The 1984 Cleveland Indians season was the 84th for the franchise.

Offseason October 21, 1983: Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby were sent to the Indians by the Atlanta Braves to complete an earlier deal (the Indians traded Len Barker to the Braves for players to be named later and $150,000, and received Rick Behenna from the Braves on September 2) made on August 28, 1983. December 5, 1983: Kelly Gruber was drafted from the Indians by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1983 rule 5 draft. January 14, 1984: DeWayne Buice was signed as a free agent by the Indians. February 5, 1984: Toby Harrah and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the New York Yankees for Otis Nixon, George Frazier and a player to be named later. The Indians and Yankees completed the deal on February 8, with the Indians sending Rick Browne (minors) to the Yankees and the Yankees sending Guy Elston (minors) to the Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 6, 1984: Jerry Ujdur was signed as a free agent by the Indians. April 7, 1984: DeWayne Buice was released by the Indians. May 8, 1984: Geno Petralli was purchased by the Indians from the Toronto Blue Jays. June 4, 1984: Cory Snyder was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. June 13, 1984: Rick Sutcliffe, George Frazier and Ron Hassey were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Mel Hall, Joe Carter, Don Schulze, and Darryl Banks (minors). June 21, 1984: Dan Spillner was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jim Siwy to the Indians on June 26. September 24, 1984: Jamie Quirk was purchased by the Indians from the Chicago White Sox.

Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position2 Brett Butler CF4 Tony Bernazard 2B14 Julio Franco SS29 Andre Thornton DH10 Pat Tabler 1B26 Brook Jacoby 3B9 Ron Hassey C24 George Vukovich RF20 Otis Nixon LF43 Rick Sutcliffe P

Roster 1984 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches (Hitting)/* Roster */ Bobby Bonds (Third Base) (Pitching) (First Base) (Bullpen)

Game log Regular season

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || || 7:35p.m. EST || @ Tigers || 8–4 || Aponte (1–0) || Abbott (1–1) || — || 5:44 || 34,112 || 10–6 || W5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 17 || || 2:15p.m. EST || @ Tigers || 2–6 || Morris (5–0) || Behenna (0–1) || — || 2:25 || 28,253 || 10–7 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || || 1:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–6 || Petry (3–1) || Spillner (0–1) || — || 2:20 || 24,853 || 10–8 || L2

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 2–9 || Petry (4–1) || Spillner (0–2) || Hernández (3) || 3:06 || 8,497 || 11–11 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || || 1:35p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–6 || Abbott (2–1) || Heaton (2–3) || López (2) || 2:57 || 9,282 || 11–12 || L2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 24 || || 1:55p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–6 || López (3–0) || Camacho (0–2) || — || 4:20 || 16,125 || 11–13 || L3 |-style=background:#fff | 29 || May 13

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;" | ASG || || 8:30p.m. EDT || 55th All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA || 3 – 1 AL || — || — || — || 2:29 || 57,756 || — || ASG |- style="background:#fbb;" | 96 || || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 1–4 || Morris (13–6) || Blyleven (9–4) || Bair (4) || 3:09 || 16,576 || 41–54–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 97 || || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 5–9 || Wilcox (10–6) || Farr (1–7) || — || 3:21 || 15,578 || 41–55–1 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 98 || || 7:05p.m. EDT || Tigers || 4–1 || Smith (4–2) || Rozema (7–2) || Camacho (12) || 2:48 || 15,516 || 42–55–1 || W1 |- style="background:#bbb;" | — || || || Tigers || colspan=8 | Postponed (Rain; Site change) (Makeup date: July 31) |- style="background:#fbb;" | 102 || || 5:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–5 || Berenguer (5–7) || Smith (4–3) || — || 2:30 || — || 43–58–1 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 103 || || 8:45p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 6–4 || Heaton (8–10) || Rozema (7–3) || Waddell (5) || 2:50 || 32,158 || 44–58–1 || W1

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 104 || || 7:35p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 4–2 || Farr (2–7) || Petry (14–5) || Camacho (13) || 2:46 || 27,271 || 45–58–1 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 105 || || 1:30p.m. EDT || @ Tigers || 1–2 || Morris (14–7) || Blyleven (10–5) || Hernández (22) || 2:39 || 28,700 || 45–59–1 || L1

|- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Eliminated from playoff race      = Postponement     Bold = Indians team member

Detailed records American League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed AL East Cleveland Indians — — — — — — Detroit Tigers 1–5 3–4 4–9 45 64 Division Total 1–5 3–4 4–9 45 64 AL West Division Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 Season Total 1–5 3–4 4–9 45 64

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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB 75 220 38 64 11 0 12 41 .291 1 140 439 44 97 15 4 2 38 .221 20 159 602 108 162 25 9 3 49 .269 52 66 244 32 67 6 1 13 41 .275 2 87 211 36 55 9 2 10 36 .261 1 85 133 17 30 4 2 1 14 .226 2 160 658 82 188 22 5 3 79 .286 19 83 257 43 66 13 1 7 30 .257 1 133 352 44 94 14 2 2 44 .267 0 48 149 11 38 5 1 0 19 .255 1 126 439 64 116 19 3 7 40 .264 3 7 19 1 3 1 0 0 3 .158 0 49 91 16 14 0 0 0 1 .154 12 23 11 3 4 0 0 0 0 .364 0 58 66 5 13 1 0 0 4 .197 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 13 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 0 144 473 66 137 21 3 10 68 .290 3 155 587 91 159 26 0 33 99 .271 6 134 437 38 133 22 5 9 60 .304 1 87 246 21 55 8 1 10 37 .224 1 Team totals 162 5643 761 1498 222 39 123 704 .265 126

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K 1 0 4.11 25 0 0 50.1 53 25 23 15 25 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 3 13.97 3 3 0 9.2 17 15 15 8 6 19 7 2.87 33 32 0 245.0 204 86 78 74 170 5 9 2.43 69 0 23 100.0 83 31 27 37 48 4 8 5.68 22 20 0 117.1 146 80 74 39 39 3 1 3.38 26 1 2 69.1 74 31 26 23 42 3 11 4.58 31 16 1 116.0 106 61 59 46 83 3 2 3.65 22 0 1 44.1 45 19 18 14 24 12 15 5.21 38 34 0 198.2 231 128 115 75 75 5 2 2.99 63 1 1 75.1 82 28 25 24 41 0 2 18.00 3 2 0 6.0 9 12 12 11 3 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 4.83 19 14 0 85.2 105 53 46 27 39 4 5 5.15 15 15 0 94.1 111 60 54 46 58 1 2 6.91 4 3 0 14.1 22 14 11 6 6 7 4 3.06 58 0 6 97.0 68 35 33 37 59 Team totals 75 87 4.26 162 162 35 1467.2 1523 766 694 545 803

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Notes

References 1984 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1984 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac