1984 League Championship Series - Detroit Tigers over Kansas City Royals (3-0)

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1984 League Championship Series (3-0): Detroit Tigers (104-58) over Kansas City Royals (84-78)

WS: DET-SDP / ALCS: DET-KCR / NLCS: SDP-CHC
1983 ALCS / 1985 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 2, 1984 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               2  0  0    1  1  0    1  2  1     8 14  0
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  5  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Morris, Hernandez (8)
              KCR - Black, Huismann (6), Jones (8)

               WP - Jack Morris
	       LP - Buddy Black
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Herndon, Parrish, Trammell
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 41,973

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 3, 1984 at Royals Stadium (Kansas City Royals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2     5  8  1
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    1  0  0    1  1  0    0  0     3 10  3

    PITCHERS: DET - Petry, Hernandez (8), Lopez (9)
              KCR - Saberhagen, Quisenberry (9)

               WP - Aurelio Lopez
	       LP - Dan Quisenberry
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Gibson
              KCR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 42,019

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 5, 1984 at Tiger Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Kansas City Royals           0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  3
    Detroit Tigers               0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     1  3  0

    PITCHERS: KCR - Leibrandt
              DET - Wilcox, Hernandez (9)

               WP - Milt Wilcox
	       LP - Charlie Leibrandt
             SAVE - Willie Hernandez

   HOME RUNS: KCR - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 52,168

Series MVP - Kirk Gibson

Series Batting Stats

Detroit Tigers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Doug Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	43	108	15	20	0	12	3	.185	.482
Dave Bergman	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	120	271	42	74	7	44	3	.273	.768
Tom Brookens	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	113	224	32	55	5	26	6	.246	.703
Marty Castillo	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	70	141	16	33	4	17	1	.234	.668
Darrell Evans	3	10	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.300	.364	.400	.764	1	0	131	401	60	93	16	63	2	.232	.737
Barbaro Garbey	3	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	110	327	45	94	5	52	6	.287	.716
Kirk Gibson	3	12	2	5	1	0	1	2	2	1	.417	.500	.750	1.250	1	0	149	531	92	150	27	91	29	.282	.879
Johnny Grubb	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	86	176	25	47	8	17	1	.267	.827
Willie Hernandez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Herndon	2	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	.200	.333	.800	1.133	0	0	125	407	52	114	7	43	6	.280	.734
Ruppert Jones	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	79	215	26	61	12	37	2	.284	.862
Rusty Kuntz	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	84	140	32	40	2	22	2	.286	.807
Chet Lemon	3	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	141	509	77	146	20	76	5	.287	.852
Aurelio Lopez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Morris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lance Parrish	3	12	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	3	.250	.231	.583	.814	0	0	147	578	75	137	33	98	2	.237	.730
Dan Petry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alan Trammell	3	11	2	4	0	1	1	3	3	1	.364	.500	.818	1.318	0	0	139	555	85	174	14	69	19	.314	.851
Lou Whitaker	3	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	143	558	90	161	13	56	6	.289	.764
Milt Wilcox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	42	107	14	25	4	1	4	14	8	17	.234	.284	.402	.686	4	0	162	5644	829	1529	187		106	.271	.774

Kansas City Royals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Steve Balboni	3	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.091	.167	.091	.258	0	0	126	438	58	107	28	77	0	.244	.817
Buddy Biancalana	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	66	134	18	26	2	9	1	.194	.527
Buddy Black	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Brett	3	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.231	.462	0	0	104	377	42	107	13	69	0	.284	.802
Onix Concepcion	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	90	287	36	81	1	23	9	.282	.657
Mark Huismann	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dane Iorg	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	*93	263	30	64	5	33	0	.243	.662
Lynn Jones	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	47	103	11	31	1	10	1	.301	.719
Mike Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Leibrandt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	0	0	106	317	30	96	3	42	0	.303	.760
Darryl Motley	3	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	.167	.231	.167	.397	0	0	146	522	64	148	15	70	10	.284	.760
Jorge Orta	3	10	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	.100	.100	.300	.400	0	0	122	403	50	120	9	50	0	.298	.800
Greg Pryor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	123	270	32	71	4	25	0	.263	.656
Dan Quisenberry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bret Saberhagen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Sheridan	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	138	481	64	136	8	53	19	.283	.738
Don Slaught	3	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	0	0	124	409	48	108	4	42	0	.264	.676
U.L. Washington	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	63	170	18	38	1	10	4	.224	.558
John Wathan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	97	171	17	31	2	10	6	.181	.540
Frank White	3	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	129	479	58	130	17	56	5	.271	.756
Willie Wilson	3	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	1	128	541	81	163	2	44	47	.301	.740
Totals	46	106	4	18	1	1	0	4	6	21	.170	.214	.198	.412	0	1	162	5543	673	1487	117		106	.268	.716

Detroit Tigers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Willie Hernandez	3	0	2.25	0	0	1	0	4.0	3	1	1	3	1.000	80	0	1.92	9	3	32	140.1	96	36	112	0.941
Aurelio Lopez	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	0	1	2	1.667	71	0	2.94	10	1	14	137.2	109	52	94	1.169
Jack Morris	1	1	1.29	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	4	0.857	35	35	3.60	19	11	0	240.1	221	87	148	1.282
Dan Petry	1	1	2.57	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	1	4	0.714	35	35	3.24	18	8	0	233.1	231	66	144	1.273
Milt Wilcox	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	2	8	0.500	33	33	4.00	17	8	0	193.2	183	66	119	1.286
Totals	7	3	1.24	3	0	1	0	29.0	18	4	6	21	0.828	162	162	3.492	104	58		1464.0	1358	489	914	1.262

Kansas City Royals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Buddy Black	1	1	7.20	0	1	0	0	5.0	7	4	1	3	1.600	35	35	3.12	17	12	0	257.0	226	64	140	1.128
Mark Huismann	1	0	6.75	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	2	1	2	2.625	38	0	4.20	3	3	3	75.0	84	21	54	1.400
Mike Jones	1	0	6.75	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	0	0	0.750	23	12	4.89	2	3	0	81.0	86	36	43	1.506
Charlie Leibrandt	1	1	1.13	0	1	0	1	8.0	3	1	4	6	0.875	23	23	3.63	11	7	0	143.2	158	38	53	1.364
Dan Quisenberry	1	0	3.00	0	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	1	1.000	72	0	2.64	6	3	44	129.1	121	12	41	1.028
Bret Saberhagen	1	1	2.25	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	1	5	0.875	38	18	3.48	10	11	1	157.2	138	36	73	1.104
Totals	6	3	3.54	0	3	0	1	28.0	25	11	8	17	1.179	162	162	3.920	84	78		1444.0	1426	433	724	1.287

WS: DET-SDP / ALCS: DET-KCR / NLCS: SDP-CHC
1983 ALCS / 1985 ALCS

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