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 of 74–88, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 10 games behind the first place Kansas City Royals.

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 November 21, 1983: Fran Mullins was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Steve Christmas.Steve Christmas at Baseball-Reference December 2, 1983: Jerry Koosman was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Jerry Koosman at Baseball-Reference December 5, 1983: The White Sox sent a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ron Reed. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jerry Koosman to the Phillies on February 15, 1984 December 5, 1983: Bert Roberge was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Bert Roberge at Baseball-Reference January 20, 1984: Tom Seaver was chosen by the White Sox from the New York Mets as a free agent compensation pick.Tom Seaver at Baseball-Reference March 1, 1984: Jim Kern was released by the Chicago White Sox. March 27, 1984: Norberto Martin was signed by the White Sox as an amateur free agent.Norberto Martin at Baseball-Reference

Regular season August 4, 1984: Bobby Meacham and Dale Berra of the New York Yankees were both tagged out at home by White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk.NY Daily News: In return, Bobby Meacham safe at home

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Rudy Law, CF Carlton Fisk, C Harold Baines, RF Greg Luzinski, DH Tom Paciorek, 1B Ron Kittle, LF Vance Law, 3B Scott Fletcher, SS Julio Cruz, 2B LaMarr Hoyt, P

Notable transactions May 23, 1984: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.Jamie Quirk at Baseball-Reference 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.Dan Spillner page on Baseball Reference 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.Doug Drabek page on Baseball Reference September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the White Sox.

Roster 1984 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Died February 14)

(Pitching) (Bullpen) (Hitting; died March 18) (Third base)

Game log Regular season

|-style=background:#fbb | 2 || April 6 || 1:30p.m. CST || Tigers || 2–3 || Wilcox (1–0) || Dotson (0–1) || Hernández (1) || 2:51 || 42,692 || 1–1 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 3 || April 7 || 12:50p.m. CST || Tigers || 0–4 || Morris (2–0) || Bannister (0–1) || – || 2:44 || 24,616 || 1–2 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 4 || April 8 || 1:30p.m. CST || Tigers || 3–7 || López (1–0) || Seaver (0–1) || – || 3:17 || 20,478 || 1–3 || L3 |-style=background:#fbb | 11 || April 20 || 6:35p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 2–3 || López (2–0) || Reed (0–1) || – || 2:36 || 33,554 || 5–6 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb | 12 || April 21 || 1:15p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 1–4 || Rozema (1–0) || Hoyt (2–1) || Bair (1) || 2:35 || 34,395 || 5–7 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 13 || April 22 || 12:30p.m. CST || @ Tigers || 1–9 || Berenguer (1–0) || Brennan (0–1) || – || 2:58 || 10,603 || 5–8 || L3

|-style=background:#cfc | 78 || July 2 || 7:20p.m. CDT || Tigers || 7–1 || Bannister (5–6) || Rozema (4–1) || – || 2:29 || 32,768 || 38–40 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc | 79 || July 3 || 7:30p.m. CDT || Tigers || 9–5 || Seaver (7–6) || Morris (12–5) || Reed (4) || 2:42 || 43,094 || 39–40 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc | 80 || July 4 || 6:05p.m. CDT || Tigers || 8–2 || Dotson || Wilcox || – || 2:34 || 37,665 || 40–40 || W3 |-style=background:#bbbfff |colspan="12"|55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA |-style=background:#fbb | 90 || July 16 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 1–7 || Abbott (3–2) || Hoyt (8–10) || – || 2:29 || 41,935 || 45–45 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb | 91 || July 17 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 2–3 || Petry (12–4) || Nelson (1–2) || Hernández (17) || 2:03 || 34,579 || 45–46 || L3 |-style=background:#cfc | 92 || July 18 || 6:35p.m. CDT || @ Tigers || 10–6 || Bannister (7–6) || Morris (12–6) || Agosto (3) || 2:59 || 39,051 || 46–46 || W1

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

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, P 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, P 2 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 8 162 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 74 88 4.13 162 162 32 1454.1 1416 736 668 155 509 840

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AppletonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

References 1984 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference