1984 World Series

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1 Series Information
2 Box Scores
3 Trivia
4 External Links

Series Information

Detroit Tigers (104-58) vs. San Diego Padres (92-70)

The 1984 World Series pitted a regular season juggernaut against a surprise upstart. The Detroit Tigers jumped out to an unbelievable start winning 35 of their first 40 games enroute to a 104 win campaign. With AL MVP and AL Cy Young Award winner Willie Hernandez closing out games for them the Tigers breezed to the AL East title winning the division by 15 games. Facing an inferior Kansas City Royals team in the ALCS, the Tigers swept them in three games.

In the National League the San Diego Padres surprised everyone winning the National League West by 12 games. The team, who had never finished better than fourth, won 92 games and set up a meeting with the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS. The Cubs, who were backed by NL MVP Ryne Sanberg and mid-season acquisition and NL Cy Young Award winner Rick Sutcliff, had won 96 games and the NL East by 6.5. The Padres, after losing the first two, won the final three games to advance to the World Series.

Although the Tigers came in as heavy favorites and ended up winning the Series in five games, the Padres kept the games close and had an admirable first World Series appearance. For the Tigers it was just the inevitable ending to the season.

Managers: Sparky Anderson (Detroit) and Dick Williams (San Diego)
Venues: Tiger Stadium (Detroit, MI) and Jack Murphy Stadium (San Diego, CA)
MVP: Alan Trammel

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Box Scores

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Game One: Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at Jack Murphy Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit Tigers	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
San Diego Padres	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
W: Jack Morris (1-0) L: Mark Thurmond (0-1) Sv: None
HR: DET – Larry Herndon (1) SD – None
Attendance: 57,908

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Game Two: Wednesday, October 10, 1984 at Jack Murphy Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit Tigers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3
San Diego Padres	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	X	5	11	0
W: Andy Hawkins (1-0) L: Dan Petry (0-1) Sv: Craig Lefferts (1)
HR: DET – None SD – Kurt Bevacqua (1)
Attendance: 57,911

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Game Three: Friday, October 12, 1984 at Tiger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego Padres	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0
Detroit Tigers	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	5	7	0
W: Milt Wilcox (1-0) L: Tim Lollar (0-1) Sv: Willie Hernandez (1)
HR: DET – Marty Castillo (1) SD – None
Attendance: 51,970

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Game Four: Saturday, October 13, 1984 at Tiger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego Padres	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	2
Detroit Tigers	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	4	7	0
W: Jack Morris (2-0) L: Eric Show (0-1) Sv: None
HR: DET – Alan Trammell 2 (2) SD – Terry Kennedy (1)
Attendance: 52,130

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Game Five: Sunday, October 14, 1984 at Tiger Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego Padres	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	1
Detroit Tigers	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	X	8	11	1
W: Aurelio Lopez (1-0) L: Andy Hawkins (0-1) Sv: Willie Hernandez (2)
HR: DET – Kirk Gibson 2 (2), Lance Parrish (1) SD – Kurt Bevacqua (2)
Attendance: 51,910

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Trivia

Sparky Anderson became the first manager in MLB history to win a World Series in both the American and National Leagues. Dick Williams, San Diego's manager, could have also accomplished the feat if his team had won.
Three batting records were either set or tied during the 1984 World Series
- Alan Trammell who ended up being World Series MVP tied a the record for the most hits in a 5 game series with 9.
- Lou Whitaker tied a record for runs scored in a 5 game series with 6.
- Carmelo Martinez set a record with 9 strikeouts in 5 games
Dick Williams became the second manager to guide three different teams to the World Series.
Alan Trammell won one World Series MVP, while Jack Morris won the other. Trammell batted .450 with 5 R, 2 HR's, and 6 RBI's. Morris went 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA. Morris pitched two complete games striking out 13.