1984 in baseball

Deaths

• February 26 - Joe Kuhel, 77, the best defensive first baseman in the American League in the 1930s, who played for the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox.
• March 18 - Charlie Lau, 50, renowned hitting instructor, whose major league average was .255, earned his fame as the Kansas City Royals batting coach from 1971-78, where his star pupil was George Brett.
• March 20 - Stan Coveleski, 94, a Hall of Fame pitcher who won at least 20 games in five seasons, and led the Cleveland Indians to the 1920 World Series championship, winning three of four games over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
• June 17 - Jim Hegan, 63, one of the finest defensive catchers in major league history, and a five-time All-Star who spent most of his 17-year major league career with the Cleveland Indians.
• August 14 - Lynn McGlothen, 34, an All-Star pitcher who had his best years with the St. Louis Cardinals in the mid-1970s.
• August 16 - Tommy Aaron, 45, the younger brother of Hank Aaron, who played for the Braves in Milwaukee and Atlanta.
• August 25 - Waite Hoyt, 64, a Hall of Famer and a top pitcher on the powerful New York Yankees teams of the 1920s.
• September 7 - Joe Cronin, 77, a Hall of Fame member, who spent 20 sparkling years as a major league player and player-manager and later served two terms as president of the American League.
• October 1 - Walter Alston, 72, a Hall of Fame manager who guided the Dodgers teams to seven National League pennants and four World Series championships.
• October 1 - Billy Goodman, 58, an All-Star second baseman whose .354 batting average for the Boston Red Sox in 1950 led the American League.
• October 13 - George Kelly, 89, a member of the Hall of Fame who batted .297 over 16 major league seasons.
• October 26 - Gus Mancuso, 78, a fine defensive catcher who played on three pennant-winning New York Giants teams in the 1930s.
• November 25 - Ival Goodman, 76, a Cincinnati Reds right fielder who played on two pennant-winning Cincinnati clubs and was a two-time All-Star.
• December 20 - Gonzalo Márquez, 38, a first baseman greatly remembered by the Oakland Athletics fans for his 1972 rookie season.