1984 Pacific Coast League season

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The 1984 Pacific Coast League season was the 81st in the league's history, and ended with the Edmonton Trappers winning their first league championship. The Trappers became the first club in PCL history to win a title with a losing record, and only the sixth in Triple-A history.

In Salt Lake, the Gulls were locked out of Derks Field as the year ended, and were forced to play all their postseason games in Edmonton. In the offseason, the franchise moved to Calgary.

In the championship series, rain forced the series to be shortened to a best-of-three format.

[edit] Final first-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Edmonton Trappers	35	35	.500	--	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Salt Lake City Gulls	33	37	.471	2	Bobby Floyd	Seattle Mariners
Vancouver Canadians	32	40	.444	4	Tony Muser	Milwaukee Brewers
Portland Beavers	29	40	.420	5½	Lee Elia	Philadelphia Phillies
Tacoma Tigers	29	41	.414	6	Ed Nottle	Oakland Athletics

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Las Vegas Stars	42	28	.600	--	Bob Cluck	San Diego Padres
Hawaii Islanders	42	29	.592	½	Tommy Sandt	Pittsburgh Pirates
Tucson Toros	38	32	.543	4	Matt Galante	Houston Astros
Phoenix Giants	37	35	.514	6	Jack Mull	San Francisco Giants
Albuquerque Dukes	36	35	.507	6½	Terry Collins	Los Angeles Dodgers

[edit] Final second-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Salt Lake City Gulls	41	29	.586	--	Bobby Floyd	Seattle Mariners
Tacoma Tigers	40	30	.571	1	Ed Nottle	Oakland Athletics
Vancouver Canadians	39	31	.557	2	Tony Muser	Milwaukee Brewers
Edmonton Trappers	34	38	.472	8	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Portland Beavers	33	38	.465	8½	Lee Elia	Philadelphia Phillies

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Hawaii Islanders	45	24	.652	--	Tommy Sandt	Pittsburgh Pirates
Phoenix Giants	32	39	.451	14	Jack Mull	San Francisco Giants
Tucson Toros	31	39	.443	14½	Matt Galante	Houston Astros
Las Vegas Stars	29	37	.439	14½	Bob Cluck	San Diego Padres
Albuquerque Dukes	26	45	.366	20	Terry Collins	Los Angeles Dodgers

[edit] Overall standings

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Hawaii Islanders	87	53	.621	--	Tommy Sandt	Pittsburgh Pirates
Salt Lake City Gulls	74	66	.529	13	Bobby Floyd	Seattle Mariners
Las Vegas Stars	71	65	.522	14	Bob Cluck	San Diego Padres
Vancouver Canadians	71	71	.500	17	Tony Muser	Milwaukee Brewers
Tucson Toros	69	71	.493	18	Matt Galante	Houston Astros
Tacoma Tigers	69	71	.493	18	Ed Nottle	Oakland Athletics
Edmonton Trappers	69	73	.486	19	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Phoenix Giants	69	74	.483	19½	Jack Mull	San Francisco Giants
Portland Beavers	62	78	.443	25	Lee Elia	Philadelphia Phillies
Albuquerque Dukes	62	81	.434	26½	Terry Collins	Los Angeles Dodgers

[edit] Playoffs

First Round			Championship Finals

N1	Edmonton Trappers	3
N2	Salt Lake City Gulls	2
			N1	Edmonton Trappers	2
			S2	Hawaii Islanders	0
S1	Las Vegas Stars	0
S2	Hawaii Islanders	3

[edit] First Round

Edmonton vs. Salt Lake City
Date	Away	Home
September 1	Salt Lake City 3	Edmonton 8
September 2	Salt Lake City 6	Edmonton 5
September 3	Salt Lake City 6	Edmonton 8
September 4	Salt Lake City 9	Edmonton 3
September 5	Salt Lake City 3	Edmonton 11
Edmonton wins series 3-2

Hawaii vs. Las Vegas
Date	Away	Home
September 1	Hawaii 8	Las Vegas 2
September 2	Hawaii 2	Las Vegas 0
September 3	Las Vegas 5	Hawaii 6
Hawaii wins series 3-0

[edit] Championship Finals

Hawaii vs. Edmonton
Date	Away	Home
September 8	Hawaii 4	Edmonton 8
September 9	Hawaii 6	Edmonton 9
Edmonton wins series 2-0

[edit] League Leaders

[edit] Batting

Batting Average Tony Brewer, Albuquerque, .357
Runs Scored Christopher Clark, Edmonton, 104
Hits Doug Loman, Vancouver, 170
Doubles Clark, 37
Triples Rick Schu, Portland; Jeff Stone, Portland, 14
Home Runs Rob Deer, Phoenix, 31
Runs Batted In Rick Lancellotti, Las Vegas, 131
Stolen Bases Trench Davis, Hawaii, 53

[edit] Pitching

Wins Mike Bielecki, Hawaii, 19
Earned Run Average Bob Walk, Hawaii, 2.26
Complete Games Alfonso Pulido, Hawaii, 16
Shutouts Pulido, 4
Strikeouts Bielecki, 162
Saves Mark Ross, Tucson, 20

[edit] All-Star Team

First Base Sid Bream, Albuquerque
Second Base Harold Reynolds, Salt Lake City
Shortstop Ozzie Guillen, Las Vegas
Third Base Rick Schu, Portland
Outfield Alejandro Sanchez, Phoenix; Doug Loman, Vancouver; Tony Brewer, Albuquerque
Catcher Jamie Nelson, Vancouver
Designated Hitter Rick Lancellotti, Las Vegas
Right-Handed Pitcher Mike Bielecki, Hawaii
Left-Handed Pitcher Alfonso Pulido, Hawaii
Manager Tommy Sandt, Hawaii

[edit] References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1985 Baseball Guide

[edit] External Links

1984 PCL - The Baseball Cube