The 1984 World Series began on October 9, 1984 and ended October 14. The American League champion Detroit Tigers played against the National League champion San Diego Padres, winning the series 4 games to 1. Image File history File links World_Series_Logo_1984. ... This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 10 - Luis Aparicio, Don Drysdale and Harmon Killebrew are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. ... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1998–present) Current uniform Name Detroit Tigers (1901–present) Ballpark Comerica Park (2000–present) Major league titles World Series titles (4) 1984 â€¢ 1968 â€¢ 1945 â€¢ 1935 AL Pennants (9) 1984 â€¢ 1968 â€¢ 1945 â€¢ 1940 1935 â€¢ 1934 â€¢ 1909 â€¢ 1908 1907 Central Division titles (0... Major league affiliations National League (1969–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 6,19,31,35 Name San Diego Padres (1969–present) Ballpark PETCO Park (2004–present) Jack Murphy Stadium (1969-2003) a. ...

Managers: Sparky Anderson (Detroit), Dick Williams (San Diego) Sparky Anderson (left) with George W. Bush and Yogi Berra George Lee Sparky Anderson (born February 22, 1934 in Bridgewater, South Dakota) is ranked fourth all-time for career managerial wins in Major League Baseball (behind Connie Mack, John McGraw and Tony La Russa) and is the only manager in... Richard Hirschfeld Williams (born May 7, 1929 in St. ...

Umpires: Doug Harvey (NL), Larry Barnett (AL), Bruce Froemming (NL), Rich Garcia (AL), Paul Runge (NL), Mike Reilly (AL) Harold Douglas Harvey (born March 13, 1930 in South Gate, California) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1962 to 1992. ... Lawrence Robert Barnett (born January 3, 1945 in Nitro, West Virginia) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1969 to 1999 before becoming the major leagues supervisor of umpires in 2000-2001. ... Bruce Neal Froemming (Frömming) (born September 28, 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the most senior active umpire in Major League Baseball. ... Michael Eugene Reilly (born July 2, 1949 in Sioux City, Iowa) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the American League from 1978 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. ...

Series MVP: Alan Trammell (Detroit) Alan Trammells last home at-bat during the 1995 season at Tiger Stadium Alan Stuart Trammell (born February 21, 1958 in Garden Grove, California) was an American baseball shortstop of the Detroit Tigers from 1977 to 1996. ...

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Game 1

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Game 1 set the tone for the contest as Mark Thurmond managed to last five innings with a 2-1 lead, but surrendered a crucial two-out, two-run homer to Larry Herndon in the fifth. Graig Nettles and Terry Kennedy both singled to open the San Diego sixth, but the Tigers' Jack Morris (a nineteen game winner) snuffed out their momentum by striking out the rest of the side. Kurt Bevacqua continued the fleeting comeback with a leadoff double in the seventh, but was thrown out at third while attempting to stretch the bases. Despite the close call, Morris remained focused and sat down the last nine remaining Padre batters for the 3-2 victory. John Scott Jack Morris (born May 16, 1955 in St. ... Mark Thurmond (born September 12, 1956 in Houston, Texas), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1983-1990. ... Mark Thurmond (born September 12, 1956 in Houston, Texas), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1983-1990. ... Larry Darnell Herndon (born November 3, 1953 in Sunflower, Mississippi) is an American former Major League Baseball player for the St. ... Graig Nettles (born August 20, 1944 in San Diego, California) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and left-handed batter who played for the Minnesota Twins (1967-69), Cleveland Indians (1970-72), New York Yankees (1973-83), San Diego Padres (1984-86), Atlanta Braves (1987) and Montreal Expos... John Scott Jack Morris (born May 16, 1955 in St. ... Kurt Bevacqua (born January 23, 1947) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. ...

Game 2

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Kurt Bevacqua evened the series at 1-1 with a fifth-inning home run. To date, this remains the only World Series victory in Padres history. Andy Hawkins, the winning pitcher, relieved starter Ed Whitson in the first inning. Melton Andrew Andy Hawkins (born January 21, 1960 in Waco, Texas) is a former major-league pitcher. ... Daniel Joseph Petry (born November 13, 1958 Palo Alto, CA - ) was a pitcher with a 13 year career from 1979 to 1991. ... Kurt Bevacqua (born January 23, 1947) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. ... Melton Andrew Andy Hawkins (born January 21, 1960 in Waco, Texas) is a former major-league pitcher. ... Eddie Lee (Ed) Whitson (born May 19, 1955 in Johnson City, Tennessee) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1977-1979[start]), [[San Francisco Giants (1979[end]-1981), Cleveland Indians (1982), San Diego Padres (1983-1984, 1986[end]-1991) and New York...

Game 3

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Tim Lollar failed to make it out of the second inning as Detroit erupted for four runs en route to a 5-2 victory for Milt Wilcox. The victory gave the Tigers a two games to one series lead. Milton Edward Wilcox (born April 20, 1950 Honolulu, HI - ) was a pitcher who had a 16 year career from 1970-1975,1977-1986. ... Tim Lollar (born March 17, 1956 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1980-1986. ... Hernandez pitching for the Tigers Guillermo Hernandez Villanueva (Willie Hernández) (born November 14, 1954 in Aguada, Puerto Rico) is a former relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1977-1983), Philadelphia Phillies (End of 1983), and the Detroit Tigers (1984-1989). ... Tim Lollar (born March 17, 1956 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1980-1986. ... Milton Edward Wilcox (born April 20, 1950 Honolulu, HI - ) was a pitcher who had a 16 year career from 1970-1975,1977-1986. ...

Game 4

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Alan Trammell drilled two homers to account for all of Detroit's offense as the Tigers beat Eric Show to take a three games to one lead in the Series. Jack Morris got his second Series victory. John Scott Jack Morris (born May 16, 1955 in St. ... Eric Vaughn Show (May 19, 1956 - March 16, 1994) was a Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics. ... Alan Trammells last home at-bat during the 1995 season at Tiger Stadium Alan Stuart Trammell (born February 21, 1958 in Garden Grove, California) was an American baseball shortstop of the Detroit Tigers from 1977 to 1996. ... Eric Vaughn Show (May 19, 1956 - March 16, 1994) was a Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics. ... John Scott Jack Morris (born May 16, 1955 in St. ...

Game 5

October 14, 1984 at Tiger Stadium (Detroit Tigers) October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Tigers won their first World Series since 1968. After running out to a 3-0 lead at the end of the first inning, the Padres rallied to tie it in the fourth. After the Padres closed it to a one-run game in the eighth, manager Dick Williams called on Goose Gossage to get Kirk Gibson out. With two on and two out in the eighth, Gossage talked Williams into letting him pitch to Gibson, and Gibson responded with a three-run blast in the upper deck to clinch the Series for the Tigers. Willie Hernandez closed the series out. Aurelio Alejandro Lopez Rios (June 17, 1948 – September 22, 1992), nicknamed Señor Smoke, was a Mexican relief pitcher in Major League Baseball with an 11-year career from 1974, 1978-1987. ... Melton Andrew Andy Hawkins (born January 21, 1960 in Waco, Texas) is a former major-league pitcher. ... Hernandez pitching for the Tigers Guillermo Hernandez Villanueva (Willie Hernández) (born November 14, 1954 in Aguada, Puerto Rico) is a former relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1977-1983), Philadelphia Phillies (End of 1983), and the Detroit Tigers (1984-1989). ... The 1968 World Series featured the defending champion St. ... Richard Hirschfeld Williams (born May 7, 1929 in St. ... Richard Michael Goose Gossage (born July 5, 1951 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 21 seasons for nine different teams before retiring in 1994. ... Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is a former American two-sport athletic star, best known as a Major League Baseball player noted for his competitiveness and clutch hitting. ... Hernandez pitching for the Tigers Guillermo Hernandez Villanueva (Willie Hernández) (born November 14, 1954 in Aguada, Puerto Rico) is a former relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1977-1983), Philadelphia Phillies (End of 1983), and the Detroit Tigers (1984-1989). ...

Trivia

• The Tigers were rallied by fans to the cheer "Eat 'em up Tigers."
• The Tigers were ahead of the rest of the league since the first day of the season, leading their division wire-to-wire, winning by 15 games, then cruising through the postseason. It was one of the most dominant single-season performances of the 1980s.
• This was the first World Series that Peter Ueberroth presided over as commissioner. Ueberroth began his tenure on October 1, succeeding Bowie Kuhn. Ueberroth had been elected as Kuhn's successor prior to the 1984 season, but did not take over until the postseason as he was serving as the chairman of the 1984 Summer Olympics, which ran from July 28 through August 12.
• Three players set World Series hitting records during the 1984 World Series.
• While Alan Trammell won the Sport Magazine variation of the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, Jack Morris won the Babe Ruth variation.
• After being unceremoniously dumped by the Cincinnati Reds in 1978, Tigers manager Sparky Anderson immediately vowed that he would win a World Championship for Detroit in less than five years. Anderson would become the first manager to win a World Championship in both the American and National League.
• Less than 20 years after winning the 1984 World Series Most Valuable Player Award, Alan Trammell would become manager of the Detroit Tigers. In a sad twist of irony, Trammell was the Detroit skipper in 2003, when the Tigers lost 119 games and threatened to break the modern (post-1900) Major League record for most losses in a season (120), set by the New York Mets in their first season of 1962.
• The 1984 World Series was a rematch between managers Sparky Anderson (Detroit) and Dick Williams (San Diego). Anderson and Williams previously faced off in the 1972 World Series between Anderson's Cincinnati Reds and Williams' Oakland Athletics. Incidentally, Anderson and Williams were also minor league teammates while with the Dodgers organization. Williams was actually managing his third different club in the Fall Classic, as he led the Boston Red Sox to their "Impossible Dream" season in wininng the 1967 American League pennant.
• The 1984 World Series was a battle of sorts between the multi-million dollar American fast-food chains. Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan owned the Tigers while McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, who died several months before the 1984 World Series, owned the Padres.
• During his pivotal at-bat against Goose Gossage in Game 5, Kirk Gibson made a $10 bet (flashing ten fingers) with his manager Sparky Anderson that Gossage would pitch to him. Padres manager Dick Williams initially wanted Gossage, who had dominated Gibson in the past, to intentially walk Gibson. Gibson and Anderson successfully called the Padres' bluff as Gibson hit a game winning three run home run in what turned out to be the clincher.
• Tigers first baseman Darrell Evans' three-year-old son Nicky (while dressed in his Tiger uniform) went around pouring champagne down players' pants during ensuing celebration after Game 5.
• By the time the 1984 World Series rolled around, Tiger Stadium became the oldest ballpark to ever host a World Series. That record was soon eclipsed by Boston's Fenway Park, which hosted the Fall Classic in 1986 and 2004.
• The 1984 Padres adopted Ray Parker Jr.'s Ghostbusters as their theme song (a.k.a. the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates using Sister Sledge's We Are Family as their theme song). During their playoff series against the Chicago Cubs, the Padre fans turned Ghostbusters into Cubbusters. Ironically, the movie Ghostbusters starred noted Chicago Cub fan Bill Murray.
• The University of Michigan Men's Glee Club sang the National Anthem for Game 5.
• Dick Williams became the second manager to take three teams to the World Series (he had previously taken the 1967 Red Sox and the 1972 and 1973 Athletics).
• As champions of the National League, the Padres had home-field advantage. But had the Chicago Cubs won the NLCS (which appeared likely after the Cubs took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-5 series), the Tigers would have gained home-field advantage despite the fact the AL's Baltimore Orioles had it the season before. NBC was contractually obligated to show all midweek series games in prime time, something that would have been impossible at Wrigley Field, since the Cubs' venerable facility lacked lights at the time (they wouldn't install lights until four years later). Had the Cubs advanced to the Series, Detroit would have hosted Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 (on Tuesday and Wednesday nights), while the Cubs would have hosted Games 3, 4 and 5 (on Friday, Saturday and Sunday), with all three games in Chicago starting no later than 1:30 p.m. Central time.
• Game 5 was the last afternoon World Series game to be played outdoors. The next afternoon World Series game would be Game 6 of the 1987 World Series under Minnesota's Metrodome.
• Al Ackerman Sportscaster for WDIV-TV (NBC 4) in Detroit coined the phrase "Bless You Boys" for the 1984 Tiger team

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Quotes of the Series

Game 5 Kirk Gibson second Home Run controversy:

• "He don't want to walk you!" - Sparky Anderson, yelling from the dugout, urging Kirk Gibson to "swing away" at Goose Gossage's offering in the eighth inning of Game 5. Gibson got the message, and planted the next pitch deep into the right field upper deck, for a 3-run homer that essentially iced the game and the Series for the Tigers.

• Dick Williams:"Do you want to bring the infield in on him?"
• Goose Gossage:"No."
• Dick Wiliams: "So you're thinking about striking him out?"
• Goose Gossage:"Yeah!"- The meeting on the mound before the Gibson homer.

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*Anderson after Gibson's Homer: "You dont want to walk him! NO! DONT WALK HIM! NO WAY!" ________________________________________________________________________________________________

• "This is baseball's version of New Year's Day at Times Square" - Vin Scully, describing the scene on the field at Tiger Stadium after the Tigers won Game 5 and the World Series.

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External links

• 1984 World Series by Baseball Almanac
• History of the World Series - 1984
• 1984 NLCS | Game 5
• 1984 ALCS | Game 3
• Baseball's Greatest Teams: 1984 Detroit Tigers
• 1984 Detroit Tigers: Day-by-Day Summary
• 1984 San Diego Padres
• Detroit Jumped All Over 'Em
• Twenty years ago, Padres concocted cohesive crew for run at World Series