1994 Kansas City Royals season

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1994  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Kauffman Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Record64–51 (.557)
Divisional place3rd
Owners David Glass
General managers Herk Robinson
Managers Hal McRae
Television KSMO-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1994 Kansas City Royals season was the 26th season for the franchise, and their 22nd at Kauffman Stadium. It involved the Royals finishing third in the American League Central with a record of 64 wins and 51 losses. The season was cut short by the 1994 player's strike. The season marked the Royals' alignment into the new American League Central division.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Thanks to the pitching prowess of Kevin Appier, Tom Gordon and 1994 AL Cy Young Award winner David Cone, and the hitting power of AL Rookie of the Year Bob Hamelin, the Royals had compiled a 64–51 record through 115 games. They had scored 574 runs (4.99 per game) and allowed 532 runs (4.63 per game). The Royals were in the thick of the 1994 AL Wildcard race, trailing the Baltimore Orioles by 1⁄2 a game and the Cleveland Indians by 3 games. [5]

Royals' pitchers struggled with control during the regular season, as they combined for 60 wild pitches (the most in the Majors) through the Royals' 115 games. Royals hitters were very active on the basepaths, as they led the Majors in stolen bases, with 140, and times caught stealing, with 62. [6]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 6746.593—34‍–‍1933‍–‍27
Cleveland Indians 6647.584135‍–‍1631‍–‍31
Kansas City Royals 6451.557435‍–‍2429‍–‍27
Minnesota Twins 5360.4691432‍–‍2721‍–‍33
Milwaukee Brewers 5362.4611524‍–‍3229‍–‍30
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—

Transactions

Roster

1994 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
C Mike Macfarlane 9231453801447.2551
1B Wally Joyner 9736352113857.3113
2B José Lind 852903478131.2699
3B Gary Gaetti 9032753941257.2870
SS Greg Gagne 1073753997751.25910
LF Vince Coleman 10443861105233.24050
CF Brian McRae 11443671119440.27328
RF Félix José 99366561111155.30310
DH Bob Hamelin 10131264882465.2824

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
Dave Henderson 561982749531.2472
Terry Shumpert 641832844824.24018
Brent Mayne 461441937220.2571
David Howard 4683919113.2293
Hubie Brooks 3461514114.2301
Keith Miller 5151200.1330
Kevin Koslofski 242100.2500
Tom Goodwin 220000.0000

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
David Cone 23171.21652.94132
Tom Gordon 24155.11174.35126
Kevin Appier 23155.0763.83145
Mark Gubicza 22130.0794.5059
Bob Milacki 1055.2056.1417
Chris Haney 628.1227.3118
José DeJesús 526.2314.7312
Jeff Granger 29.1016.753

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Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Jeff Montgomery 4244.223274.0350
Billy Brewer 5038.24132.5625
Hipolito Pichardo 4567.25334.9236
Stan Belinda 3749.02215.1437
Rusty Meacham 3650.23343.7336
Mike Magnante 3647.02304.6021
David Howard 12.00004.500

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Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Jeff Cox
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Ron Johnson
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League Mike Jirschele
A Rockford Royals Midwest League John Mizerock
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Brian Poldberg
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Bob Herold

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington [11]

References

  1. ↑ Gary Gaetti Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Kevin McReynolds Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Steve Balboni Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Dave Henderson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "1994 American League Season Summary".
  6. ↑ "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  7. ↑ "Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles Box Score, April 4, 1994".
  8. ↑ "Matt Treanor Stats".
  9. 1 2 "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  10. 1 2 3 4 1994 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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