1994 Florida Marlins season

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1994  Florida Marlins
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Joe Robbie Stadium
City Miami Gardens, Florida
Record51–64 (.443)
Divisional place5th
Owners Wayne Huizenga
General managers Dave Dombrowski
Managers Rene Lachemann
Television Sunshine Network
WBFS-TV
(Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
Radio WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
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The 1994 Florida Marlins season was the second season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1993. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 51–64, last in the National League East. The season ended early as a result of the 1994 players strike.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Marlins had compiled a 51-64 record through 115 games. They had scored 468 runs (4.07 per game) and allowed 576 runs (5.01 per game). [5]

Charlie Hough was 46 when he took the hill on Opening Day for the Marlins. He was the second oldest pitcher to pitch on opening day. Jack Quinn started for the Brooklyn Dodgers on Opening Day in 1931 at the age of 47. [6]

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Montreal Expos 7440.649—32‍–‍2042‍–‍20
Atlanta Braves 6846.596631‍–‍2437‍–‍22
New York Mets 5558.48718½23‍–‍3032‍–‍28
Philadelphia Phillies 5461.47020½34‍–‍2620‍–‍35
Florida Marlins 5164.44323½25‍–‍3426‍–‍30
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 7440.649
Cincinnati Reds 6648.579
Los Angeles Dodgers 5856.509
Wild Card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 68460.597—
Houston Astros 66490.57421⁄2
New York Mets 55580.487121⁄2
San Francisco Giants 55600.478131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 54610.470141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals 53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates 53610.46515
Colorado Rockies 53640.453161⁄2
Florida Marlins 51640.444171⁄2
Chicago Cubs 49640.434181⁄2
San Diego Padres 47700.402221⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta —4–25–58–28–43–36–04–55–46–33–96–15–15–7
Chicago 2–4—5–76–64–54–83–32–41–41–65–56–35–45–5
Cincinnati 5–57–5—4–47–54–63–64–22–44–29–38–27–22–2–1
Colorado 2–86–64–4—3–95–54–64–25–12–42–35–53–78–4
Florida 4–85–45–79–3—2–43–32–76–44–61–65–12–43–7
Houston 3–38–46–45–54–2—1–82–43–35–18–45–58–28–4
Los Angeles 0–63–36–36–43–38–1—3–96–67–53–36–45–52–4
Montreal 5–44–22–42–47–24–29–3—4–35–48–212–05–77–3
New York 4–54–14–21–54–63–36–63–4—4–64–56–66–66–3
Philadelphia 3-66–12–44–26–41–55–74–56–4—5–44–84–84–3
Pittsburgh 9–35–53–93–26–14–83–32–85–44–5—3–31–55–5
San Diego 1–63–62–85–51–55–54–60–126–68–43–3—5–24–2
San Francisco 1–54–52–77–34–22–85–57–56–68–45–12–5—2–4
St. Louis 7–55–52–2–14–87–34–84–23–73–63–45–52–44–2—

1994 Opening Day lineup

PlayerPosition
Chuck Carr CF
Jerry Browne 3B
Gary Sheffield RF
Orestes Destrade 1B
Jeff Conine LF
Bret Barberie 2B
Benito Santiago C
Kurt Abbott SS
Charlie Hough P

Notable transactions

Roster

1994 Florida Marlins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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Player stats

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 Benito Santiago 10133792.2731141
1B Greg Colbrunn 4715547.303631
2B Bret Barberie 107372112.301531
SS Kurt Abbott 10134586.249933
3B Jerry Browne 10132997.295330
LF Jeff Conine 115451144.3191882
CF Chuck Carr 106433114.263230
RF Gary Sheffield 8732289.2762778

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dave Magadan 7421158.275117
Matías Carrillo 8013634.25009
Orestes Destrade 3913027.208515
Alex Arias 5911327.239015
Mario Díaz 327725.325011
Ron Tingley 19529.17312
Carl Everett 165111.21626
Rick Rentería 284911.22424
Jesús Tavárez 17397.17904
Russ Morman 13337.21212
Bob Natal 10298.27602
Darrell Whitmore 9225.22700
Charles Johnson 4115.45514
Gerg O'Halloran 12112.18201

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
David Weathers 24135.08125.2772
Pat Rapp 24133.1783.8575
Charlie Hough 21113.2595.1565
Chris Hammond 1373.1443.0740
Ryan Bowen 847.0154.9432
Kurt Miller 420.0138.1011

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mark Gardner 2092.1444.8757
Rich Scheid 832.1133.3417

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Robb Nen 4455152.9560
Richie Lewis 451405.6745
Yorkis Pérez 443003.5441
Jeff Mutis 351005.4030
Luis Aquino 292103.7322
Terry Mathews 242103.3521
Jeremy Hernandez 213392.7013
John Johnstone 171205.9123
Bryan Harvey 120065.2310
Brian Drahman 90006.237
Willie Fraser 92005.847
Mike Jeffcoat 400010.131

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Sal Rende
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Carlos Tosca
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Fredi González
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Lynn Jones
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Jim Hendry
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Juan Bustabad

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mario Diaz Stats".
  2. ↑ Charlie Hough at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  5. ↑ "1994 National League Season Summary".
  6. ↑ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  7. ↑ Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Josh Booty at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ 1994 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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