1994 Cleveland Indians season

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1994 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Jacobs Field (since 1994)
  • Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)John Hart
Manager(s)Mike Hargrove
Local televisionWUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
John Sanders, Rick Manning
Local radioWKNR (1220 AM)
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood
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Offseason[]

  • November 2, 1993: Heathcliff Slocumb was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rubén Amaro, Jr..[1]
  • December 2, 1993: Dennis Martínez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[2]
  • December 13, 1993: Randy Milligan was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Brian Barnes to the Indians on December 17.[3]
  • December 13, 1993: Sam Horn was released by the Indians.[4]
  • December 20, 1993: Félix Fermín was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Reggie Jefferson and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Omar Vizquel.[5]
  • February 10, 1994: Jack Morris was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[6]
  • March 30, 1994: Pete Rose, Jr. was released by the Indians.[7]

Regular season[]

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Larry Doby
CF, Coach
Retired 1994

Larry Doby was the first African American to play in the American League.

  • On July 15, 1994, Albert Belle's bat was confiscated by umpire Dave Phillips.[8] It was the result of White Sox manager Gene Lamont believing that the bat was corked. During the game, Indians pitcher Jason Grimsley removed a ceiling tile in his manager's office and clambered on top of an 18-inch-wide (460 mm) cinder block.[9] He replaced the corked bat with a conventional bat but the bat had Paul Sorrento's name on it. Belle was suspended for seven games.[8]

By Friday August 12, 1994, the Indians had compiled a 66-47 record through 113 games, just one game back of the Chicago White Sox for the AL Central Division lead. They had scored 679 runs (6.01 per game) and allowed 562 runs (4.97 per game). They were leading the AL Wildcard Race over the Baltimore Orioles by 2.5 games. Cleveland was leading the Majors in nearly every offensive category, including hits (1,165), runs scored (679), home runs (167), runs batted in (647), batting average (.290), slugging percentage (.484) and total bases (1,946).[10]

Cleveland pitching was also strong, as Indians pitchers had combined for an MLB-high 17 complete games pitched before the Players' Strike prematurely ended the season.[10]

Season standings[]

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AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 67 46 0.593 — 34–19 33–27
Cleveland Indians 66 47 0.584 1 35–16 31–31
Kansas City Royals 64 51 0.557 4 35–24 29–27
Minnesota Twins 53 60 0.469 14 32–27 21–33
Milwaukee Brewers 53 62 0.461 15 24–32 29–30
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Division leaders 		W L Pct.
New York Yankees 70 43 0.619
Chicago White Sox 67 46 0.593
Texas Rangers 52 62 0.456
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 W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 66 47 0.584
Baltimore Orioles 63 49 0.562
Kansas City Royals 64 51 0.557
Toronto Blue Jays 55 60 0.478
Boston Red Sox 54 61 0.470
Minnesota Twins 53 60 0.469
Detroit Tigers 53 62 0.461
Milwaukee Brewers 53 62 0.461
Oakland Athletics 51 63 0.447
Seattle Mariners 49 63 0.438
California Angels 47 68 0.409

Record vs. opponents[]

1994 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 4–2 8–4 2–4 4–6 3–4 4–1 7–3 4–5 4–6 7–5 4–6 3–3 7–2
Boston 2–4 — 7–5 2–4 3–7 4–2 4–2 5–5 1–8 3–7 9–3 6–6 1–5 7–3
California 4–8 5–7 — 5–5 0–5 3–4 6–4 3–3 3–3 4–8 3–6 2–7 6–4 3–4
Chicago 4–2 4–2 5–5 — 7–5 8–4 3–7 9–3 2–4 4–2 6–3 9–1 4–5 2–3
Cleveland 6–4 7–3 5–0 5–7 — 8–2 1–4 5–2 9–3 0–9 6–0 3–2 5–7 6–4
Detroit 4–3 2–4 4–3 4–8 2–8 — 4–8 6–4 3–3 3–3 5–4 6–3 5–7 5–4
Kansas City 1–4 2–4 4–6 7–3 4–1 8–4 — 5–7 6–4 4–2 7–3 6–4 4–3 6–6
Milwaukee 3–7 5–5 3–3 3–9 2–5 4–6 7–5 — 6–6 2–7 4–1 4–2 3–3 7–3
Minnesota 5–4 8–1 3–3 4–2 3–9 3–3 4–6 6–6 — 4–5 2–5 3–3 4–5 4–8
New York 6–4 7–3 8–4 2–4 9–0 3–3 2–4 7–2 5–4 — 7–5 8–4 3–2 3–4
Oakland 5–7 3–9 6–3 3–6 0–6 4–5 3–7 1–4 5–2 5–7 — 4–3 7–3 5–1
Seattle 4–6 6–6 7–2 1–9 2–3 3–6 4–6 2–4 3–3 4–8 3–4 — 9–1 1–5
Texas 3–3 5–1 4–6 5–4 7–5 7–5 3–4 3–3 5–4 2–3 3–7 1–9 — 4–8
Toronto 2–7 3–7 4–3 3–2 4–6 4–5 6–6 3–7 8–4 4–3 1–5 5–1 8–4 —


Transactions[]

  • April 3, 1994: Jeremy Hernandez was traded by the Indians to the Florida Marlins for Matt Turner.[11]
  • June 2, 1994: 1994 Major League Baseball draft
    • Jaret Wright was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (10th pick). Player signed July 21, 1994.[12]
    • Russell Branyan was drafted by the Indians in the 7th round. Player signed June 9, 1994.[13]
    • Bruce Aven was drafted by the Indians in the 30th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1994.[14]
  • July 26, 1994: Marco Scutaro was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cleveland Indians.[15]
  • August 9, 1994: Jack Morris was released by the Indians.[6]
  • August 31, 1994: Dave Winfield was purchased by the Indians from the Minnesota Twins.[16]

Opening Day Lineup[]

Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
7 Kenny Lofton CF
13 Omar Vizquel SS
9 Carlos Baerga 2B
8 Albert Belle LF
33 Eddie Murray 1B
22 Candy Maldonado DH
15 Sandy Alomar, Jr. C
24 Manny Ramirez RF
20 Mark Lewis 3B
32 Dennis Martínez P

[17]

Roster[]

1994 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

  • 12 Jesse Levis
 Manager
  • 21 Mike Hargrove

Coaches

Jacobs Field[]

Main article: Progressive Field
President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch on April 4, 1994, before the first Major League game played at Jacobs Field.

In May 1990, Cuyahoga County voters approved a 15-year sin tax on alcohol and cigarette sales in order to finance the new sports complex. In June 1992, the ceremonial first pitch was thrown at the site of the new Jacobs Field before construction of the building began.

In 1994, the ballpark opened under the name Jacobs Field as the new home of the Cleveland Indians, which had previously shared Cleveland Municipal Stadium with the NFL's Cleveland Browns. On April 4, 1994, the Indians played their first game at the new stadium. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings.

Highlights[]

Statistic Person(s) Date
First Ceremonial First Pitch President Clinton to Sandy Alomar, Jr. April 4, 1994
First Hit Eric Anthony (Seattle Mariners), home run April 4, 1994
First Indians Hit Sandy Alomar, Jr., single to right field April 4, 1994
First Double Manny Ramírez April 4, 1994
First Triple Ken Griffey, Jr. (Seattle Mariners) April 7, 1994
First Home Run Eric Anthony (Seattle Mariners) April 4, 1994
First Indians Home Run Eddie Murray April 7, 1994
First Indians Run Candy Maldonado, scored on Manny Ramírez 2-run double in the 8th inning April 4, 1994
First Winning Pitcher Eric Plunk April 4, 1994
First Save Hipólito Pichardo (Kansas City Royals) April 15, 1994

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Sandy Alomar 80 292 44 84 15 1 14 43 .288 8
Ruben Amaro 26 23 5 5 1 0 2 5 .217 2
Carlos Baerga 103 442 81 139 32 2 19 80 .314 8
Albert Belle 106 412 90 147 35 2 36 101 .357 9
Alvaro Espinoza 90 231 27 55 13 0 1 19 .238 1
Rene Gonzales 22 23 6 8 1 1 1 5 .348 2
Wayne Kirby 78 191 33 56 6 0 5 23 .293 11
Jesse Levis 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0
Mark Lewis 20 73 6 15 5 0 1 8 .205 1
Kenny Lofton 112 459 105 160 32 9 12 57 .349 60
Candy Maldonado 42 92 14 18 5 1 5 12 .196 1
Matt Merullo 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 .100 0
Eddie Murray 108 433 57 110 21 1 17 76 .254 8
Tony Peña 40 112 18 33 8 1 2 10 .295 0
Herbert Perry 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 .111 0
Manny Ramirez 91 290 51 78 22 0 17 60 .269 4
Paul Sorrento 95 322 43 90 14 0 14 62 .280 0
Jim Thome 98 321 58 86 20 1 20 52 .268 3
Omar Vizquel 69 286 39 78 10 1 1 33 .273 13
Totals 113 4022 679 1165 240 20 167 647 .290 131

Pitching[]

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Brian Barnes 0 1 5.40 6 0 0 13.1 10 8 15 5
Larry Casian 0 2 8.64 7 0 0 8.1 9 8 4 2
Mark Clark 11 3 3.82 20 20 0 127.1 61 54 40 60
Jerry DiPoto 0 0 8.04 7 0 0 15.2 14 14 10 9
Steve Farr 1 1 5.28 19 0 4 15.1 12 9 15 12
Jason Grimsley 5 2 4.57 14 13 0 82.2 47 42 34 59
Derek Lilliquist 1 3 4.91 36 0 1 29.1 17 16 8 15
Albie Lopez 1 2 4.24 4 4 0 17.0 11 8 6 18
Dennis Martínez 11 6 3.52 24 24 0 176.2 75 69 44 92
José Mesa 7 5 3.82 51 0 2 73.0 33 31 26 63
Jack Morris 10 6 5.60 23 23 0 141.1 96 88 67 100
Chris Nabholz 0 1 11.45 6 4 0 11.0 16 14 9 5
Charles Nagy 10 8 3.45 23 23 0 169.1 76 65 48 108
Chad Ogea 0 1 6.06 4 1 0 16.1 11 11 10 11
Eric Plunk 7 2 2.54 41 0 3 71.0 25 20 37 73
Jeff Russell 1 1 4.97 13 0 5 12.2 8 7 3 10
Paul Shuey 0 1 8.49 14 0 5 11.2 11 11 12 16
Russ Swan 0 1 11.25 12 0 0 8.0 11 10 7 2
[[[Julián Tavárez|[Julián Tavárez]] 0 1 21.60 1 1 0 1.2 8 4 1 0
Matt Turner 1 0 2.13 9 0 1 12.2 6 3 7 5
Bill Wertz 0 0 10.38 1 0 0 4.1 5 5 1 1
Totals 66 47 4.36 113 113 21 1018.2 562 494 404 666

Awards and honors[]

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates[]

Level Team League Season article
AAA Charlotte Knights International League
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
Short Season A Watertown Indians New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References[]

  1. ^ Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Dennis Martínez at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Randy Milligan at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Sam Horn at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Félix Fermín at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ a b Jack Morris at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Pete Rose, Jr. at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ a b http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html[bare URL]
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ a b "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  11. ^ Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Jaret Wright at Baseball-Reference
  13. ^ Russell Branyan at Baseball-Reference
  14. ^ "Bruce Aven Stats".
  15. ^ Marco Scutaro at Baseball-Reference
  16. ^ Dave Winfield at Baseball-Reference
  17. ^ 1994 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
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