1994 Baltimore Orioles season explained

The 1994 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing second in the American League East with a record of 63 wins and 49 losses. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike.

Offseason

• December 14, 1993: Mark Eichhorn was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]
• January 14, 1994: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[2]
• January 20, 1994: Lee Smith was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[3]
• February 3, 1994: Henry Cotto was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[4]

Regular season

By Friday August 12, 1994, when the MLB Players' strike began, the Orioles had scored 589 runs (5.26 per game) and allowed 497 runs (4.44 per game) with a 63–49 record through 112 games. They were 2.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians (66-47) in the 1994 AL Wildcard Race.^[5]

Because they had only played in 112 games by the time the strike began, the Orioles had the fewest at-bats in the Majors, with just 3,856. The Orioles pitching staff had good control, as the Orioles had the fewest wild pitches (18) in the Majors. They also tied the Seattle Mariners for the fewest balks, with just one.^[6] Orioles baserunners successfully stole 69 bases in the strike-shortened season and were caught stealing only 13 times: the fewest in the Majors. Their pitchers also had good control, with just 18 wild pitches thrown: the fewest in the Majors.^[7]

• August 2, 1994: Jeff Tackett hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.^[8]

Roster

1994 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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		99	332	82	.247	19	53
1B		111	436	139	.319	23	76
2B		104	343	88	.257	3	29
SS		112	444	140	.315	13	75
3B		84	285	78	.274	15	56
LF		111	453	119	.263	12	48
CF		85	301	61	.203	9	33
RF		94	326	96	.294	16	54

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
	68	258	66	.256	11	42
	59	141	34	.241	3	20
	36	92	21	.228	2	15
	28	74	23	.311	3	12
	35	59	12	.203	0	2
	26	53	12	.226	2	9
	3	7	1	.143	0	2
	4	2	1	.500	0	0

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
	24	176.1	16	5	3.06	99
	24	157.1	14	7	4.06	94
	23	149.0	5	7	4.77	87
	19	115.1	6	6	5.15	95
	10	52.2	3	5	5.81	47
	1	7.0	1	0	3.86	5

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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
	41	1	4	33	3.29	42
	47	3	3	2	5.16	44
	43	6	5	1	2.15	35
	38	1	0	0	6.64	18
	28	3	1	1	4.01	28
	22	1	2	0	5.40	12
	8	0	1	0	12.00	7
	3	0	0	0	0.90	14

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1994 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
• 1994 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics . Baseball Reference. 16 February 2018.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saboch01.shtml Chris Sabo page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithle02.shtml Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cottohe01.shtml Henry Cotto page at Baseball Reference
5. Web site: 1994 Baltimore Orioles Schedule.
6. Web site: 1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary.
7. Web site: 1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary.
8. Web site: Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac.
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007