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Chet Lemon was the starting center fielder in the 1984 All Star game and a major contributor to the Tigers' success in 1984. One of the best defensive outfielders in baseball, Lemon had 427 putouts in 1984 with a .995 fielding percentage; his 3.09 Range factor rating was far above the league average of 2.17.
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 ...
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. The Tigers won the series, four games to one.
The 1984 Major League Baseball season started with a 9-game winning streak by the eventual World Series champions Detroit Tigers who started the season with 35 wins and 5 losses and never relinquished the first place lead.
The 1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 55th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 10, 1984, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, home of the San Francisco Giants of the National League. The ...
100% of the proceeds from the summer store, which features 1984 Detroit Tigers apparel, will benefit The Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson's.
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).
Keider Montero of the Detroit Tigers delivers a pitch against the Cleveland Guardians during the top of the first inning at Comerica Park in Detroit on Monday, July 8, 2024.