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1984 Kansas City Royals season

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Owner(s)
  
Ewing Kauffman

Manager(s)
  
Dick Howser

General manager(s)
  
John Schuerholz

Local television
  
WDAF-TV (Denny Matthews, Denny Trease, Fred White) Sports Time (Phil Stone, Dwayne Mosley)

Local radio
  
WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)

The 1984 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 1st in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses.

Contents

Offseason

  • October 17, 1983: Eric Rasmussen was released by the Royals.
  • December 8, 1983: Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (minors) were traded by the Royals to the New York Yankees for Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson.
  • December 8, 1983: Joe Beckwith was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Szekeley (minors), John Serritella (minors) and José Torres (minors).
  • January 17, 1984: Steve Carter was Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.
  • March 31, 1984: Don Werner and Derek Botelho were traded by the Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Alan Hargesheimer.

    • Regular season

  • September 17, 1984: Reggie Jackson of the California Angels hit the 500th Home Run of his career against the Royals. It was the 17th anniversary of the day he hit his first home run. Jackson hit his 500th, at Anaheim Stadium off Bud Black of the Royals.

    • Notable transactions

  • May 10, 1984: Dane Iorg was purchased by the Royals from the St. Louis Cardinals.

    • Starters by position

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

    Game 1

    October 2, Royals Stadium

    Game 2

    October 3, Royals Stadium

    Game 3

    October 5, Tiger Stadium

    References

    1984 Kansas City Royals season Wikipedia
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