1984 Chicago White Sox season

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 74-88, good enough for 5th place in the American League West, 10 games behind the 1st place Kansas City Royals.

1984 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)Roland Hemond
Manager(s)Tony La Russa
Local televisionWFLD
Sportsvision
ONTV
(Don Drysdale, Ken Harrelson)
Local radioWMAQ (AM)
(Joe McConnell, Lorn Brown)
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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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 8478 0.519 — 44–37 40–41
California Angels 8181 0.500 3 37–44 44–37
Minnesota Twins 8181 0.500 3 47–34 34–47
Oakland Athletics 7785 0.475 7 44–37 33–48
Chicago White Sox 7488 0.457 10 43–38 31–50
Seattle Mariners 7488 0.457 10 42–39 32–49
Texas Rangers 6992 0.429 14½ 34–46 35–46

Record vs. opponents
1984 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions
  • 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
1984 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 12 Roy Smalley
 Outfielders
  • 17 Jerry Hairston

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Harold Baines, RF 147 569 72 173 28 10 29 94 54 75 .304 1
Floyd Bannister, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Daryl Boston, CF,RF 35 83 8 14 3 1 0 3 4 20 .169 6
Steve Christmas, C 12 11 1 4 1 0 1 4 0 2 .364 0
Julio Cruz, 2B 143 415 42 92 14 4 5 43 45 58 .222 14
Richard Dotson, PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Jerry Dybzinski, SS,3B 94 132 17 31 5 1 1 10 13 12 .235 7
Carlton Fisk, C,DH 102 359 54 83 20 1 21 43 26 60 .231 6
Scott Fletcher, SS,2B 149 456 46 114 13 3 3 35 46 46 .250 10
Jerry Hairston, OF,DH 115 227 41 59 13 2 5 19 41 29 .260 2
Marc Hill, C 77 193 15 45 10 1 5 20 9 26 .233 0
Tim Hulett, 2B,3B 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 1
Ron Kittle, LF,DH 139 446 67 100 15 0 32 74 49 137 .215 3
Rudy Law, CF,LF 136 487 68 122 14 7 6 37 39 42 .251 29
Vance Law, 3B,2B 151 481 60 121 18 2 17 59 41 75 .252 4
Greg Luzinski, DH 125 412 47 98 13 0 13 58 56 80 .238 5
Tom O'Malley, 3B 12 16 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 .125 0
Tom Paciorek, OF,1B 111 363 35 93 21 2 4 29 25 69 .256 6
Casey Parsons, OF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
Jamie Quirk, 3B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0
Ron Reed, PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Joel Skinner, C 43 80 4 17 2 0 0 3 7 19 .213 1
Roy Smalley, 3B 47 135 15 23 4 0 4 13 22 30 .170 1
Dan Spillner, PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Mike Squires, 1B,3B 104 82 9 15 1 0 0 6 6 7 .183 2
Dave Stegman, OF,DH 55 92 13 24 1 2 2 11 4 18 .261 3
Greg Walker, 1B,DH 136 442 62 130 29 2 24 75 35 66 .294 8
Team totals
 162 5513 679 1360 225 38 172 640 523 883 .247 109

Pitching

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 K
Juan Agosto 2 1 3.09 49 0 7 55.1 59 20 19 2 41 26
Floyd Bannister 14 11 4.83 34 33 0 218.0 211 127 117 30 82 152
Salome Barojas 3 2 4.58 24 0 1 39.1 48 24 20 3 20 18
Tom Brennan 0 1 4.05 4 1 0 6.2 8 5 3 1 3 3
Britt Burns 4 12 5.00 34 16 3 117.0 130 74 65 7 46 85
Richard Dotson 14 15 3.59 32 32 0 245.2 216 110 98 24 108 120
Bob Fallon 0 0 3.68 3 3 0 14.2 12 7 6 0 11 10
Jerry Don Gleaton 1 2 3.44 11 1 2 18.1 20 12 7 2 6 4
LaMarr Hoyt 13 18 4.47 34 34 0 235.2 244 127 117 31 46 126
Al Jones 1 1 4.43 20 0 5 20.1 23 10 10 3 11 15
Gene Nelson 3 5 4.46 20 9 1 74.2 72 38 37 9 17 36
Randy Niemann 0 0 1.68 5 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 6 5
Ron Reed 0 6 3.08 51 0 12 73.0 67 29 25 7 16 57
Bert Roberge 3 3 3.76 21 0 0 40.2 36 18 17 2 16 25
Tom Seaver 15 11 3.95 34 33 0 236.2 216 108 104 27 64 131
Jim Siwy 0 0 2.08 1 0 0 4.1 3 1 1 0 2 1
Dan Spillner 1 0 4.10 22 0 1 48.1 51 25 22 7 14 26
Mike Squires 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals
 74 88 4.13 162 162 32 1454.1 1416 736 668 155 509 840

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Vern Law and Adrian Garrett
AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League John Boles
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Sal Rende
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Sox New York–Penn League Fred Nelson
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League Steve Dillard

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton[11]

Notes
  1. Steve Christmas at Baseball-Reference
  2. Jerry Koosman at Baseball-Reference
  3. Bert Roberge at Baseball-Reference
  4. Tom Seaver at Baseball-Reference
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kernji01.shtml
  6. Norberto Martin at Baseball-Reference
  7. NY Daily News: In return, Bobby Meacham safe at home
  8. Jamie Quirk at Baseball-Reference
  9. Dan Spillner page on Baseball Reference
  10. Doug Drabek page on Baseball Reference
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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