1993 Florida Marlins season

1993 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Joe Robbie Stadium (since 1993)
Results
Record 64–98 (.395)
Divisional place 6th
Other information
Owner(s) Wayne Huizenga
Manager(s) Rene Lachemann
Local television Sunshine Network
WBFS-TV
(Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
Local radio WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramirez, Manolo Alvarez)
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The 1993 Florida Marlins season was the inaugural year for the team, part of the 1993 Major League Baseball expansion. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished 33 games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies, with a record of 64-98, sixth in the National League East, ahead of only the New York Mets.

Offseason

1992 pre-expansion draft transactions

Expansion draft

The 1992 MLB Expansion Draft was held on November 17, 1992. As opposed to previous expansion drafts such as the 1961 draft, players from both leagues were available to the expansion clubs. Each existing club could protect fifteen players on their roster from being drafted and only one player could be drafted from each team in the first round. Then for each additional round National League teams could protect an additional 3 players and American League teams could protect 4 more. All unprotected major and minor League players were eligible except those chosen in the amateur drafts of 1991 or 1992 and players who were 18 or younger when signed in 1990.

Round 1

Trevor Hoffman, the all-time career leader in saves, was one of the more notable picks of the 1992 Expansion Draft, selected with the 8th pick overall.
PickPlayerPositionFromTo
2Nigel WilsonOFTORFLA
4José MartínezRHPNYMFLA
6Bret BarberieSSMONFLA
8Trevor HoffmanRHPCINFLA
10Pat RappRHPSFFLA
12Greg HibbardLHPCWSFLA
14Chuck CarrOFSTLFLA
16Darrell WhitmoreOFCLEFLA
18Eric HelfandCOAKFLA
20Bryan HarveyRHPCALFLA
22Jeff Conine1B/OFKCFLA
24Kip YaughnRHPBALFLA
26Jesús TavárezOFSEAFLA

Round 2

PickPlayerPositionFromTo
27Carl EverettOFNYYFLA
29Dave WeathersRHPTORFLA
31John JohnstoneRHPNYMFLA
33Ramón MartínezSSPITFLA
35Steve DeckerCSFFLA
37Cris CarpenterRHPSTLFLA
39Jack ArmstrongRHPCLEFLA
41Scott ChiamparinoRHPTEXFLA
43Tom EdensRHPMINFLA
45Andrés BerumenRHPKCFLA
47Robert PersonRHPCWSFLA
49Jim CorsiRHPOAKFLA
51Richie LewisRHPBALFLA

Round 3

PickPlayerPositionFromTo
53Danny JacksonLHPPITFLA
55Bob NatalCMONFLA
57Jamie McAndrewRHPLADFLA
59Junior FélixOFCALFLA
61Kerwin MooreOFKCFLA
63Ryan BowenRHPHOUFLA
65Scott BakerLHPSTLFLA
67Chris Donnels3BNYMFLA
69Monty FarissOFTEXFLA
71Jeff TabakaLHPMILFLA

Post-expansion draft transactions

Regular season

Due to the summer heat, the Marlins played in only 35 day games, the fewest in the majors.[9]

1993 Opening Day lineup

Player Position
Scott Pose CF
Bret Barberie 2B
Junior Félix RF
Orestes Destrade 1B
Dave Magadan 3B
Benito Santiago C
Jeff Conine LF
Walt Weiss SS
Charlie Hough P

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 97 65 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Montreal Expos 94 68 0.580 3 55–26 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 87 75 0.537 10 49–32 38–43
Chicago Cubs 84 78 0.519 13 43–38 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 87 0.463 22 40–41 35–46
Florida Marlins 64 98 0.395 33 35–46 29–52
New York Mets 59 103 0.364 38 28–53 31–50

Notable transactions

Roster

1993 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 16 Geronimo Berroa
  • 25 Matias Carrillo
Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Benito Santiago139469108.2301350
1B Orestes Destrade153568145.2552087
2B Bret Barberie99375104.277533
3B Gary Sheffield7223669.2921037
SS Walt Weiss158500133.266139
LF Jeff Conine162 595 174 .2921279
CF Carr, ChuckChuck Carr 142 551 147 .267 4 41
RF Darrell Whitmore7625051.201419

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
Alex Arias9624967.269220
Geronimo Berroa14344.11800
Greg Briley12017033.194312
Matias Carrillo245514.25503
Henry Cotto5413540.296314
Steve Decker8150.00001
Carl Everett11192.10500
Monty Fariss18295.17202
Junior Félix5721451.238722
Mitch Lyden6103.30001
Dave Magadan6622765.286429
Terry McGriff370.00000
Bob Natal4111725.21416
Gus Polidor761.16700
Scott Pose15418.19503
Rick Renteria10326367.255230
Nigel Wilson7160.00000

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
Charlie Hough 34 204.1 9 16 4.27 126
Chris Hammond 32 191 11 12 4.66 108
Jack Armstrong 36 196.1 9 17 4.49 118
Ryan Bowen 27 156.2 8 12 4.42 98
Pat Rapp 16 94 4 6 4.02 57

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
Luis Aquino 38 110.2 6 8 3.42 67
Dave Weathers 14 45.2 2 3 5.12 34

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
Bryan Harvey 59 1 5 45 1.70 73
Joe Klink 59 0 2 0 5.02 22
Richie Lewis 57 6 3 0 3.26 65
Matt Turner 55 4 5 0 2.91 59
Rich Rodriguez 36 0 1 1 4.11 21
Cris Carpenter 29 0 1 0 2.89 26
Trevor Hoffman 28 2 2 2 3.28 26
Jim Corsi 15 0 2 0 6.64 7
Robb Nen 15 1 0 0 7.02 27
Bob McClure 14 1 1 0 7.11 6
John Johnstone 7 0 2 0 5.91 5

Awards and honors

All-Stars

MLB All-Star Game

Team leaders

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Sal Rende
A High Desert Mavericks California League Fredi González
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Carlos Tosca
Short-Season A Elmira Pioneers New York-Penn League Lynn Jones
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jim Hendry

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: High Desert[13]

References

  1. ↑ Edgar Rentería page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Charles Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Walt Weiss page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Alex Arias page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Danny Jackson page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Charlie Hough page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgrite01.shtml
  8. ↑ Rick Renteria page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 72, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elsteke01.shtml
  11. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffcmi01.shtml
  12. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cottohe01.shtml
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

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