1984 Minnesota Twins season 1984 Minnesota Twins season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a record of 81–81, tied for second in the American 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.American League . Towards the end of the season, Calvin Griffith sold the club to local investor Carl Pohlad .Offseason October 1983: Jeff Little was released by the Twins. December 7 , 1983: Gary Ward and Sam Sorce were traded by the Twins to the Texas Rangers for John Butcher and Mike Smithson . January 17 , 1984: Mark Grace was drafted by the Twins in the 15th round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft , but did not sign .Regular season May 4 - Oakland's Dave Kingman popped up in the fourth inning. The ball found a drainage hole in the Metrodome'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 , at Anaheim Stadium . June 29 – Andre David made his major league debut and started in right field for the Twins. In his first at bat in the second inning, he homered off Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris to become the fourth Twin to homer in his first-ever at bat. David joined Rick Renick , Dave McKay and Gary Gaetti ; 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 the All-Star Game , catcher Dave Engle . September 28 – The Twins suffered their biggest blown lead for a loss in team history. Leading Cleveland 10-0 in the third inning, and 10-2 in the sixth, they lost the 9-inning game 11-10. In the ninth, relievers Ron Davis and Ed Hodge loaded the bases. Hodge allowed a walk-off single.Offense Tom Brunansky hit 32 HR and 85 RBI.Leadoff batter Kirby Puckett hit.296 and scored 63 runs.Pitching Starter Frank Viola was 18-12.record set in 1976 and tied two other times.Defense Gary Gaetti led the major leagues playing in 162 games. His 334 assists led all of baseball this season. Outfield teammates Kirby Puckett and Tom Brunansky also led the major leagues in assists.Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats ; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 109 391 104 .266 4 38 1B 149 559 174 .311 27 107 3B 162 588 154 .262 5 65 SS 108 298 60 .201 0 19 CF 128 557 165 .296 0 31 RF 155 567 144 .254 32 85
Other batters 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 16 52 13 .250 1 6 13 29 5 .172 0 5
Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched ; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 35 257.2 18 12 3.21 149 36 252 15 13 3.68 144 34 225 13 11 3.44 83
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 17 68.2 3 5 5.77 22
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 64 7 11 29 4.55 74 36 4 3 5 3.49 22 2 0 0 0 1.93 0
Awards and honors All-Star Game Dave Engle, reserveFarm system
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