1994 San Diego Padres season

The 1994 San Diego Padres season was the 26th season in franchise history.

1994 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Werner
General manager(s)Randy Smith
Manager(s)Jim Riggleman
Local televisionKUSI-TV
Prime Ticket (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler)
Local radioKFMB (AM)
(Bob Chandler, Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner)
XEXX
(Mario Thomas Zapiain, Matias Santos, Eduardo Ortega)
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Offseason
  • November 18, 1993: Jarvis Brown was selected off waivers from the Padres by the Atlanta Braves.[1]
  • November 18, 1993: Darrell Sherman was selected off waivers from the Padres by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • December 10, 1993: Frank Seminara was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Tracy Sanders (minors) to the New York Mets for a player to be named later and Randy Curtis (minors). The New York Mets sent Marc Kroon (December 13, 1993) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade. The San Diego Padres sent Pablo Martinez (December 13, 1993) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.[3]
  • December 17, 1993: Kevin Elster was signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.[4]
  • January 20, 1994: Jeff Gardner was released by the Padres.[5]
  • March 21, 1994: Kevin Elster was released by the San Diego Padres.[4]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Padres had compiled a record of 47-70 through 117 games. They had scored 479 runs (4.09 per game) and allowed 531 runs (4.54 per game). They were also leading the Majors in at-bats at the time, with 4,068.[6] They also drew the fewest walks in the Majors, with 319, and tied the New York Yankees for the most double plays grounded into, with 112.[6]

Opening Day starters

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 3½ 29–31 26–29
Colorado Rockies 5364 0.453 6½ 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 Astros66490.5742​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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1994 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CBrad Ausmus10132782.251724
3BScott Livingstone5718049.272210
SSRicky Gutiérrez9027566.240128

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

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
Scott Sanders23111484.78109

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
José Martínez412026.757

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
Tim Mauser352423.4942
Gene Harris131108.039

Awards and honors
  • Andy Benes, National League strikeout champion (189)
  • Tony Gwynn, National League batting champion, .394

1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Russ Nixon
AA Wichita Pilots Texas League Keith Champion
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Tim Flannery
A Springfield Sultans Midwest League Ed Romero
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tye Waller
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Barry Moss

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rancho Cucamonga[12]

References
  1. Jarvis Brown at Baseball Reference
  2. Darrell Sherman at Baseball Reference
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seminfr01.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elsteke01.shtml
  5. Jeff Gardner at Baseball Reference
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
  7. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=SDN
  8. Kevin Maas at Baseball Reference
  9. Jorge Velandia at Baseball Reference
  10. Mackey Sasser at Baseball Reference
  11. Mark Davis at Baseball Reference
  12. 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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