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1994 Cleveland Indians season

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1994 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkJacobs Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersRichard Jacobs
General managersJohn Hart
ManagersMike Hargrove
TelevisionWUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
John Sanders, Rick Manning
RadioWKNR (1220 AM)
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood
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The 1994 Cleveland Indians season was the 94th season for the franchise. For the first time since 1986, the Indians finished the season with a winning record. However, the 1994 season ended prematurely due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike that ended the season on August 12. It was the first season for the Indians playing at Jacobs Field after playing at Cleveland Stadium since 1946.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Larry Doby
CF, Coach
Retired 1994
  • On July 3, 1994, Larry Doby had his number retired by the team. Doby had played for Cleveland for ten seasons (1947–1955, 1958). He was the first African American to play in the American League, playing his first game in Major League Baseball on July 5, 1947, becoming the second African American player to play in MLB. A .287 hitter, Doby was an All-Star in two combined leagues (Negro League and American League) on seven occasions while winning a World Series in both leagues. Doby would later be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1998.
  • On July 15, 1994, Albert Belle's bat was confiscated by umpire Dave Phillips.[8] It was the result of White Sox manager Gene Lamont believing that the bat was corked. During the game, Indians pitcher Jason Grimsley removed a ceiling tile in his manager's office and clambered on top of an 18-inch-wide (460 mm) cinder block.[9] He replaced the corked bat with a conventional bat but the bat had Paul Sorrento's name on it. Belle was suspended for seven games.[8]

By Friday August 12, 1994, the Indians had compiled a 66-47 record through 113 games, just one game back of the Chicago White Sox for the AL Central Division lead. They had scored 679 runs (6.01 per game) and allowed 562 runs (4.97 per game). They were leading the AL Wildcard Race over the Baltimore Orioles by 2.5 games. Cleveland was leading the Majors in nearly every offensive category, including hits (1,165), runs scored (679), home runs (167), runs batted in (647), batting average (.290), slugging percentage (.484) and total bases (1,946).[10]

Cleveland pitching was also strong, as Indians pitchers had combined for an MLB-high 17 complete games pitched before the players' strike prematurely ended the season.[10]

Season standings

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 67 46 .593 — 34‍–‍19 33‍–‍27
Cleveland Indians 66 47 .584 1 35‍–‍16 31‍–‍31
Kansas City Royals 64 51 .557 4 35‍–‍24 29‍–‍27
Minnesota Twins 53 60 .469 14 32‍–‍27 21‍–‍33
Milwaukee Brewers 53 62 .461 15 24‍–‍32 29‍–‍30
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 70 43 .619
Chicago White Sox 67 46 .593
Texas Rangers 52 62 .456
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
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

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1994 American League record

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

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Opening Day Lineup

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Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
7 Kenny Lofton CF
13 Omar Vizquel SS
9 Carlos Baerga 2B
8 Albert Belle LF
33 Eddie Murray 1B
22 Candy Maldonado DH
15 Sandy Alomar Jr. C
24 Manny Ramirez RF
20 Mark Lewis 3B
32 Dennis Martínez P

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Roster

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1994 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Jacobs Field

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Main article: Progressive Field
President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch on April 4, 1994, before the first Major League game played at Jacobs Field.

In May 1990, Cuyahoga County voters approved a 15-year sin tax on alcohol and cigarette sales in order to finance the new sports complex. In June 1992, the ceremonial first pitch was thrown at the site of the new Jacobs Field before construction of the building began.

In 1994, the ballpark opened under the name Jacobs Field as the new home of the Cleveland Indians, which had previously shared Cleveland Municipal Stadium with the NFL's Cleveland Browns. On April 4, 1994, the Indians played their first game at the new stadium. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings.

Highlights

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Statistic Person(s) Date
First Ceremonial First Pitch President Clinton to Sandy Alomar Jr. April 4, 1994
First Hit Eric Anthony (Seattle Mariners), home run April 4, 1994
First Indians Hit Sandy Alomar Jr., single to right field April 4, 1994
First Double Manny Ramírez April 4, 1994
First Triple Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) April 7, 1994
First Home Run Eric Anthony (Seattle Mariners) April 4, 1994
First Indians Home Run Eddie Murray April 7, 1994
First Indians Run Candy Maldonado, scored on Manny Ramírez 2-run double in the 8th inning April 4, 1994
First Winning Pitcher Eric Plunk April 4, 1994
First Save Hipólito Pichardo (Kansas City Royals) April 15, 1994

Player stats

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Batting

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Sandy Alomar Jr. 80 292 44 84 15 1 14 43 .288 8
Ruben Amaro Jr. 26 23 5 5 1 0 2 5 .217 2
Carlos Baerga 103 442 81 139 32 2 19 80 .314 8
Albert Belle 106 412 90 147 35 2 36 101 .357 9
Alvaro Espinoza 90 231 27 55 13 0 1 19 .238 1
Rene Gonzales 22 23 6 8 1 1 1 5 .348 2
Wayne Kirby 78 191 33 56 6 0 5 23 .293 11
Jesse Levis 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0
Mark Lewis 20 73 6 15 5 0 1 8 .205 1
Kenny Lofton 112 459 105 160 32 9 12 57 .349 60
Candy Maldonado 42 92 14 18 5 1 5 12 .196 1
Matt Merullo 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 .100 0
Eddie Murray 108 433 57 110 21 1 17 76 .254 8
Tony Peña 40 112 18 33 8 1 2 10 .295 0
Herbert Perry 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 .111 0
Manny Ramirez 91 290 51 78 22 0 17 60 .269 4
Paul Sorrento 95 322 43 90 14 0 14 62 .280 0
Jim Thome 98 321 58 86 20 1 20 52 .268 3
Omar Vizquel 69 286 39 78 10 1 1 33 .273 13
Team Totals 113 4022 679 1165 240 20 167 647 .290 131

Pitching

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Brian Barnes 0 1 5.40 6 0 0 13.1 12 10 8 15 5
Larry Casian 0 2 8.64 7 0 0 8.1 16 9 8 4 2
Mark Clark 11 3 3.82 20 20 0 127.1 133 61 54 40 60
Jerry DiPoto 0 0 8.04 7 0 0 15.2 26 14 14 10 9
Steve Farr 1 1 5.28 19 0 4 15.1 17 12 9 15 12
Jason Grimsley 5 2 4.57 14 13 0 82.2 91 47 42 34 59
Derek Lilliquist 1 3 4.91 36 0 1 29.1 34 17 16 8 15
Albie Lopez 1 2 4.24 4 4 0 17.0 20 11 8 6 18
Dennis Martínez 11 6 3.52 24 24 0 176.2 166 75 69 44 92
José Mesa 7 5 3.82 51 0 2 73.0 71 33 31 26 63
Jack Morris 10 6 5.60 23 23 0 141.1 163 96 88 67 100
Chris Nabholz 0 1 11.45 6 4 0 11.0 23 16 14 9 5
Charles Nagy 10 8 3.45 23 23 0 169.1 175 76 65 48 108
Chad Ogea 0 1 6.06 4 1 0 16.1 21 11 11 10 11
Eric Plunk 7 2 2.54 41 0 3 71.0 61 25 20 37 73
Jeff Russell 1 1 4.97 13 0 5 12.2 13 8 7 3 10
Paul Shuey 0 1 8.49 14 0 5 11.2 14 11 11 12 16
Russ Swan 0 1 11.25 12 0 0 8.0 13 11 10 7 2
Julián Tavárez 0 1 21.60 1 1 0 1.2 6 8 4 1 0
Matt Turner 1 0 2.13 9 0 1 12.2 13 6 3 7 5
Bill Wertz 0 0 10.38 1 0 0 4.1 9 5 5 1 1
Team Totals 66 47 4.36 113 113 21 1018.2 1097 562 494 404 666

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

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Level Team League Season article
AAA Charlotte Knights International League 1994 Charlotte Knights season
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League 1994 Canton–Akron Indians season
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
Short Season A Watertown Indians New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References

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  1. ^ Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Dennis Martínez at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Randy Milligan at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Sam Horn at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Félix Fermín at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ a b Jack Morris at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Pete Rose, Jr. at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ a b "ESPN.com - Page2 - Biggest cheaters in baseball".
  9. ^ "Spitters, Beanballs, and the Incredible Shrinking Strike Zone / G. Waggoner, K. Moloney, and H. Howard | BaseballLibrary.com". Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2008.
  10. ^ a b "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  11. ^ Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Jaret Wright at Baseball-Reference
  13. ^ Russell Branyan at Baseball-Reference
  14. ^ "Bruce Aven Stats".
  15. ^ Marco Scutaro at Baseball-Reference
  16. ^ Dave Winfield at Baseball-Reference
  17. ^ 1994 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
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