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The Year of the Tiger and the Ryno...1984

 

Setting a Precedent

By:  The Powdered Wig

 

Take a trip back to 1984 in honor of Hall of Fame inductee Ryne Sandberg, who led the Cubs to the National League East title and captured the 1984 NL MVP Award.

 

NL MVP – Ryne Sandberg, 2b, Chicago Cubs

AL MVP –  Willie Hernandez, rp, Detroit Tigers

NL Cy Young – Rick Sutcliffe, sp, Chicago Cubs

AL Cy Young – Willie Hernandez, rp, Detroit Tigers

NL Rookie of the Year – Dwight Gooden, sp, New York Mets

AL Rookie of the Year – Alvin Davis, 1b, Seattle Mariners

NL Manager of the Year – Jim Frey, Chicago Cubs

AL Manager of the Year – Sparky Anderson, Detroit Tigers

 

FINAL STANDINGS (Stats courtesy The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball)

 

American League East

Team                        Wins      Losses       Pct.         GB       Manager

Detroit	104	58	.642	--	Sparky Anderson
Toronto	89	73	.549	15	Bobby Cox
NY Yankees	87	75	.537	17	Yogi Berra
Boston	86	76	.531	18	Ralph Houk
Baltimore	85	77	.525	19	Joe Altobelli
Cleveland	75	87	.463	29	Pat Corrales
Milwaukee	67	94	.416	36.5	Rene Lachemann

 

American League West

Team                        Wins      Losses       Pct.         GB       Manager

Kansas City	84	78	.519	--	Dick Howser
California	81	81	.500	3	John McNamara
Minnesota	81	81	.500	3	Billy Gardner
Oakland	77	85	.475	7	Steve Boros/Jackie Moore
CHI White Sox	74	88	.457	10	Tony LaRussa
Seattle	74	88	.457	10	Del Crandall/Chuck Cottier
Texas	69	92	.429	14.5	Doug Rader

 

 

National League East

Team                        Wins      Losses       Pct.         GB       Manager

CHI Cubs	96	65	.596	--	Jim Frey
NY Mets	90	72	.556	6.5	Davey Johnson
St. Louis	84	78	.519	12.5	Whitey Herzog
Philadelphia	81	81	.500	15.5	Paul Owens
Montreal	78	83	.484	18	Bill Virdon/Jim Fanning
Pittsburgh	75	87	.463	21.5	Chuck Tanner

 

 

National League West

Team                        Wins      Losses       Pct.         GB       Manager

San Diego	92	70	.568	--	Dick Williams
Atlanta	80	82	.494	12	Joe Torre
Houston	80	82	.494	12	Bob Lillis
Los Angeles	79	83	.488	13	Tommy Lasorda
Cincinnati	70	92	.432	22	Vern Rapp/Pete Rose
San Francisco	66	96	.407	26	Frank Robinson/Danny Ozark

 

 

POST SEASON RESULTS (Stats courtesy www.retrosheet.org )

 

AL Championship Series (Best of 5)

Detroit defeated Kansas City 3-0

 

Game 1 – DET 8, KC 1                Game 2 – DET 5, KC 3 (11 inn.)                   

           WP – Jack Morris                            WP – Aurelio Lopez

           LP  – Bud Black                              LP  – Dan Quisenberry

           HR – Larry Herndon (DET)             HR – Kirk Gibson (DET)

                 Alan Trammell (DET)                                                            

                   Lance Parrish (DET)                                                        

 

Game 3 – DET 1, KC 0

           WP – Milt Wilcox

           LP  – Charlie Liebrandt

           SV – Willie Hernandez

           HR – None

 

NL Championship Series (Best of 5)

San Diego defeated CHI Cubs 3-2

 

Game 1 – CHC 13, SD 0              Game 2 – CHC 4, SD 2

           WP – Rick Sutcliffe                          WP – Steve Trout

           LP  -  Eric Show                              LP  – Mark Thurmond

           HR – Bob Dernier (CHC)                 SV – Lee Smith

                   Gary Matthews (CHC) 2        HR – None

                   Rick Sutcliffe (CHC)                                               

                   Ron Cey (CHC)                                                             

 

Game 3 – SD 7, CHC 1                Game 4 – SD 7, CHC 5

           WP – Ed Whitson                            WP – Craig Lefforts

           LP  – Dennis Eckersley                   LP  – Lee Smith                             

           HR – Kevin McReynolds (SD)         HR – Jody Davis (CHC)                 

                                                                        Leon Durham (CHC)

                                                                          Steve Garvey (SD)

 

Game 5 – SD 6, CHC 3

           WP – Craig Lefforts

           LP – Rick Sutcliffe

           SV – Rich Gossage

           HR – Leon Durham (CHC)

                   Jody Davis (CHC)

 

World Series (Best of 7)

Detroit defeated San Diego 4-1

 

MVP – Alan Trammell, SS - Detroit

 

Game 1 – DET 3, SD 2                Game 2 – SD 5, DET 3

           WP – Jack Morris                            WP – Andy Hawkins

           LP  – Mark Thurmond                    LP  – Dan Petry

           HR – Larry Herndon (DET)             SV – Craig Lefforts

                                                                  HR – Kurt Bevacqua (SD)

                  

Game 3 – DET 5, SD 2                Game 4 – DET 4, SD 2

           WP – Milt Wilcox                             WP – Jack Morris

           LP  – Tim Lollar                              LP  – Eric Show

           SV – Willie Hernandez                    HR – Alan Trammell (DET) 2

           HR – Marty Castillo (DET)                       Terry Kennedy (SD)

 

Game 5 – DET 8, SD 4

           WP – Aurelio Lopez                        

           LP  – Andy Hawkins

           SV – Willie Hernandez                              

           HR – Kirk Gibson (DET) 2

                   Lance Parrish (DET)

                   Kurt Bevacqua (SD)   

 

LEAGUE LEADERS (Stats courtesy The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball)

 

Hitting

American League                                 National League

Avg.                Don Mattingly, NYY (.343)              Tony Gwynn, SD (.351)

Hits                 Don Mattingly, NYY (207)               Tony Gwynn, SD (213)

Runs               Dwight Evans, BOS (121)               Ryne Sandberg, CHC (114)

2B                  Don Mattingly, NYY (44)            Tim Raines, MON/Johnny Ray, PIT (38)

3B                  Dave Collins/Lloyd Moseby, TOR (15)      Juan Samuel, PHI/ Ryne Sandberg, CHC (19)

HR                  Tony Armas, BOS (43)              Dale Murphy, ATL/ Mike Schmidt, PHI (36)

RBI                 Tony Armas, BOS (123)         Gary Carter, MON / Mike Schmidt, PHI (106)

SLG                Harold Baines, CHW (.541)             Dale Murphy, ATL (.547)

BB                  Eddie Murray, BAL (107)                Gary Matthews, CHC (103)

SB                  Rickey Henderson, OAK (66)         Tim Raines, MON (75)

Pitching

American League                                 National League

Wins               Mike Boddicker, BAL (20)               Joaquin Andujar, STL (20)

Win Pct.         Doyle Alexander, TOR (.739)         Rick Sutcliffe, CHC (.941)

Shutouts        Bob Ojeda,BOS/Geoff Zahn, CAL (5)   J.Andujar, STL/O.Hershiser, LA

A.Pena, LA (4)

Strikeouts       Mark Langston, SEA (204)             Dwight Gooden, NYM (276)

Games           Willie Hernandez, DET (80)            Ted Power, CIN (78)

ERA                Mike Boddicker, BAL (2.79)            Alejandro Pena, LA (2.48)

Saves              Dan Quisenberry, KC (44)              Bruce Sutter, STL (45)

 

1984 ALL-STAR GAME

Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

 

(Stats courtesy www.baseball-almanac.com)

 

National League 3, American League 1

             1        2         3       4         5        6        7        8        9        R        H       E

AL	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	8	0

 

MVP – Gary Carter (MON) 1-2, R, HR, RBI

 

WP – Charlie Lea (MON)

LP  – Dave Steib (TOR)

SV – Rich Gossage (SD)

 

2B – Lou Whitaker (DET), Eddie Murray (BAL), Dave Winfield (NYY), Claudell   Washington (ATL)

3B – None

HR – George Brett (KC), Gary Carter (MON), Dale Murphy (ATL)

        

A pair of Cub Hall of Famers talk it over...The immortal Harry Caray joins Sandberg for an interview.  “Hey Ryno, how do you say Galarraga backwards?”  Sandberg hit .314 with 19 homers and 84 RBI as he led the Cubbies to the NL East title.  (yahoo.com)