1994 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1994 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 63 wins and 49 losses. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike.

1994 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record63–49 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersJohnny Oates
Local televisionWJZ-TV/WNUV/WDCA/Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra)
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Offseason
  • December 14, 1993: Mark Eichhorn was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[1]
  • January 14, 1994: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[2]
  • January 20, 1994: Lee Smith was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[3]
  • February 3, 1994: Henry Cotto was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[4]

Regular season

By Friday August 12, 1994, when the MLB Players' strike began, the Orioles had scored 589 runs (5.26 per game) and allowed 497 runs (4.44 per game) with a 63–49 record through 112 games. They were 2.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians (66-47) in the 1994 AL Wildcard Race.[5]

Because they had only played in 112 games by the time the strike began, the Orioles had the fewest at-bats in the Majors, with just 3,856. The Orioles pitching staff had good control, as the Orioles had the fewest wild pitches (18) in the Majors. They also tied the Seattle Mariners for the fewest balks, with just one.[6] Orioles baserunners successfully stole 69 bases in the strike-shortened season and were caught stealing only 13 times: the fewest in the Majors. Their pitchers also had good control, with just 18 wild pitches thrown: the fewest in the Majors.[7]

  • August 2, 1994: Jeff Tackett hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.[8]

Roster
1994 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 7043 0.619 — 33–24 37–19
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562 6½ 28–27 35–22
Toronto Blue Jays 5560 0.478 16 33–26 22–34
Boston Red Sox 5461 0.470 17 31–33 23–28
Detroit Tigers 5362 0.461 18 34–24 19–38
Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 7043 0.619
Chicago White Sox 6746 0.593
Texas Rangers 5262 0.456
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 6647 0.584 —
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562 2½
Kansas City Royals 6451 0.557 3
Toronto Blue Jays 5560 0.478 12
Boston Red Sox 5461 0.470 13
Minnesota Twins 5360 0.469 13
Detroit Tigers 5362 0.461 14
Milwaukee Brewers 5362 0.461 14
Oakland Athletics 5163 0.447 15½
Seattle Mariners 4963 0.438 16½
California Angels 4768 0.409 20

Record vs. opponents
1994 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–28–42–44–63–44–17–34–54–67–54–63–37–2
Boston 2–4—7–52–43–74–24–25–51–83–79–36–61–57–3
California 4–85–7—5–50–53–46–43–33–34–83–62–76–43–4
Chicago 4–24–25–5—7–58–43–79–32–44–26–39–14–52–3
Cleveland 6–47–35–05–7—8–21–45–29–30–96–03–25–76–4
Detroit 4–32–44–34–82–8—4–86–43–33–35–46–35–75–4
Kansas City 1–42–44–67–34–18–4—5–76–44–27–36–44–36–6
Milwaukee 3–75–53–33–92–54–67–5—6–62–74–14–23–37–3
Minnesota 5–48–13–34–23–93–34–66–6—4–52–53–34–54–8
New York 6–47–38–42–49–03–32–47–25–4—7–58–43–23–4
Oakland 5–73–96–33–60–64–53–71–45–25–7—4–37–35–1
Seattle 4–66–67–21–92–33–64–62–43–34–83–4—9–11–5
Texas 3–35–14–65–47–57–53–43–35–42–33–71–9—4–8
Toronto 2–73–74–33–24–64–56–63–78–44–31–55–18–4—

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CChris Hoiles9933282.2471953
1BRafael Palmeiro111436139.3192376
2BMark McLemore10434388.257329
SSCal Ripken Jr.112444140.3151375
3BLeo Gómez8428578.2741556
LFBrady Anderson111453119.2631248
CFMike Devereaux8530161.203933
RFHarold Baines9432696.2941654

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
Chris Sabo6825866.2561142
Jack Voigt5914134.241320
Tim Hulett369221.228215
Dwight Smith287423.311312
Lonnie Smith355912.20302
Jeff Tackett265312.22629
Mark Smith371.14302
Damon Buford421.50000

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
Mike Mussina24176.11653.0699
Ben McDonald24157.11474.0694
Jamie Moyer23149.0574.7787
Sid Fernandez19115.1665.1595
Arthur Rhodes1052.2355.8147
Scott Klingenbeck17.0103.865

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
Mike Oquist1558.1336.1739

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
Lee Smith4114333.2942
Alan Mills473325.1644
Mark Eichhorn436512.1535
Jim Poole381006.6418
Mark Williamson283114.0128
Tom Bolton221205.4012
Brad Pennington801012.007
Armando Benítez30000.9014

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Bob Miscik
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Pete Mackanin
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Mike O'Berry
A Albany Polecats South Atlantic League Butch Wynegar
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Andy Etchebarren
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Oneri Fleita

[9]

Notes
  1. "Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. Chris Sabo page at Baseball Reference
  3. Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference
  4. Henry Cotto page at Baseball Reference
  5. "1994 Baltimore Orioles Schedule".
  6. "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  7. "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  8. "Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac".
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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