1994 Kansas City Royals season

The 1994 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd in the American League Central with a record of 64 wins and 51 losses. The season was cut short by the 1994 player's strike. The season marked the Royals' alignment into the new American League Central division.

Offseason

• December 16, 1993: Gary Gaetti signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[1]
• January 5, 1994: Kevin McReynolds was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the New York Mets for Vince Coleman and cash.^[2]
• January 27, 1994: Steve Balboni was signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.^[3]

Regular season

Thanks to the pitching prowess of Kevin Appier, Tom Gordon and 1994 AL Cy Young Award winner David Cone, and the hitting power of AL Rookie of the Year Bob Hamelin, the Royals had compiled a 64-51 record through 115 games. They had scored 574 runs (4.99 per game) and allowed 532 runs (4.63 per game). The Royals were in the thick of the 1994 AL Wildcard race, trailing the Baltimore Orioles by 0.5 games and the Cleveland Indians by 3 games.^[4]

Opening Day starters

• Vince Coleman
• Gary Gaetti
• Greg Gagne
• Tom Gordon
• Bob Hamelin
• Dave Henderson
• Wally Joyner
• Jose Lind
• Mike Macfarlane
• Brian McRae ^[5]

Season Standings

Transactions

• June 2, 1994: Matt Treanor was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1994.^[6]

Roster

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

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Other batters

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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Other pitchers

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Relief pitchers

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Awards and honors

• Cy Young Award
  • David Cone, Kansas City Royals (AL)
• Rookie of the Year
  • Bob Hamelin, Kansas City Royals (AL)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington^[8]

References

1. ^ Gary Gaetti Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ Kevin McReynolds Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. ^ Steve Balboni Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1994.shtml
5. ^ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=KCA
6. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/treanma01.shtml
7. ^ ^{a b c d e} 1994 Kansas City Royals Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com
8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

• 1994 Kansas City Royals team page at Baseball Reference
• 1994 Kansas City Royals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com