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The 1984 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1984 season.The 81st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers and the National League (NL) champion San Diego Padres.
This is to date the last World Series won by the Tigers. The Tigers would return to the postseason in 1987, but were upset by the eventual World Series champion Minnesota Twins in five games in the ALCS. The Tigers would return to the World Series in 2006 and 2012, but they lost both to the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants respectively.
The Padres evened the series in Game 2, on the strength of a Kurt Bevacqua 3-run homer off Dan Petry, as San Diego won its first (and to date only) World Series game. In Game 3, the Tigers scored 4 runs in the 2nd inning, including 2 on a home run by Marty Castillo , while the San Diego pitchers gave up 11 bases on balls in the first 5 innings ...
In 1984, Gossage clinched another title, earning the save in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series and sending the Padres to their first World Series; after San Diego had scored four runs in the seventh inning to take a 6–3 lead against the Chicago Cubs, Gossage pitched the final two innings, getting Jody Davis to hit into a force play for the ...
V The 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were in a best-of-nine format (carried by the first team to win five games). T The 1907, 1912, and 1922 World Series each included one tied game . A The Brewers were in the American League from 1969 to 1997 , after which they moved to the National League.
Three players have won the MVP, Cy Young and World Series in the same season: Sandy Koufax in 1963, Denny McLain in 1968 and Willie Hernández in 1984.
The 1984 American League Championship Series ended in a sweep by the Tigers, although Games 2 and 3 were both close. Game 2 was decided in extra innings, and the Tigers clinched the pennant with a 1–0 victory in Game 3. Detroit never trailed in the series, and led in 26 of the 29 innings played (with the other three tied).
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