1984 Baltimore Orioles season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Baltimore Orioles
season = 1984
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969| Uniform logo =
ballpark = Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1954
city = Baltimore, Maryland
y5 = 1954
owners = Edward Bennett Williams
managers = Joe Altobelli
television =WMAR-TV
(Rex Barney, Brooks Robinson, Mel Proctor)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor)
radio = WFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Tom Marr) |The by|1984 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 78 losses.

Regular Season

* May 6, 1984 – Cal Ripken, Jr. hit for the cycle in a game against the Texas Rangers.
* Cal Ripken, Jr. set an American League record for most assists by a Shortstop with 583.
* During the season, Mike Boddicker would be the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Orioles in the 20th Century. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Rochester Red Wings (International League; Frank Verdi, manager)
* Class AA: Charlotte O's (Southern League; Grady Little and John Hart, managers) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A: Hagerstown Suns (Carolina League; John Hart, Grady Little and Len Johnston, managers)
* Class SS-A: Newark Orioles (New York-Penn League; Jim Hutto, manager)
* Rookie: Bluefield Orioles (Appalachian League; Greg Biagini, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1984.shtml 1984 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1984&t=BAL 1984 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com]