1994 Kansas City Royals season

The 1994 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd 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.

1994 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)David Glass
General manager(s)Herk Robinson
Manager(s)Hal McRae
Local televisionKSMO-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Local radioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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Offseason
  • December 16, 1993: Gary Gaetti signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.[1]
  • January 5, 1994: Kevin McReynolds was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the New York Mets for Vince Coleman and cash.[2]
  • January 27, 1994: Steve Balboni was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.[3]
  • January 27, 1994: Dave Henderson was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.[4]

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 0.5 games 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
  • Vince Coleman
  • Brian McRae
  • Wally Joyner
  • Mike Macfarlane
  • Gary Gaetti
  • Bob Hamelin
  • Dave Henderson
  • Greg Gagne
  • Jose Lind [7]

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 6746 0.593 — 34–19 33–27
Cleveland Indians 6647 0.584 1 35–16 31–31
Kansas City Royals 6451 0.557 4 35–24 29–27
Minnesota Twins 5360 0.469 14 32–27 21–33
Milwaukee Brewers 5362 0.461 15 24–32 29–30
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—

Transactions
  • June 2, 1994: Matt Treanor was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1994.[8]
  • July 18, 1994: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.[9]
  • August 5, 1994: Mike Jeffcoat was released by the Kansas City Royals.[9]

Roster
1994 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 R H HR RBI Avg. SB
CMike Macfarlane9231453801447.2551
1BWally Joyner9736352113857.3113
2BJosé Lind852903478131.2699
3BGary Gaetti9032753941257.2870
SSGreg Gagne1073753997751.25910
LFVince Coleman10443861105233.24050
CFBrian McRae11443671119440.27328
RFFélix José99366561111155.30310
DHBob Hamelin10131264882465.2824

[10]

Other batters
Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
Dave Henderson561982749531.2472
Terry Shumpert641832844824.24018
Brent Mayne461441937220.2571
David Howard4683919113.2293
Hubie Brooks3461514114.2301
Keith Miller5151200.1330
Kevin Koslofski242100.2500
Tom Goodwin220000.0000

[10]

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

[10]

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

[10]

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO

[10]

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1994.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199404040.shtml
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/treanma01.shtml
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffcmi01.shtml
  10. 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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