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

 1983 ALCS /  1985 ALCS

WS: DET-SDP / ALCS: DET-KCR / NLCS: SDP-CHC
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1984 at KauffmanStad (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 - Bud Black
             SAVE - none

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

  ATTENDANCE: 41,973

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1984 at KauffmanStad (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

  October 5, 1984 at Tiger Stad (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

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Detroit Tigers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Doug Baker          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 108  20  0  .185  .482   3
*Dave Bergman        2   1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  1 | 271  74  7  .273  .768   3
 Tom Brookens        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 224  55  5  .246  .703   6
 Marty Castillo      3   8  0  2  0  0  0   2  0  3  .250  .250  .250  1 | 141  33  4  .234  .668   1
*Darrell Evans       3  10  1  3  1  0  0   1  1  0  .300  .364  .400  1 | 401  93 16  .232  .737   2
 Barbaro Garbey      3   9  1  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 | 327  94  5  .287  .716   6
*Kirk Gibson         3  12  2  5  1  0  1   2  2  1  .417  .500  .750  1 | 531 150 27  .282  .879  29
*Johnny Grubb        1   4  0  1  1  0  0   2  0  0  .250  .250  .500  0 | 176  47  8  .267  .827   1
*Willie Hernandez    3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Larry Herndon       2   5  1  1  0  0  1   1  1  2  .200  .333  .800  0 | 407 114  7  .280  .733   6
*Ruppert Jones       2   5  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .167  .000  0 | 215  61 12  .284  .862   2
 Rusty Kuntz         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 140  40  2  .286  .807   2
 Chet Lemon          3  13  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 509 146 20  .287  .852   5
 Aurelio Lopez       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jack Morris         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Lance Parrish       3  12  1  3  1  0  1   3  0  3  .250  .231  .583  0 | 578 137 33  .237  .730   2
 Dan Petry           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Alan Trammell       3  11  2  4  0  1  1   3  3  1  .364  .500  .818  0 | 555 174 14  .314  .850  19
*Lou Whitaker        3  14  3  2  0  0  0   0  0  3  .143  .143  .143  0 | 558 161 13  .289  .764   6
 Milt Wilcox         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 107 14 25  4  1  4  14  8 17  .234  .284  .402  4 |        187  .271  .773 106

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Kansas City Royals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Steve Balboni       3  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  4  .091  .167  .091  0 | 438 107 28  .244  .818   0
#Buddy Biancalana    2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 134  26  2  .194  .528   1
*Bud Black           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*George Brett        3  13  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  .231  .231  .231  0 | 377 107 13  .284  .803   0
 Onix Concepcion     3   7  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 287  81  1  .282  .657   9
 Mark Huismann       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Dane Iorg           2   2  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |+263  64  5  .243  .662   0
 Lynn Jones          3   5  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .200  .200  .200  0 | 103  31  1  .301  .718   1
*Mike Jones          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Charlie Leibrandt   1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Hal McRae           2   2  0  2  1  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.500  0 | 317  96  3  .303  .760   0
 Darryl Motley       3  12  0  2  0  0  0   1  1  3  .167  .231  .167  0 | 522 148 15  .284  .760  10
*Jorge Orta          3  10  1  1  0  1  0   1  0  2  .100  .100  .300  0 | 403 120  9  .298  .800   0
 Greg Pryor          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 270  71  4  .263  .657   0
 Dan Quisenberry     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bret Saberhagen     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Pat Sheridan        3   6  1  0  0  0  0   0  3  3  .000  .333  .000  0 | 481 136  8  .283  .737  19
 Don Slaught         3  11  0  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  .364  .364  .364  0 | 409 108  4  .264  .676   0
#U L Washington      2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 170  38  1  .224  .557   4
 John Wathan         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 171  31  2  .181  .540   6
 Frank White         3  11  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .091  .091  .091  0 | 479 130 17  .271  .756   5
#Willie Wilson       3  13  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  2  .154  .214  .154  0 | 541 163  2  .301  .740  47
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3 106  4 18  1  1  0   4  6 21  .170  .214  .198  0 |        117  .268  .716 106

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Detroit Tigers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Milt Wilcox         1   0.00 1-0  0  0  8.0  2  0  2  8 | 17-8  194  4.00  1.29 119   
 Jack Morris         1   1.29 1-0  0  0  7.0  5  1  1  4 | 19-11 240  3.60  1.28 148   
 Dan Petry           1   2.57 0-0  0  0  7.0  4  2  1  4 | 18-8  233  3.24  1.27 144   
*Willie Hernandez    3   2.25 0-0  1  0  4.0  3  1  1  3 |  9-3  140  1.92  0.94 112 32
 Aurelio Lopez       1   0.00 1-0  0  0  3.0  4  0  1  2 | 10-1  138  2.94  1.17  94 14
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.24 3-0  1  0 29.0 18  4  6 21 |            3.49 1.260   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Kansas City Royals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Charlie Leibrandt   1   1.12 0-1  0  1  8.0  3  1  4  6 | 11-7  144  3.63  1.36  53   
 Bret Saberhagen     1   2.25 0-0  0  0  8.0  6  2  1  5 | 10-11 158  3.48  1.10  73  1
*Bud Black           1   7.20 0-1  0  0  5.0  7  4  1  3 | 17-12 257  3.12  1.13 140   
 Dan Quisenberry     1   3.00 0-1  0  0  3.0  2  1  1  1 |  6-3  129  2.64  1.03  41 44
 Mark Huismann       1   6.75 0-0  0  0  2.7  6  2  1  2 |  3-3   75  4.20  1.40  54  3
*Mike Jones          1   6.75 0-0  0  0  1.3  1  1  0  0 |  2-3   81  4.89  1.51  43   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.54 0-3  0  1 28.0 25 11  8 17 |            3.92 1.290   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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

 1983 ALCS /  1985 ALCS

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