1994 Baltimore Orioles season

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1994  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record63–49 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Roland Hemond
Managers Johnny Oates
Television WJZ-TV/WNUV/WDCA/Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra)
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The 1994 Baltimore Orioles season was the 94th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 41st in Baltimore, and the 3rd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It involved the Orioles finishing second 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.

Contents

Offseason

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]

Notable transactions

Roster

1994 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 7043.619—33‍–‍2437‍–‍19
Baltimore Orioles 6349.5626½28‍–‍2735‍–‍22
Toronto Blue Jays 5560.4781633‍–‍2622‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox 5461.4701731‍–‍3323‍–‍28
Detroit Tigers 5362.4611834‍–‍2419‍–‍38
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 7043.619
Chicago White Sox 6746.593
Texas Rangers 5262.456
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 6647.584—
Baltimore Orioles 6349.5622½
Kansas City Royals 6451.5573
Toronto Blue Jays 5560.47812
Boston Red Sox 5461.47013
Minnesota Twins 5360.46913
Detroit Tigers 5362.46114
Milwaukee Brewers 5362.46114
Oakland Athletics 5163.44715½
Seattle Mariners 4963.43816½
California Angels 4768.40920

Record vs. opponents

1994 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1994
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Chris Hoiles 9933282.2471953
1B Rafael Palmeiro 111436139.3192376
2B Mark McLemore 10434388.257329
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 112444140.3151375
3B Leo Gómez 8428578.2741556
LF Brady Anderson 111453119.2631248
CF Mike Devereaux 8530161.203933
RF Harold Baines 9432696.2941654

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Chris Sabo 6825866.2561142
Jack Voigt 5914134.241320
Tim Hulett 369221.228215
Dwight Smith 287423.311312
Lonnie Smith 355912.20302
Jeff Tackett 265312.22629
Mark Smith 371.14302
Damon Buford 421.50000

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Mussina 24176.11653.0699
Ben McDonald 24157.11474.0694
Jamie Moyer 23149.0574.7787
Sid Fernandez 19115.1665.1595
Arthur Rhodes 1052.2355.8147
Scott Klingenbeck 17.0103.865

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Oquist 1558.1336.1739

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Lee Smith 4114333.2942
Alan Mills 473325.1644
Mark Eichhorn 436512.1535
Jim Poole 381006.6418
Mark Williamson 283114.0128
Tom Bolton 221205.4012
Brad Pennington 801012.007
Armando Benítez 30000.9014

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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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

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