The 1984 New York Yankees season was the 82nd season for the Yankees. The team finished in third place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 87–75, finishing 17 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Yogi Berra. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason November 9, 1983: Rowland Office was released by the Yankees.Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference November 22, 1983: Amalio Carreno was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent. December 8, 1983: Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Royals for Mike Armstrong and Duane Dewey (minors).Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference December 19, 1983: Mike Browning (minors) was traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Curt Brown.Curt Brown page at Baseball Reference January 17, 1984: Tim Belcher was drafted by the Yankees in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase). Player signed February 2, 1984.Tim Belcher page at Baseball Reference February 5, 1984: Otis Nixon, George Frazier and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Toby Harrah and a player to be named later. On February 8, the deal was completed, as the Indians sent Rick Browne (minors) to the Yankees, and the Yankees sent Guy Elston (minors) to the Indians.Otis Nixon page at Baseball Reference February 8, 1984: Tim Belcher was chosen from the Yankees by the Oakland Athletics from the Yankees as a free agent compensation pick. March 30, 1984: Graig Nettles was traded by the Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Dennis Rasmussen and a player to be named later. The Padres completed the deal by sending Darin Cloninger (minors) to the Yankees on April 26.Graig Nettles page at Baseball Reference

Regular season Dave Winfield was the runner up to Don Mattingly for the American League batting title.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 17, 1984: Oscar Gamble was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference July 18, 1984: Roy Smalley was traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Doug Drabek and Kevin Hickey to the Yankees on August 13.Doug Drabek page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1984 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Pitching) (Pitching) (First Base) (Bullpen) (Third Base) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Bullpen) (First Base)

Game log Regular season

|- style="background:#bbcaff;" | – || July 10 || ||colspan=10 |1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

|- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = PostponementBold = Yankees team member

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader 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 Butch Wynegar 129 442 118 .267 6 45 1B 153 603 207 .343 23 110 2B Willie Randolph 142 564 162 .287 2 31 SS 99 360 91 .253 2 25 3B Toby Harrah 88 253 55 .217 1 26 LF Steve Kemp 94 313 91 .291 7 41 CF Omar Moreno 117 355 92 .259 4 38 RF 141 567 193 .340 19 100 DH Don Baylor 134 493 129 .262 27 89

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 Ken Griffey Sr. 120 399 109 .273 7 56 Roy Smalley III 67 209 50 .239 7 26 Mike Pagliarulo 67 201 48 .239 7 34 Tim Foli 61 163 41 .252 0 16 Andre Robertson 52 140 30 .214 0 6 Brian Dayett 64 127 31 .244 4 23 Oscar Gamble 54 125 23 .184 10 27 Rick Cerone 38 120 25 .208 2 13 Lou Piniella 29 86 26 .302 1 6 Victor Mata 30 70 23 .329 1 6 Mike O'Berry 13 32 8 .250 0 5 Scott Bradley 9 21 6 .286 0 2 Rex Hudler 9 7 1 .143 0 0 Stan Javier 7 7 1 .143 0 0 Keith Smith 2 4 0 .000 0 0

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 Phil Niekro 32 215.2 16 8 3.09 136 Ron Guidry 29 195.2 10 11 4.51 127 Ray Fontenot 35 169.1 8 9 3.61 85 24 147.2 9 6 4.57 110 Joe Cowley 16 83.1 9 2 3.56 71 John Montefusco 11 55.1 5 3 3.58 23 Shane Rawley 11 42.0 2 3 6.21 24 7 39.1 2 2 2.97 24 Jim Deshaies 2 7.0 0 1 11.57 5

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 Bob Shirley 41 114.1 3 3 3.38 48 José Rijo 24 62.1 2 8 4.76 47

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 Dave Righetti 64 5 6 31 2.34 90 Jay Howell 61 9 4 7 2.69 109 36 3 2 1 3.48 43 Clay Christiansen 24 2 4 2 6.05 27 Dale Murray 19 1 2 0 4.94 13 13 1 1 0 2.70 10

Awards and honors Ron Guidry, Pitcher, Gold Glove Ron Guidry, Roberto Clemente Award Dave Winfield, Outfield, Silver Slugger Award Dave Winfield, Outfield, Gold Glove

All-Star Game Don Mattingly Dave Winfield Phil Niekro

League leaders Don Mattingly – American League batting champion (.343) Don Mattingly – American League leader, hits (207)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort LauderdaleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1984 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1984 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com