1994 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record49–63 (.438)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersHiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General managersWoody Woodward
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionKSTW,
Prime Sports Northwest[1]
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Chip Caray,
Ron Fairly, Ken Levine)
Seasons

The Seattle Mariners 1994 season was their 18th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing third in the American League West, finishing with a 49–63 (.438) record. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike, which began on August 12.[2]

The Mariners played their final twenty games on the road, due to interior ceiling repairs at the Kingdome;[3][4] they were 10–1 in August, and won their final six games.[2]

Offseason

  • November 2, 1993: Bret Boone was traded with Erik Hanson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Wilson and Bobby Ayala.[5]
  • December 10, 1993: Eric Anthony was traded by the Houston Astros for Mike Felder and Mike Hampton.[6]
  • December 20, 1993: Félix Fermín was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Reggie Jefferson and cash for Omar Vizquel.[7]
  • January 10, 1994: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent.[8]
  • January 31, 1994: Bobby Thigpen was signed as a free agent.[9]
  • February 15, 1994: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent.[10]

Regular season

  • April 4: The Mariners played in the first game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians won 4–3 in 11 innings.
  • June 17: In the Mariners' 65th game of the season, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his league-leading 30th home run off Kansas City Royals ace David Cone in a 5–1 win at Kauffman Stadium.
  • July 8: Shortstop Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut at age 18.[11] It was at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox; Rodriguez was flawless in the field, but went hitless in three at bats.[12][13] He got his first major league hit the following day.[14]

By Friday, August 12, the Mariners had compiled a 49–63 (.438) record through 112 games and were only two games behind the Texas Rangers for the lead in the four-team AL West Division.[15] They had scored 569 runs (5.08 per game) and allowed 616 runs (5.50 per game).[16]

Slightly more than half of the 162 games scheduled were to be televised this season, with 72 on KSTW and sixteen on Prime Sports Northwest; of those 88 games, 65 were on the road and 23 at home.[1]

Opening day starters

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 5262 0.456 — 31–32 21–30
Oakland Athletics 5163 0.447 1 24–32 27–31
Seattle Mariners 4963 0.438 2 22–22 27–41
California Angels 4768 0.409 5½ 23–40 24–28
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—

Transactions

  • April 1: Torey Lovullo was selected off waivers from the California Angels.[18]
  • April 3: Goose Gossage was signed as a free agent.[19]
  • April 29: Bobby Thigpen was released.[9]
  • May 6: Mackey Sasser was released.[20]
  • June 2: Jason Varitek was selected in the first round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft, and signed April 20, 1995.[21]

Roster

1994 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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.
CDan Wilson9128261.216327
1BTino Martinez9732986.2612061
2BRich Amaral7722860.263418
SSFelix Fermin101379120.317135
3BEdgar Martínez8932693.2851351
LFEric Anthony7926262.2371030
CFKen Griffey Jr.111433140.3234090
RFJay Buhner101358100.2792168
DHReggie Jefferson6316253.327832
Source:[22]

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
Mike Blowers8527078.289949
Luis Sojo6321359.277622
Keith Mitchell4612829.227515
Brian Turang3811221.18818
Bill Haselman388316. 19318
Torey Lovullo367216.22227
Alex Rodriguez175411.20402
Greg Pirkl195314.264611
Marc Newfield12387.18414
Dale Sveum10275.18512
Chris Howard9255.20002
Quinn Mack5215.23802
Darren Bragg8193.15802
Jerry Willard651.20013
Mackey Sasser340.00000
Source:[22]

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
Randy Johnson23172.01363.19204
Chris Bosio19125.04104.32b67
Dave Fleming23117.07116.4665
Greg Hibbard1580.2156.6939
Roger Salkeld1359.0257.1746
George Glinatsis25.10113.501

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
John Cummings1764.0245.6333
Jim Converse1348.2058.6939
Shawn Boskie22.2016.750
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
Bobby Ayala4643182.8676
Tim Davis422224.0128
Bill Risley379603.4461
Rich Gossage363014.1829
Jeff Nelson280002.7644
Kevin King190207.046
Milt Hill131006.4616
Bobby Thigpen70209.394
Erik Plantenberg60000.001
Jeff Darwin200013.501
Bob Wells11002.253

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Steve Smith
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Marc Hill
A Riverside Pilots California League Dave Myers
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Carlos Lezcano
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Mike Goff
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Marty Martínez
Source:[23]

References

  1. 1 2 "M's, PSN unite". The Spokesman-Review. May 18, 1994. p. C1.
  2. 1 2 LaRue, Larry (August 12, 1994). "Baseball flashes 'stop' sign". The Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
  3. ↑ "Ceiling comes crashing in". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. July 20, 1994. p. 1B.
  4. ↑ LaRue, Larry (July 21, 1994). "Fallout". The Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
  5. ↑ "Bret Boone Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eric Anthony Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Félix Fermín Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Luis Sojo Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Bobby Thigpen Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Jerry Willard Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Alex Rodriguez Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Triple-triple doubles up M's". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 9, 1994. p. C1.
  13. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 8, 1994 at Fenway Park". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ "M's supporting cast a big hit". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 10, 1994. p. C1.
  15. ↑ "Baseball: American League standings". The Spokesman-Review. August 12, 1994. p. C4.
  16. ↑ "1994 American League Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  17. ↑ "1994 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Torey Lovullo Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Rich Gossage Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Mackey Sasser Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Jason Varitek Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  22. 1 2 "1994 Seattle Mariners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  23. ↑ 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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