1984 Chicago White Sox season
Major League Baseball season
The 1984 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 84th season in the major leagues, and their 85th season overall. They finished with a record of 74–88, good enough for fifth place in the American League West, 10 games behind the first place Kansas City Royals.
The Sox' 1984 season is most famous for a 25-inning game on May 8, 1984, against the Milwaukee Brewers. The game was suspended after 17 innings at 1 a.m. It was completed the following night, with the White Sox winning 7–6 on Harold Baines's walk-off home run.
Offseason
November 21, 1983: Fran Mullins was traded by the White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Steve Christmas.
December 2, 1983: Jerry Koosman was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
December 5, 1983: The White Sox sent a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ron Reed. The White Sox completed the deal by sending Jerry Koosman to the Phillies on February 15, 1984
December 5, 1983: Bert Roberge was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.
January 20, 1984: Tom Seaver was chosen by the White Sox from the New York Mets as a free agent compensation pick.
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