1994 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1994 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd 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.

1994 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record63–49 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Angelos
General manager(s)Roland Hemond
Manager(s)Johnny Oates
Local televisionWJZ-TV/WNUV/Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra)
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Offseason
  • December 14, 1993: Mark Eichhorn was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles. [1]
  • January 14, 1994: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[2]
  • January 20, 1994: Lee Smith was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[3]
  • February 3, 1994: Henry Cotto was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[4]

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 1.[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]

  • August 2, 1994: Jeff Tackett hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.[8]

Notable transactions

Roster
1994 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  •  8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 7043 0.619 — 33–24 37–19
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562 6½ 28–27 35–22
Toronto Blue Jays 5560 0.478 16 33–26 22–34
Boston Red Sox 5461 0.470 17 31–33 23–28
Detroit Tigers 5362 0.461 18 34–24 19–38
Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 7043 0.619
Chicago White Sox 6746 0.593
Texas Rangers 5262 0.456
W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 6647 0.584
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562
Kansas City Royals 6451 0.557
Toronto Blue Jays 5560 0.478
Boston Red Sox 5461 0.470
Minnesota Twins 5360 0.469
Detroit Tigers 5362 0.461
Milwaukee Brewers 5362 0.461
Oakland Athletics 5163 0.447
Seattle Mariners 4963 0.438
California Angels 4768 0.409

Record vs. opponents
1994 American League Records

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—

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

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
Chris Sabo6825866.2561142
Jack Voigt5914134.241320

Pitching

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

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

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
Lee Smith4114333.2942
Armando Benítez30000.9014

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

[9]

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. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1994-schedule-scores.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
  8. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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