1994 Boston Red Sox season
1994 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 54–61 (.470) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | JRY Trust | |
President | John Harrington | |
General manager | Dan Duquette | |
Manager | Butch Hobson | |
Television | WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 (Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery) NESN (Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy) | |
Radio | WRKO (Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione) WROL (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez) | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 1994 Boston Red Sox season was the 94th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The season was cut short by the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, and there was no postseason. When the strike started on August 12, the Red Sox were in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 54 wins and 61 losses, 17 games behind the New York Yankees.
Offseason
[edit]- December 7, 1993: Otis Nixon was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[1]
- February 1, 1994: Damon Berryhill was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[2]
- February 10, 1994: Sergio Valdez was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[3]
- March 29, 1994: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[4]
Regular season
[edit]Month | Record | Cumulative | AL East | Ref. | |||
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Won | Lost | Won | Lost | Position | GB | ||
April | 17 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1st | +1+1⁄2 | [6] |
May | 13 | 12 | 30 | 19 | 2nd | 3+1⁄2 | [7] |
June | 8 | 19 | 38 | 38 | 3rd | 9+1⁄2 | [8] |
July | 12 | 15 | 50 | 53 | 3rd | 14+1⁄2 | [9] |
August | 4 | 8 | 54 | 61 | 4th | 17 | [10] |
Season ended due to players' strike | [citation needed] |
On July 8, shortstop John Valentin executed an unassisted triple play in the sixth inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners—Valentin caught a line drive, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base.[11] Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut in the same game, going hitless in three at bats.[11]
Season standings
[edit]This was the first season that the American League was structured with three divisions, with a realignment creating the AL Central. As a result, the AL East was reduced from seven teams to five. With three divisions, this was scheduled to be the first season with a wild card team advancing to the postseason. However, due to a players' strike, the season ended in August, and there was no postseason.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | .619 | — | 33–24 | 37–19 |
Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 49 | .562 | 6½ | 28–27 | 35–22 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 55 | 60 | .478 | 16 | 33–26 | 22–34 |
Boston Red Sox | 54 | 61 | .470 | 17 | 31–33 | 23–28 |
Detroit Tigers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 18 | 34–24 | 19–38 |
Wild Card standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. |
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New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | .619 |
Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | .593 |
Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | .456 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Cleveland Indians | 66 | 47 | .584 | — |
Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 49 | .562 | 2½ |
Kansas City Royals | 64 | 51 | .557 | 3 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 55 | 60 | .478 | 12 |
Boston Red Sox | 54 | 61 | .470 | 13 |
Minnesota Twins | 53 | 60 | .469 | 13 |
Detroit Tigers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | .447 | 15½ |
Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | .438 | 16½ |
California Angels | 47 | 68 | .409 | 20 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 9, 1994: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[12]
- May 25, 1994: Mario Díaz was released by the Red Sox.[12]
- May 31, 1994: Billy Hatcher and Paul Quantrill were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wes Chamberlain and Mike Sullivan.[13]
- June 2, 1994: Nomar Garciaparra was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1994 MLB draft. Player signed July 20, 1994.[14]
- June 2, 1994: Donnie Sadler was drafted by the Red Sox in the 11th round of the 1994 MLB draft. Player signed June 8, 1994.
- June 27, 1994: Greg A. Harris was released by the Red Sox.[15]
Opening Day lineup
[edit]2 | Otis Nixon | CF |
22 | Billy Hatcher | RF |
39 | Mike Greenwell | LF |
42 | Mo Vaughn | 1B |
10 | Andre Dawson | DH |
34 | Scott Cooper | 3B |
13 | John Valentin | SS |
23 | Dave Valle | C |
5 | Scott Fletcher | 2B |
21 | Roger Clemens | P |
Source:[16]
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Damon Berryhill | 82 | 255 | 67 | .263 | 6 | 34 |
1B | Mo Vaughn | 111 | 394 | 122 | .310 | 26 | 82 |
2B | Tim Naehring | 80 | 297 | 82 | .276 | 7 | 42 |
3B | Scott Cooper | 104 | 369 | 104 | .282 | 13 | 53 |
SS | John Valentin | 84 | 301 | 95 | .316 | 9 | 49 |
LF | Mike Greenwell | 95 | 327 | 88 | .269 | 11 | 45 |
CF | Otis Nixon | 103 | 398 | 109 | .274 | 0 | 25 |
RF | Billy Hatcher | 44 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 1 | 18 |
DH | Andre Dawson | 75 | 292 | 70 | .240 | 16 | 48 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Scott Fletcher | 63 | 185 | 42 | .227 | 3 | 11 |
Tom Brunansky | 48 | 177 | 42 | .237 | 10 | 34 |
Carlos Rodriguez | 57 | 174 | 50 | .287 | 1 | 13 |
Wes Chamberlain | 51 | 164 | 42 | .256 | 4 | 20 |
Lee Tinsley | 78 | 144 | 32 | .222 | 2 | 14 |
Rich Rowland | 46 | 118 | 27 | .229 | 9 | 20 |
Dave Valle | 30 | 76 | 12 | .158 | 1 | 5 |
Andy Tomberlin | 17 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 1 | 1 |
Greg Litton | 11 | 21 | 2 | .095 | 0 | 1 |
Luis Ortiz | 7 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 6 |
Greg Blosser | 5 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
Stan Royer | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Eric Wedge | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Zupcic | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Roger Clemens | 24 | 170.2 | 9 | 7 | 2.85 | 168 |
Aaron Sele | 22 | 143.1 | 8 | 7 | 3.83 | 105 |
Joe Hesketh | 25 | 114.0 | 8 | 5 | 4.26 | 83 |
Danny Darwin | 13 | 75.2 | 7 | 5 | 6.30 | 54 |
Chris Nabholz | 8 | 42.0 | 3 | 4 | 6.64 | 23 |
Primary relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tony Fossas | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.76 | 31 |
Greg A. Harris | 35 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8.28 | 44 |
Chris Howard | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.63 | 22 |
Jeff Russell | 29 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 5.14 | 18 |
Ken Ryan | 42 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2.44 | 32 |
Spot starters and secondary relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tim Van Egmond | 7 | 38.1 | 2 | 3 | 6.34 | 22 |
Scott Bankhead | 27 | 37.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.54 | 25 |
Frank Viola | 6 | 37.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.65 | 9 |
Gar Finnvold | 8 | 36.1 | 0 | 4 | 5.94 | 17 |
Todd Frohwirth | 22 | 26.2 | 0 | 3 | 10.80 | 13 |
Paul Quantrill | 17 | 23.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.52 | 15 |
Nate Minchey | 6 | 23.0 | 2 | 3 | 8.61 | 15 |
Ricky Trlicek | 12 | 22.1 | 1 | 1 | 8.06 | 7 |
José Meléndez | 10 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 6.06 | 9 |
Sergio Valdez | 12 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.16 | 4 |
Steve Farr | 11 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 8 |
Cory Bailey | 5 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 12.46 | 4 |
Andy Tomberlin | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system
[edit]The Sarasota Red Sox replaced the Fort Lauderdale Red Sox as a Class A-Advanced affiliate.
Game log
[edit]Red Sox Win | Red Sox Loss | Game Postponed | Clinched Playoff Spot | Clinched Division |
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April: 17–7
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May: 13–12
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June: 8–19
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July: 12–15
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August: 4–8
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Reference:[19] |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Scott Cooper, reserve 3B
References
[edit]- ^ Otis Nixon page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Damon Berryhill page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Sergio Valdez page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Todd Frohwirth page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "The 1994 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ "Events of Saturday, April 30, 1994".
- ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 31, 1994".
- ^ "Events of Thursday, June 30, 1994".
- ^ "Events of Sunday, July 31, 1994".
- ^ "Events of Thursday, August 11, 1994".
- ^ a b "Boston Red Sox 4, Seattle Mariners 3". Retrosheet. July 8, 1994. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Mario Díaz page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "1994 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ Nomar Garciaparra page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Greg Harris page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Boston Red Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 8". Retrosheet. April 4, 1994. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Boston Red Sox Official Yearbook. 1994. p. 63. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "1994 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- ^ Hutch Award