1984 MLB AL West standings

Name: 1984 MLB AL West standings
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The Kansas City Royals won the 1984 MLB AL West division race at 84-78, 3 games ahead of the California Angels. It came down to the final days: the Kansas City Royals did not lead for good until September 24, 1984.

The 1984 playoffs, series by series

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AL West standings, 1984

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Kansas City Royals (KC) y	84	78	.519	-	6-4	L2
California Angels (CAL)	81	81	.500	3	3-7	W2
Minnesota Twins (MIN)	81	81	.500	3	4-6	L6
Oakland Athletics (OAK)	77	85	.475	7	7-3	W2
Chicago White Sox (CWS)	74	88	.457	10	4-6	L1
Seattle Mariners (SEA)	74	88	.457	10	6-4	W1
Texas Rangers (TEX)	69	92	.429	14.5	4-6	L2

Final standings.

Clinch key

y: clinched the division

Turning points

The lead changed hands 31 times.
The Kansas City Royals trailed by as many as 8 games on July 17, 1984.
The Kansas City Royals took first place for good on September 24, 1984.
The Minnesota Twins led by 5.5 games as late as August 22, 1984.
The Kansas City Royals went 22-12 from August 22, 1984 to September 28, 1984, turning a deficit of 5.5 games into a lead of 3 games.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 93 of the 179 days played.
Six teams held first place.
The California Angels held first place for 52 straight days, the season's longest run.
The Kansas City Royals spent 26 of the season's 182 charted days in first place.