Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - López nwere ike ịbụ onye a kacha mara amara maka ọrụ ya dị ka onye na-edozi ihe maka Tigers n'oge oge mmeri ha na 1984, mgbe ọ kwụsịrị na ndekọ 10<unk>1, 14 na-azọpụta, na 2.94 ERA. López nwere ndekọ 1<unk>0 na 1984 American League Championship Series
(ALCS) na 1984 World Series, ọ hapụghịkwa ịgba ọsọ n'ime ihe karịrị inning isii ọ gbara na postseason ahụ. O zutere ndị na-eti ọkpọ asaa na Egwuregwu ise nke 1984 World Series, na-ewepụ ha niile na Detroit's 8-4 Championship-clinching victory. Mgbe onye na-agba bọọlụ ahụ si na jam abụọ nke mgbakwunye iji nweta mmeri na Egwuregwu 2 nke ALCS na Kansas City, onye njikwa Detroit bụ Sparky Anderson kwuru, "Ọ dịghị ihe na-eju m anya banyere Lopez. Enweela m ya ruo afọ ise ma kwere m, ọ dịghị ihe dị ka ya. O nwere obi, ọ dịghịkwa nke ka ya mma. Ọ bụ otu n'ime obi ndị oge niile. " Mgbe ọ nọ na Detroit, López nwetara aha a na-akpọ "Señor Smoke", ebe ọ bụ na o si Mexico ma tụba bọọlụ ọsọ ọsọ dị ike.