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1984 Kansas City Royals
Trades and Transactions
Franchise Encyclopedia: 1983 / 1985
84-78, Finished 1st in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick Howser (84-78)
Scored 673 runs, Allowed 686 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 1,810,018 (7th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Detroit Tigers |
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1983 / 1985 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 3, 1983
Released Steve Renko.
October 11, 1983
Released Cesar Geronimo.
October 17, 1983
Released Eric Rasmussen.
October 20, 1983
Kelly Heath granted Free Agency.
Dave Schuler granted Free Agency.
November 7, 1983
Don Hood granted Free Agency.
Jerry Martin granted Free Agency.
Amos Otis granted Free Agency.
November 11, 1983
Signed Jose Nunez as an amateur free agent.
December 5, 1983
Drafted Orlando Sanchez from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1983 rule 5 draft.
December 6, 1983
Signed Lynn Jones as a free agent.
December 8, 1983
Traded Duane Dewey (minors) and Mike Armstrong to the New York Yankees. Received Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson.
Traded Joe Szekeley (minors), John Serritella (minors) and Jose Torres (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Joe Beckwith.
December 9, 1983
Signed Don Werner as a free agent.
December 15, 1983
Traded Ron Johnson to the Montreal Expos. Received Tom Dixon.
December 20, 1983
Traded Willie Aikens to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Jorge Orta.
January 17, 1984
Drafted Steve Carter in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Eric Hetzel in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
March 31, 1984
Traded Derek Botelho and Don Werner to the Chicago Cubs. Received Alan Hargesheimer.
April 1, 1984 (Standings)
Traded Tom Edens to the New York Mets. Received Tucker Ashford.
May 10, 1984 (Standings)
Purchased Dane Iorg from the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 17, 1984 (Standings)
Sold Orlando Sanchez to the Baltimore Orioles.
May 19, 1984 (Standings)
Sold Tucker Ashford to the Baltimore Orioles.
June 4, 1984 (Standings)
Drafted Scott Bankhead in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.
Drafted Luis de los Santos in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1984.
Drafted Chito Martinez in the 6th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
Drafted Kevin Koslofski in the 20th round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1984.
August 16, 1984 (Standings)
Signed Bucky Dent as a free agent.
September 1, 1984 (Standings)
Traded James Miner (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Luis Pujols.
September 4, 1984 (Standings)
Released Mark Ryal.
October 10, 1984 (Standings)
Released Bucky Dent.
Released Leon Roberts.
October 19, 1984
Luis Pujols granted Free Agency.
November 8, 1984
Greg Pryor granted Free Agency.
December 20, 1984
Signed Greg Pryor as a free agent.
December 25, 1984
Signed Mike Griffin as a free agent.
January 3, 1985
Drafted Kevin Brown in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Andy Mota in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Blas Minor in the 11th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 7, 1985
Traded U.L. Washington to the Montreal Expos. Received Ken Baker (minors) and Mike Kinnunen.
January 18, 1985
As part of a 4-team trade, traded Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers and Frank Wills to the New York Mets. Received Jim Sundberg from the Milwaukee Brewers. In addition, the Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Danny Darwin to the Milwaukee Brewers; and the New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
January 29, 1985
Signed Renie Martin as a free agent.
February 7, 1985
Signed Pat Putnam as a free agent.
February 19, 1985
Signed Mike LaCoss as a free agent.
February 25, 1985
Signed Jamie Quirk as a free agent.
March 19, 1985
Traded Keith Creel to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Dwight Taylor (October 3, 1985) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.
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