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The 1984 New York Yankees season was the 82nd season for the Yankees. The team finished in third place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 87–75, finishing 17 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Yogi Berra. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
Ruth has MLB single-season records for extra-base hits and total bases, and holds four other AL single-season records. Outfielder Joe DiMaggio had a 56-game hitting streak in the 1941 season, which remains an MLB record. Jack Chesbro holds three AL records that he set in 1904: games won, games started, and complete games.
As a result of the abbreviated season, MLB did not officially award division championships. [83] The Yankees led the American League East, and held the best record in the American League, at the time of the strike. [84] l The 1994–95 MLB strike lasted until April 2, 1995, causing the shortening of the 1995 season to 144 games. [79]
What MLB records does Pete Rose hold? Rose is the MLB's all-time leader in: Hits: 4,256. Games Played: 3,562. At-Bats: 14,053. Singles: 3,215. Rose's most notable record is hits. Rose is one of ...
On March 3, 1984, Peter Ueberroth was elected by the owners as the sixth commissioner of baseball (replacing retiring commissioner Bowie Kuhn) and officially took office on October 1 of that year. As a condition of his hiring, Ueberroth increased the commissioner's fining ability from US$5,000 to $250,000.
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Through 2024, the Yankees have an all-time regular season winning percentage of .569 (a 10,778 – 8,148 record), the best of any team in MLB history. [15] On June 25, 2019, they set a new major league record for homering in 28 consecutive games, breaking the record set by the 2002 Texas Rangers . [ 390 ]
Team values increased about 12% over last year across Major League Baseball.