1994 Detroit Tigers season

1994 Detroit Tigers
1994 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Tiger Stadium
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	Mike Ilitch
General managers	Joe Klein
Managers	Sparky Anderson
Television	WDIV-TV; (George Kell, Al Kaline) ; PASS; (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Jim Northrup)
Radio	WJR; (Rick Rizzs, Bob Rathbun)

The Detroit Tigers' 1994 season had a record of 53–62 in a strike-shortened season. The season ended with the Tigers in fifth place in the newly formed American League East. The season featured the return of former star Kirk Gibson, the return of Ernie Harwell to the television broadcast booth and the 18th season of the Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker double play combination.

Offseason

November 1, 1993: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[1]
November 7, 1993: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[2]
February 4, 1994: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[3]
February 7, 1994: Tim Belcher was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[4]
February 14, 1994: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[5]
February 18, 1994: Kevin Morgan was traded by the Tigers to the New York Mets for Joe Dellicarri (minors).^[6]
March 31, 1994: Rico Brogna was traded by the Tigers to the New York Mets for Alan Zinter.^[7]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Tigers had compiled a 53-62 record through 115 games. They had scored 652 runs (5.67 per game) and had allowed 671 runs (5.83 per game).^[8]

The Tigers were struggling in terms of strikeouts, as their pitchers had combined for the fewest strikeouts (560) and their batters had combined for the most strikeouts (897) in the Majors. Tigers' pitchers also had the most intentional walks in the Majors (74), the fewest shutouts (1) and tied the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers for the fewest saves (20).^[9]

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	70	43	0.619	—	33–24	37–19
Baltimore Orioles	63	49	0.562	6½	28–27	35–22
Toronto Blue Jays	55	60	0.478	16	33–26	22–34
Boston Red Sox	54	61	0.470	17	31–33	23–28
Detroit Tigers	53	62	0.461	18	34–24	19–38

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	70	43	0.619
Chicago White Sox	67	46	0.593
Texas Rangers	52	62	0.456

v t e Wild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Indians	66	47	0.584	—
Baltimore Orioles	63	49	0.562	2½
Kansas City Royals	64	51	0.557	3
Toronto Blue Jays	55	60	0.478	12
Boston Red Sox	54	61	0.470	13
Minnesota Twins	53	60	0.469	13
Detroit Tigers	53	62	0.461	14
Milwaukee Brewers	53	62	0.461	14
Oakland Athletics	51	63	0.447	15½
Seattle Mariners	49	63	0.438	16½
California Angels	47	68	0.409	20

Record vs. opponents

1994 American League record v t e 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	—

Notable transactions

May 11, 1994: Jorge Velandia and Scott Livingstone were traded by the Tigers to the San Diego Padres for Gene Harris.^[10]
June 17, 1994: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[11]

Roster

1994 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

11 Sparky Anderson

Coaches

31 Larry Herndon (Hitting)
56 Billy Muffett (Pitching)
52 Gene Roof (First Base)
53 Dick Tracewski (Third Base)
59 Dan Whitmer (Bullpen)

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	Chad Kreuter	65	170	38	.224	1	19
1B	Cecil Fielder	109	425	110	.259	28	90
2B	Lou Whitaker	92	322	97	.301	12	43
SS	Alan Trammell	76	292	78	.267	8	28
3B	Travis Fryman	114	464	122	.263	18	85
LF	Tony Phillips	114	438	123	.281	19	61
CF	Eric Davis	37	120	22	.183	3	13
RF	Junior Félix	86	301	92	.306	13	49
DH	Kirk Gibson	98	330	91	.276	23	72

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
Mickey Tettleton	107	339	84	.248	17	51
Chris Gomez	84	296	76	.257	8	53
Juan Samuel	59	136	42	.309	5	21
Milt Cuyler	48	116	28	.241	1	11
Danny Bautista	31	99	23	.232	4	15
John Flaherty	34	40	6	.150	0	4
Riccardo Ingram	12	23	5	.217	0	2
Scott Livingstone	15	23	5	.217	0	1
Skeeter Barnes	24	21	6	.286	1	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tim Belcher	25	162.0	7	15	5.89	76
Mike Moore	25	154.1	11	10	5.42	62
Bill Gullickson	21	115.1	4	5	5.93	65
David Wells	16	111.1	5	7	3.96	71
John Doherty	18	101.1	6	7	6.48	28
Sean Bergman	3	17.2	2	1	5.60	12

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
Greg Gohr	8	34.0	2	2	4.50	21
José Lima	3	6.2	0	1	13.50	7

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
Mike Henneman	30	1	3	8	5.19	27
Joe Boever	46	9	2	3	3.98	49
Buddy Groom	40	0	1	1	3.94	27
Mike Gardiner	38	2	2	5	4.14	31
Storm Davis	35	2	4	0	3.56	38
Greg Cadaret	17	1	0	2	3.60	14
Bill Krueger	16	0	2	0	9.61	17
Gene Harris	11	0	0	1	7.15	10
Phil Stidham	5	0	0	0	24.92	4
Kurt Knudsen	4	1	0	0	13.50	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Joe Sparks and Larry Parrish
AA	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	Tom Runnells
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Gerry Groninger and Mark Wagner
A	Fayetteville Generals	South Atlantic League	Dwight Lowry
A-Short Season	Jamestown Jammers	New York–Penn League	Dave Anderson
Rookie	Bristol Tigers	Appalachian League	Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Niagara Falls^[12]

References

^ Eric Davis at Baseball Reference
^ Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
^ Kirk Gibson at Baseball Reference
^ Tim Belcher at Baseball Reference
^ Juan Samuel at Baseball Reference
^ Kevin Morgan at Baseball Reference
^ Rico Brogna at Baseball Reference
^ "1994 American League Season Summary".
^ "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
^ Jorge Velandia at Baseball Reference
^ Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

1994 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

[1] Eric Davis at Baseball Reference

[2] Joe Boever at Baseball Reference

[3] Kirk Gibson at Baseball Reference

[4] Tim Belcher at Baseball Reference

[5] Juan Samuel at Baseball Reference

[6] Kevin Morgan at Baseball Reference

[7] Rico Brogna at Baseball Reference

[8] "1994 American League Season Summary".

[9] "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".

[10] Jorge Velandia at Baseball Reference

[11] Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference

[12] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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