Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1984, Johnson ya dawo tare da Tigers kuma an sanya shi gefen hagu na ƙungiyar tare da Tom Brookens. Johnson ya fara da kyau amma ba shi da rabi na biyu. Ya gama kakar wasa ta yau da kullun tare da matsakaicin matsakaicin.248, gudu 50 da aka buga (RBI) da homers 12 a 355 a bat. Tigers sun jagoranci rukuni don dukan yakin amma Johnson ya zauna a benci don dukan 1984 ALCS
yayin da Brookens, Marty Castillo da Darrell Evans suka raba lokaci a na uku. Johnson ya yi rauni sau ɗaya kawai a cikin Wasannin Duniya na 1984, yana kaiwa ga kuskuren dan wasa na biyu Alan Wiggins yayin da Tigers suka sauƙaƙe ta hanyar postseason a kan hanyar zuwa gasar zakarun duniya.