1994 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 1994 season was the second for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. They played home games at Mile High Stadium.They finished with a record of 53-64, 3rd in the division. The season was cut short by a player strike.

1994 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record53–64 (.453)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry McMorris
General manager(s)Bob Gebhard
Manager(s)Don Baylor
Local televisionKWGN-TV
(Dave Campbell, Charlie Jones)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
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Offseason

  • October 29, 1993: Marvin Freeman was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[1]
  • November 19, 1993: Howard Johnson was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • November 30, 1993: Ellis Burks was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[3]
  • January 7, 1994: Walt Weiss was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[4]
  • March 31, 1994: John Vander Wal was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Montreal Expos.[5]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Rockies had compiled a 53-64 record through 117 games. They were drawing really well at home, with an attendance of 3,281,511 through 57 home games for an average of 57,570 per game.[6] At that pace, the team would have had a good chance of drawing more than 4.6 million fans in their 81 home games if the season had continued. Offensively, the Rockies had scored 573 runs (4.90 per game) and allowed 638 runs (5.45 per game) prior to the Strike.[7]

The Rockies tied the Chicago White Sox in 1994 for the most triples in the Majors, with 39. Their pitchers, however, hit 49 batters: the most in the Majors[8]

Opening Day starters

  • Dante Bichette
  • Ellis Burks
  • Andrés Galarraga
  • Joe Girardi
  • Charlie Hayes
  • Howard Johnson
  • Roberto Mejía
  • Armando Reynoso
  • Walt Weiss [9]

Transactions

  • June 2, 1994: Doug Million was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 1994 amateur draft.[10]
  • June 3, 1994: Keith Shepherd was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Boston Red Sox for Brian Conroy (minors).[11]
  • June 27, 1994: Kent Bottenfield was granted Free Agency by the Colorado Rockies.[12]

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Trent Hubbard (Jul 7)
  • Pitchers:
    • Mark Thompson (Jul 26)
    • Jim Czajkowski (Jul 29) [13]

Roster

1994 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 5856 0.509 33–22 25–34
San Francisco Giants 5560 0.478 29–31 26–29
Colorado Rockies 5364 0.453 25–32 28–32
San Diego Padres 4770 0.402 12½ 26–31 21–39
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 Astros66490.574212
New York Mets55580.4871212
San Francisco Giants55600.4781312
Philadelphia Phillies54610.4701412
St. Louis Cardinals53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates53610.46515
Colorado Rockies53640.4531612
Florida Marlins51640.4441712
Chicago Cubs49640.4341812
San Diego Padres47700.4022212

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 2–45–76–64–54–83–32–41–41–65–56–35–45–5
Cincinnati 5–57–54–47–54–63–64–22–44–29–38–27–22–2–1
Colorado 2–86–64–43–95–54–64–25–12–42–35–53–78–4
Florida 4–85–45–79–32–43–32–76–44–61–65–12–43–7
Houston 3–38–46–45–54–21–82–43–35–18–45–58–28–4
Los Angeles 0–63–36–36–43–38–13–96–67–53–36–45–52–4
Montreal 5–44–22–42–47–24–29–34–35–48–212–05–77–3
New York 4–54–14–21–54–63–36–63–44–64–56–66–66–3
Philadelphia 3-66–12–44–26–41–55–74–56–45–44–84–84–3
Pittsburgh 9–35–53–93–26–14–83–32–85–44–53–31–55–5
San Diego 1–63–62–85–51–55–54–60–126–68–43–35–24–2
San Francisco 1–54–52–77–34–22–85–57–56–68–45–12–52–4
St. Louis 7–55–52–2–14–87–34–84–23–73–63–45–52–44–2

Game log

1994 Regular Season Game Log (53-64) (Home: 25-32; Road: 28-32)
Legend
Rockies win Rockies loss All-Star Game Game postponed


Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
C Joe Girardi 93 330 91 .276 4 34
1B Andrés Galarraga 103 417 133 .319 31 85
2B Nelson Liriano 87 255 65 .255 3 31
SS Walt Weiss 110 423 106 .251 1 32
3B Charlie Hayes 113 423 122 .288 10 50
LF Eric Young 90 228 62 .272 7 30
CF Mike Kingery 105 301 105 .349 4 41
RF Dante Bichette 116 484 147 .304 27 95

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
Howard Johnson9322748.2111040
Ellis Burks4214948.3221324
Vinny Castilla5213043.331318
Roberto Mejía3811628.241414
Danny Sheaffer4411024.218112
John Vander Wal9111027.245515

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
Greg Harris29130.03126.6582
David Nied22122.0974.8074
Marvin Freeman19112.21022.8067
Mike Harkey2491.2165.7939
Lance Painter1573.2466.1141
Kevin Ritz1573.2565.6253

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
Armando Reynoso952.1344.8225
Darren Holmes2928.1036.3533
Kent Bottenfield1524.2315.8415
Curtis Leskanic822.1115.6417

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
Steve Reed613233.9451
Mike Munoz574213.7432
Bruce Ruffin5645164.0465
Willie Blair470535.7968
Marcus Moore291106.1533

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Brad Mills
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Paul Zuvella
A Central Valley Rockies California League Bill Hayes
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Tony Torchia
A-Short Season Bend Rockies Northwest League Rudy Jaramillo
Rookie AZL Rockies Arizona League P. J. Carey

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Notes

References

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