1994 Florida Marlins
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkJoe Robbie Stadium
CityMiami Gardens, Florida
Record51–64 (.443)
Divisional place5th
OwnersWayne Huizenga
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersRene Lachemann
TelevisionSunshine Network
WBFS-TV
(Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
RadioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
Seasons

The Florida Marlins' 1994 season was the second season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1993. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 51–64, last in the National League East. The season ended early as a result of the 1994 players strike.

Offseason

  • December 15, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[1]
  • December 20, 1993: Charlie Hough was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.[2]
  • December 20, 1993: Kerwin Moore was traded by the Marlins to the Oakland Athletics for Kurt Abbott.[3]
  • December 22, 1993: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[4]
  • March 30, 1994: Mario Díaz was released by the Florida Marlins.[1]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Marlins had compiled a 51-64 record through 115 games. They had scored 468 runs (4.07 per game) and allowed 576 runs (5.01 per game).[5]

Charlie Hough was 46 when he took the hill on Opening Day for the Marlins. He was the second oldest pitcher to pitch on opening day. Jack Quinn started for the Brooklyn Dodgers on Opening Day in 1931 at the age of 47.[6]

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Montreal Expos 7440 0.649 — 32–20 42–20
Atlanta Braves 6846 0.596 6 31–24 37–22
New York Mets 5558 0.487 18½ 23–30 32–28
Philadelphia Phillies 5461 0.470 20½ 34–26 20–35
Florida Marlins 5164 0.443 23½ 25–34 26–30
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 Astros66490.57421⁄2
New York Mets55580.487121⁄2
San Francisco Giants55600.478131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies54610.470141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates53610.46515
Colorado Rockies53640.453161⁄2
Florida Marlins51640.444171⁄2
Chicago Cubs49640.434181⁄2
San Diego Padres47700.402221⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League record

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—

1994 Opening Day lineup

Player Position
Chuck CarrCF
Jerry Browne3B
Gary SheffieldRF
Orestes Destrade1B
Jeff ConineLF
Bret Barberie2B
Benito SantiagoC
Kurt AbbottSS
Charlie HoughP

Notable transactions

Roster

1994 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

[9]

Player stats

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
CBenito Santiago10133792.2731141
1BGreg Colbrunn4715547.303631
2BBret Barberie107372112.301531
SSKurt Abbott10134586.249933
3BJerry Browne10132997.295330
LFJeff Conine115451144.3191882
CFChuck Carr106433114.263230
RFGary Sheffield8732289.2762778

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
Dave Magadan7421158.275117
Matías Carrillo8013634.25009
Orestes Destrade3913027.208515
Alex Arias5911327.239015
Mario Díaz327725.325011
Ron Tingley19529.17312
Carl Everett165111.21626
Rick Rentería284911.22424
Jesús Tavárez17397.17904
Russ Morman13337.21212
Bob Natal10298.27602
Darrell Whitmore9225.22700
Charles Johnson4115.45514
Gerg O'Halloran12112.18201

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
David Weathers24135.08125.2772
Pat Rapp24133.1783.8575
Charlie Hough21113.2595.1565
Chris Hammond1373.1443.0740
Ryan Bowen847.0154.9432
Kurt Miller420.0138.1011

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
Mark Gardner2092.1444.8757
Rich Scheid832.1133.3417

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
Robb Nen4455152.9560
Richie Lewis451405.6745
Yorkis Pérez443003.5441
Jeff Mutis351005.4030
Luis Aquino292103.7322
Terry Mathews242103.3521
Jeremy Hernandez213392.7013
John Johnstone171205.9123
Bryan Harvey120065.2310
Brian Drahman90006.237
Willie Fraser92005.847
Mike Jeffcoat400010.131

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Sal Rende
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Carlos Tosca
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Fredi González
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Lynn Jones
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Jim Hendry
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Juan Bustabad

[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mario Diaz Stats".
  2. ↑ Charlie Hough at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference
  4. 1 2 "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  5. ↑ "1994 National League Season Summary".
  6. ↑ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  7. ↑ Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Josh Booty at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ 1994 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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