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Champions Major League Baseball *World Series: Detroit Tigers over San Diego Padres (4–1); Alan Trammell, MVP *American League Championship Series MVP: Kirk Gibson *National League Championship Series MVP: Steve Garvey *All-Star Game, July 10 at Candlestick Park: National League, 3–1; Gary Carter, MVP Other champions *Amateur World Series: Cuba *Caribbean World Series: Águilas del Zulia (Venezuela) *College World Series: Cal State-Fullerton *Japan Series: Hiroshima Toyo Carp over Hankyu Braves (4–3) *Korean Series: Lotte Giants over Samsung Lions * Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan *Junior League World Series: Pearl City, Hawaii *Little League World Series: Seoul National, Seoul, South Korea *Senior League World Series: Altamonte Springs, Florida *Summer Olympic Games at Los Angeles (demonstration sport): Japan (1st), United States (2nd), Chinese Taipei (3rd) Awards and honors *Baseball Hall of Fame **Luis Aparicio **Don Drysdale **Rick Ferrell **Harmon Killebre ...
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1984 World Series
The 1984 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1984 season. The 81st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers and the National League (NL) champion San Diego Padres. The Tigers won the series, four games to one. This was the city of Detroit's first sports championship since the Tigers themselves won the 1968 World Series. This was the first World Series that Peter Ueberroth presided over as commissioner. Ueberroth began his tenure on October 1, succeeding Bowie Kuhn. Ueberroth had been elected as Kuhn's successor prior to the 1984 season, but did not take over until the postseason as he was serving as the chairman of the 1984 Summer Olympics, which ran from July 28 through August 12. This was the last World Series in which the designated hitter was used for games played in an NL team's ballpark in the World Series (as in even-numbered years, the DH would be u ...
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