1994 Seattle Mariners season

Major League Baseball team season
1994 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record49–63 (.438)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersHiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General managersWoody Woodward
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionKSTW,
Prime Sports Northwest[1]
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Chip Caray,
Ron Fairly, Ken Levine)
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The Seattle Mariners 1994 season was their 18th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing third in the American League West, finishing with a 49–63 (.438) record. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike, which began on August 12.[2]

The Mariners played their final twenty games on the road, due to interior ceiling repairs at the Kingdome;[3][4] they were 10–1 in August, and won their final six games.[2]

Offseason

  • November 2, 1993: Bret Boone was traded with Erik Hanson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Wilson and Bobby Ayala.[5]
  • December 10, 1993: Eric Anthony was traded by the Houston Astros for Mike Felder and Mike Hampton.[6]
  • December 20, 1993: Félix Fermín was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Reggie Jefferson and cash for Omar Vizquel.[7]
  • January 10, 1994: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent.[8]
  • January 31, 1994: Bobby Thigpen was signed as a free agent.[9]
  • February 15, 1994: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent.[10]

Regular season

  • April 4: The Mariners played in the first game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians won 4–3 in 11 innings.
  • June 17: In the Mariners' 65th game of the season, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his league-leading 30th home run off Kansas City Royals ace David Cone in a 5–1 win at Kauffman Stadium.
  • July 8: Shortstop Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut at age 18.[11] It was at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox; Rodriguez was flawless in the field, but went hitless in three at bats.[12][13] He got his first major league hit the following day.[14]

By Friday, August 12, the Mariners had compiled a 49–63 (.438) record through 112 games and were only two games behind the Texas Rangers for the lead in the four-team AL West Division.[15] They had scored 569 runs (5.08 per game) and allowed 616 runs (5.50 per game).[16]

Slightly more than half of the 162 games scheduled were to be televised this season, with 72 on KSTW and sixteen on Prime Sports Northwest; of those 88 games, 65 were on the road and 23 at home.[1]

Opening day starters

Season standings

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AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 52 62 0.456 — 31–32 21–30
Oakland Athletics 51 63 0.447 1 24–32 27–31
Seattle Mariners 49 63 0.438 2 22–22 27–41
California Angels 47 68 0.409 5½ 23–40 24–28
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Division leaders 		W L Pct.
New York Yankees 70 43 0.619
Chicago White Sox 67 46 0.593
Texas Rangers 52 62 0.456
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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 66 47 0.584 —
Baltimore Orioles 63 49 0.562 2½
Kansas City Royals 64 51 0.557 3
Toronto Blue Jays 55 60 0.478 12
Boston Red Sox 54 61 0.470 13
Minnesota Twins 53 60 0.469 13
Detroit Tigers 53 62 0.461 14
Milwaukee Brewers 53 62 0.461 14
Oakland Athletics 51 63 0.447 15½
Seattle Mariners 49 63 0.438 16½
California Angels 47 68 0.409 20

Record vs. opponents

1994 American League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 4–2 8–4 2–4 4–6 3–4 4–1 7–3 4–5 4–6 7–5 4–6 3–3 7–2
Boston 2–4 — 7–5 2–4 3–7 4–2 4–2 5–5 1–8 3–7 9–3 6–6 1–5 7–3
California 4–8 5–7 — 5–5 0–5 3–4 6–4 3–3 3–3 4–8 3–6 2–7 6–4 3–4
Chicago 4–2 4–2 5–5 — 7–5 8–4 3–7 9–3 2–4 4–2 6–3 9–1 4–5 2–3
Cleveland 6–4 7–3 5–0 5–7 — 8–2 1–4 5–2 9–3 0–9 6–0 3–2 5–7 6–4
Detroit 4–3 2–4 4–3 4–8 2–8 — 4–8 6–4 3–3 3–3 5–4 6–3 5–7 5–4
Kansas City 1–4 2–4 4–6 7–3 4–1 8–4 — 5–7 6–4 4–2 7–3 6–4 4–3 6–6
Milwaukee 3–7 5–5 3–3 3–9 2–5 4–6 7–5 — 6–6 2–7 4–1 4–2 3–3 7–3
Minnesota 5–4 8–1 3–3 4–2 3–9 3–3 4–6 6–6 — 4–5 2–5 3–3 4–5 4–8
New York 6–4 7–3 8–4 2–4 9–0 3–3 2–4 7–2 5–4 — 7–5 8–4 3–2 3–4
Oakland 5–7 3–9 6–3 3–6 0–6 4–5 3–7 1–4 5–2 5–7 — 4–3 7–3 5–1
Seattle 4–6 6–6 7–2 1–9 2–3 3–6 4–6 2–4 3–3 4–8 3–4 — 9–1 1–5
Texas 3–3 5–1 4–6 5–4 7–5 7–5 3–4 3–3 5–4 2–3 3–7 1–9 — 4–8
Toronto 2–7 3–7 4–3 3–2 4–6 4–5 6–6 3–7 8–4 4–3 1–5 5–1 8–4 —


Transactions

  • April 1: Torey Lovullo was selected off waivers from the California Angels.[18]
  • April 3: Goose Gossage was signed as a free agent.[19]
  • April 29: Bobby Thigpen was released.[9]
  • May 6: Mackey Sasser was released.[20]
  • June 2: Jason Varitek was selected in the first round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft, and signed April 20, 1995.[21]

Roster

1994 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI.
C Dan Wilson 91 282 61 .216 3 27
1B Tino Martinez 97 329 86 .261 20 61
2B Rich Amaral 77 228 60 .263 4 18
SS Felix Fermin 101 379 120 .317 1 35
3B Edgar Martínez 89 326 93 .285 13 51
LF Eric Anthony 79 262 62 .237 10 30
CF Ken Griffey Jr. 111 433 140 .323 40 90
RF Jay Buhner 101 358 100 .279 21 68
DH Reggie Jefferson 63 162 53 .327 8 32
Source:[22]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mike Blowers 85 270 78 .289 9 49
Luis Sojo 63 213 59 .277 6 22
Keith Mitchell 46 128 29 .227 5 15
Brian Turang 38 112 21 .188 1 8
Bill Haselman 38 83 16 . 193 1 8
Torey Lovullo 36 72 16 .222 2 7
Alex Rodriguez 17 54 11 .204 0 2
Greg Pirkl 19 53 14 .264 6 11
Marc Newfield 12 38 7 .184 1 4
Dale Sveum 10 27 5 .185 1 2
Chris Howard 9 25 5 .200 0 2
Quinn Mack 5 21 5 .238 0 2
Darren Bragg 8 19 3 .158 0 2
Jerry Willard 6 5 1 .200 1 3
Mackey Sasser 3 4 0 .000 0 0
Source:[22]

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson 23 172.0 13 6 3.19 204
Chris Bosio 19 125.0 4 10 4.32 b67
Dave Fleming 23 117.0 7 11 6.46 65
Greg Hibbard 15 80.2 1 5 6.69 39
Roger Salkeld 13 59.0 2 5 7.17 46
George Glinatsis 2 5.1 0 1 13.50 1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Cummings 17 64.0 2 4 5.63 33
Jim Converse 13 48.2 0 5 8.69 39
Shawn Boskie 2 2.2 0 1 6.75 0
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bobby Ayala 46 4 3 18 2.86 76
Tim Davis 42 2 2 2 4.01 28
Bill Risley 37 9 6 0 3.44 61
Rich Gossage 36 3 0 1 4.18 29
Jeff Nelson 28 0 0 0 2.76 44
Kevin King 19 0 2 0 7.04 6
Milt Hill 13 1 0 0 6.46 16
Bobby Thigpen 7 0 2 0 9.39 4
Erik Plantenberg 6 0 0 0 0.00 1
Jeff Darwin 2 0 0 0 13.50 1
Bob Wells 1 1 0 0 2.25 3

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Steve Smith
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Marc Hill
A Riverside Pilots California League Dave Myers
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Carlos Lezcano
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Mike Goff
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Marty Martínez
Source:[23]

References

  1. ^ a b "M's, PSN unite". The Spokesman-Review. May 18, 1994. p. C1.
  2. ^ a b LaRue, Larry (August 12, 1994). "Baseball flashes 'stop' sign". The Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
  3. ^ "Ceiling comes crashing in". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. July 20, 1994. p. 1B.
  4. ^ LaRue, Larry (July 21, 1994). "Fallout". The Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
  5. ^ "Bret Boone Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  6. ^ "Eric Anthony Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  7. ^ "Félix Fermín Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  8. ^ "Luis Sojo Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Bobby Thigpen Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  10. ^ "Jerry Willard Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  11. ^ "Alex Rodriguez Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  12. ^ "Triple-triple doubles up M's". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 9, 1994. p. C1.
  13. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 8, 1994 at Fenway Park". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  14. ^ "M's supporting cast a big hit". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 10, 1994. p. C1.
  15. ^ "Baseball: American League standings". The Spokesman-Review. August 12, 1994. p. C4.
  16. ^ "1994 American League Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  17. ^ "1994 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  18. ^ "Torey Lovullo Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  19. ^ "Rich Gossage Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  20. ^ "Mackey Sasser Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  21. ^ "Jason Varitek Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  22. ^ a b "1994 Seattle Mariners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  23. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

  • 1994 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference
  • 1994 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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