1984 American League Championship Series
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The 1984 American League Championship Series matched the Eastern Division champion Detroit Tigers against the Western Division champion Kansas City Royals. The Tigers prevailed three games to none, to advance to the 1984 World Series against the San Diego Padres.
Managers: Sparky Anderson (Detroit), Dick Howser (Kansas City)
Umpires: Bill Deegan, Jon Bible (first base, 3 games), Randy Cristal (second base, 3 games), Larry Zirdel (third base, Game 1), Harold Jordan (outfield, Game 1), Mike O'Dell (outfield, Game 1), Bob Jones (third base, Game 2), Rick Denny (outfield, Game 2), Carl Nothnagel (outfield, Game 2), Doug Cossey (third base, Game 3), Dick Runchey (outfield, Game 3), Dick Zivic (outfield, Game 3) (Note: Due to a strike by major league umpires, the series was played using local and collegiate umpires, with former AL umpire and league supervisor Bill Deegan working home plate for all three games.)
Series MVP: Kirk Gibson, Detroit
Television: ABC (Al Michaels, Howard Cosell, and Jim Palmer announcing)
Summary
The 1984 American League Championship Series would prove to be no contest for the Detroit Tigers. It wasn't that surprising given the fact the Kansas City Royals won 20 fewer games during the season and had won the AL West by a mere three games over both the California Angels and Minnesota Twins.In Game 1, Alan Trammell, Lance Parrish and Larry Herndon went deep to crush the Royals 8-1 at Royals Stadium (now Kauffman Stadium).
In Game 2, the Tigers scored twice in the 11th inning when Johnny Grubb doubled off the late Royals closer Dan Quisenberry en route to a 5-3 victory.
The Tigers completed the sweep at Tiger Stadium in Game 3. Marty Castillo's third-inning RBI fielder's choice would be all the help Detroit would need. Milt Wilcox outdueled Charlie Leibrandt and after Hernandez got Darryl Motley to pop up to third, the Tigers were returning to the Fall Classic for the first time since 1968. (Note: At that time, the team with home field advantage in the ALCS and NLCS, played the first two games on the road. This changed in 1985 when the format was changed from best-of-five to best-of-seven.)
External links
- [baseball-reference.com] - series review
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