1994 Seattle Mariners season

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1994 Seattle Mariners
Alex Rodriguez's rookie season
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record49–63 (.438)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Hiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General manager(s)Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Lou Piniella
Local televisionKSTW,
Prime Sports Northwest[1]
Local radioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Chip Caray,
Ron Fairly, Ken Levine)
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The Seattle Mariners 1994 season was their 18th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 3rd in the American League West, finishing with a 49–63 (.438) record. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike, which began on August 12.[2]

The Mariners played their final twenty games on the road, due to interior ceiling repairs at the Kingdome;[3][4] they were 10–1 in August, and won their final six games.[2]

Offseason[]

  • November 2, 1993: Bret Boone was traded with Erik Hanson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Wilson and Bobby Ayala.[5]
  • December 10, 1993: Eric Anthony was traded by the Houston Astros for Mike Felder and Mike Hampton.[6]
  • December 20, 1993: Félix Fermín was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Reggie Jefferson and cash for Omar Vizquel.[7]
  • January 10, 1994: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent.[8]
  • January 31, 1994: Bobby Thigpen was signed as a free agent.[9]
  • February 15, 1994: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent.[10]

Regular season[]

  • April 4: The Mariners played in the first game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians won 4–3 in 11 innings.
  • June 17: In the Mariners' 65th game of the season, Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his league-leading 30th home run off Kansas City Royals ace David Cone in a 5–1 win at Kauffman Stadium.
  • July 8: Shortstop Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut at age 18.[11] It was at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox; Rodriguez was flawless in the field, but went hitless in three at bats.[12][13] He got his first major league hit the following day.[14]

By Friday, August 12, the Mariners had compiled a 49–63 (.438) record through 112 games and were only two games behind the Texas Rangers for the lead in the four-team AL West Division.[15] They had scored 569 runs (5.08 per game) and allowed 616 runs (5.50 per game).[16]

Slightly more than half of the 162 games scheduled were to be televised this season, with 72 on KSTW and sixteen on Prime Sports Northwest; of those 88 games, 65 were on the road and 23 at home.[1]

Opening day starters[]

  • Rich Amaral
  • Eric Anthony
  • Mike Blowers
  • Chris Bosio
  • Jay Buhner
  • Félix Fermín
  • Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • Tino Martinez
  • Greg Pirkl
  • Dan Wilson[17]

Season standings[]

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  • t
AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 52 62 0.456 — 31–32 21–30
Oakland Athletics 51 63 0.447 1 24–32 27–31
Seattle Mariners 49 63 0.438 2 22–22 27–41
California Angels 47 68 0.409 5½ 23–40 24–28


  • v
  • t
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
  • v
  • t
 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 1: Torey Lovullo was selected off waivers from the California Angels.[18]
  • April 3: Goose Gossage was signed as a free agent.[19]
  • April 29: Bobby Thigpen was released.[9]
  • May 6: Mackey Sasser was released.[20]
  • June 2: Jason Varitek was selected in the first round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft, and signed April 20, 1995.[21]

Roster[]

1994 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • 14 Lou Piniella

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
Dan Wilson 91 282 61 3 27 .216
Tino Martinez 97 329 86 20 61 .261
Rich Amaral 77 228 60 4 18 .263
Edgar Martínez 89 326 93 13 51 .285
Félix Fermín 101 379 120 1 35 .317
Eric Anthony 79 262 62 10 30 .237
Ken Griffey, Jr. 111 433 140 40 90 .323
Jay Buhner 101 358 100 21 68 .279
Reggie Jefferson 63 162 53 8 32 .327
Source:[22]

Other batters[]

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
Mike Blowers 85 270 78 9 49 .289
Luis Sojo 63 213 59 6 22 .277
Keith Mitchell 46 128 29 5 15 .227
Brian Turang 38 112 21 1 8 .188
Bill Haselman 38 83 16 1 8 .193
Torey Lovullo 36 72 16 2 7 .222
Alex Rodriguez 17 54 11 0 2 .204
Source:[22]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers[]
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Steve Smith
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Marc Hill
A Riverside Pilots California League Dave Myers
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Carlos Lezcano
A-Short Season Bellingham Mariners Northwest League Mike Goff
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Marty Martínez
Source:[23]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "M's, PSN unite". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). May 18, 1994. p. C1.
  2. ^ a b LaRue, Larry (August 12, 1994). "Baseball flashes 'stop' sign". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Tacoma News Tribune). p. C1.
  3. ^ "Ceiling comes crashing in". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. July 20, 1994. p. 1B.
  4. ^ LaRue, Larry (July 21, 1994). "Fallout". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Tacoma News Tribune). p. C1.
  5. ^ "Bret Boone Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  6. ^ "Eric Anthony Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  7. ^ "Félix Fermín Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  8. ^ "Luis Sojo Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Bobby Thigpen Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  10. ^ "Jerry Willard Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  11. ^ "Alex Rodriguez Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  12. ^ "Triple-triple doubles up M's". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 9, 1994. p. C1.
  13. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 8, 1994 at Fenway Park". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  14. ^ "M's supporting cast a big hit". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 10, 1994. p. C1.
  15. ^ "Baseball: American League standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). August 12, 1994. p. C4.
  16. ^ "1994 American League Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  17. ^ "1994 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  18. ^ "Torey Lovullo Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  19. ^ "Rich Gossage Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  20. ^ "Mackey Sasser Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  21. ^ "Jason Varitek Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  22. ^ a b "1994 Seattle Mariners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  23. ^ 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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