1994 Colorado Rockies season

1994 Colorado Rockies
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Location
1994 information
Owner(s) Jerry McMorris
Manager(s) Don Baylor
Local television KWGN-TV
(Dave Campbell, Charlie Jones)
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(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
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The Colorado Rockies' 1994 season was the 2nd 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.

Contents

Offseason

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 had a good chance of drawing more than 4.6 million fans in their 81 home games of 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]

Opening Day starters

Transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1994 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Season standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 58 56 -- .509
San Francisco Giants 55 60 3.5 .478
Colorado Rockies 53 64 6.5 .453
San Diego Padres 47 70 12.5 .402

Game log

1994 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 4 Phillies 12–6 Slocumb (1–0) Munoz (0–1) 72,470 0–1
2 April 6 Phillies 7–5 Mason (1–0) Holmes (0–1) Jones (1) 50,875 0–2
3 April 7 Phillies 13–8 Slocumb (2–0) Reed (0–1) Muñoz (1) 48,021 0–3
4 April 8 @ Pirates 7–3 Nied (1–0) Wagner (0–1) 44,136 1–3
5 April 9 @ Pirates 10–5 Smith (1–1) Reynoso (0–1) 17,458 1–4
6 April 11 @ Phillies 8–7 Ruffin (1–0) Mason (1–1) Holmes (1) 58,627 2–4
7 April 13 @ Phillies 12–3 Rivera (1–0) Harris (0–1) 23,346 2–5
8 April 14 @ Phillies 5–0 Nied (2–0) Schilling (0–2) 24,856 3–5
9 April 15 Expos 9–2 Reynoso (1–1) Fassero (0–1) 47,213 4–5
10 April 16 Expos 7–3 Reed (1–1) Hill (2–1) 51,347 5–5
11 April 17 Expos 6–5 (10) Munoz (1–1) Heredia (0–2) 55,443 6–5
12 April 18 Marlins 5–3 Aquino (1–0) Holmes (0–2) Harvey (4) 46,283 6–6
13 April 19 Marlins 6–4 Weathers (2–1) Nied (2–1) Harvey (5) 50,217 6–7
14 April 20 Marlins 16–6 Freeman (1–0) Nen (0–1) 45,667 7–7
15 April 22 Cubs 9–2 Banks (2–2) Harkey (0–1) 54,195 7–8
16 April 23 Cubs 8–2 Harris (1–1) Morgan (0–3) 68,743 8–8
17 April 24 Cubs 12–4 Trachsel (2–1) Nied (2–2) 71,329 8–9
18 April 25 @ Cardinals 7–6 Freeman (2–0) Urbani (0–2) Holmes (2) 23,628 9–9
19 April 26 @ Cardinals 2–1 Tewksbury (5–0) Reynoso (1–2) 23,094 9–10
20 April 27 @ Marlins 3–2 Hough (2–0) Harkey (0–2) Hernandez (2) 24,114 9–11
21 April 28 @ Marlins 8–7 Nen (1–1) Blair (0–1) Hernandez (3) 32,236 9–12
22 April 29 @ Cubs 6–5 Nied (3–2) Trachsel (2–2) Holmes (3) 34,179 10–12
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
23 May 1 @ Cubs 6–2 Freeman (3–0) Young (0–2) 26,558 11–12
24 May 3 Cardinals 10–1 Reynoso (2–2) Palacios (0–1) 46,326 12–12
25 May 4 Cardinals 6–5 Smith (1–0) Holmes (0–3) Murphy (2) 51,639 12–13
26 May 6 @ Padres 8–0 Benes (2–5) Harkey (0–3) 15,574 12–14
27 May 7 @ Padres 2–1 Hoffman (2–0) Ruffin (1–1) 36,296 12–15
28 May 8 @ Padres 1–0 Nied (4–2) Harris (1–1) Reed (1) 14,328 13–15
29 May 9 @ Giants 12–5 Hickerson (2–1) Reynoso (2–3) 14,472 13–16
30 May 10 @ Giants 4–2 Harris (2–1) Burkett (3–3) Ruffin (1) 15,182 14–16
31 May 11 @ Giants 6–1 Swift (5–3) Harkey (0–4) 16,759 14–17
32 May 13 @ Astros 4–2 Drabek (5–1) Freeman (3–1) 29,962 14–18
33 May 14 @ Astros 4–2 Nied (5–2) Kile (3–2) Ruffin (2) 23,037 15–18
34 May 15 @ Astros 4–0 Reynoso (3–3) Swindell (3–1) 21,004 16–18
35 May 16 Dodgers 9–2 Martínez (2–2) Harris (2–2) 50,507 16–19
36 May 17 Dodgers 7–6 Bottenfield (1–0) Dreifort (0–3) 53,589 17–19
37 May 18 Dodgers 5–2 Gross (3–1) Blair (0–2) Gott (1) 54,108 17–20
38 May 19 Dodgers 8–2 Hershiser (3–0) Nied (5–3) 51,515 17–21
39 May 20 Braves 7–1 Avery (5–1) Reynoso (3–4) 71,368 17–22
40 May 21 Braves 5–4 Mercker (3–0) Harris (2–3) McMichael (9) 72,123 17–23
41 May 22 Braves 8–3 Maddux (7–2) Painter (0–1) 71,523 17–24
42 May 23 Reds 8–3 Freeman (4–1) Smiley (4–5) Ruffin (3) 45,713 18–24
43 May 24 Reds 11–7 Bottenfield (2–0) Hanson (3–4) 47,885 19–24
44 May 25 Reds 3–2 Harkey (1–4) Rijo (2–3) Ruffin (4) 47,264 20–24
45 May 26 Reds 14–4 Roper (1–0) Harris (2–4) 53,407 20–25
46 May 27 @ Expos 4–2 White (1–0) Painter (0–2) Wetteland (6) 22,882 20–26
47 May 28 @ Expos 3–2 (10) Ruffin (2–1) Scott (1–2) Bottenfield (1) 30,452 21–26
48 May 29 @ Expos 4–3 (10) Scott (2–2) Ruffin (2–2) 26,774 21–27
49 May 30 @ Mets 12–2 Ritz (1–0) Gozzo (2–2) Blair (1) 20,705 22–27
50 May 31 @ Mets 3–2 Harris (3–4) Linton (4–2) Ruffin (5) 15,515 23–27
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
51 June 1 @ Mets 4–3 Bottenfield (3–0) Smith (3–6) Ruffin (6) 17,099 24–27
52 June 3 Pirates 6–4 Freeman (5–1) Neagle (5–6) Ruffin (7) 53,737 25–27
53 June 4 Pirates 4–3 Smith (5–5) Ritz (1–1) Dewey (1) 61,619 25–28
54 June 5 Pirates 4–3 White (2–3) Moore (0–1) Ballard (2) 63,653 25–29
55 June 6 Mets 11–3 Linton (5–2) Bottenfield (3–1) 51,679 25–30
56 June 7 Mets 10–8 Ruffin (3–2) Mason (2–3) Munoz (1) 51,018 26–30
57 June 8 Mets 5–4 Moore (1–1) Saberhagen (6–3) Ruffin (8) 52,117 27–30
58 June 9 @ Reds 7–1 Rijo (5–3) Ritz (1–2) 31,990 27–31
59 June 10 @ Reds 10–4 Roper (2–0) Harris (3–5) 33,610 27–32
60 June 11 @ Reds 6–4 Fortugno (1–0) Nied (5–4) McElroy (3) 36,887 27–33
61 June 12 @ Reds 3–2 Reed (2–1) Carrasco (3–3) Ruffin (9) 30,992 28–33
62 June 13 @ Braves 7–2 Freeman (6–1) Glavine (7–6) 48,528 29–33
63 June 14 @ Braves 3–1 Mercker (5–1) Ritz (1–3) McMichael (15) 44,545 29–34
64 June 15 @ Braves 4–0 Smoltz (5–6) Harris (3–6) 45,429 29–35
65 June 16 @ Braves 11–8 Stanton (2–1) Ruffin (3–3) McMichael (16) 45,827 29–36
66 June 17 @ Dodgers 13–5 Painter (1–2) Hershiser (3–4) Blair (2) 39,609 30–36
67 June 18 @ Dodgers 9–3 Freeman (7–1) Martínez (6–3) 50,482 31–36
68 June 19 @ Dodgers 7–3 Astacio (5–5) Ritz (1–4) 51,015 31–37
69 June 20 Astros 5–4 Drabek (10–3) Harris (3–7) Hudek (11) 50,671 31–38
70 June 21 Astros 8–0 Nied (6–4) Kile (5–3) 56,913 32–38
71 June 22 Astros 14–5 Painter (2–2) Swindell (5–5) 50,887 33–38
72 June 24 Giants 10–3 Van Landingham (3–0) Blair (0–3) 73,957 33–39
73 June 25 Giants 6–4 Munoz (2–1) Torres (2–7) Ruffin (10) 69,881 34–39
74 June 26 Giants 8–1 Burkett (5–6) Harris (3–8) 73,171 34–40
75 June 27 Padres 12–7 Nied (7–4) Ashby (3–6) 52,949 35–40
76 June 28 Padres 10–9 Munoz (3–1) Elliott (0–1) Ruffin (11) 36–40
77 June 28 Padres 11–3 (11) Hoffman (3–3) Harris (3–9) 55,021 36–41
78 June 29 Padres 10–4 Tabaka (2–1) Blair (0–4) Martínez (3) 50,173 36–42
79 June 30 @ Cardinals 9–7 Murphy (4–3) Munoz (3–2) Olivares (1) 35,648 36–43
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
80 July 1 @ Cardinals 11–4 Sutcliffe (5–3) Harris (3–10) Cimorelli (1) 26,284 36–44
81 July 2 @ Cardinals 7–5 Munoz (4–2) Rodriguez (2–3) Ruffin (12) 39,785 37–44
82 July 3 @ Cardinals 5–2 Reed (3–1) Arocha (4–4) Ruffin (13) 35,093 38–44
83 July 4 @ Cubs 4–3 Bautista (2–3) Ruffin (3–4) 38–45
84 July 4 @ Cubs 4–2 (15) Walton (1–0) Myers (1–4) Harris (1) 37,167 39–45
85 July 5 @ Cubs 9–6 Ritz (2–4) Crim (3–3) Blair (3) 30,142 40–45
86 July 6 @ Cubs 7–1 Leskanic (1–0) Trachsel (7–6) Ruffin (14) 32,637 41–45
87 July 7 @ Marlins 2–1 Nied (8–4) Johnstone (1–1) 28,783 42–45
88 July 8 @ Marlins 5–2 Weathers (8–7) Painter (2–3) Nen (8) 26,498 42–46
89 July 9 @ Marlins 4–2 Rapp (5–5) Freeman (7–2) Nen (9) 38,345 42–47
90 July 10 @ Marlins 6–4 Aquino (2–1) Harkey (1–5) Nen (10) 33,593 42–48
91 July 14 Cardinals 8–1 Nied (9–4) Pérez (2–3) 63,745 43–48
92 July 15 Cardinals 10–6 Ritz (3–4) Tewksbury (10–8) 63,179 44–48
93 July 16 Cardinals 15–4 Painter (3–3) Olivares (1–2) 70,217 45–48
94 July 17 Cardinals 10–6 Freeman (8–2) Sutcliffe (5–4) 61,972 46–48
95 July 18 Cubs 6–3 Bullinger (4–2) Harkey (1–6) 63,438 46–49
96 July 19 Cubs 6–1 Trachsel (9–6) Nied (9–5) 70,493 46–50
97 July 20 Cubs 9–8 Veres (1–0) Reed (3–2) Plesac (1) 60,173 46–51
98 July 22 Marlins 4–0 Rapp (6–5) Painter (3–4) 58,613 46–52
99 July 23 Marlins 5–4 Freeman (9–2) Scheid (0–2) Ruffin (15) 70,289 47–52
100 July 24 Marlins 6–4 Nen (4–4) Blair (0–5) 68,045 47–53
101 July 25 @ Padres 4–3 Ritz (4–4) Benes (6–12) Ruffin (16) 9,195 48–53
102 July 26 @ Padres 6–5 Thompson (1–0) Sanders (3–8) Reed (2) 11,896 49–53
103 July 27 @ Padres 9–2 Hamilton (7–5) Painter (3–5) Mauser (2) 9,666 49–54
104 July 28 @ Giants 5–1 Freeman (10–2) Monteleone (3–3) 31,130 50–54
105 July 29 @ Giants 8–4 Black (4–1) Nied (9–6) 25,192 50–55
106 July 30 @ Giants 6–4 Portugal (10–7) Ritz (4–5) Beck (25) 49,627 50–56
107 July 31 @ Giants 9–4 Van Landingham (7–1) Thompson (1–1) Hickerson (1) 50,007 50–57
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
108 August 1 @ Astros 8–3 Painter (4–5) Harnisch (7–5) 22,256 51–57
109 August 2 @ Astros 3–1 Drabek (11–6) Harris (3–11) 22,574 51–58
110 August 3 @ Astros 2–1 Jones (5–2) Ruffin (3–5) 18,320 51–59
111 August 4 @ Astros 6–2 Kile (8–6) Ritz (4–6) 30,053 51–60
112 August 5 Dodgers 5–4 Martínez (11–7) Leskanic (1–1) Worrell (10) 70,283 51–61
113 August 7 Dodgers 6–2 Hershiser (6–6) Harris (3–12) 70,372 51–62
114 August 8 Dodgers 7–6 Ruffin (4–5) Worrell (6–5) 52,634 52–62
115 August 9 Braves 7–4 McMichael (4–6) Nied (9–7) 61,595 52–63
116 August 10 Braves 1–0 (6) Ritz (5–6) Glavine (13–9) Reed (3) 65,157 53–63
117 August 11 Braves 13–0 Maddux (16–6) Painter (4–6) 65,043 53–64

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 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
Johnson, HowardHoward Johnson 93 227 48 .211 10 40
Burks, EllisEllis Burks 42 149 48 .322 13 24
Castilla, VinnyVinny Castilla 52 130 43 .331 3 18
Mejía, RobertoRoberto Mejía 38 116 28 .241 4 14
Sheaffer, DannyDanny Sheaffer 44 110 24 .218 1 12
Vander Wal, JohnJohn Vander Wal 91 110 27 .245 5 15

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
Harris, GregGreg Harris 29 130.0 3 12 6.65 82
Nied, DavidDavid Nied 22 122.0 9 7 4.80 74
Freeman, MarvinMarvin Freeman 19 112.2 10 2 2.80 67
Harkey, MikeMike Harkey 24 91.2 1 6 5.79 39
Painter, LanceLance Painter 15 73.2 4 6 6.11 41
Ritz, KevinKevin Ritz 15 73.2 5 6 5.62 53

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
Reynoso, ArmandoArmando Reynoso 9 52.1 3 4 4.82 25
Holmes, DarrenDarren Holmes 29 28.1 0 3 6.35 33
Bottenfield, KentKent Bottenfield 15 24.2 3 1 5.84 15
Leskanic, CurtisCurtis Leskanic 8 22.1 1 1 5.64 17

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
Reed, SteveSteve Reed 61 3 2 3 3.94 51
Munoz, MikeMike Munoz 57 4 2 1 3.74 32
Ruffin, BruceBruce Ruffin 56 4 5 16 4.04 65
Blair, WillieWillie Blair 47 0 5 3 5.79 68
Moore, MarcusMarcus Moore 29 1 1 0 6.15 33

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
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
Short-Season A Bend Rockies Northwest League Rudy Jaramillo
Rookie AZL Rockies Arizona League P. J. Carey

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Notes

  1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freemma02.shtml
  2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsho01.shtml
  3. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burksel01.shtml
  4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weisswa01.shtml
  5. ^ John Vander Wal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/COL/1994-schedule-scores.shtml
  7. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1994.shtml
  8. ^ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=COL
  9. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=millio001dou
  10. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shephke01.shtml
  11. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml
  12. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=1994&l=NL
  13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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