1984 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Record: 88-72
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 787
Runs Allowed: 715
Exp W-L: 87-73
 
Ballpark: Hoosierdome
Attendance: 2,231,163
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 6th in the American League
AA: 61-76, 10th in the American League
A: 59-78, 9th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Oakland Athletics
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
DH #Eddie Murray 28 154 619 92 168 38 2 22 80 2 0 63 79 .271 .340 .446 .786 87.6 16.6 2.2
CF *Greg Gross 31 159 590 96 189 29 11 10 72 3 4 59 26 .320 .379 .458 .837 97.7 22.4 3.8
2B  Paul Molitor 27 155 596 85 196 34 4 22 104 10 4 55 8 .329 .382 .510 .892 108.7 26.4 4.3
SS *Ken Oberkfell 28 154 564 101 170 28 6 9 71 9 6 87 36 .301 .394 .420 .814 91.0 20.6 2.8
LF  Richie Zisk 35 148 585 56 162 30 1 15 96 0 2 53 106 .277 .335 .409 .743 76.8 13.8 2.9
1B  Dave Stapleton 30 147 536 65 156 44 8 8 80 1 0 19 27 .291 .315 .448 .763 69.0 13.0 5.5
2B *Rudy Meoli 33 139 505 64 139 24 4 5 62 3 4 56 73 .275 .346 .368 .714 61.4 10.4 0.4
2B  Rob Ellis 33 133 390 50 107 11 1 1 31 0 0 57 70 .274 .368 .315 .683 48.2 7.8 2.6
DH #Joe Wallis 32 123 358 44 98 21 2 3 23 2 5 25 47 .274 .320 .369 .689 38.2 5.5 0.7
C  Bruce Bochy 29 89 339 42 79 13 2 15 42 1 0 18 76 .233 .272 .416 .688 37.4 4.6 3.9
C  Bo Diaz 31 75 261 34 73 17 2 8 43 0 0 7 35 .280 .296 .452 .748 29.6 4.4 2.3
3B  Kelly Paris 26 57 91 17 20 3 0 4 16 0 0 6 19 .220 .273 .385 .657 9.1 0.7 0.9
3B *John Milner 34 22 85 14 29 6 0 6 18 0 0 12 9 .341 .423 .624 1.046 19.1 5.4 0.6
LF  Horace Speed 32 42 71 13 20 2 0 1 6 1 0 7 13 .282 .354 .352 .707 8.6 1.5 0.4
C  Gary Alexander 31 12 37 8 7 1 0 2 9 0 0 8 10 .189 .326 .378 .704 5.6 0.8 0.6
SS  Ed Romero 26 11 33 4 8 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 .242 .265 .424 .689 3.4 0.3 0.3
1B *Wayne Cage 32 15 21 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .190 .227 .238 .465 1.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 1635 5681 787 1625 305 43 132 759 32 25 534 640 .286 .346 .425 .771 792.5 154.0 34.2
  Rank among 12 AL teams 3 4 2 4 2 5 4 11 2 4 1 2 2 4 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Rick Mahler 30 17 11 .607 32 32 0 257.0 241 96 13 58 109 3.36 17.4
*Jerry Reuss 35 11 11 .500 23 23 0 185.7 183 72 12 62 69 3.49 11.1
 Lary Sorensen 28 10 10 .500 25 25 0 176.0 208 77 7 27 42 3.94 7.9
*Jim Umbarger 31 11 8 .579 23 23 0 165.3 184 78 9 37 48 4.25 7.2
 Jim Beattie 29 11 6 .647 21 21 0 143.7 127 51 5 46 75 3.20 10.5
*Randy Jones 34 4 7 .364 50 7 9 114.0 113 46 15 32 37 3.63 7.9
*Randy Niemann 28 6 9 .400 52 9 10 113.7 123 66 13 55 42 5.23 2.9
*George Riley 27 8 3 .727 16 14 0 95.7 89 35 11 29 37 3.29 7.0
*Rusty Gerhardt 33 3 2 .600 49 0 12 69.7 88 38 4 36 31 4.91 0.9
*Mark Thurmond 27 7 3 .700 42 1 8 66.3 74 36 7 30 15 4.88 3.0
 Mark Lee 31 0 2 .000 12 5 1 47.0 61 31 7 17 13 5.94 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 88 72 .550 345 160 40 1434.0 1491 626 103 429 518 3.93 75.7
Rank among 12 AL teams 4 4 8 4 11 9 2 6 4 12 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 32.1
B.Bochy 773.3 86 87 315 42 5 1 .986 32.9
B.Diaz 560.7 63 66 204 27 7 0 .971 27.1
G.Alexander 97.0 11 12 46 4 0 1 1.000 50.0
R.Ellis 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1434.0 160 166 565 73 12 2 .982 31.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
E.Murray 1309.3 147 153 1693 130 23 151 .988 12.53
J.Wallis 68.0 8 11 85 9 1 9 .989 12.44
W.Cage 24.3 3 5 34 2 0 5 1.000 13.32
K.Paris 18.3 1 8 20 1 0 2 1.000 10.31
R.Meoli 11.0 1 2 22 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
D.Stapleton 3.0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1434.0 160 180 1858 143 24 167 .988 12.56
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.70
P.Molitor 1301.0 146 147 288 559 20 113 .977 5.86
K.Paris 52.0 5 9 13 22 0 5 1.000 6.06
R.Meoli 41.0 4 5 7 21 0 4 1.000 6.15
R.Ellis 31.0 4 4 13 19 0 4 1.000 9.29
E.Romero 9.0 1 2 3 5 1 0 .889 8.00
Team Total 1434.0 160 167 324 626 21 126 .978 5.96
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
K.Oberkfell 1323.3 148 151 86 352 32 24 .932 2.98
K.Paris 55.0 6 7 6 17 0 0 1.000 3.76
E.Romero 24.3 3 3 0 8 0 1 1.000 2.96
R.Meoli 20.3 2 4 4 5 1 0 .900 3.98
R.Ellis 9.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Molitor 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.0 160 168 96 385 33 25 .936 3.02
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.32
D.Stapleton 1200.3 136 145 205 584 28 104 .966 5.92
K.Paris 114.0 12 20 28 46 2 13 .974 5.84
E.Romero 43.3 6 6 12 20 2 2 .941 6.65
R.Meoli 42.3 5 6 7 14 0 3 1.000 4.46
R.Ellis 13.3 1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 4.05
P.Molitor 10.0 0 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50
K.Oberkfell 8.7 0 3 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.20
H.Speed 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1434.0 160 191 260 674 32 123 .967 5.86
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.90
R.Zisk 1271.3 145 146 302 12 8 1 .975 2.22
J.Wallis 72.3 7 12 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.12
H.Speed 38.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
B.Diaz 28.0 3 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.61
G.Gross 22.3 1 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
K.Paris 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.0 160 177 334 14 8 2 .978 2.18
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.56
G.Gross 1282.0 144 147 375 7 0 2 1.000 2.68
J.Wallis 112.7 13 15 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.44
H.Speed 29.3 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
R.Ellis 7.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Molitor 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.0 160 172 399 8 0 2 1.000 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.05
R.Ellis 1021.3 125 125 246 5 1 2 .996 2.21
J.Milner 186.7 22 22 58 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
J.Wallis 111.7 6 38 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
H.Speed 106.7 7 24 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.36
G.Gross 7.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.0 160 212 360 6 1 2 .997 2.30
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.12
R.Mahler 257.0 32 32 21 44 1 2 .985 2.28
J.Reuss 185.7 23 23 16 39 0 3 1.000 2.67
L.Sorensen 176.0 25 25 13 41 1 3 .982 2.76
J.Umbarger 165.3 23 23 8 28 2 3 .947 1.96
J.Beattie 143.7 21 21 8 19 2 3 .931 1.69
R.Jones 114.0 7 50 8 12 0 2 1.000 1.58
R.Niemann 113.7 9 52 10 19 2 3 .935 2.30
G.Riley 95.7 14 16 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.98
R.Gerhardt 69.7 0 49 5 11 5 2 .762 2.07
M.Thurmond 66.3 1 42 5 6 0 1 1.000 1.49
M.Lee 47.0 5 12 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.49
Team Total 1434.0 160 345 103 244 13 23 .964 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Molitor .329
On-Base Pct Oberkfell .394
Slugging Pct Molitor .510
OPS Molitor .892
XR Molitor 108.7
Games Gross 159
At-Bats Murray 619
Runs Oberkfell 101
Hits Molitor 196
Total Bases Molitor 304
Singles Gross 139
Doubles Stapleton 44
Triples Gross 11
Homeruns Molitor, Murray 22
RBIs Molitor 104
Stolen Bases Molitor 10
Caught Stealing Oberkfell 6
Walks Oberkfell 87
Strikeouts Zisk 106
ERA Mahler 3.36
Wins Mahler 17
Losses Mahler, Reuss 11
Winning Pct Beattie .647
Saves Gerhardt 12
Games Pitched Niemann 52
Games Started Mahler 32
Complete Games Mahler, Reuss 9
Shutouts Mahler 4
Innings Pitched Mahler 257.0
Hits Allowed Mahler 241
Homeruns Allowed Jones 15
Strikeouts Mahler 109
Walks Allowed Reuss 62
Walks per 9IP Sorensen 1.4
Hits per 9IP Mahler 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Mahler 3.8
WHiP Mahler 1.16
OAVG Mahler .245
OOBP Mahler .287
OSLG Mahler .353
OOPS Mahler .640
Team All-Stars
Greg Gross
Rick Mahler
Paul Molitor
Eddie Murray
Player Salaries
Eddie Murray $ 10,000,000
Greg Gross $ 7,410,000
Jerry Reuss $ 7,200,000
Richie Zisk $ 7,000,000
John Milner $ 6,990,000
Ken Oberkfell $ 5,290,000
Paul Molitor $ 5,007,143
Rick Mahler $ 4,321,429
Jim Beattie $ 4,064,286
Dave Stapleton $ 3,135,714
Jim Umbarger $ 1,971,429
Joe Wallis $ 1,677,857
Lary Sorensen $ 1,600,000
Randy Jones $ 1,500,000
Rob Ellis $ 1,250,000
Rudy Meoli $ 1,070,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 950,000
Horace Speed $ 435,714
Bo Diaz $ 350,000
Randy Niemann $ 350,000
George Riley $ 350,000
Kelly Paris $ 300,000
Mark Ross $ 300,000
Gary Alexander $ 300,000
Mark Thurmond $ 300,000
Wayne Cage $ 300,000
Ed Romero $ 300,000
Mark Lee $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/4 Traded Bill Slayback Boston (N) Horace Speed
4/3 Traded Mike Hart Miami Greg Gross
7/31 Released Bruce Bochy