1994 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 1994 season was the second for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. They played home games at Mile High Stadium.They finished with a record of 53-64, 3rd in the division. The season was cut short by a player strike.

1994 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry McMorris
General manager(s)Bob Gebhard
Manager(s)Don Baylor
Local televisionKWGN-TV
(Dave Campbell, Charlie Jones)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
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Offseason
  • October 29, 1993: Marvin Freeman was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[1]
  • November 19, 1993: Howard Johnson was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • November 30, 1993: Ellis Burks was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • January 7, 1994: Walt Weiss was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • March 31, 1994: John Vander Wal was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Montreal Expos.[5]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Rockies had compiled a 53-64 record through 117 games. They were drawing really well at home, with an attendance of 3,281,511 through 57 home games for an average of 57,570 per game.[6] At that pace, the team would have had a good chance of drawing more than 4.6 million fans in their 81 home games if the season had continued. Offensively, the Rockies had scored 573 runs (4.90 per game) and allowed 638 runs (5.45 per game) prior to the Strike.[7]

The Rockies tied the Chicago White Sox in 1994 for the most triples in the Majors, with 39. Their pitchers, however, hit 49 batters: the most in the Majors[8]

Opening Day starters
  • Dante Bichette
  • Ellis Burks
  • Andrés Galarraga
  • Joe Girardi
  • Charlie Hayes
  • Howard Johnson
  • Roberto Mejía
  • Armando Reynoso
  • Walt Weiss [9]

Transactions
  • June 2, 1994: Doug Million was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 1994 amateur draft.[10]
  • June 3, 1994: Keith Shepherd was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Boston Red Sox for Brian Conroy (minors).[11]
  • June 27, 1994: Kent Bottenfield was granted Free Agency by the Colorado Rockies.[12]

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Trent Hubbard (Jul 7)
  • Pitchers:
    • Mark Thompson (Jul 26)
    • Jim Czajkowski (Jul 29) [13]

Roster
1994 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers
  • 46 Greg Harris
  • 45 Curtis Leskanic
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 24 Dwight Evans (hitting)

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 5856 0.509 — 33–22 25–34
San Francisco Giants 5560 0.478 3½ 29–31 26–29
Colorado Rockies 5364 0.453 6½ 25–32 28–32
San Diego Padres 4770 0.402 12½ 26–31 21–39
Division leaders W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 7440 0.649
Cincinnati Reds 6648 0.579
Los Angeles Dodgers 5856 0.509
Wild card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves68460.597—
Houston Astros66490.5742​1⁄2
New York Mets55580.48712​1⁄2
San Francisco Giants55600.47813​1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies54610.47014​1⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates53610.46515
Colorado Rockies53640.45316​1⁄2
Florida Marlins51640.44417​1⁄2
Chicago Cubs49640.43418​1⁄2
San Diego Padres47700.40222​1⁄2

Record vs. opponents
1994 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
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—

Game Log
1994 Regular Season Game Log (53-64) (Home: 25-32; Road: 28-32)
April (10–12) (Home: 5-7; Road: 5-5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
1April 4Phillies12–6Slocumb (1–0)Munoz (0–1)72,4700–1
2April 6Phillies7–5Mason (1–0)Holmes (0–1)Jones (1)50,8750–2
3April 7Phillies13–8Slocumb (2–0)Reed (0–1)Muñoz (1)48,0210–3
4April 8@ Pirates7–3Nied (1–0)Wagner (0–1)44,1361–3
5April 9@ Pirates10–5Smith (1–1)Reynoso (0–1)17,4581–4
6April 11@ Phillies8–7Ruffin (1–0)Mason (1–1)Holmes (1)58,6272–4
7April 13@ Phillies12–3Rivera (1–0)Harris (0–1)23,3462–5
8April 14@ Phillies5–0Nied (2–0)Schilling (0–2)24,8563–5
9April 15Expos9–2Reynoso (1–1)Fassero (0–1)47,2134–5Boxscore
10April 16Expos7–3Reed (1–1)Hill (2–1)51,3475–5Boxscore
11April 17Expos6–5 (10)Munoz (1–1)Heredia (0–2)55,4436–5Boxscore
12April 18Marlins5–3Aquino (1–0)Holmes (0–2)Harvey (4)46,2836–6
13April 19Marlins6–4Weathers (2–1)Nied (2–1)Harvey (5)50,2176–7
14April 20Marlins16–6Freeman (1–0)Nen (0–1)45,6677–7
15April 22Cubs9–2Banks (2–2)Harkey (0–1)54,1957–8
16April 23Cubs8–2Harris (1–1)Morgan (0–3)68,7438–8
17April 24Cubs12–4Trachsel (2–1)Nied (2–2)71,3298–9
18April 25@ Cardinals7–6Freeman (2–0)Urbani (0–2)Holmes (2)23,6289–9
19April 26@ Cardinals2–1Tewksbury (5–0)Reynoso (1–2)23,0949–10
20April 27@ Marlins3–2Hough (2–0)Harkey (0–2)Hernandez (2)24,1149–11
21April 28@ Marlins8–7Nen (1–1)Blair (0–1)Hernandez (3)32,2369–12
22April 29@ Cubs6–5Nied (3–2)Trachsel (2–2)Holmes (3)34,17910–12
May (13–14) (Home: 5-8; Road: 8-6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
23May 1@ Cubs6–2Freeman (3–0)Young (0–2)26,55811–12
24May 3Cardinals10–1Reynoso (2–2)Palacios (0–1)46,32612–12
25May 4Cardinals6–5Smith (1–0)Holmes (0–3)Murphy (2)51,63912–13
26May 6@ Padres8–0Benes (2–5)Harkey (0–3)15,57412–14
27May 7@ Padres2–1Hoffman (2–0)Ruffin (1–1)36,29612–15
28May 8@ Padres1–0Nied (4–2)Harris (1–1)Reed (1)14,32813–15
29May 9@ Giants12–5Hickerson (2–1)Reynoso (2–3)14,47213–16
30May 10@ Giants4–2Harris (2–1)Burkett (3–3)Ruffin (1)15,18214–16
31May 11@ Giants6–1Swift (5–3)Harkey (0–4)16,75914–17
32May 13@ Astros4–2Drabek (5–1)Freeman (3–1)29,96214–18
33May 14@ Astros4–2Nied (5–2)Kile (3–2)Ruffin (2)23,03715–18
34May 15@ Astros4–0Reynoso (3–3)Swindell (3–1)21,00416–18
35May 16Dodgers9–2Martínez (2–2)Harris (2–2)50,50716–19
36May 17Dodgers7–6Bottenfield (1–0)Dreifort (0–3)53,58917–19
37May 18Dodgers5–2Gross (3–1)Blair (0–2)Gott (1)54,10817–20
38May 19Dodgers8–2Hershiser (3–0)Nied (5–3)51,51517–21
39May 20Braves7–1Avery (5–1)Reynoso (3–4)71,36817–22
40May 21Braves5–4Mercker (3–0)Harris (2–3)McMichael (9)72,12317–23
41May 22Braves8–3Maddux (7–2)Painter (0–1)71,52317–24
42May 23Reds8–3Freeman (4–1)Smiley (4–5)Ruffin (3)45,71318–24
43May 24Reds11–7Bottenfield (2–0)Hanson (3–4)47,88519–24
44May 25Reds3–2Harkey (1–4)Rijo (2–3)Ruffin (4)47,26420–24
45May 26Reds14–4Roper (1–0)Harris (2–4)53,40720–25
46May 27@ Expos4–2White (1–0)Painter (0–2)Wetteland (6)22,88220–26Boxscore
47May 28@ Expos3–2 (10)Ruffin (2–1)Scott (1–2)Bottenfield (1)30,45221–26Boxscore
48May 29@ Expos4–3 (10)Scott (2–2)Ruffin (2–2)26,77421–27Boxscore
49May 30@ Mets12–2Ritz (1–0)Gozzo (2–2)Blair (1)20,70522–27
50May 31@ Mets3–2Harris (3–4)Linton (4–2)Ruffin (5)15,51523–27
June (13–16) (Home: 8-8; Road: 5-8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
51June 1@ Mets4–3Bottenfield (3–0)Smith (3–6)Ruffin (6)17,09924–27
52June 3Pirates6–4Freeman (5–1)Neagle (5–6)Ruffin (7)53,73725–27
53June 4Pirates4–3Smith (5–5)Ritz (1–1)Dewey (1)61,61925–28
54June 5Pirates4–3White (2–3)Moore (0–1)Ballard (2)63,65325–29
55June 6Mets11–3Linton (5–2)Bottenfield (3–1)51,67925–30
56June 7Mets10–8Ruffin (3–2)Mason (2–3)Munoz (1)51,01826–30
57June 8Mets5–4Moore (1–1)Saberhagen (6–3)Ruffin (8)52,11727–30
58June 9@ Reds7–1Rijo (5–3)Ritz (1–2)31,99027–31
59June 10@ Reds10–4Roper (2–0)Harris (3–5)33,61027–32
60June 11@ Reds6–4Fortugno (1–0)Nied (5–4)McElroy (3)36,88727–33
61June 12@ Reds3–2Reed (2–1)Carrasco (3–3)Ruffin (9)30,99228–33
62June 13@ Braves7–2Freeman (6–1)Glavine (7–6)48,52829–33
63June 14@ Braves3–1Mercker (5–1)Ritz (1–3)McMichael (15)44,54529–34
64June 15@ Braves4–0Smoltz (5–6)Harris (3–6)45,42929–35
65June 16@ Braves11–8Stanton (2–1)Ruffin (3–3)McMichael (16)45,82729–36
66June 17@ Dodgers13–5Painter (1–2)Hershiser (3–4)Blair (2)39,60930–36
67June 18@ Dodgers9–3Freeman (7–1)Martínez (6–3)50,48231–36
68June 19@ Dodgers7–3Astacio (5–5)Ritz (1–4)51,01531–37
69June 20Astros5–4Drabek (10–3)Harris (3–7)Hudek (11)50,67131–38
70June 21Astros8–0Nied (6–4)Kile (5–3)56,91332–38
71June 22Astros14–5Painter (2–2)Swindell (5–5)50,88733–38
72June 24Giants10–3Van Landingham (3–0)Blair (0–3)73,95733–39
73June 25Giants6–4Munoz (2–1)Torres (2–7)Ruffin (10)69,88134–39
74June 26Giants8–1Burkett (5–6)Harris (3–8)73,17134–40
75June 27Padres12–7Nied (7–4)Ashby (3–6)52,94935–40
76June 28Padres10–9Munoz (3–1)Elliott (0–1)Ruffin (11)36–40
77June 28Padres11–3 (11)Hoffman (3–3)Harris (3–9)55,02136–41
78June 29Padres10–4Tabaka (2–1)Blair (0–4)Martínez (3)50,17336–42
79June 30@ Cardinals9–7Murphy (4–3)Munoz (3–2)Olivares (1)35,64836–43
July (14–14) (Home: 5-5; Road: 9-9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
80July 1@ Cardinals11–4Sutcliffe (5–3)Harris (3–10)Cimorelli (1)26,28436–44
81July 2@ Cardinals7–5Munoz (4–2)Rodriguez (2–3)Ruffin (12)39,78537–44
82July 3@ Cardinals5–2Reed (3–1)Arocha (4–4)Ruffin (13)35,09338–44
83July 4@ Cubs4–3Bautista (2–3)Ruffin (3–4)38–45
84July 4@ Cubs4–2 (15)Walton (1–0)Myers (1–4)Harris (1)37,16739–45
85July 5@ Cubs9–6Ritz (2–4)Crim (3–3)Blair (3)30,14240–45
86July 6@ Cubs7–1Leskanic (1–0)Trachsel (7–6)Ruffin (14)32,63741–45
87July 7@ Marlins2–1Nied (8–4)Johnstone (1–1)28,78342–45
88July 8@ Marlins5–2Weathers (8–7)Painter (2–3)Nen (8)26,49842–46
89July 9@ Marlins4–2Rapp (5–5)Freeman (7–2)Nen (9)38,34542–47
90July 10@ Marlins6–4Aquino (2–1)Harkey (1–5)Nen (10)33,59342–48
All-Star Break: NL def. AL at Three Rivers Stadium, 8–7 (10)
91July 14Cardinals8–1Nied (9–4)Pérez (2–3)63,74543–48
92July 15Cardinals10–6Ritz (3–4)Tewksbury (10–8)63,17944–48
93July 16Cardinals15–4Painter (3–3)Olivares (1–2)70,21745–48
94July 17Cardinals10–6Freeman (8–2)Sutcliffe (5–4)61,97246–48
95July 18Cubs6–3Bullinger (4–2)Harkey (1–6)63,43846–49
96July 19Cubs6–1Trachsel (9–6)Nied (9–5)70,49346–50
97July 20Cubs9–8Veres (1–0)Reed (3–2)Plesac (1)60,17346–51
98July 22Marlins4–0Rapp (6–5)Painter (3–4)58,61346–52
99July 23Marlins5–4Freeman (9–2)Scheid (0–2)Ruffin (15)70,28947–52
100July 24Marlins6–4Nen (4–4)Blair (0–5)68,04547–53
101July 25@ Padres4–3Ritz (4–4)Benes (6–12)Ruffin (16)9,19548–53
102July 26@ Padres6–5Thompson (1–0)Sanders (3–8)Reed (2)11,89649–53
103July 27@ Padres9–2Hamilton (7–5)Painter (3–5)Mauser (2)9,66649–54
104July 28@ Giants5–1Freeman (10–2)Monteleone (3–3)31,13050–54
105July 29@ Giants8–4Black (4–1)Nied (9–6)25,19250–55
106July 30@ Giants6–4Portugal (10–7)Ritz (4–5)Beck (25)49,62750–56
107July 31@ Giants9–4Van Landingham (7–1)Thompson (1–1)Hickerson (1)50,00750–57
August (3–7) (Home: 2-4; Road: 1-3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
108August 1@ Astros8–3Painter (4–5)Harnisch (7–5)22,25651–57
109August 2@ Astros3–1Drabek (11–6)Harris (3–11)22,57451–58
110August 3@ Astros2–1Jones (5–2)Ruffin (3–5)18,32051–59
111August 4@ Astros6–2Kile (8–6)Ritz (4–6)30,05351–60
112August 5Dodgers5–4Martínez (11–7)Leskanic (1–1)Worrell (10)70,28351–61
113August 7Dodgers6–2Hershiser (6–6)Harris (3–12)70,37251–62
114August 8Dodgers7–6Ruffin (4–5)Worrell (6–5)52,63452–62
115August 9Braves7–4McMichael (4–6)Nied (9–7)61,59552–63
116August 10Braves1–0 (6)Ritz (5–6)Glavine (13–9)Reed (3)65,15753–63
117August 11Braves13–0Maddux (16–6)Painter (4–6)65,04353–64
Legend
Rockies win Rockies loss All-Star Game Game postponed


Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
C Joe Girardi 93 330 91 .276 4 34
1B Andrés Galarraga 103 417 133 .319 31 85
2B Nelson Liriano 87 255 65 .255 3 31
SS Walt Weiss 110 423 106 .251 1 32
3B Charlie Hayes 113 423 122 .288 10 50
LF Eric Young 90 228 62 .272 7 30
CF Mike Kingery 105 301 105 .349 4 41
RF Dante Bichette 116 484 147 .304 27 95

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
Howard Johnson9322748.2111040
Ellis Burks4214948.3221324
Vinny Castilla5213043.331318
Roberto Mejía3811628.241414
Danny Sheaffer4411024.218112
John Vander Wal9111027.245515

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
Greg Harris29130.03126.6582
David Nied22122.0974.8074
Marvin Freeman19112.21022.8067
Mike Harkey2491.2165.7939
Lance Painter1573.2466.1141
Kevin Ritz1573.2565.6253

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
Armando Reynoso952.1344.8225
Darren Holmes2928.1036.3533
Kent Bottenfield1524.2315.8415
Curtis Leskanic822.1115.6417

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
Steve Reed613233.9451
Mike Munoz574213.7432
Bruce Ruffin5645164.0465
Willie Blair470535.7968
Marcus Moore291106.1533

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Brad Mills
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Paul Zuvella
A Central Valley Rockies California League Bill Hayes
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Tony Torchia
A-Short Season Bend Rockies Northwest League Rudy Jaramillo
Rookie AZL Rockies Arizona League P. J. Carey

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Notes
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsho01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burksel01.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weisswa01.shtml
  5. John Vander Wal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/COL/1994-schedule-scores.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1994.shtml
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
  9. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=COL
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=millio001dou
  11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shephke01.shtml
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml
  13. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=1994&l=NL
  14. 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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