1994 Boston Red Sox season

The 1994 Boston Red Sox season was the 94th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The season was cut short by the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, and there was no postseason. When the strike started on August 12, the Red Sox were in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 54 wins and 61 losses, 17 games behind the New York Yankees.

1994 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record54–61 (.470)
Divisional place4th (17 GB)
OwnersJRY Trust
PresidentJohn Harrington
General managerDan Duquette
ManagerButch Hobson
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
RadioWRKO
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

Offseason

  • December 7, 1993: Otis Nixon was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[1]
  • February 1, 1994: Damon Berryhill was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[2]
  • February 10, 1994: Sergio Valdez was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[3]
  • March 29, 1994: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[4]

Regular season

Record by month[5]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April1771771st+1+12[6]
May131230192nd3+12[7]
June81938383rd9+12[8]
July121550533rd14+12[9]
August4854614th17[10]
Season ended due to players' strike

On July 8, shortstop John Valentin executed an unassisted triple play in the sixth inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners—Valentin caught a line drive, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base.[11] Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut in the same game, going hitless in three at bats.[11]

Season standings

This was the first season that the American League was structured with three divisions, with a realignment creating the AL Central. As a result, the AL East was reduced from seven teams to five. With three divisions, this was scheduled to be the first season with a wild card team advancing to the postseason. However, due to a players' strike, the season ended in August, and there was no postseason.

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 7043 0.619 33–24 37–19
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562 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

Wild Card standings

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
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


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 2–47–52–43–74–24–25–51–83–79–36–61–57–3
California 4–85–75–50–53–46–43–33–34–83–62–76–43–4
Chicago 4–24–25–57–58–43–79–32–44–26–39–14–52–3
Cleveland 6–47–35–05–78–21–45–29–30–96–03–25–76–4
Detroit 4–32–44–34–82–84–86–43–33–35–46–35–75–4
Kansas City 1–42–44–67–34–18–45–76–44–27–36–44–36–6
Milwaukee 3–75–53–33–92–54–67–56–62–74–14–23–37–3
Minnesota 5–48–13–34–23–93–34–66–64–52–53–34–54–8
New York 6–47–38–42–49–03–32–47–25–47–58–43–23–4
Oakland 5–73–96–33–60–64–53–71–45–25–74–37–35–1
Seattle 4–66–67–21–92–33–64–62–43–34–83–49–11–5
Texas 3–35–14–65–47–57–53–43–35–42–33–71–94–8
Toronto 2–73–74–33–24–64–56–63–78–44–31–55–18–4

Notable transactions

  • April 9, 1994: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[12]
  • May 25, 1994: Mario Díaz was released by the Red Sox.[12]
  • May 31, 1994: Billy Hatcher and Paul Quantrill were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wes Chamberlain and Mike Sullivan.[13]
  • June 2, 1994: Nomar Garciaparra was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1994 MLB draft. Player signed July 20, 1994.[14]
  • June 2, 1994: Donnie Sadler was drafted by the Red Sox in the 11th round of the 1994 MLB draft. Player signed June 8, 1994.
  • June 27, 1994: Greg A. Harris was released by the Red Sox.[15]

Opening Day lineup

  2Otis NixonCF
22Billy HatcherRF
39Mike Greenwell    LF
42Mo Vaughn1B
10Andre DawsonDH
34Scott Cooper3B
13John ValentinSS
23Dave ValleC
  5Scott Fletcher2B
21Roger ClemensP

Source:[16]

Roster

1994 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 34 Scott Cooper
  •  5 Scott Fletcher
  • 28 Greg Litton
  • 11 Tim Naehring
  •  3 Carlos Rodríguez
  • 27 Stan Royer
  • 13 John Valentin
  • 42 Mo Vaughn
Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  • 17 Butch Hobson

Coaches

  • 32 Gary Allenson (Third base)
  • 45 Mike Easler (Hitting)
  • 33 Mike Roarke (Pitching)
  • 12 John Wathan (Bullpen)
  • 20 Frank White (First base)

Player stats

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
CDamon Berryhill8225567.263634
1BMo Vaughn111394122.3102682
2BTim Naehring8029782.276742
3BScott Cooper104369104.2821353
SSJohn Valentin8430195.316949
LFMike Greenwell9532788.2691145
CFOtis Nixon103398109.274025
RFBilly Hatcher4416440.244118
DHAndre Dawson7529270.2401648

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
Scott Fletcher6318542.227311
Tom Brunansky4817742.2371034
Carlos Rodriguez5717450.287113
Wes Chamberlain5116442.256420
Lee Tinsley7814432.222214
Rich Rowland4611827.229920
Dave Valle307612.15815
Andy Tomberlin17367.19411
Greg Litton11212.09501
Luis Ortiz7183.16706
Greg Blosser5111.09101
Stan Royer491.11101
Eric Wedge260.00000
Bob Zupcic440.00000

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
Roger Clemens24170.2972.85168
Aaron Sele22143.1873.83105
Joe Hesketh25114.0854.2683
Danny Darwin1375.2756.3054
Chris Nabholz842.0346.6423

Primary 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
Tony Fossas442014.7631
Greg A. Harris353428.2844
Chris Howard371013.6322
Jeff Russell2905125.1418
Ken Ryan4223132.4432

Spot starters and secondary relief 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
Tim Van Egmond738.1236.3422
Scott Bankhead2737.2324.5425
Frank Viola637.2114.659
Gar Finnvold836.1045.9417
Todd Frohwirth2226.20310.8013
Paul Quantrill1723.0113.5215
Nate Minchey623.0238.6115
Ricky Trlicek1222.1118.067
José Meléndez1016.1016.069
Sergio Valdez1214.1018.164
Steve Farr1113.0106.238
Cory Bailey54.10112.464
Andy Tomberlin12.0000.001

Farm system

The Sarasota Red Sox replaced the Fort Lauderdale Red Sox as a Class A-Advanced affiliate.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Buddy Bailey
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Jim Pankovits
A-Advanced Lynchburg Red Sox Carolina League Mark Meleski
A-Advanced Sarasota Red Sox Florida State League DeMarlo Hale
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Dave Holt
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Felix Maldonado

Source:[17][18]

Game log

Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game Postponed Clinched Playoff Spot Clinched Division
1994 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 54–61 (Home: 31–33; Away: 23–28)
April: 17–7
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1April 4Tigers9–8Bankhead (1–0)Davis (0–1)Russell (1)Fenway Park34,0231–0W1
2April 6Tigers5–4Trlicek (1–0)Wells (0–1)Russell (2)Fenway Park17,9772–0W2
3April 7Tigers9–6Darwin (1–0)Belcher (0–1)Harris (1)Fenway Park15,3043–0W3
4April 8@ White Sox8–6Fossas (1–0)Assenmacher (0–1)Russell (3)Comiskey Park42,8904–0W4
5April 9@ White Sox5–6McDowell (1–1)Harris (0–1)Hernandez (1)Comiskey Park27,4294–1L1
6April 10@ White Sox0–8Fernandez (1–1)Hesketh (0–1)Comiskey Park23,8484–2L2
7April 11@ Royals8–5(10)Quantrill (1–0)Magnante (0–1)Kauffman Stadium15,8835–2W1
8April 12@ Royals22–11Darwin (2–0)Appier (0–2)Kauffman Stadium13,9686–2W2
9April 13@ Royals1–2Brewer (1–0)Russell (0–1)Kauffman Stadium15,8456–3L1
10April 15White Sox5–3Clemens (1–0)Fernandez (1–2)Russell (4)Fenway Park31,0857–3W1
11April 17White Sox4–7Sanderson (1–0)Viola (0–1)Hernandez (2)Fenway Park34,5017–4L1
12April 18White Sox1–12Álvarez (3–0)Darwin (2–1)Fenway Park34,6577–5L2
13April 19Athletics13–5Sele (1–0)Welch (0–1)Fenway Park21,7458–5W1
14April 20Athletics2–0Clemens (2–0)Karsay (0–1)Fenway Park25,3729–5W2
15April 21Athletics6–5Bankhead (2–0)Eckersley (0–2)Fenway Park28,03210–5W3
16April 22Angels6–5Harris (1–1)Sampen (0–1)Fenway Park25,87011–5W4
17April 23Angels5–3Darwin (3–1)Dopson (1–2)Russell (5)Fenway Park33,88912–5W5
18April 24Angels5–4Sele (2–0)Leftwich (0–3)Russell (6)Fenway Park32,52113–5W6
19April 25@ Mariners2–4Johnson (2–1)Clemens (2–1)Kingdome35,46813–6L1
20April 26@ Mariners3–4(10)Ayala (2–1)Harris (1–2)Kingdome14,09313–7L2
21April 27@ Athletics1–0Viola (1–1)Darling (2–2)Russell (7)Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum15,25014–7W1
22April 28@ Athletics4–1Darwin (4–1)Van Poppel (0–3)Russell (8)Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum17,14215–7W2
23April 29@ Angels6–4Sele (3–0)Leftwich (0–4)Ryan (1)Anaheim Stadium30,17816–7W3
24April 30@ Angels4–1Clemens (3–1)Leiter (2–2)Harris (2)Anaheim Stadium55,05717–7W4
May: 13–12
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25May 1@ Angels10–1Hesketh (1–1)Anderson (3–1)Anaheim Stadium34,81018–7W5
26May 3Mariners7–6Bankhead (3–0)Fleming (2–4)Ryan (2)Fenway Park23,30919–7W6
27May 4Mariners4–2Darwin (5–1)Hibbard (1–2)Frohwirth (1)Fenway Park24,80720–7W7
28May 6@ Yankees1–3Key (5–1)Sele (3–1)Yankee Stadium30,97020–8L1
29May 7@ Yankees5–6Wickman (1–0)Russell (0–2)Yankee Stadium44,71220–9L2
30May 8@ Yankees4–8Mulholland (4–2)Quantrill (1–1)Hitchcock (1)Yankee Stadium28,68020–10W3
31May 9Brewers4–7Ignasiak (1–0)Darwin (5–2)Fenway Park21,84420–11L4
32May 10Brewers5–9Navarro (2–2)Harris (1–3)Fenway Park20,47320–12L5
33May 11Brewers7–1Sele (4–1)Eldred (3–4)Fenway Park21,47121–12W1
34May 12Brewers3–1Clemens (4–1)Bones (3–2)Russell (9)Fenway Park22,12622–12W2
35May 13Blue Jays5–3Hesketh (2–1)Hentgen (5–3)Ryan (3)Fenway Park32,57923–12W3
36May 14Blue Jays11–2Darwin (6–2)Leiter (2–3)Fenway Park33,77124–12W4
37May 17@ Orioles2–3Mussina (7–1)Clemens (4–2)Smith (16)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,42024–13L1
38May 18@ Orioles5–2Sele (5–1)McDonald (7–2)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,61225–13W1
39May 19@ Orioles3–2Darwin (7–2)Fernandez (2–2)Russell (10)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,46726–13W2
40May 20@ Twins2–21Pulido (2–3)Hesketh (2–2)Metrodome20,76626–14L1
41May 21@ Twins0–1Tapani (4–2)Finnvold (0–1)Aguilera (9)Metrodome28,45726–15L2
42May 22@ Twins9–2Clemens (5–2)Deshaies (2–5)Metrodome21,97127–15W1
43May 24Indians3–5Morris (3–4)Sele (5–2)Shuey (1)Fenway Park29,69627–16L1
44May 26Indians13–5Hesketh (3–2)Tavárez (0–1)Fenway Park28,38028–16W1
45May 27@ Rangers3–4Fajardo (1–0)Frohwirth (0–1)Carpenter (3)The Ballpark at Arlington43,76128–17L1
46May 28@ Rangers3–2 (10)Harris (2–3)Carpenter (2–2)Russell (11)The Ballpark at Arlington46,39629–17W1
47May 29@ Rangers6–8Rogers (6–3)Darwin (7–2)The Ballpark at Arlington46,35429–18L1
48May 30Royals6–5 (10)Ryan (1–0)Pichardo (0–2)Fenway Park33,34130–18W1
49May 31Royals7–9Gordon (5–3)Hesketh (3–3)Meacham (1)Fenway Park22,53730–19L1
June: 8–19
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50June 1Royals4–2Fossas (2–0)Magnante (1–2)Russell (12)Fenway Park28,30731–19W1
51June 3Rangers2–13Hurst (1–1)Finnvold (0–2)Fenway Park33,52431–20L1
52June 4Rangers4–10Rogers (7–3)Darwin (7–4)Fenway Park32,32531–21L2
53June 5Rangers7–10Howell (3–1)Russell (0–3)Fenway Park33,80331–22L3
54June 6@ Tigers5–11Belcher (4–8)Hesketh (3–4)Tiger Stadium19,57031–23L4
55June 7@ Tigers5–1Clemens (6–2)Wells (1–3)Tiger Stadium13,70832–23W1
56June 8@ Tigers5–14Gullickson (4–4)Finnvold (0–3)Tiger Stadium17,41432–24L1
57June 10Orioles7–10Oquist (2–1)Ryan (1–1)Smith (24)Fenway Park33,67332–25L2
58June 11Orioles2–5Mussina (9–3)Sele (5–3)Mills (2)Fenway Park33,29532–26L3
59June 12Orioles4–8McDonald (9–4)Minchey (0–1)Fenway Park32,28032–27L4
60June 13Twins2–5Deshaies (3–6)Clemens (6–3)Aguilera (13)Fenway Park29,15932–28L5
61June 14Twins4–5Stevens (2–1)Finnvold (0–4)Aguilera (14)Fenway Park27,87432–29L6
62June 15Twins5–7Erickson (6–5)Darwin (7–5)Aguilera (15)Fenway Park30,24332–30L7
63June 16@ Indians6–7Farr (1–1)Russell (0–4)Jacobs Field41,63132–31L8
64June 17@ Indians1–8Martínez (5–4)Minchey (0–2)Jacobs Field41,18932–32L9
65June 18@ Indians2–8Plunk (5–2)Clemens (6–4)Jacobs Field41,75932–33L10
66June 19@ Indians5–6Morris (6–4)Harris (2–4)Shuey (5)Jacobs Field41,83332–34L11
67June 20@ Blue Jays4–1Hesketh (4–4)Stottlemyre (5–4)Fossas (1)SkyDome50,02833–34W1
68June 21@ Blue Jays13–1Sele (6–3)Cornett (0–2)SkyDome49,46034–34W2
69June 22@ Blue Jays3–2Minchey (1–2)Stewart (5–6)Ryan (4)SkyDome50,28835–34W3
70June 24@ Brewers4–3Harris (3–4)Fetters (1–4)Ryan (5)Milwaukee County Stadium18,91436–34W4
71June 25@ Brewers10–8 (12)Ryan (2–1)Henry (2–3)Milwaukee County Stadium35,23437–34W5
72June 26@ Brewers4–5Navarro (3–6)Van Egmond (0–1)Fetters (2)Milwaukee County Stadium29,41437–35L1
73June 27Yankees1–5Key (12–1)Sele (6–4)Fenway Park33,20437–36L2
74June 28Yankees4–10Pérez (6–3)Minchey (1–3)Fenway Park33,26837–37L3
75June 29Yankees3–4 (10)Howe (1–0)Russell (0–5)Fenway Park32,70437–38L4
76June 30Yankees6–5Howard (1–0)Wickman (3–3)Ryan (6)Fenway Park32,96738–38W1
July: 12–15
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77July 1Athletics3–6Darling (6–9)Van Egmond (0–2)Fenway Park28,33638–39L1
78July 2Athletics10–2Sele (7–4)Van Poppel (4–7)Fenway Park31,79239–39W1
79July 3Athletics0–10Witt (7–7)Nabholz (0–2)Fenway Park30,94339–40L1
80July 4Angels4–1Clemens (7–4)Leftwich (3–7)Fenway Park26,62440–40W1
81July 5Angels3–10Finley (6–8)Hesketh (4–5)Fenway Park26,19940–41L1
82July 6Angels6–10Patterson (2–3)Bailey (0–1)Fenway Park28,76340–42L2
83July 7Mariners3–4 (10)Johnson (10–4)Ryan (2–2)Ayala (12)Fenway Park33,24940–43L3
84July 8Mariners4–3Nabholz (1–2)Risley (6–5)Ryan (7)Fenway Park33,35541–43W1
85July 9Mariners4–7Bosio (4–10)Valdez (0–1)Ayala (13)Fenway Park33,09241–44L1
86July 10Mariners9–2Hesketh (5–5)Converse (0–2)Fenway Park33,55542–44W1
87July 14@ Athletics2–1Clemens (8–4)Van Poppel (5–8)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum40,45743–44W2
88July 15@ Athletics4–1Nabholz (2–2)Eckersley (2–4)Ryan (8)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum23,60744–44W3
89July 16@ Athletics0–9Darling (9–9)Sele (7–5)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum26,54044–45L1
90July 17@ Athletics4–3Farr (2–1)Acre (4–1)Ryan (9)Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum31,48045–45W1
91July 18@ Angels4–13Anderson (6–4)Van Egmond (0–3)Anaheim Stadium17,01945–46L1
92July 19@ Angels4–6Langston (6–6)Clemens (8–5)Grahe (13)Anaheim Stadium20,33545–47L2
93July 20@ Angels4–8Leftwich (5–8)Nabholz (2–3)Springer (1)Anaheim Stadium17,18045–48L3
94July 22Mariners3–6Johnson (11–5)Sele (7–6)Ayala (15)Fenway Park11,77645–49L4
95July 23 (1)Mariners6–5Hesketh (6–5)Fleming (6–11)Ryan (10)Fenway Park46–49W1
96July 23 (2)Mariners3–6 (11)Ayala (4–2)Meléndez (0–1)Fenway Park17,16846–50L1
97July 24Mariners8–2Clemens (9–5)Glinatsis (0–1)Fenway Park22,41147–50W1
98July 26@ Yankees10–7Nabholz (3–3)Key (15–3)Yankee Stadium38,44848–50W2
99July 27@ Yankees3–4 (11)Wickman (5–3)Ryan (2–3)Yankee Stadium42,48248–51L1
100July 28@ Yankees1–0Hesketh (7–5)Kamieniecki (7–6)Ryan (11)Yankee Stadium44,40349–51W1
101July 29Brewers7–2Van Egmond (1–3)Miranda (1–4)Fenway Park33,52850–51W2
102July 30Brewers1–5Eldred (10–10)Clemens (9–6)Fetters (15)Fenway Park33,08150–52L1
103July 31Brewers2–5Navarro (4–7)Nabholz (3–4)Fetters (16)Fenway Park32,22050–53L2
August: 4–8
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104August 1 (1)Blue Jays2–6Hentgen (13–7)Sele (7–7)Fenway Park50–54L3
105August 1 (2)Blue Jays4–3Minchey (2–3)Cornett (1–3)Ryan (12)Fenway Park33,42951–54W1
106August 2Blue Jays6–7Cox (1–1)Bankhead (3–1)Hall (15)Fenway Park32,97651–55L1
107August 3Blue Jays7–2Van Egmond (2–3)Leiter (6–6)Fenway Park32,04752–55W1
108August 4Blue Jays2–5Stottlemyre (6–7)Clemens (9–7)Hall (16)Fenway Park33,19952–56L1
109August 6 (1)Indians8–4Sele (8–7)Grimsley (4–2)Howard (1)Fenway Park24,93453–56W1
110August 6 (2)Indians0–7Martínez (11–6)Nabholz (3–5)Fenway Park32,40553–57L1
111August 7 (1)Indians4–1Hesketh (8–5)Ogea (0–1)Ryan (13)Fenway Park54–57W1
112August 7 (2)Indians10–15 (12)Russell (1–6)Frohwirth (0–2)Fenway Park34,52354–58L1
113August 8@ Twins2–5Tapani (11–7)Trilicek (1–1)Aguilera (23)Metrodome22,73354–59L2
114August 9@ Twins3–4 (12)Stevens (5–2)Frohwirth (0–3)Metrodome21,42954–60L3
115August 10@ Twins7–17Deshaies (6–12)Bankhead (3–2)Metrodome23,49254–61L4
Reference:[19]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game
  • Scott Cooper, reserve 3B

References

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