1984 American League Championship Series
The 1984 American League Championship Series matched the East Division champion Detroit Tigers against the West Division champion Kansas City Royals. The Tigers took the series in a three-game sweep to advance to the 1984 World Series against the San Diego Padres. The series was the 16th ALCS in all and the last to be played as a best-of-five. In 1985, the League Championship Series changed to a best-of-seven format.
| 1984 American League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 2–5 | |||||||||
| MVP | Kirk Gibson (Detroit) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Bill Deegan Jon Bible (1B, 3 games) Randy Cristal (2B, 3 games) Larry Zirdel (3B, Game 1) Harold Jordan (OF, Game 1) Mike O'Dell (OF, Game 1) Bob Jones (3B, Game 2) Rick Denny (OF, Game 2) Carl Nothnagel (OF, Game 2) Doug Cossey (3B, Game 3) Dick Runchey (OF, Game 3) Dick Zivic (OF, Game 3) | |||||||||
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| Television | ABC | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Al Michaels, Howard Cosell and Jim Palmer | |||||||||
| Radio | CBS | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Bill White and Curt Gowdy | |||||||||
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Due to a strike by major league umpires, the series was played using local and collegiate umpires, with former AL umpire and league supervisor Bill Deegan working home plate for all three games.
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