1984 San Diego Padres season

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1984 San Diego Padres
Major league affiliations
Location
1984 Information
Owner(s) Ray Kroc and Joan Kroc
Manager(s) Dick Williams
Local television KCST
Cox Cable
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
Local radio KFMB (AM)
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain)


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[edit] Offseason

  • October 21, 1983: Sandy Alomar, Jr. was signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent.
  • December 7, 1983: Scott Sanderson was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Montreal Expos to the Chicago Cubs. The San Diego Padres sent Gary Lucas to the Montreal Expos. The Montreal Expos sent Al Newman to the San Diego Padres. The Chicago Cubs sent Carmelo Martinez, Craig Lefferts, and Fritzie Connally to the San Diego Padres. [1]
  • March 30, 1984: Graig Nettles was traded by the New York Yankees to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Dennis Rasmussen. The San Diego Padres sent Darin Cloninger (minors) (April 26, 1984) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

[edit] Regular season

  • Tony Gwynn had the highest batting average in Major League Baseball.

The 1984 season began with a shock: Ray Kroc died of heart disease on January 14. Ownership of the team passed to his third wife, Joan B. Kroc. The team would wear Ray's initials, "RAK" on their jersey's left sleeve during the entire season.

Fortunately, happier times were ahead for the team. The Padres finished at 92-70 in 1984 and won the National League West championship, despite having no players with 100-RBI and only two batters with 20-HR. They were managed by Dick Williams and had an offense that featured veterans Steve Garvey, Garry Templeton, Graig Nettles, Alan Wiggins as well as Hall-of-Famer Tony Gwynn, who captured his first of what would be eight National League batting championships that year (he would also win in 1987-89 and from 1994-97; Gwynn shares the National League record with Honus Wagner). Gwynn, who also would win five National League Gold Gloves during his career, joined the Padres in 1982 following starring roles in both baseball and basketball at San Diego State University (he still holds the school record for career basketball assists), and after having been selected in the previous year by both the Padres in the baseball draft and by the then San Diego Clippers in the National Basketball Association draft. The Padres pitching staff in 1984 featured Eric Show (15-9), Ed Whitson (14-8), Mark Thurmond (14-8), Tim Lollar (11-13), and Rich "Goose" Gossage as their closer (10-6, 2.90 ERA and 25 saves).[2]

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
San Diego Padres 92 70 -- .568
Atlanta Braves 80 82 12.0 .494
Houston Astros 80 82 12.0 .494
Los Angeles Dodgers 79 83 13.0 .488
Cincinnati Reds 70 92 22.0 .432
San Francisco Giants 66 96 26.0 .407

[edit] Roster

1984 San Diego Padres roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Steve Garvey 161 617 175 .284 8 86
Tony Gwynn 158 606 213 .351 5 71
Kevin McReynolds 147 525 146 .278 20 75
Garry Templeton 148 493 127 .258 2 35

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy Hawkins 36 146 8 9 4.68 77
Eric Show 32 207 15 9 3.40 104

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] NLCS

Main article: 1984 National League Championship Series

In the 1984 NLCS, the Padres faced the NL East champion Chicago Cubs, who were making their first post-season appearance since 1945 and featured NL Most Valuable Player Ryne Sandberg and Cy Young Award winner Rick Sutcliffe. The Cubs would win the first two games at Wrigley Field, but the Padres swept the final three games at then San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium (the highlight arguably being Steve Garvey's dramatic, game winning home run off of Lee Smith in Game 4) to win the 1984 National League pennant.[3]

[edit] Game 1

October 2: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Chicago 2 0 3 0 6 2 0 0 X 13 16 0
W: Rick Sutcliffe (1-0)   L: Eric Show (0-1)   S: none
HR: SD – none  CHC – Bob Dernier (1) Gary Matthews (2), Rick Sutcliffe (1), Ron Cey (1)
Pitchers: SD – Show, Harris (5), Booker (7)  CHC – Sutcliffe, Brusstar (8)
Attendance: 36,282

[edit] Game 2

October 3: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Diego 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0
Chicago 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 x 4 8 1
W: Steve Trout (1-0)   L: Mark Thurmond (0-1)   S: Lee Smith (1)
HR: SD – none  CHC – none
Pitchers: SD – Thurmond, Hawkins (4), Dravecky (6), Lefferts (8)  CHC – Trout, Smith (9)
Attendance: 36,282

[edit] Game 3

October 4: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
San Diego 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 x 7 11 0
W: Ed Whitson (1-0)   L: Dennis Eckersley (0-1)   S: none
HR: CHC – none  SD – Kevin McReynolds (1)
Pitchers: CHC – Eckersley, Frazier (6), Stoddard (8)  SD – Whitson, Gossage (9)
Attendance: 58,346

[edit] Game 4

October 6: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 1
San Diego 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 7 11 0
W: Craig Lefferts (1-0)   L: Lee Smith (0-1)   S: none
HR: CHC – Jody Davis (1), Leon Durham (1)  SD Steve Garvey (1)
Pitchers: CHC – Sanderson, Brusstar (5), Stoddard (7), Smith (8)  SD – Lollar, Hawkins (5), Dravecky (6), Gossage (8), Lefferts (9)
Attendance: 58,354

[edit] Game 5

October 7: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1
San Diego 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 x 6 8 0
W: Craig Lefferts (2-0)   L: Rick Sutcliffe (1-1)   S: Goose Gossage (1)
HR: CHC – Leon Durham (2), Jody Davis (2)  SD – none
Pitchers: CHC – Sutcliffe, Trout (7), Brusstar (8)  SD – Show, Hawkins (2), Dravecky (4), Lefferts (6), Gossage (8)
Attendance: 58,359

As if to tease their fatalistic fans, the Cubs started out well in the final and deciding game of the series. Durham hit a two-run homer in the first and Davis added a solo homer in the second to give the Cubs a 3-0 lead. With National League Cy Young Award winner and Game 1 victor Rick Sutcliffe pitching brilliantly, the Cubs maintained their lead until the bottom of the sixth. Then disaster struck in a way that left many Cubs fans muttering about curses and other storied collapses in the franchise's history.

Chicago's downfall began innocently enough, with San Diego getting two sacrifice flies in the sixth to cut the Cubs' lead to 3-2. But the Padres' seventh proved catastrophic for Chicago. Carmelo Martínez led off the inning with a walk, was sacrificed to second by Garry Templeton, and scored when Tim Flannery's grounder trickled through Durham's legs for a crucial error. Alan Wiggins singled Flannery to second, and Gwynn doubled both runners home to give the Padres a 5-3 lead. Garvey followed with an RBI single to stretch the lead to 6-3. Steve Trout then replaced Sutcliffe on the mound and got out of the inning unscathed. The Cubs got three baserunners over the final two innings against Gossage but could not score, and San Diego took home its first National League pennant.

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1984 World Series

In the 1984 World Series, the Padres faced the powerful Detroit Tigers, who steamrolled through the regular season with 104 victories (and had started out with a 35-5 record, the best ever through the first 40 games). The Tigers were managed by Sparky Anderson and featured shortstop and native San Diegan Alan Trammell and outfielder Kirk Gibson, along with Lance Parrish and DH Darrell Evans. The pitching staff was bolstered by ace Jack Morris (19-11, 3.60 ERA), Dan Petry (18-8), Milt Wilcox (17-8), and closer Willie Hernandez (9-3, 1.92 ERA with 32 saves).[4] Jack Morris would win games 1 and 4 and the Tigers would go on to win the Series 4-games-to-1.[5]

AL Detroit Tigers (4) vs. NL San Diego Padres (1)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1 Tigers – 3, Padres – 2 October 9 Jack Murphy Stadium(San Diego) 57,908 3:18
2 Tigers – 3, Padres – 5 October 10 Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego) 57,911 2:44
3 Padres – 2, Tigers – 5 October 13 Tiger Stadium (Detroit) 51,970 3:11
4 Padres – 2, Tigers – 4 October 14 Tiger Stadium (Detroit) 52,130 2:20
5 Padres – 4, Tigers – 8 October 15 Tiger Stadium (Detroit) 51,901 2:55

[edit] Award Winners

  • Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion (.351)
  • Tony Gwynn, National League Leader in Hits (213)

1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandesc01.shtml
  2. ^ Baseball-reference.com San Diego Padres 1984
  3. ^ Baseball-Reference.com 1984 NLCS
  4. ^ Baseball-reference.com Detroit Tigers 1984 season
  5. ^ Baseball-reference.com 1984 World Series stats
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