.787

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ron Davis64711294.5574
Rick Lysander364353.4922
Len Whitehouse302213.1618
Mike Walters230323.7210
Larry Pashnick132103.5210
Keith Comstock40008.532
Jack O'Connor20001.930
Curt Wardle20004.505

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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See also:Minor League Baseball
LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAToledo Mud HensInternational LeagueCal Ermer
AAOrlando TwinsSouthern LeagueCharlie Manuel
AVisalia OaksCalifornia LeagueDave Hilton
AKenosha TwinsMidwest LeagueDuffy Dyer
RookieElizabethton TwinsAppalachian LeagueFred Waters

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton

Notes

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  1. ^Jeff Little atBaseball Reference
  2. ^John Butcher atBaseball Reference
  3. ^Mark Grace atBaseball Reference
  4. ^Jay Bell atBaseball Reference

References

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  • 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.

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