1984 New York Mets season

1984 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s) Frank Cashen
Manager(s) Davey Johnson
Local television WOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy)
Local radio WHN
(Bob Murphy, Steve LaMar, Juan Alicea)
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The New York Mets' 1984 season was the 23rd regular season for the Mets. They went 90–72 and finished in second place in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

Regular season

1984 got off to an embarrassing start for GM Frank Cashen and the Mets before the season even began. Believing that it was unnecessary to protect a high-salaried, 39-year-old pitcher, the Mets left Tom Seaver unprotected. In a move that stunned the Mets, on January 20, 1984, Seaver was claimed in a free-agent compensation draft by the Chicago White Sox.

This left opening day duties to Mike Torrez. Torrez lasted only 1.1 innings against the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium, giving up six earned runs, and giving the Mets their first opening day loss since 1974. Davey Johnson's team did, however, come back to win the next six in a row, including Dwight Gooden's Major League Baseball debut on April 7. Johnson also helped bring the Mets back in contention, producing their first winning season since 1976.[5] Off-season acquisition Sid Fernandez made his debut with the Mets on July 16, going seven innings against the Houston Astros at the Astrodome, and earning the victory.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9665 0.596 — 51–29 45–36
New York Mets 9072 0.556 6½ 48–33 42–39
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 0.519 12½ 44–37 40–41
Philadelphia Phillies 8181 0.500 15½ 39–42 42–39
Montreal Expos 7883 0.484 18 39–42 39–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 7587 0.463 21½ 41–40 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1984 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —3–913–512–66–125–74–87–58–47–1110–85–7
Chicago 9–3—7–56–67–510–712–69–98–106–69–313–5
Cincinnati 5–135–7—8–107–117–53–95–77–57–1112–64–8
Houston 6–126–610–8—9–97–54–86–66–66–1212–68–4
Los Angeles 12–65–77–119–9—6–63–93–94–810–810–86–6
Montreal 7–57–105–75–76–6—7–1111–77–117–57–59–9
New York 8–46–129–38–49–311–7—10–812–66–64–87–11
Philadelphia 5-79–97–56–69–37–118–10—7–117–58–48–10
Pittsburgh 4–810–85–76–68–411–76–1211–7—4–86–64–14
San Diego 11–76–611–712–68–105–76–65–78–4—13–57–5
San Francisco 8–103–96–126–128–105–78–44–86–65–13—7–5
St. Louis 7–55–138–44–86–69–911–710–814–45–75–7—

Notable transactions

Opening Day starters

  • Wally Backman
  • Hubie Brooks
  • George Foster
  • John Gibbons
  • Keith Hernandez
  • Jose Oquendo
  • Darryl Strawberry
  • Mike Torrez
  • Mookie Wilson[12]

Roster

1984 New York Mets roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
1BKeith Hernandez154550171.3111594

[13]

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ron Gardenhire7420751.246110
Danny Heep9919946.231112
Kelvin Chapman7519757.289323
Rafael Santana5115242.276112
Ray Knight279326.28016
Junior Ortiz409118.198011
Rusty Staub787219.264118
John Gibbons10312.06501
Herm Winningham142711.40705
Kevin Mitchell7143.21401
John Christensen5113.27303
Billy Beane5101.10000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dwight Gooden312181792.60276
Mike Torrez937.2155.0216

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Gorman366002.9740

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Bob Schaefer
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Sam Perlozzo
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Mike Cubbage
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Rich Miller
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Bud Harrelson
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Dan Radison

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jackson, Lynchburg, Little Falls

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Notes

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1984 New York Mets
  • 1984 New York Mets at Baseball Almanac
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