1994 Florida Marlins season

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.

1994 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record51–64 (.443)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Wayne Huizenga
General manager(s)Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)Rene Lachemann
Local televisionSunshine Network
WBFS-TV
(Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
Local radioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
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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 Astros66490.5742​1⁄2
New York Mets55580.48712​1⁄2
San Francisco Giants55600.47813​1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies54610.47014​1⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates53610.46515
Colorado Rockies53640.45316​1⁄2
Florida Marlins51640.44417​1⁄2
Chicago Cubs49640.43418​1⁄2
San Diego Padres47700.40222​1⁄2

Record vs. opponents
1994 National League Records

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

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
Matías Carrillo8013634.25009
Rick Rentería284911.22424
Jesús Tavárez17397.17904

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
Charlie Hough21113.2595.1565
Ryan Bowen847154.9432

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

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
Yorkis Pérez443003.5441
Luis Aquino292103.7322
Jeremy Hernandez213392.7013

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml
  2. Charlie Hough at Baseball Reference
  3. Kerwin Moore at Baseball Reference
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffcmi01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1994.shtml
  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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