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
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record54–61 (.470)
Divisional place4th (17 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)JRY Trust
General manager(s)Dan Duquette
Manager(s)Butch Hobson
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWRKO
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season
Record by month[5]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April1771771st+​1 1⁄2[6]
May131230192nd​3 1⁄2[7]
June81938383rd​9 1⁄2[8]
July121550533rd​14 1⁄2[9]
August4854614th17[10]
Season ended due to players' strike[11]

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.[12] Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut in the same game, going hitless in three at bats.[12]

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 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

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
W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 6647 0.584
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562
Kansas City Royals 6451 0.557
Toronto Blue Jays 5560 0.478
Boston Red Sox 5461 0.470
Minnesota Twins 5360 0.469
Detroit Tigers 5362 0.461
Milwaukee Brewers 5362 0.461
Oakland Athletics 5163 0.447
Seattle Mariners 4963 0.438
California Angels 4768 0.409

Record vs. opponents
1994 American League Records

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—

Notable transactions

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:[17]

Roster
1994 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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

Starting pitchers
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

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tony Fossas442014.7631
Greg A. Harris353428.2844
Chris Howard371013.6322
Jeff Russell2905125.1418
Ken Ryan4223132.4432

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cory Bailey54.10112.464
Scott Bankhead2737.2324.5425
Steve Farr1113.0106.238
Gar Finnvold836.1045.9417
Todd Frohwirth2226.20310.8013
José Meléndez1016.1016.069
Nate Minchey623.0238.6115
Paul Quantrill1723.0113.5215
Andy Tomberlin12.0000.001
Ricky Trlicek1222.1118.067
Sergio Valdez1214.1018.164
Tim Van Egmond738.1236.3422
Frank Viola637.2114.659


Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

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

[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)

Reference:[19]

Awards and honors
All-Star Game

Notes
  1. Otis Nixon page at Baseball Reference
  2. Damon Berryhill page at Baseball Reference
  3. Sergio Valdez page at Baseball Reference
  4. Todd Frohwirth page at Baseball Reference
  5. "The 1994 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  6. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1994/04301994.htm
  7. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1994/05311994.htm
  8. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1994/06301994.htm
  9. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1994/07311994.htm
  10. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1994/08111994.htm
  11. "1994 strike". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  12. "Boston Red Sox 4, Seattle Mariners 3". Retrosheet. July 8, 1994. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  13. Mario Díaz page at Baseball Reference
  14. "1994 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  15. Nomar Garciaparra page at Baseball Reference
  16. Greg Harris page at Baseball Reference
  17. "Boston Red Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 8". Retrosheet. April 4, 1994. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  19. "1994 Boston Red Sox Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  20. Hutch Award

References
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