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There was a stretch in late July and August where the team lost 12 out of 18. The Tigers finished with a 104–58 record, 15 games ahead of the second place Toronto Blue Jays. They outscored their opponents 829–643. The 1984 Tigers' 104 wins is a franchise record and their .642 winning percentage ranks as the 4th best in team history, as follows:
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).
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 .
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In San Diego, the Tigers took Game 1 off a complete game performance from Jack Morris. In Game 2, the Tigers held a 3–2 lead after the top of the fifth, but Kurt Bevacqua won the game for the Padres with a three-run home run off Tigers' starting pitcher Dan Petry, evening the series headed to Detroit. Game 2 remains the only World Series game ...
On April 7, 1984 (on NBC's nationally televised Game of the Week), Morris no-hit the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park, [12] beginning what would be an excellent season for both him and the Tigers. The no-hitter was the first by a Tiger since Jim Bunning in 1958.
In 1984, the Tigers started the season with a 35–5 record. Wilcox set a team record by starting the season with a 6–0 record. He finished the season with career highs in wins (17) and strikeouts (132). He lost only eight games for a .680 winning percentage with a 4.00 ERA. [1] Catcher Lance Parrish attributed Wilcox's 1984 surge to confidence: