1984

1984 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1984.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Hiroshima Toyo Carp (CL) over the Hankyu Braves (PL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Details)
    • Pacific League: Hankyu Braves (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Lotte Giants defeated the Samsung Lions in the Korean Series (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Victoria

Europe

• European Cup: World Vision Parma, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Mannheim Tornados
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Haarlem Nicols
  • Serie A1: Be.Ca. Carni Bologna

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Detroit Tigers (AL) over the San Diego Padres (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: Detroit Tigers (Details)
    • National League: San Diego Padres (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Louisville Redbirds (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Elizabethton Twins
  • California League: Modesto A's
  • Carolina League: Lynchburg Mets
  • Eastern League: Vermont Reds
  • Florida State League: Fort Lauderdale Yankees
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Rangers
  • International League: Pawtucket Red Sox (Details)
  • Midwest League: Appleton Foxes
  • New York-Penn League: Little Falls Mets
  • Northwest League: Tri-City Triplets
  • Pacific Coast League: Edmonton Trappers (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Helena Gold Sox
  • South Atlantic League: Asheville Tourists
  • Southern League: Charlotte O's
  • Texas League: Jackson Mets

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Leones de Yucatán defeated the Indios de Ciudad Juárez in the finals, 4 - 2

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Citricultores (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Águilas del Zulia (Venezuela) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Águilas Cibaeñas in the finals, 4 - 3
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Cañeros de Los Mochis
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Águilas del Zulia defeated the Cardenales de Lara in the finals, 4 - 1

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): California State University, Fullerton defeated the University of Texas at Austin in the finals, 3 - 1 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: California State University, Northridge over the Florida Southern College, 10 - 5 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: Ramapo College over the Marietta College, 5 - 4 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the Azusa Pacific University, 15 - 2 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: College of Southern Idaho
• Community College League of California: Los Angeles Harbor College over Sacramento City College 9 - 3 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Grand Rapids Sullivans (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Hosei University defeated the Asia University in the final, 6 - 3 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Iwakura High School (Tokyo) defeat PL Gakuen High School (Osaka), 1 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Toride Second High School (Ibaragi) defeat PL Gakuen (Osaka), 8 - 4 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: National (Seoul, South Korea) defeat National (Altamonte Springs, FL), 6 - 2 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Cuba (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); United States (Bronze)
• Olympics (Demonstration Sport) in Los Angeles, California, United States (Details)
  • Japan (First); United States (Second); Chinese Taipei (Third)
• World Junior Championship in Kindersley, SK, Canada (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Art of Pitching, by Tom Seaver and Lee Lowenfish
• Changing Pitches, by Steve Kluger
• The Dixie Association, by Donald Hays
• The Dizziest Season, by G.H. Fleming
• Dollar Sign on the Muscle, by Kevin Kerrane
• The Greatest Slump of All Time, by David Carkeet
• The Hidden Game of Baseball, by John Thorn and Pete Palmer
• Stengel: His Life and Time, by Robert Creamer
• Strike Two, by Ron Luciano and David Fisher
• The Thrill of the Grass, by W.P. Kinsella
• Ty Cobb, by Charles Alexander
• Why Time Begins on Opening Day, by Thomas Boswell

Song

• Boys of Summer, by Don Henley
• Glory Days, by Bruce Springsteen

Film

• The Natural

Births

Further information: Births in 1984

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1984

Further Reading

• Will Leitch: "1984: Year of the Tigers, Cubs, Gooden debut", mlb.com, May 17, 2020. [1]