1994 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1994  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record55–60 (.478)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Labatt Breweries,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Cito Gaston
Television CBC Television
(Brian Williams, Tommy Hutton)
Baton
(Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton)
The Sports Network
(Jim Hughson, Buck Martinez)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1994 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 18th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 55 wins and 60 losses. Cito Gaston was the manager for the American League squad at the All-Star Game. The Mid-Summer classic was played on July 12 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter were starters at the event, while Pat Hentgen and Paul Molitor were named as reserves.

Contents

The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike, technically leaving the Blue Jays as the reigning World Series champions.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1994 season. [1]

October 1993

October 15 Tom Quinlan granted free agency (signed with Philadelphia Phillies to a contract on December 1, 1993).
Luis Sojo granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners to a one-year, $250,000 contract on January 10, 1994).
Randy St. Claire granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a contract on November 15, 1993).
Lee Stevens granted free agency (signed with California Angels on October 25, 1993).
October 27 Alfredo Griffin granted free agency.
October 29 Danny Cox granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $800,000 contract on November 8, 1993).
Rickey Henderson granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a two-year, $8.6 million contract on December 17, 1993).

November 1993

November 1 Mark Eichhorn granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $550,000 contract plus a one year option on December 14, 1993).
November 3 Tony Fernández granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $787,500 contract on March 8, 1994).
November 5Released Jack Morris.
November 8Re-signed free agent Danny Cox to a one-year, $800,000 contract.
November 15Re-signed free agent Randy St. Claire to a contract.
November 24 Turner Ward selected off of waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers.

December 1993

December 13 Tim Hyers drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1993 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Dilson Torres selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 1993 Minor League Draft.
December 21Signed free agent Greg Cadaret from the Kansas City Royals to a one-year, $550,000 contract.

March 1994

March 29Acquired Mike Huff from the Chicago White Sox for Domingo Martínez.

Regular season

The Blue Jays scored 566 runs (4.92 per game) and allowed 579 runs (5.04 per game) through 115 games by Friday, August, 12. After slumping to a 33-46 record on Sunday, July 3, Toronto went 22-14 before the players' strike ended the season prematurely. [2]

Opening day starters

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

Sources:
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

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1994 regular season. [4]

May 1994

May 5Signed amateur free agent Abraham Núñez to a contract.
May 13Signed free agent Dave Righetti from the Oakland Athletics to a contract.

June 1994

June 1Signed free agent Joel Johnston from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract.
June 9Released Greg Cadaret.

August 1994

August 10Signed amateur free agent Pasqual Coco to a contract.

Roster

1994 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1994 Game Log
April: 14–10 (Home: 9–2; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4 White Sox 7–3 Guzman (1–0) McDowell (0–1)50,4841–0
2April 5 White Sox 5–3 Stewart (1–0) Fernandez (0–1) Stottlemyre (1)44,4712–0
3April 6 White Sox 9–2 Álvarez (1–0) Hentgen (0–1)44,1642–1
4April 8 Mariners 8–2 Leiter (1–0) Fleming (0–1)48,1523–1
5April 9 Mariners 8–6 Castillo (1–0) Thigpen (0–1)49,1794–1
6April 10 Mariners 12–6 Stewart (2–0) Johnson (0–1)50,4715–1
7April 11@ Athletics 14–5 Hentgen (1–1) Witt (0–1)40,5516–1
8April 12@ Athletics 8–4 Darling (1–1) Spoljaric (0–1)24,9706–2
9April 13@ Athletics 8–7 (12) Ontiveros (1–1) Cadaret (0–1)12,3976–3
10April 14@ Angels 6–4 Leiter (1–0) Guzman (1–1) Grahe (4)21,2436–4
11April 15@ Angels 14–13 (10) Lefferts (1–0) Brow (0–1)20,4136–5
12April 16@ Angels 5–4 Hentgen (2–1) Patterson (0–1)29,7577–5
13April 17@ Angels 5–4 (10) Stottlemyre (1–0) Grahe (0–2)35,5188–5
14April 19 Rangers 13–3 Guzman (2–1) Brown (0–4)48,1499–5
15April 20 Rangers 4–3 (11) Stottlemyre (2–0) Henke (1–1)47,11610–5
16April 22 Twins 8–2 Hentgen (3–1) Erickson (1–3)46,26811–5
17April 23 Twins 8–6 Leiter (2–0) Pulido (0–2) Timlin (1)50,50412–5
18April 24 Twins 7–3 Tapani (1–1) Guzman (2–2)50,46412–6
19April 25@ Royals 4–3 Cone (3–1) Stewart (2–1) Montgomery (1)17,10012–7
20April 26@ Royals 8–6 Stottlemyre (3–0) Haney (1–1) Timlin (2)16,57113–7
21April 27@ Rangers 11–3 Rogers (2–2) Hentgen (3–2)38,05513–8
22April 28@ Rangers 1–0 Brown (1–4) Leiter (2–1) Henke (3)27,28713–9
23April 29@ Twins 12–7 Guzman (3–2) Tapani (1–2)25,89814–9
24April 30@ Twins 11–9 Deshaies (2–2) Stewart (2–2) Aguilera (6)24,47914–10
May: 10–16 (Home: 10–8; Away: 0–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Twins 7–3 Willis (1–1) Williams (0–1)26,66914–11
26May 3 Royals 1–0 Hentgen (4–2) Appier (2–3)48,17315–11
27May 4 Royals 6–4 (10) Brewer (2–0) Hall (0–1) Montgomery (2)47,24415–12
28May 5 Royals 11–9 Gordon (2–1) Guzman (3–3) Montgomery (3)50,07615–13
29May 6 Brewers 7–1 Eldred (3–3) Stewart (2–3)47,15015–14
30May 7 Brewers 3–2 Castillo (2–0) Bronkey (1–1)50,45816–14
31May 8 Brewers 3–1 Hentgen (5–2) Higuera (1–3) Hall (1)48,25217–14
32May 9@ Orioles 4–1 Fernandez (2–0) Leiter (2–2) Smith (14)47,36917–15
33May 10@ Orioles 6–3 Oquist (1–0) Guzman (3–4) Smith (15)47,19417–16
34May 11@ Orioles 4–1 Mussina (6–1) Stottlemyre (3–1)47,38617–17
35May 13@ Red Sox 5–3 Hesketh (2–1) Hentgen (5–3) Ryan (3)32,57917–18
36May 14@ Red Sox 11–2 Darwin (6–2) Leiter (2–3)33,77117–19
--May 15@ Red Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 1
37May 16 Tigers 7–2 Guzman (4–4) Moore (3–3)50,45618–19
38May 17 Tigers 13–6 Belcher (1–7) Stottlemyre (3–2)46,43918–20
39May 18 Tigers 9–3 Stewart (3–3) Gullickson (2–3)47,24719–20
40May 20 Indians 2–0 Hentgen (6–3) Nagy (3–3)50,50120–20
41May 21 Indians 9–7 Leiter (3–3) Nabholz (0–1) Brow (1)50,51921–20
42May 22 Indians 8–0 Martínez (3–4) Guzman (4–5)48,15421–21
43May 23 Indians 6–5 Hall (1–1) Mesa (3–2)48,08022–21
44May 24@ Yankees 6–1 Mulholland (5–3) Stewart (3–4)26,21722–22
45May 25@ Yankees 5–2 Abbott (6–2) Hentgen (6–4)23,25022–23
46May 27 Angels 6–2 Leftwich (3–4) Leiter (3–4)48,24422–24
47May 28 Angels 9–4 Guzman (5–5) Langston (2–3)50,50923–24
48May 29 Angels 5–0 Stottlemyre (4–2) Finley (4–4)50,52924–24
49May 30 Athletics 6–2 Acre (1–0) Brow (0–2)50,08824–25
50May 31 Athletics 7–2 Darling (4–6) Hentgen (6–5) Eckersley (5)50,21124–26
June: 8–18 (Home: 3–8; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1 Athletics 9–5 Welch (1–5) Castillo (2–1)50,47124–27
52June 3@ Mariners 9–6 Guzman (6–5) Salkeld (2–3) Hall (2)23,31025–27
53June 4@ Mariners 2–0 Johnson (7–3) Stottlemyre (4–3)37,12725–28
54June 5@ Mariners 5–4 Stewart (4–4) Fleming (3–8) Hall (3)26,33926–28
55June 7@ White Sox 9–5 Hentgen (7–5) Álvarez (8–1) Hall (4)37,18427–28
56June 8@ White Sox 3–2 Johnson (1–0) Hall (1–2)29,92027–29
57June 9 Yankees 7–5 Williams (1–1) Mulholland (5–6) Brow (2)50,52128–29
58June 10 Yankees 7–2 Stottlemyre (5–3) Abbott (6–5)50,52229–29
59June 11 Yankees 9–2 Key (9–1) Stewart (4–5) Wickman (3)50,53029–30
60June 12 Yankees 3–1 Hentgen (8–5) Kamieniecki (4–2) Castillo (1)50,51130–30
61June 13@ Indians 7–3 Clark (8–1) Cornett (0–1)41,59830–31
62June 14@ Indians 7–5 Mesa (6–3) Guzman (6–6) Shuey (4)41,88730–32
63June 15@ Indians 4–3 (13) Mesa (7–3) Brow (0–3)41,79430–33
64June 17@ Tigers 7–4 Stewart (5–5) Gardiner (2–1) Hall (5)36,21031–33
65June 18@ Tigers 6–5 (11) Boever (5–0) Williams (1–2)37,53431–34
66June 19@ Tigers 3–1 Gohr (2–0) Guzman (6–7) Gardiner (4)35,77231–35
67June 20 Red Sox 4–1 Hesketh (4–4) Stottlemyre (5–4) Fossas (1)50,02831–36
68June 21 Red Sox 13–1 Sele (6–3) Cornett (0–2)49,46031–37
69June 22 Red Sox 3–2 Minchey (1–2) Stewart (5–6) Ryan (4)50,28831–38
70June 24 Orioles 5–1 Eichhorn (3–1) Righetti (0–1)50,50831–39
71June 25 Orioles 4–1 Eichhorn (4–1) Guzman (6–8) Smith (25)50,52631–40
72June 26 Orioles 7–1 Mussina (11–4) Stottlemyre (5–5)50,22931–41
73June 27@ Brewers 5–1 Eldred (9–7) Leiter (3–5)15,74631–42
74June 28@ Brewers 6–4 Mercedes (1–0) Stewart (5–7) Fetters (8)18,90531–43
75June 29@ Brewers 5–0 Hentgen (9–5) Bones (7–5)20,57632–43
76June 30@ Brewers 9–2 Wegman (6–0) Guzman (6–9)27,23132–44
July: 17–10 (Home: 10–4; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Royals 4–3 (12) Montgomery (2–3) Williams (1–3)21,49632–45
78July 2@ Royals 7–6 Castillo (3–1) Meacham (0–1) Hall (6)27,80033–45
79July 3@ Royals 11–6 Cone (12–4) Stewart (5–8)25,42133–46
80July 4@ Royals 9–4 Hentgen (10–5) Milacki (0–3)38,03934–46
81July 5@ Twins 14–3 Guzman (7–9) Mahomes (7–4)22,38035–46
82July 6@ Twins 5–4 Erickson (8–6) Stottlemyre (5–6) Aguilera (18)26,47935–47
83July 7@ Twins 4–3 Castillo (4–1) Willis (1–3) Hall (7)31,18036–47
84July 8 Royals 6–5 Pichardo (3–2) Hall (1–3) Montgomery (14)50,51536–48
85July 9 Royals 9–4 Hentgen (11–5) Milacki (0–4)50,52437–48
86July 10 Royals 7–3 Guzman (8–9) Gubicza (5–8) Cox (1)50,50438–48
65th All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, PA
87July 14@ Rangers 7–3 Fajardo (5–5) Stottlemyre (5–7)42,62138–49
88July 15@ Rangers 7–5 Guzman (9–9) Dettmer (0–4) Hall (8)46,51139–49
89July 16@ Rangers 4–2 Brown (7–8) Hentgen (11–6) Henke (10)46,51039–50
90July 17@ Rangers 3–1 Stewart (6–8) Rogers (10–5) Hall (9)46,39440–50
91July 18 Twins 7–4 Leiter (4–5) Guardado (0–2) Hall (10)48,06041–50
92July 19 Twins 4–2 Castillo (5–1) Tapani (9–6) Hall (11)47,22242–50
93July 20 Twins 9–2 Guzman (10–9) Erickson (8–9)48,16243–50
94July 21 Rangers 9–3 Hentgen (12–6) Leary (1–1) Cox (2)49,61844–50
95July 22 Rangers 3–2 Stewart (7–8) Rogers (10–6) Hall (12)50,52245–50
96July 23 Rangers 9–1 Leiter (5–5) Fajardo (5–7)50,52946–50
97July 24 Rangers 4–2 Cornett (1–2) Pavlik (1–5) Cox (3)50,52147–50
98July 26 Brewers 7–5 Bones (10–7) Guzman (10–10) Fetters (13)49,09847–51
99July 27 Brewers 5–0 Wegman (8–3) Hentgen (12–7)47,17247–52
100July 28 Brewers 5–4 Orosco (2–1) Cox (0–1) Fetters (14)47,06147–53
101July 29@ Orioles 4–3 Leiter (6–5) Moyer (4–7) Hall (13)47,49748–53
102July 30@ Orioles 7–5 Eichhorn (6–4) Timlin (0–1) Smith (32)47,00048–54
103July 31@ Orioles 6–4 Guzman (11–10) McDonald (12–7) Hall (14)47,68449–54
August: 6–6 (Home: 2–4; Away: 4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Red Sox 6–2 Hentgen (13–7) Sele (7–7)50–54
105August 1@ Red Sox 4–3 Minchey (2–3) Cornett (1–3) Ryan (12)33,42950–55
106August 2@ Red Sox 8–7 Cox (1–1) Bankhead (3–1) Hall (15)32,97651–55
107August 3@ Red Sox 7–2 Van Egmond (2–3) Leiter (6–6)32,04751–56
108August 4@ Red Sox 5–2 Stottlemyre (6–7) Clemens (9–7) Hall (16)33,19952–56
109August 5 Tigers 4–2 Guzman (12–10) Wells (4–7) Hall (17)50,52253–56
110August 6 Tigers 3–2 Moore (11–10) Hentgen (13–8) Boever (3)50,51253–57
111August 7 Tigers 8–7 Davis (2–3) Castillo (5–2) Cadaret (2)50,50953–58
112August 8 Indians 6–1 Nagy (10–8) Leiter (6–7)50,51553–59
113August 9 Indians 12–5 Stottlemyre (7–7) Lopez (1–2)50,52754–59
114August 10 Indians 5–3 Grimsley (5–2) Guzman (12–11) Plunk (3)50,51054–60
115August 11@ Yankees 8–7 (13) Hall (2–3) Ausanio (2–1)37,33355–60
*An MLB Players strike forced the cancellation of the remainder of the season on August 12.

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 Pat Borders 8529573.247326
1B John Olerud 108384114.2971267
2B Roberto Alomar 107392120.306838
3B Ed Sprague 10940597.2401144
SS Dick Schofield 9532583.255432
RF Joe Carter 111435118.27127103
CF Devon White 100403109.2701349
LF Mike Huff 8020763.304325
DH Paul Molitor 115454155.3411475

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Darnell Coles 4814330.210415
Carlos Delgado 4313028.215924
Randy Knorr 4012430.242719
Domingo Cedeño 479719.196010
Rob Butler 417413.17605
Alex Gonzalez 15538.15101
Shawn Green 14333.09101
Robert Pérez 481.12500

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pat Hentgen 24174.21383.40147
Juan Guzmán 25147.112115.68124
Todd Stottlemyre 26140.2774.22105
Dave Stewart 22133.1785.87111
Al Leiter 20111.2675.08100

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Brad Cornett 931.0136.6822
Paul Spoljaric 22.10138.572

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Darren Hall 3023173.4128
Tony Castillo 415212.5143
Woody Williams 381303.6456
Mike Timlin 340125.1838
Greg Cadaret 210105.8515
Scott Brow 180325.9015
Dave Righetti 130106.7510
Danny Cox 101131.4514
Randy St. Claire 20009.002
Aaron Small 10009.000

Awards and honours

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Didier
AA Knoxville Smokies Southern League Garth Iorg
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Jim Nettles
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Omar Malavé
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League J. J. Cannon
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Doug Ault
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Darren Balsley

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The 1989 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 13th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses. The Blue Jays' ace pitcher Dave Stieb led the staff with 17 victories, and the team was offensively buoyed by the league's home run king Fred McGriff. Toronto won the AL East pennant in the final weekend of the season against the favored Baltimore Orioles. The Blue Jays lost the ALCS in five games to the eventual World Series champion Oakland Athletics. It was the team's last season at Exhibition Stadium, before moving to SkyDome halfway into the season. The Blue Jays hit eight grand slams, the most in MLB in 1989.

The 1986 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's tenth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

The 1985 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's ninth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 99 wins and 62 losses. The win total of 99 is a franchise record, and the division title was the franchise's first.

The 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fourth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. The season represented a turning point as Bobby Mattick became the second field manager in franchise history.

The Oakland Athletics' 1992 season was the team's 25th in Oakland, California. It was also the 92nd season in franchise history. The team finished first in the American League West with a record of 96–66.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1993 Philadelphia Phillies season</span> Major League Baseball season

The 1993 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 111th season in the history of the franchise. The team won the National League East title and defeated the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS in six games, before losing the World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays, also in six games.

The 1991 San Diego Padres season was the 23rd season in franchise history.

Joe Carter's 1993 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series on October 23, 1993 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In the bottom of the ninth inning Joe Carter hit a one-out, three-run walk-off home run off Philadelphia Phillies closer Mitch Williams to give the Toronto Blue Jays its second consecutive championship.

References

  1. ↑ "1994 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1994 Toronto Blue Jays Schedule".
  3. ↑ "MLB's Misspelled Uniforms". sikids.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
  4. ↑ "1994 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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