1984 Major League Free Agents

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Notes players granted free agency or released between Oct 1 and Dec 31 of 1984. Signings are for signings within six months of becoming a free agent. Free Agents are listed below the signings.

Free Agent Signings

Free Agent Signings
Rk	Name	Date	To Team	From Team	Age	WAR3	Yrs	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Matt Keough	1985-04-21	St. Louis Cardinals	NYY	29	-2.9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					53	79	4.19	1.432	182	167	0	1116.0	1122	123	476	536
2	Benny Ayala	1985-04-19	Cleveland Indians	BAL	34	-0.2	9	379	789	104	198	36	130	2	67	.251	.307	.435	.742
3	Bob Owchinko	1985-04-15	Oakland Athletics	CIN	30	0.0	9	161	158	8	21	0	5	0	12	.133	.194	.152	.346	36	60	4.30	1.462	272	101	7	875.2	920	87	360	484
4	Rufino Linares	1985-04-12	California Angels	ATL	34	1.2	3	189	502	59	136	8	52	13	22	.271	.301	.369	.669
5	Tack Wilson	1985-04-11	San Francisco Giants	MIN	29	-0.1	1	5	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750
6	Jack Lazorko	1985-04-10	San Francisco Giants	MIL	29	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	1	4.31	1.487	15	1	1	39.2	37	7	22	24
7	Tony Pérez HOF	1985-04-10	Cincinnati Reds	CIN	43	0.0	21	2628	9395	1233	2621	371	1590	49	878	.279	.340	.466	.806
8	Bill Almon	1985-04-08	Pittsburgh Pirates	OAK	32	-0.1	11	958	2790	314	717	23	234	106	186	.257	.302	.337	.639
9	Chris Speier	1985-04-08	Chicago Cubs	MIN	35	2.6	14	1838	6258	661	1537	88	614	32	745	.246	.327	.345	.671
10	Dave Tobik	1985-04-04	Seattle Mariners	TEX	32	1.3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					13	23	3.65	1.279	188	2	27	387.0	345	42	150	248
11	Doug Jones	1985-04-03	Cleveland Indians	MIL	28	-0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	10.13	2.250	4	0	0	2.2	5	1	1	1
12	Steve Henderson	1985-03-31	Oakland Athletics	SEA	32	1.7	8	901	3105	414	873	62	380	78	349	.281	.354	.417	.771
13	Al Bumbry	1985-03-28	San Diego Padres	BAL	38	2.7	13	1428	4958	772	1403	53	392	252	464	.283	.345	.380	.725
14	Oscar Gamble	1985-03-23	Chicago White Sox	NYY	35	3.4	16	1514	4354	636	1165	196	646	47	576	.268	.357	.459	.815
15	Steve Mura	1985-03-11	Oakland Athletics	PHI	30	-0.4	6	141	159	9	16	0	15	0	6	.101	.139	.119	.258	29	38	3.99	1.454	144	82	4	584.2	586	43	264	331
16	Miguel Diloné	1985-03-04	Montreal Expos	MON	30	1.0	11	722	1870	296	504	6	122	250	132	.270	.319	.339	.658
17	Scott Loucks	1985-03-01	Pittsburgh Pirates	MON	28	0.3	4	69	73	14	19	0	3	7	5	.260	.308	.288	.595
18	Rick Reuschel	1985-02-28	Pittsburgh Pirates	CHC	36	0.4	12	372	745	51	133	2	47	1	28	.179	.210	.231	.441	139	131	3.48	1.309	370	354	3	2360.2	2440	144	650	1389
19	Roy Thomas	1985-02-28	Seattle Mariners	SEA	32	0.6	6	70	34	0	4	0	1	0	1	.118	.143	.147	.290	12	11	3.87	1.426	134	13	6	305.0	298	23	137	205
20	Gary Allenson	1985-02-25	Toronto Blue Jays	BOS	30	0.7	6	402	1027	112	231	19	128	3	130	.225	.312	.331	.643
21	Jamie Quirk	1985-02-25	Kansas City Royals	CLE	30	-0.5	10	435	912	73	223	15	95	3	44	.245	.281	.350	.631
22	Jay Johnstone	1985-02-20	Los Angeles Dodgers	CHC	39	1.4	19	1731	4688	578	1252	102	529	50	428	.267	.329	.394	.723
23	Mike LaCoss	1985-02-19	Kansas City Royals	HOU	29	0.4	7	224	264	12	29	0	4	0	6	.110	.132	.129	.261	50	53	4.16	1.482	223	132	5	934.0	996	50	388	375
24	Steve Nicosia	1985-02-15	Montreal Expos	SFG	29	0.1	7	310	852	82	217	11	86	4	79	.255	.316	.359	.675
25	Bobby Castillo	1985-02-11	Los Angeles Dodgers	MIN	30	4.2	8	139	29	1	5	0	1	0	0	.172	.172	.241	.414	36	38	3.78	1.369	215	54	18	621.0	564	58	286	377
26	Pat Putnam	1985-02-07	Kansas City Royals	MIN	31	-1.2	8	677	1989	223	508	63	255	10	144	.255	.306	.406	.712
27	Odell Jones	1985-02-01	Baltimore Orioles	TEX	32	1.4	7	52	39	2	6	0	1	0	1	.154	.175	.154	.329	17	33	4.51	1.448	152	43	12	419.1	446	44	161	258
28	Ruppert Jones	1985-01-30	California Angels	DET	30	7.6	9	995	3441	479	876	101	435	124	393	.255	.330	.410	.740
29	Renie Martin	1985-01-29	Kansas City Royals	PHI	29	-0.5	6	88	83	8	25	0	4	2	0	.301	.301	.410	.711	24	35	4.27	1.505	173	51	12	508.1	509	50	256	237
30	Casey Parsons	1985-01-28	St. Louis Cardinals	CHW	31	-0.1	3	45	28	7	6	1	5	0	3	.214	.324	.357	.681
31	Dave Schuler	1985-01-27	Atlanta Braves	MON	31		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	1	4.40	1.186	9	0	0	14.1	15	4	2	7
32	Mike LaValliere	1985-01-23	St. Louis Cardinals	PHI	24	0.1	1	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.222	.000	.222
33	Dave Sax	1985-01-23	Boston Red Sox	LAD	26	-0.4	2	9	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
34	Sixto Lezcano	1985-01-22	Pittsburgh Pirates	PHI	31	8.2	11	1219	4018	544	1098	145	582	37	541	.273	.359	.444	.802
35	Rollie Fingers HOF	1985-01-16	Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	38	4.0	16	497	180	10	31	2	9	0	3	.172	.186	.222	.408	113	112	2.83	1.147	897	37	324	1646.0	1415	114	473	1275
36	Dan Meyer	1985-01-15	Oakland Athletics	OAK	32	-2.1	11	1104	3722	409	944	86	459	61	218	.254	.294	.381	.675
37	Ron Tingley	1985-01-15	Seattle Mariners	SEA	26	-0.5	1	8	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200
38	Steve Christmas	1985-01-14	Chicago White Sox	CHW	27	0.0	2	21	28	1	5	1	5	0	1	.179	.200	.321	.521
39	Bruce Kison	1985-01-14	Boston Red Sox	CAL	35	4.3	14	263	404	31	66	3	31	2	16	.163	.200	.248	.448	110	85	3.64	1.295	358	237	11	1717.2	1595	141	630	1017
40	Dave Wehrmeister	1985-01-14	Chicago White Sox	PHI	32	-0.4	5	48	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.150	.250	2	7	6.39	1.808	53	10	0	118.1	140	10	74	64
41	Steve Fireovid	1985-01-12	Chicago White Sox	PHI	28	0.2	3	14	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	1	2.43	1.270	14	4	0	37.0	38	2	9	15
42	Jim Wohlford	1985-01-11	Montreal Expos	MON	34	2.8	13	1080	2830	332	744	19	279	89	216	.263	.313	.345	.659
43	Rob Wilfong	1985-01-10	California Angels	CAL	31	1.0	8	782	2177	275	563	31	213	48	172	.259	.314	.358	.672
44	Nelson Norman	1985-01-09	Baltimore Orioles	PIT	27	-0.1	5	197	425	42	95	0	25	4	21	.224	.258	.266	.524
45	Dave Von Ohlen	1985-01-09	Cleveland Indians	STL	26	1.1	2	73	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	4	2	3.23	1.388	73	0	3	103.0	110	3	33	40
46	Jim Kern	1985-01-08	Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	36	1.2	11	62	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	52	55	3.11	1.375	395	14	88	755.0	622	33	416	637
47	Tim Stoddard	1985-01-08	San Diego Padres	CHC	32	-0.7	8	58	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	29	20	3.70	1.406	288	0	64	406.0	373	38	198	336
48	Butch Benton	1985-01-07	Cleveland Indians	DET	27	-0.1	3	20	32	1	4	0	3	0	2	.125	.222	.125	.347
49	Guy Hoffman	1985-01-03	Chicago Cubs	CHW	28	-0.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					2	5	4.14	1.676	58	1	3	74.0	82	2	42	44
50	Jerry Royster	1985-01-03	San Diego Padres	ATL	32	1.8	12	1079	3404	456	843	23	267	176	318	.248	.311	.323	.634
51	Rusty Staub	1985-01-03	New York Mets	NYM	41	-0.3	22	2897	9675	1187	2704	291	1458	47	1245	.279	.362	.431	.793
52	Roy Howell	1985-00-00	San Francisco Giants	MIL	31	0.0	11	1112	3791	422	991	80	454	9	318	.261	.321	.389	.710
53	John Pacella	1984-12-28	Detroit Tigers	BAL	28	-2.5	5	39	24	0	2	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.125	.208	4	10	5.83	1.749	69	21	2	180.2	196	21	120	111
54	Mark Ryal	1984-12-28	Chicago White Sox	KCR	24	-0.3	1	6	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	.077	.143	.077	.220
55	Dave Rozema	1984-12-27	Texas Rangers	DET	28	1.8	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					57	46	3.38	1.230	208	128	10	1007.1	1006	102	233	403
56	Ed Whitson	1984-12-27	New York Yankees	SDP	30	4.8	8	208	264	7	27	0	11	0	8	.102	.129	.102	.231	53	56	3.60	1.338	243	143	8	1023.1	995	78	374	567
57	Ricky Adams	1984-12-25	San Francisco Giants	CAL	26	0.7	2	66	126	23	30	2	6	2	5	.238	.289	.302	.590
58	Mike Griffin	1984-12-25	Kansas City Royals	TEX	28	0.0	4	23	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	4	10	4.46	1.472	41	18	2	125.0	147	10	37	58
59	Bruce Bochte	1984-12-24	Oakland Athletics	OAK	34	2.2	10	1276	4402	538	1249	80	555	37	539	.284	.360	.397	.757
60	Johnny Grubb	1984-12-23	Detroit Tigers	DET	36	2.3	13	1206	3675	493	1022	79	386	27	499	.278	.367	.407	.774
61	Vern Ruhle	1984-12-22	Cleveland Indians	HOU	34	-1.4	11	186	182	12	27	0	9	0	22	.148	.244	.176	.420	64	75	3.65	1.299	269	169	7	1238.2	1298	98	311	505
62	Burt Hooton	1984-12-20	Texas Rangers	LAD	35	2.3	14	452	748	42	92	4	49	0	44	.123	.173	.163	.336	146	128	3.29	1.229	451	357	7	2528.0	2348	175	759	1429
63	Greg Pryor	1984-12-20	Kansas City Royals	KCR	35	0.8	8	663	1657	189	427	13	136	10	93	.258	.299	.339	.638
64	Dave Kingman	1984-12-19	Oakland Athletics	OAK	36	1.7	14	1639	5524	765	1316	377	1025	79	513	.238	.305	.489	.795
65	Luis Pujols	1984-12-19	Texas Rangers	KCR	29	-2.1	8	315	849	50	163	6	81	1	52	.192	.239	.259	.498
66	Rick Sutcliffe	1984-12-14	Chicago Cubs	CHC	29	12.8	8	121	180	12	41	1	28	0	7	.228	.255	.278	.533	73	46	3.80	1.354	203	144	6	1109.2	1043	86	459	710
67	Don Aase	1984-12-13	Baltimore Orioles	CAL	30	2.7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					45	41	3.82	1.399	205	91	27	787.2	794	62	308	418
68	Lary Sorensen	1984-12-13	Chicago Cubs	OAK	29	1.3	8	23	46	1	3	0	0	0	0	.065	.085	.087	.172	87	92	4.12	1.357	266	227	3	1589.2	1794	131	363	505
69	Fred Lynn	1984-12-11	Baltimore Orioles	CAL	33	10.1	11	1301	4744	780	1400	195	791	55	610	.295	.374	.500	.874
70	Matt Sinatro	1984-12-11	Atlanta Braves	ATL	25	-0.7	4	58	129	14	22	1	10	1	11	.171	.236	.233	.468
71	Al Woods	1984-12-08	Minnesota Twins	TOR	31	-0.7	6	595	1958	228	529	33	188	23	164	.270	.325	.385	.710
72	Lee Lacy	1984-12-07	Baltimore Orioles	PIT	37	6.4	13	1185	3308	469	955	64	335	168	264	.289	.341	.414	.755
73	Bruce Sutter HOF	1984-12-07	Atlanta Braves	STL	32	4.5	9	549	96	6	9	0	6	1	6	.094	.154	.094	.248	58	60	2.54	1.104	549	0	260	889.2	722	57	260	753
74	Steve Trout	1984-12-07	Chicago Cubs	CHC	27	4.2	7	66	123	10	20	0	4	0	6	.163	.200	.163	.363	60	61	3.89	1.423	181	151	4	992.0	1087	60	325	453
75	Cliff Johnson	1984-12-05	Texas Rangers	TOR	37	4.7	13	1156	3240	456	836	168	578	9	476	.258	.358	.468	.825
76	Marv Foley	1984-12-04	Detroit Tigers	TEX	31	-0.7	5	203	419	37	94	12	51	0	41	.224	.292	.334	.627
77	Andre Thornton	1984-12-04	Cleveland Indians	CLE	35	7.4	11	1285	4344	686	1131	214	736	40	754	.260	.371	.468	.838
78	Tom Brennan	1984-12-02	Los Angeles Dodgers	CHW	32	0.7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					8	7	3.89	1.329	52	16	2	187.1	214	18	35	85
79	Dennis Eckersley HOF	1984-11-28	Chicago Cubs	CHC	30	7.8	10	25	55	1	6	0	1	0	1	.109	.125	.109	.234	134	110	3.63	1.219	318	302	3	2125.2	2030	232	562	1373
80	Tom Filer	1984-11-21	Toronto Blue Jays	CHC	28	-0.3	1	8	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.167	.250	1	2	5.53	1.672	8	8	0	40.2	50	5	18	15
81	Kelly Paris	1984-11-12	Baltimore Orioles	PIT	27	-0.8	2	68	149	14	33	0	8	8	15	.221	.293	.262	.555
82	Chico Walker	1984-11-09	Chicago Cubs	BOS	27	0.2	4	32	81	8	20	1	9	3	7	.247	.308	.333	.641

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