1994 San Diego Padres season

1994 San Diego Padres
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkJack Murphy Stadium
CitySan Diego, California
Record47–70 (.402)
Divisional place4th
OwnersTom Werner
General managersRandy Smith
ManagersJim Riggleman
TelevisionKUSI-TV
Prime Ticket (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler)
RadioKFMB (AM)
(Bob Chandler, Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner)
XEXX
(Mario Thomas Zapiain, Matias Santos, Eduardo Ortega)
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The 1994 San Diego Padres season was the 26th season in franchise history.

Offseason

  • November 18, 1993: Jarvis Brown was selected off waivers from the Padres by the Atlanta Braves.[1]
  • November 18, 1993: Darrell Sherman was selected off waivers from the Padres by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • December 10, 1993: Frank Seminara was traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Tracy Sanders (minors) to the New York Mets for a player to be named later and Randy Curtis (minors). The New York Mets sent Marc Kroon (December 13, 1993) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade. The San Diego Padres sent Pablo Martinez (December 13, 1993) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.[3]
  • December 17, 1993: Kevin Elster was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.[4]
  • January 20, 1994: Jeff Gardner was released by the Padres.[5]
  • March 21, 1994: Kevin Elster was released by the San Diego Padres.[4]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Padres had compiled a record of 47-70 through 117 games. They had scored 479 runs (4.09 per game) and allowed 531 runs (4.54 per game). They were also leading the majors in at-bats at the time, with 4,068.[6] They also drew the fewest walks in the majors, with 319, and tied the New York Yankees for the most double plays grounded into, with 112.[6]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 58 56 .509 — 33‍–‍22 25‍–‍34
San Francisco Giants 55 60 .478 3½ 29‍–‍31 26‍–‍29
Colorado Rockies 53 64 .453 6½ 25‍–‍32 28‍–‍32
San Diego Padres 47 70 .402 12½ 26‍–‍31 21‍–‍39
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 74 40 .649
Cincinnati Reds 66 48 .579
Los Angeles Dodgers 58 56 .509
Wild Card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 68 46 0.597 —
Houston Astros 66 49 0.574 21⁄2
New York Mets 55 58 0.487 121⁄2
San Francisco Giants 55 60 0.478 131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 54 61 0.470 141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals 53 61 0.465 15
Pittsburgh Pirates 53 61 0.465 15
Colorado Rockies 53 64 0.453 161⁄2
Florida Marlins 51 64 0.444 171⁄2
Chicago Cubs 49 64 0.434 181⁄2
San Diego Padres 47 70 0.402 221⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 4–2 5–5 8–2 8–4 3–3 6–0 4–5 5–4 6–3 3–9 6–1 5–1 5–7
Chicago 2–4 — 5–7 6–6 4–5 4–8 3–3 2–4 1–4 1–6 5–5 6–3 5–4 5–5
Cincinnati 5–5 7–5 — 4–4 7–5 4–6 3–6 4–2 2–4 4–2 9–3 8–2 7–2 2–2–1
Colorado 2–8 6–6 4–4 — 3–9 5–5 4–6 4–2 5–1 2–4 2–3 5–5 3–7 8–4
Florida 4–8 5–4 5–7 9–3 — 2–4 3–3 2–7 6–4 4–6 1–6 5–1 2–4 3–7
Houston 3–3 8–4 6–4 5–5 4–2 — 1–8 2–4 3–3 5–1 8–4 5–5 8–2 8–4
Los Angeles 0–6 3–3 6–3 6–4 3–3 8–1 — 3–9 6–6 7–5 3–3 6–4 5–5 2–4
Montreal 5–4 4–2 2–4 2–4 7–2 4–2 9–3 — 4–3 5–4 8–2 12–0 5–7 7–3
New York 4–5 4–1 4–2 1–5 4–6 3–3 6–6 3–4 — 4–6 4–5 6–6 6–6 6–3
Philadelphia 3-6 6–1 2–4 4–2 6–4 1–5 5–7 4–5 6–4 — 5–4 4–8 4–8 4–3
Pittsburgh 9–3 5–5 3–9 3–2 6–1 4–8 3–3 2–8 5–4 4–5 — 3–3 1–5 5–5
San Diego 1–6 3–6 2–8 5–5 1–5 5–5 4–6 0–12 6–6 8–4 3–3 — 5–2 4–2
San Francisco 1–5 4–5 2–7 7–3 4–2 2–8 5–5 7–5 6–6 8–4 5–1 2–5 — 2–4
St. Louis 7–5 5–5 2–2–1 4–8 7–3 4–8 4–2 3–7 3–6 3–4 5–5 2–4 4–2 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1994 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Brad Ausmus 101 327 82 .251 7 24
1B Eddie Williams 58 175 58 .331 11 42
2B Bip Roberts 105 403 129 .320 2 31
3B Scott Livingstone 57 180 49 .272 2 10
SS Ricky Gutiérrez 90 275 66 .240 1 28
LF Phil Plantier 96 341 75 .220 18 41
CF Derek Bell 108 434 135 .311 14 54
RF Tony Gwynn 110 419 165 .394 12 64

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
Craig Shipley 81 240 80 .333 4 30
Luis López 77 235 65 .277 2 20
Phil Clark 61 149 32 .215 5 20
Archi Cianfrocco 59 146 32 .219 4 13
Billy Bean 84 135 29 .215 0 14
Tim Hyers 52 118 30 .254 0 7
Brian Johnson 36 93 23 .247 3 16
Dave Staton 29 66 12 .182 4 6
Keith Lockhart 27 43 9 .209 2 6
Ray McDavid 9 28 7 .250 0 2
Melvin Nieves 10 19 5 .263 1 4
Ray Holbert 5 5 1 .200 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
Andy Benes 25 172.1 6 14 3.86 189
Andy Ashby 24 164.1 6 11 3.40 121
Scott Sanders 23 111.0 4 8 4.78 109
Joey Hamilton 16 108.2 9 6 2.98 61
Wally Whitehurst 13 64.0 4 7 4.92 43
Bill Krueger 8 41.0 3 2 4.83 30
Tim Worrell 3 14.2 0 1 3.68 14
Kerry Taylor 1 4.1 0 0 8.31 3

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
A.J. Sager 22 46.2 1 4 5.98 26
José Martínez 4 12.0 0 2 6.75 7
Mike Campbell 3 8.1 1 1 12.96 10

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
Trevor Hoffman 47 4 4 20 2.57 68
Pedro Martínez 48 3 2 3 2.90 52
Tim Mauser 35 2 4 2 3.49 42
Jeff Tabaka 34 3 1 1 3.89 30
Donnie Elliott 30 0 1 0 3.27 24
Mark Davis 20 0 1 0 8.82 15
Gene Harris 13 1 1 0 8.03 9
Doug Brocail 12 0 0 0 5.82 11
Bryce Florie 9 0 0 0 0.96 8

Awards and honors

  • Andy Benes, National League strikeout champion (189)
  • Tony Gwynn, National League batting champion, (.394)

1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Russ Nixon
AA Wichita Pilots Texas League Keith Champion
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Tim Flannery
A Springfield Sultans Midwest League Ed Romero
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Tye Waller
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Barry Moss

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rancho Cucamonga[12]

References

  1. ^ Jarvis Brown at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Darrell Sherman at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ "Frank Seminara Stats".
  4. ^ a b "Kevin Elster Stats".
  5. ^ Jeff Gardner at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ a b "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  7. ^ "1994 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  8. ^ a b Kevin Maas at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Jorge Velandia at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ a b Mackey Sasser at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Mark Davis at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007