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The 1984 Major League Baseball season started with a 9-game winning streak by the eventual World Series champions Detroit Tigers who started the season with 35 wins and 5 losses and never relinquished the first place lead.
On March 3, 1984, Peter Ueberroth was elected by the owners as the sixth commissioner of baseball (replacing retiring commissioner Bowie Kuhn ) and officially took office on October 1 of that year. As a condition of his hiring, Ueberroth increased the commissioner's fining ability from US$5,000 to $250,000. His salary was raised to a reported $450,000, nearly twice what Kuhn was paid.
Just as Ueberroth was taking office, the Major League Umpires Union was threatening to strike the postseason. Ueberroth managed to arbitrate the disagreement and had the umpires back to work before the League Championship Series were over.
Player of the Month [ edit ] Pitcher of the Month [ edit ] Statistical leaders [ edit ] Home field attendance [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Los Angeles Dodgers [ 1] 79 −13.2% 3,134,824 −10.7% 38,702 Detroit Tigers [ 2] 104 13.0% 2,704,794 47.8% 32,985 California Angels [ 3] 81 15.7% 2,402,997 −5.9% 29,667 Chicago White Sox [ 4] 74 −25.3% 2,136,988 0.2% 26,383 Toronto Blue Jays [ 5] 89 0.0% 2,110,009 9.3% 26,049 Chicago Cubs [ 6] 96 35.2% 2,107,655 42.4% 26,346 Philadelphia Phillies [ 7] 81 −10.0% 2,062,693 −3.1% 25,465 Baltimore Orioles [ 8] 85 −13.3% 2,045,784 0.2% 25,257 St. Louis Cardinals [ 9] 84 6.3% 2,037,448 −12.1% 25,154 San Diego Padres [ 10] 92 13.6% 1,983,904 28.8% 24,493 New York Mets [ 11] 90 32.4% 1,842,695 65.6% 22,749 New York Yankees [ 12] 87 −4.4% 1,821,815 −19.3% 22,492 Kansas City Royals [ 13] 84 6.3% 1,810,018 −7.8% 22,346 Atlanta Braves [ 14] 80 −9.1% 1,724,892 −18.6% 21,295 Boston Red Sox [ 15] 86 10.3% 1,661,618 −6.8% 20,514 Milwaukee Brewers [ 16] 67 −23.0% 1,608,509 −32.9% 19,858 Montreal Expos [ 17] 78 −4.9% 1,606,531 −30.8% 19,834 Minnesota Twins [ 18] 81 15.7% 1,598,692 86.1% 19,737 Oakland Athletics [ 7] 77 4.1% 1,353,281 4.5% 16,707 Cincinnati Reds [ 19] 70 −5.4% 1,275,887 7.2% 15,752 Houston Astros [ 20] 80 −5.9% 1,229,862 −9.0% 15,183 Texas Rangers [ 21] 69 −10.4% 1,102,471 −19.1% 13,781 San Francisco Giants [ 22] 66 −16.5% 1,001,545 −20.0% 12,365 Seattle Mariners [ 23] 74 23.3% 870,372 7.0% 10,745 Pittsburgh Pirates [ 24] 75 −10.7% 773,500 −36.9% 9,549 Cleveland Indians [ 25] 75 7.1% 734,079 −4.5% 9,063
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