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The 1984 San Diego Padres season was the 16th season in franchise history. San Diego won the National League (NL) championship and advanced to the World Series, which they lost to the Detroit Tigers four games to one. The Padres were led by manager Dick Williams and third-year player Tony Gwynn, who won the NL batting title and finished third in voting for the NL Most Valuable Player Award. In their first 15 seasons, the Padres had an overall record of 995–1372 games for a .420 winning percentage, and finished with a winning record just once.〔 They had never finished higher than fourth in the NL West, and eight times they had finished in last place. However, they were coming off consecutive 81–81 seasons in Williams' two years as San Diego's manager. They won the NL West division in 1984 with a 92–70 record, and set a then-franchise record in attendance, drawing nearly two million fans (1,985,895). The defeated the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series (NLCS), three games to two, becoming the first NL team to win the pennant after being down 2–0. Steve Garvey was named the NLCS Most Valuable Player. ==Offseason== * October 21, 1983: Sandy Alomar, Jr. was signed by the Padres as an amateur free agent.〔(Sandy Alomar Jr. page at Baseball Reference )〕 * December 6, 1983: Joe Pittman and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Champ Summers. The Padres completed the deal by sending Tommy Francis (minors) to the Giants on December 7.〔(Champ Summers page at Baseball Reference )〕 * December 7: Gary Lucas was traded by the Padres to the Montreal Expos as part of a three-team trade. The Expos sent Al Newman to the Padres, and the Chicago Cubs sent Carmelo Martínez, Craig Lefferts, and Fritzie Connally to the Padres. The Expos traded Scott Sanderson to the Cubs.〔(Scott Sanderson page at Baseball Reference )〕 * January 6, 1984: Rich Gossage was signed as a free agent by the Padres.〔(Rich Gossage page at Baseball Reference )〕 * January 14: Owner Ray Kroc dies. Ownership passes to his wife, Joan B. Kroc. * January 17: Rodney McCray was drafted by the Padres in the 9th round of the 1984 amateur draft.〔(Rodney McCray page at Baseball Reference )〕 * March 25: Second baseman Juan Bonilla waived. * March 30: Dennis Rasmussen and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for Graig Nettles. The Padres completed the deal by sending Darin Cloninger (minors) to the Yankees on April 26.〔(Graig Nettles page at Baseball Reference )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1984 San Diego Padres season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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