1994 Oakland Athletics season

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The 1994

Oakland, California. It was also the 94th season in franchise history. The team finished second in the American League West
with a record of 51–63.

The Athletics' 1994 campaign ranks among the most unusual in franchise history.[according to whom?] A disastrous 1993 campaign, attributable mainly to inept pitching, had tempered expectations in Oakland; while several established stars (namely Dennis Eckersley, Bob Welch, Terry Steinbach, Mark McGwire, and a recently re-signed Rickey Henderson) remained with the team in 1994, questions about the starting rotation, bullpen, and infield kept expectations low.

The Athletics belied these low expectations with a 7–5 start. The team's pitching staff continued to hemorrhage runs (allowing 79 in 12 games); the staff was bailed out, however, by their red-hot offense (which scored 93 runs over the same span). On April 17 (the day of Oakland's seventh win), the A's were 1.5 games ahead of the second-place California Angels.

The Athletics' offense soon cooled down, however. This drop in production, combined with continued pitching woes, set the stage for a monumental collapse. Between April 19 and May 29, Oakland lost 31 games in 37 tries; at the end of this span, their record stood at 13–36. The A's, then firmly in last place, trailed the division-leading

Angels (who also had a sub-.500 record) by nine games. Oakland continued to lose ground over the following two weeks; at their absolute nadir, the Athletics' 19–43 record trailed the division-leading Rangers
(who had since overtaken the Angels) by 12.5 games.

The A's, instead, launched themselves back into contention with a turnaround. Over their next 22 games, the Athletics went 19–3; this surge raised their record to 38–46. Oakland's much-maligned pitching staff powered the resurgence; over the 22-game span, Athletics pitchers allowed 3.27 runs per game (while pitching six shutouts). The rest of the division struggled over the same span; as such, Oakland's 38th victory allowed it to pull within three games of the first-place Rangers. The A's cooled down in subsequent weeks; poor play from the rest of the division, however, allowed them to gain further ground. The team finished with a 51–63 record; despite being 12 games under .500, the A's were only one game behind the first-place Rangers. All four of the American League West's teams finished the strike-shortened season with losing records. This is the only such instance in MLB history.

The

1994 Players' strike ended the season (and the A's postseason hopes) entirely. While the Rangers would win their first-ever division title in 1996, the A's would have to wait until 2000
to return to the postseason.

Offseason

Regular season

Despite compiling a record of 51–63 by Friday, August 12, the Athletics were only one game behind the

AL West Division. They had scored 549 runs (4.82 per game) and allowed 589 runs (5.17 per game).[6]

The Athletics finished the strike-shortened season 28th in triples, with just 13, but they led the Majors in sacrifice flies, with 51.[7]

Despite walking an MLB-high 510 batters, the Athletics tied the Chicago White Sox for the most shutouts pitched, with 9.[7]

Transactions

  • April 27, 1994: Dave Righetti was released by the Athletics.[5]
  • April 30, 1994: Steve Sax was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[8]
  • May 10, 1994: Jeff Schaefer was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[9]
  • June 2, 1994:
    1994 Major League Baseball Draft

Season standings

  • AL West
Team
W
L
 Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 52 62 .456 — 31‍–‍32 21‍–‍30
Oakland Athletics 51 63 .447 1 24‍–‍32 27‍–‍31
Seattle Mariners 49 63 .438 2 22‍–‍22 27‍–‍41
California Angels 47 68 .409 5½ 23‍–‍40 24‍–‍28
Division leaders
Team
W
L
 Pct.
New York Yankees 70 43 .619
Chicago White Sox 67 46 .593
Texas Rangers 52 62 .456
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team
W
L
 Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 66 47 .584 —
Baltimore Orioles 63 49 .562 2½
Kansas City Royals 64 51 .557 3
Toronto Blue Jays 55 60 .478 12
Boston Red Sox 54 61 .470 13
Minnesota Twins 53 60 .469 13
Detroit Tigers 53 62 .461 14
Milwaukee Brewers 53 62 .461 14
Oakland Athletics 51 63 .447 15½
Seattle Mariners 49 63 .438 16½
California Angels 47 68 .409 20

Record vs. opponents

1994 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 4–2 8–4 2–4 4–6 3–4 4–1 7–3 4–5 4–6 7–5 4–6 3–3 7–2
Boston 2–4 — 7–5 2–4 3–7 4–2 4–2 5–5 1–8 3–7 9–3 6–6 1–5 7–3
California 4–8 5–7 — 5–5 0–5 3–4 6–4 3–3 3–3 4–8 3–6 2–7 6–4 3–4
Chicago 4–2 4–2 5–5 — 7–5 8–4 3–7 9–3 2–4 4–2 6–3 9–1 4–5 2–3
Cleveland 6–4 7–3 5–0 5–7 — 8–2 1–4 5–2 9–3 0–9 6–0 3–2 5–7 6–4
Detroit 4–3 2–4 4–3 4–8 2–8 — 4–8 6–4 3–3 3–3 5–4 6–3 5–7 5–4
Kansas City 1–4 2–4 4–6 7–3 4–1 8–4 — 5–7 6–4 4–2 7–3 6–4 4–3 6–6
Milwaukee 3–7 5–5 3–3 3–9 2–5 4–6 7–5 — 6–6 2–7 4–1 4–2 3–3 7–3
Minnesota 5–4 8–1 3–3 4–2 3–9 3–3 4–6 6–6 — 4–5 2–5 3–3 4–5 4–8
New York 6–4 7–3 8–4 2–4 9–0 3–3 2–4 7–2 5–4 — 7–5 8–4 3–2 3–4
Oakland 5–7 3–9 6–3 3–6 0–6 4–5 3–7 1–4 5–2 5–7 — 4–3 7–3 5–1
Seattle 4–6 6–6 7–2 1–9 2–3 3–6 4–6 2–4 3–3 4–8 3–4 — 9–1 1–5
Texas 3–3 5–1 4–6 5–4 7–5 7–5 3–4 3–3 5–4 2–3 3–7 1–9 — 4–8
Toronto 2–7 3–7 4–3 3–2 4–6 4–5 6–6 3–7 8–4 4–3 1–5 5–1 8–4 —


Roster

1994 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
C Terry Steinbach 103 369 105 .285 11 57
1B Troy Neel 83 278 74 .266 15 48
2B Brent Gates 64 233 66 .283 2 24
SS Mike Bordick 114 391 99 .253 2 37
3B Scott Brosius 96 324 77 .238 14 49
LF Rickey Henderson 87 296 77 .260 6 20
CF Stan Javier 109 419 114 .272 10 44
RF Rubén Sierra 110 426 114 .268 23 92
DH Gerónimo Berroa 96 340 104 .306 13 65

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
Scott Hemond 91 198 44 .222 3 20
Mike Aldrete 76 178 43 .242 4 18
Mark McGwire 47 135 34 .252 9 25
Craig Paquette 14 49 7 .143 0 0
Eric Fox 26 44 9 .205 1 1
Junior Noboa 17 40 13 .325 0 6
Ernie Young 11 30 2 .067 0 3
Fausto Cruz 17 28 3 .107 0 0
Francisco Matos 14 28 7 .250 0 2
Mike Brumley 11 25 6 .240 0 2
Steve Sax 7 24 6 .250 0 1
Jim Bowie 6 14 3 .214 0 0
Jeff Schaefer 6 8 1 .125 0 0
Eric Helfand 7 6 1 .167 0 1

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
Ron Darling 25 160.0 10 11 4.50 108
Bobby Witt 24 135.2 8 10 5.04 111
Todd Van Poppel 23 116.2 7 10 6.09 83
Miguel Jimenez 8 34.0 1 4 7.41 22
Steve Karsay 4 28.0 1 1 2.57 15
Mike Mohler 1 2.1 0 1 7.71 4

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
Steve Ontiveros 27 115.1 6 4 2.65 56
Carlos Reyes 27 78.0 0 3 4.15 57
Bob Welch 25 68.2 3 6 7.08 44

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
Dennis Eckersley 45 5 4 19 4.26 47
Billy Taylor 41 1 3 1 3.50 48
John Briscoe 37 4 2 1 4.01 45
Mark Acre 34 5 1 0 3.41 21
Vince Horsman 33 0 1 0 4.91 20
Dave Leiper 26 0 0 1 1.93 14
Ed Vosberg 16 0 2 0 3.95 12
Edwin Núñez 15 0 0 0 12.00 15
Dave Righetti 7 0 0 0 16.71 4
Steve Phoenix 2 0 0 0 6.23 3
Roger Smithberg 2 0 0 0 15.43 3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA
Tacoma Tigers
 Pacific Coast League Casey Parsons
AA Huntsville Stars
Southern League
Gary Jones
A
Modesto A's
 California League Dick Scott
A
 West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Jim Colborn
A-Short Season
Southern Oregon A's
 Northwest League Tom Dunton
Rookie
AZL Athletics
Arizona League
 Tony DeFrancesco

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Huntsville

References

  1. ^ "Mike Aldrete Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "Billy Taylor Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  3. ^ "Rickey Henderson Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Kerwin Moore Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Dave Righetti Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  6. ^ "1994 American League Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  8. ^ "Steve Sax Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  9. ^ "Jeff Schaefer Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  10. ^ "Jason Beverlin Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  11. ^ "Tim Hudson Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
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