1994 Toronto Blue Jays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkSkyDome
CityToronto
Record55–60 (.478)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersLabatt Breweries,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managersPat Gillick
ManagersCito Gaston
TelevisionCBC Television
(Brian Williams, Tommy Hutton)
Baton
(Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton)
The Sports Network
(Jim Hughson, Buck Martinez)
RadioCJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
Seasons

The 1994 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 18th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 55 wins and 60 losses. Cito Gaston was the manager for the American League squad at the All-Star Game. The Mid-Summer classic was played on July 12 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter were starters at the event, while Pat Hentgen and Paul Molitor were named as reserves.

The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike, technically leaving the Blue Jays as the reigning World Series champions.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1994 season.[1]

October 1993

October 15 Tom Quinlan granted free agency (signed with Philadelphia Phillies to a contract on December 1, 1993).
Luis Sojo granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners to a one-year, $250,000 contract on January 10, 1994).
Randy St. Claire granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a contract on November 15, 1993).
Lee Stevens granted free agency (signed with California Angels on October 25, 1993).
October 27 Alfredo Griffin granted free agency.
October 29 Danny Cox granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $800,000 contract on November 8, 1993).
Rickey Henderson granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a two-year, $8.6 million contract on December 17, 1993).

November 1993

November 1 Mark Eichhorn granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $550,000 contract plus a one year option on December 14, 1993).
November 3 Tony Fernández granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $787,500 contract on March 8, 1994).
November 5 Released Jack Morris.
November 8 Re-signed free agent Danny Cox to a one-year, $800,000 contract.
November 15 Re-signed free agent Randy St. Claire to a contract.
November 24 Turner Ward selected off of waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers.

December 1993

December 13 Tim Hyers drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1993 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Dilson Torres selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 1993 Minor League Draft.
December 21 Signed free agent Greg Cadaret from the Kansas City Royals to a one-year, $550,000 contract.

March 1994

March 29 Acquired Mike Huff from the Chicago White Sox for Domingo Martínez.

Regular season

The Blue Jays scored 566 runs (4.92 per game) and allowed 579 runs (5.04 per game) through 115 games by Friday, August, 12. After slumping to a 33-46 record on Sunday, July 3, Toronto went 22-14 before the players' strike ended the season prematurely.[2]

  • July 14, 1994: Joe Carter wore a jersey with the "n" and second "t" in "Toronto" reversed for six innings during a game against the Texas Rangers.[3]

Opening Day Starters

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 7043 0.619 — 33–24 37–19
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562 6½ 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
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 2½
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

1994 American League record

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

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1994 regular season.[4]

May 1994

May 5 Signed amateur free agent Abraham Núñez to a contract.
May 13 Signed free agent Dave Righetti from the Oakland Athletics to a contract.

June 1994

June 1 Signed free agent Joel Johnston from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract.
June 9 Released Greg Cadaret.

August 1994

August 10 Signed amateur free agent Pasqual Coco to a contract.

Roster

1994 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1994 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4White Sox7 – 3Guzman (1-0)McDowell (0-1)50,4841-0
2April 5White Sox5 – 3Stewart (1-0)Fernandez (0-1)Stottlemyre (1)44,4712-0
3April 6White Sox9 – 2Álvarez (1-0)Hentgen (0-1)44,1642-1
4April 8Mariners8 – 2Leiter (1-0)Fleming (0-1)48,1523-1
5April 9Mariners8 – 6Castillo (1-0)Thigpen (0-1)49,1794-1
6April 10Mariners12 – 6Stewart (2-0)Johnson (0-1)50,4715-1
7April 11@ Athletics14 – 5Hentgen (1-1)Witt (0-1)40,5516-1
8April 12@ Athletics8 – 4Darling (1-1)Spoljaric (0-1)24,9706-2
9April 13@ Athletics8 – 7 (12)Ontiveros (1-1)Cadaret (0-1)12,3976-3
10April 14@ Angels6 – 4Leiter (1-0)Guzman (1-1)Grahe (4)21,2436-4
11April 15@ Angels14 – 13 (10)Lefferts (1-0)Brow (0-1)20,4136-5
12April 16@ Angels5 – 4Hentgen (2-1)Patterson (0-1)29,7577-5
13April 17@ Angels5 – 4 (10)Stottlemyre (1-0)Grahe (0-2)35,5188-5
14April 19Rangers13 – 3Guzman (2-1)Brown (0-4)48,1499-5
15April 20Rangers4 – 3 (11)Stottlemyre (2-0)Henke (1-1)47,11610-5
16April 22Twins8 – 2Hentgen (3-1)Erickson (1-3)46,26811-5
17April 23Twins8 – 6Leiter (2-0)Pulido (0-2)Timlin (1)50,50412-5
18April 24Twins7 – 3Tapani (1-1)Guzman (2-2)50,46412-6
19April 25@ Royals4 – 3Cone (3-1)Stewart (2-1)Montgomery (1)17,10012-7
20April 26@ Royals8 – 6Stottlemyre (3-0)Haney (1-1)Timlin (2)16,57113-7
21April 27@ Rangers11 – 3Rogers (2-2)Hentgen (3-2)38,05513-8
22April 28@ Rangers1 – 0Brown (1-4)Leiter (2-1)Henke (3)27,28713-9
23April 29@ Twins12 – 7Guzman (3-2)Tapani (1-2)25,89814-9
24April 30@ Twins11 – 9Deshaies (2-2)Stewart (2-2)Aguilera (6)24,47914-10
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Twins7 – 3Willis (1-1)Williams (0-1)26,66914-11
26May 3Royals1 – 0Hentgen (4-2)Appier (2-3)48,17315-11
27May 4Royals6 – 4 (10)Brewer (2-0)Hall (0-1)Montgomery (2)47,24415-12
28May 5Royals11 – 9Gordon (2-1)Guzman (3-3)Montgomery (3)50,07615-13
29May 6Brewers7 – 1Eldred (3-3)Stewart (2-3)47,15015-14
30May 7Brewers3 – 2Castillo (2-0)Bronkey (1-1)50,45816-14
31May 8Brewers3 – 1Hentgen (5-2)Higuera (1-3)Hall (1)48,25217-14
32May 9@ Orioles4 – 1Fernandez (2-0)Leiter (2-2)Smith (14)47,36917-15
33May 10@ Orioles6 – 3Oquist (1-0)Guzman (3-4)Smith (15)47,19417-16
34May 11@ Orioles4 – 1Mussina (6-1)Stottlemyre (3-1)47,38617-17
35May 13@ Red Sox5 – 3Hesketh (2-1)Hentgen (5-3)Ryan (3)32,57917-18
36May 14@ Red Sox11 – 2Darwin (6-2)Leiter (2-3)33,77117-19
--May 15@ Red SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 1
37May 16Tigers7 – 2Guzman (4-4)Moore (3-3)50,45618-19
38May 17Tigers13 – 6Belcher (1-7)Stottlemyre (3-2)46,43918-20
39May 18Tigers9 – 3Stewart (3-3)Gullickson (2-3)47,24719-20
40May 20Indians2 – 0Hentgen (6-3)Nagy (3-3)50,50120-20
41May 21Indians9 – 7Leiter (3-3)Nabholz (0-1)Brow (1)50,51921-20
42May 22Indians8 – 0Martínez (3-4)Guzman (4-5)48,15421-21
43May 23Indians6 – 5Hall (1-1)Mesa (3-2)48,08022-21
44May 24@ Yankees6 – 1Mulholland (5-3)Stewart (3-4)26,21722-22
45May 25@ Yankees5 – 2Abbott (6-2)Hentgen (6-4)23,25022-23
46May 27Angels6 – 2Leftwich (3-4)Leiter (3-4)48,24422-24
47May 28Angels9 – 4Guzman (5-5)Langston (2-3)50,50923-24
48May 29Angels5 – 0Stottlemyre (4-2)Finley (4-4)50,52924-24
49May 30Athletics6 – 2Acre (1-0)Brow (0-2)50,08824-25
50May 31Athletics7 – 2Darling (4-6)Hentgen (6-5)Eckersley (5)50,21124-26
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1Athletics9 – 5Welch (1-5)Castillo (2-1)50,47124-27
52June 3@ Mariners9 – 6Guzman (6-5)Salkeld (2-3)Hall (2)23,31025-27
53June 4@ Mariners2 – 0Johnson (7-3)Stottlemyre (4-3)37,12725-28
54June 5@ Mariners5 – 4Stewart (4-4)Fleming (3-8)Hall (3)26,33926-28
55June 7@ White Sox9 – 5Hentgen (7-5)Álvarez (8-1)Hall (4)37,18427-28
56June 8@ White Sox3 – 2Johnson (1-0)Hall (1-2)29,92027-29
57June 9Yankees7 – 5Williams (1-1)Mulholland (5-6)Brow (2)50,52128-29
58June 10Yankees7 – 2Stottlemyre (5-3)Abbott (6-5)50,52229-29
59June 11Yankees9 – 2Key (9-1)Stewart (4-5)Wickman (3)50,53029-30
60June 12Yankees3 – 1Hentgen (8-5)Kamieniecki (4-2)Castillo (1)50,51130-30
61June 13@ Indians7 – 3Clark (8-1)Cornett (0-1)41,59830-31
62June 14@ Indians7 – 5Mesa (6-3)Guzman (6-6)Shuey (4)41,88730-32
63June 15@ Indians4 – 3 (13)Mesa (7-3)Brow (0-3)41,79430-33
64June 17@ Tigers7 – 4Stewart (5-5)Gardiner (2-1)Hall (5)36,21031-33
65June 18@ Tigers6 – 5 (11)Boever (5-0)Williams (1-2)37,53431-34
66June 19@ Tigers3 – 1Gohr (2-0)Guzman (6-7)Gardiner (4)35,77231-35
67June 20Red Sox4 – 1Hesketh (4-4)Stottlemyre (5-4)Fossas (1)50,02831-36
68June 21Red Sox13 – 1Sele (6-3)Cornett (0-2)49,46031-37
69June 22Red Sox3 – 2Minchey (1-2)Stewart (5-6)Ryan (4)50,28831-38
70June 24Orioles5 – 1Eichhorn (3-1)Righetti (0-1)50,50831-39
71June 25Orioles4 – 1Eichhorn (4-1)Guzman (6-8)Smith (25)50,52631-40
72June 26Orioles7 – 1Mussina (11-4)Stottlemyre (5-5)50,22931-41
73June 27@ Brewers5 – 1Eldred (9-7)Leiter (3-5)15,74631-42
74June 28@ Brewers6 – 4Mercedes (1-0)Stewart (5-7)Fetters (8)18,90531-43
75June 29@ Brewers5 – 0Hentgen (9-5)Bones (7-5)20,57632-43
76June 30@ Brewers9 – 2Wegman (6-0)Guzman (6-9)27,23132-44
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Royals4 – 3 (12)Montgomery (2-3)Williams (1-3)21,49632-45
78July 2@ Royals7 – 6Castillo (3-1)Meacham (0-1)Hall (6)27,80033-45
79July 3@ Royals11 – 6Cone (12-4)Stewart (5-8)25,42133-46
80July 4@ Royals9 – 4Hentgen (10-5)Milacki (0-3)38,03934-46
81July 5@ Twins14 – 3Guzman (7-9)Mahomes (7-4)22,38035-46
82July 6@ Twins5 – 4Erickson (8-6)Stottlemyre (5-6)Aguilera (18)26,47935-47
83July 7@ Twins4 – 3Castillo (4-1)Willis (1-3)Hall (7)31,18036-47
84July 8Royals6 – 5Pichardo (3-2)Hall (1-3)Montgomery (14)50,51536-48
85July 9Royals9 – 4Hentgen (11-5)Milacki (0-4)50,52437-48
86July 10Royals7 – 3Guzman (8-9)Gubicza (5-8)Cox (1)50,50438-48
65th All-Star Game in Pittsburgh, PA
87July 14@ Rangers7 – 3Fajardo (5-5)Stottlemyre (5-7)42,62138-49
88July 15@ Rangers7 – 5Guzman (9-9)Dettmer (0-4)Hall (8)46,51139-49
89July 16@ Rangers4 – 2Brown (7-8)Hentgen (11-6)Henke (10)46,51039-50
90July 17@ Rangers3 – 1Stewart (6-8)Rogers (10-5)Hall (9)46,39440-50
91July 18Twins7 – 4Leiter (4-5)Guardado (0-2)Hall (10)48,06041-50
92July 19Twins4 – 2Castillo (5-1)Tapani (9-6)Hall (11)47,22242-50
93July 20Twins9 – 2Guzman (10-9)Erickson (8-9)48,16243-50
94July 21Rangers9 – 3Hentgen (12-6)Leary (1-1)Cox (2)49,61844-50
95July 22Rangers3 – 2Stewart (7-8)Rogers (10-6)Hall (12)50,52245-50
96July 23Rangers9 – 1Leiter (5-5)Fajardo (5-7)50,52946-50
97July 24Rangers4 – 2Cornett (1-2)Pavlik (1-5)Cox (3)50,52147-50
98July 26Brewers7 – 5Bones (10-7)Guzman (10-10)Fetters (13)49,09847-51
99July 27Brewers5 – 0Wegman (8-3)Hentgen (12-7)47,17247-52
100July 28Brewers5 – 4Orosco (2-1)Cox (0-1)Fetters (14)47,06147-53
101July 29@ Orioles4 – 3Leiter (6-5)Moyer (4-7)Hall (13)47,49748-53
102July 30@ Orioles7 – 5Eichhorn (6-4)Timlin (0-1)Smith (32)47,00048-54
103July 31@ Orioles6 – 4Guzman (11-10)McDonald (12-7)Hall (14)47,68449-54
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Red Sox6 – 2Hentgen (13-7)Sele (7-7)50-54
105August 1@ Red Sox4 – 3Minchey (2-3)Cornett (1-3)Ryan (12)33,42950-55
106August 2@ Red Sox8 – 7Cox (1-1)Bankhead (3-1)Hall (15)32,97651-55
107August 3@ Red Sox7 – 2Van Egmond (2-3)Leiter (6-6)32,04751-56
108August 4@ Red Sox5 – 2Stottlemyre (6-7)Clemens (9-7)Hall (16)33,19952-56
109August 5Tigers4 – 2Guzman (12-10)Wells (4-7)Hall (17)50,52253-56
110August 6Tigers3 – 2Moore (11-10)Hentgen (13-8)Boever (3)50,51253-57
111August 7Tigers8 – 7Davis (2-3)Castillo (5-2)Cadaret (2)50,50953-58
112August 8Indians6 – 1Nagy (10-8)Leiter (6-7)50,51553-59
113August 9Indians12 – 5Stottlemyre (7-7)Lopez (1-2)50,52754-59
114August 10Indians5 – 3Grimsley (5-2)Guzman (12-11)Plunk (3)50,51054-60
115August 11@ Yankees8 – 7 (13)Hall (2-3)Ausanio (2-1)37,33355-60
*An MLB Players strike forced the cancellation of the remainder of the season on August 12.

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
CPat Borders8529573.247326
1BJohn Olerud108384114.2971267
2BRoberto Alomar107392120.306838
3BEd Sprague10940597.2401144
SSDick Schofield9532583.255432
RFJoe Carter111435118.27127103
CFDevon White100403109.2701349
LFMike Huff8020763.304325
DHPaul Molitor115454155.3411475

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
Darnell Coles4814330.210415
Carlos Delgado4313028.215924
Randy Knorr4012430.242719
Domingo Cedeño479719.196010
Rob Butler417413.17605
Alex Gonzalez15538.15101
Shawn Green14333.09101
Robert Pérez481.12500

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
Pat Hentgen24174.21383.40147
Juan Guzmán25147.112115.68124
Todd Stottlemyre26140.2774.22105
Dave Stewart22133.1785.87111
Al Leiter20111.2675.08100

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
Brad Cornett931.0136.6822
Paul Spoljaric22.10138.572

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
Darren Hall3023173.4128
Tony Castillo415212.5143
Woody Williams381303.6456
Mike Timlin340125.1838
Greg Cadaret210105.8515
Scott Brow180325.9015
Dave Righetti130106.7510
Danny Cox101131.4514
Randy St. Claire20009.002
Aaron Small10009.000

Awards and honours

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Didier
AA Knoxville Smokies Southern League Garth Iorg
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Jim Nettles
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Omar Malavé
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League J. J. Cannon
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Doug Ault
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Darren Balsley

[6]

References

  1. ↑ "1994 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1994 Toronto Blue Jays Schedule".
  3. ↑ "MLB's Misspelled Uniforms". sikids.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
  4. ↑ "1994 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  6. ↑ 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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