1984 American League Championship Series

1984 AL Championship Series (3-0): Detroit Tigers (104-58) defeated Kansas City Royals (84-78)

• BR 1984 ALCS Summary

Introduction

Umpires

• Game 1: Bill Deegan, Jon Bible, Randy Christal, Larry Zirbel, Harold Jordan, Mike O'Dell
• Game 2: Bill Deegan, Jon Bible, Randy Christal, Bob Jones, Richard Denny, Carl Nothnagel
• Game 3: Bill Deegan, Jon Bible, Randy Christal, Doug Cossey, Dick Runchey, Dick Zivic

The Major League Umpires Association went on strike before the start of the 1984 postseason, forcing the American League to use a substitute crew for the ALCS. Retired umpire Bill Deegan worked home plate all three games, while his two most experienced assistants were at first and second base. Different fill-in umpires were assigned to the other umpiring positions.

Results

Game 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tigers	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	8	14	0
Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1
WP: Jack Morris (1-0), LP: Bud Black (0-1)
Home Runs: DET - Larry Herndon (1), Lance Parrish (1), Alan Trammell (1)

• Attendance: 41,973

Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Tigers	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	8	1
Royals	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	10	3
WP: Aurelio Lopez (1-0), LP: Dan Quisenberry (0-1)
Home Runs: DET - Kirk Gibson (1)

• Attendance: 42,019

Game 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Tigers	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
WP: Milt Wilcox (1-0), LP: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1), SV: Willie Hernandez (1)
Home Runs: - none

• Attendance: 52,168

Further Reading

• Brian Borawski: "What a Finish!", in Mark Pattison and David Raglin, ed.: Detroit Tigers 1984: What A Start! What A Finish!, SABR Publications, Phoenix, AZ, 2012, pp. 229-230. ISBN 1933599448

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