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1994 Colorado Rockies
1994 Colorado Rockies
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Mile High Stadium
City	Denver, Colorado
Record	53–64 (.453)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Jerry McMorris
General managers	Bob Gebhard
Managers	Don Baylor
Television	KWGN-TV; (Dave Campbell, Charlie Jones)
Radio	KOA (AM); (Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery); KCUV

The Colorado Rockies' 1994 season was the second for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. They played home games at Mile High Stadium. They finished with a record of 53–64, third in the division, six and a half games back. The season was cut short by a player strike.

Offseason

October 29, 1993: Marvin Freeman was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[1]
November 19, 1993: Howard Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[2]
November 30, 1993: Ellis Burks was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]
January 7, 1994: Walt Weiss was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[4]
March 31, 1994: John Vander Wal was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Montreal Expos.^[5]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Rockies had compiled a 53-64 record through 117 games. They were drawing really well at home, with an attendance of 3,281,511 through 57 home games for an average of 57,570 per game.^[6] At that pace, the team would have had a good chance of drawing more than 4.6 million fans in their 81 home games if the season had continued. Offensively, the Rockies had scored 573 runs (4.90 per game) and allowed 638 runs (5.45 per game) prior to the strike.^[7]

The Rockies tied the Chicago White Sox in 1994 for the most triples in the majors, with 39. Their pitchers, however, hit 49 batters: the most in the majors^[8]

Opening Day starters

Transactions

June 2, 1994: Doug Million was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 1994 amateur draft.^[10]
June 3, 1994: Keith Shepherd was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Boston Red Sox for Brian Conroy (minors).^[11]
June 27, 1994: Kent Bottenfield was granted free agency by the Colorado Rockies.^[12]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Trent Hubbard (Jul 7)
Pitchers:
- Mark Thompson (Jul 26)
- Jim Czajkowski (Jul 29) ^[13]

Roster

1994 Colorado Rockies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

25 Don Baylor

Coaches

36 Larry Bearnarth (pitching)
24 Dwight Evans (hitting)
2 Gene Glynn (first base)
29 Ron Hassey (bench)
41 Bill Plummer (bullpen)
23 Don Zimmer (third base)

Season standings

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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

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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 v t e 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	—

Game log

1994 Regular Season Game Log (53-64) (Home: 25-32; Road: 28-32)

April (10–12) (Home: 5-7; Road: 5-5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
1	April 4	Phillies	12–6	Slocumb (1–0)	Munoz (0–1)		72,470	0–1
2	April 6	Phillies	7–5	Mason (1–0)	Holmes (0–1)	Jones (1)	50,875	0–2
3	April 7	Phillies	13–8	Slocumb (2–0)	Reed (0–1)	Muñoz (1)	48,021	0–3
4	April 8	@ Pirates	7–3	Nied (1–0)	Wagner (0–1)		44,136	1–3
5	April 9	@ Pirates	10–5	Smith (1–1)	Reynoso (0–1)		17,458	1–4
6	April 11	@ Phillies	8–7	Ruffin (1–0)	Mason (1–1)	Holmes (1)	58,627	2–4
7	April 13	@ Phillies	12–3	Rivera (1–0)	Harris (0–1)		23,346	2–5
8	April 14	@ Phillies	5–0	Nied (2–0)	Schilling (0–2)		24,856	3–5
9	April 15	Expos	9–2	Reynoso (1–1)	Fassero (0–1)		47,213	4–5	Boxscore
10	April 16	Expos	7–3	Reed (1–1)	Hill (2–1)		51,347	5–5	Boxscore
11	April 17	Expos	6–5 (10)	Munoz (1–1)	Heredia (0–2)		55,443	6–5	Boxscore
12	April 18	Marlins	5–3	Aquino (1–0)	Holmes (0–2)	Harvey (4)	46,283	6–6
13	April 19	Marlins	6–4	Weathers (2–1)	Nied (2–1)	Harvey (5)	50,217	6–7
14	April 20	Marlins	16–6	Freeman (1–0)	Nen (0–1)		45,667	7–7
15	April 22	Cubs	9–2	Banks (2–2)	Harkey (0–1)		54,195	7–8
16	April 23	Cubs	8–2	Harris (1–1)	Morgan (0–3)		68,743	8–8
17	April 24	Cubs	12–4	Trachsel (2–1)	Nied (2–2)		71,329	8–9
18	April 25	@ Cardinals	7–6	Freeman (2–0)	Urbani (0–2)	Holmes (2)	23,628	9–9
19	April 26	@ Cardinals	2–1	Tewksbury (5–0)	Reynoso (1–2)		23,094	9–10
20	April 27	@ Marlins	3–2	Hough (2–0)	Harkey (0–2)	Hernandez (2)	24,114	9–11
21	April 28	@ Marlins	8–7	Nen (1–1)	Blair (0–1)	Hernandez (3)	32,236	9–12
22	April 29	@ Cubs	6–5	Nied (3–2)	Trachsel (2–2)	Holmes (3)	34,179	10–12

May (13–14) (Home: 5-8; Road: 8-6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
23	May 1	@ Cubs	6–2	Freeman (3–0)	Young (0–2)		26,558	11–12
24	May 3	Cardinals	10–1	Reynoso (2–2)	Palacios (0–1)		46,326	12–12
25	May 4	Cardinals	6–5	Smith (1–0)	Holmes (0–3)	Murphy (2)	51,639	12–13
26	May 6	@ Padres	8–0	Benes (2–5)	Harkey (0–3)		15,574	12–14
27	May 7	@ Padres	2–1	Hoffman (2–0)	Ruffin (1–1)		36,296	12–15
28	May 8	@ Padres	1–0	Nied (4–2)	Harris (1–1)	Reed (1)	14,328	13–15
29	May 9	@ Giants	12–5	Hickerson (2–1)	Reynoso (2–3)		14,472	13–16
30	May 10	@ Giants	4–2	Harris (2–1)	Burkett (3–3)	Ruffin (1)	15,182	14–16
31	May 11	@ Giants	6–1	Swift (5–3)	Harkey (0–4)		16,759	14–17
32	May 13	@ Astros	4–2	Drabek (5–1)	Freeman (3–1)		29,962	14–18
33	May 14	@ Astros	4–2	Nied (5–2)	Kile (3–2)	Ruffin (2)	23,037	15–18
34	May 15	@ Astros	4–0	Reynoso (3–3)	Swindell (3–1)		21,004	16–18
35	May 16	Dodgers	9–2	Martínez (2–2)	Harris (2–2)		50,507	16–19
36	May 17	Dodgers	7–6	Bottenfield (1–0)	Dreifort (0–3)		53,589	17–19
37	May 18	Dodgers	5–2	Gross (3–1)	Blair (0–2)	Gott (1)	54,108	17–20
38	May 19	Dodgers	8–2	Hershiser (3–0)	Nied (5–3)		51,515	17–21
39	May 20	Braves	7–1	Avery (5–1)	Reynoso (3–4)		71,368	17–22
40	May 21	Braves	5–4	Mercker (3–0)	Harris (2–3)	McMichael (9)	72,123	17–23
41	May 22	Braves	8–3	Maddux (7–2)	Painter (0–1)		71,523	17–24
42	May 23	Reds	8–3	Freeman (4–1)	Smiley (4–5)	Ruffin (3)	45,713	18–24
43	May 24	Reds	11–7	Bottenfield (2–0)	Hanson (3–4)		47,885	19–24
44	May 25	Reds	3–2	Harkey (1–4)	Rijo (2–3)	Ruffin (4)	47,264	20–24
45	May 26	Reds	14–4	Roper (1–0)	Harris (2–4)		53,407	20–25
46	May 27	@ Expos	4–2	White (1–0)	Painter (0–2)	Wetteland (6)	22,882	20–26	Boxscore
47	May 28	@ Expos	3–2 (10)	Ruffin (2–1)	Scott (1–2)	Bottenfield (1)	30,452	21–26	Boxscore
48	May 29	@ Expos	4–3 (10)	Scott (2–2)	Ruffin (2–2)		26,774	21–27	Boxscore
49	May 30	@ Mets	12–2	Ritz (1–0)	Gozzo (2–2)	Blair (1)	20,705	22–27
50	May 31	@ Mets	3–2	Harris (3–4)	Linton (4–2)	Ruffin (5)	15,515	23–27

June (13–16) (Home: 8-8; Road: 5-8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
51	June 1	@ Mets	4–3	Bottenfield (3–0)	Smith (3–6)	Ruffin (6)	17,099	24–27
52	June 3	Pirates	6–4	Freeman (5–1)	Neagle (5–6)	Ruffin (7)	53,737	25–27
53	June 4	Pirates	4–3	Smith (5–5)	Ritz (1–1)	Dewey (1)	61,619	25–28
54	June 5	Pirates	4–3	White (2–3)	Moore (0–1)	Ballard (2)	63,653	25–29
55	June 6	Mets	11–3	Linton (5–2)	Bottenfield (3–1)		51,679	25–30
56	June 7	Mets	10–8	Ruffin (3–2)	Mason (2–3)	Munoz (1)	51,018	26–30
57	June 8	Mets	5–4	Moore (1–1)	Saberhagen (6–3)	Ruffin (8)	52,117	27–30
58	June 9	@ Reds	7–1	Rijo (5–3)	Ritz (1–2)		31,990	27–31
59	June 10	@ Reds	10–4	Roper (2–0)	Harris (3–5)		33,610	27–32
60	June 11	@ Reds	6–4	Fortugno (1–0)	Nied (5–4)	McElroy (3)	36,887	27–33
61	June 12	@ Reds	3–2	Reed (2–1)	Carrasco (3–3)	Ruffin (9)	30,992	28–33
62	June 13	@ Braves	7–2	Freeman (6–1)	Glavine (7–6)		48,528	29–33
63	June 14	@ Braves	3–1	Mercker (5–1)	Ritz (1–3)	McMichael (15)	44,545	29–34
64	June 15	@ Braves	4–0	Smoltz (5–6)	Harris (3–6)		45,429	29–35
65	June 16	@ Braves	11–8	Stanton (2–1)	Ruffin (3–3)	McMichael (16)	45,827	29–36
66	June 17	@ Dodgers	13–5	Painter (1–2)	Hershiser (3–4)	Blair (2)	39,609	30–36
67	June 18	@ Dodgers	9–3	Freeman (7–1)	Martínez (6–3)		50,482	31–36
68	June 19	@ Dodgers	7–3	Astacio (5–5)	Ritz (1–4)		51,015	31–37
69	June 20	Astros	5–4	Drabek (10–3)	Harris (3–7)	Hudek (11)	50,671	31–38
70	June 21	Astros	8–0	Nied (6–4)	Kile (5–3)		56,913	32–38
71	June 22	Astros	14–5	Painter (2–2)	Swindell (5–5)		50,887	33–38
72	June 24	Giants	10–3	Van Landingham (3–0)	Blair (0–3)		73,957	33–39
73	June 25	Giants	6–4	Munoz (2–1)	Torres (2–7)	Ruffin (10)	69,881	34–39
74	June 26	Giants	8–1	Burkett (5–6)	Harris (3–8)		73,171	34–40
75	June 27	Padres	12–7	Nied (7–4)	Ashby (3–6)		52,949	35–40
76	June 28	Padres	10–9	Munoz (3–1)	Elliott (0–1)	Ruffin (11)		36–40
77	June 28	Padres	11–3 (11)	Hoffman (3–3)	Harris (3–9)		55,021	36–41
78	June 29	Padres	10–4	Tabaka (2–1)	Blair (0–4)	Martínez (3)	50,173	36–42
79	June 30	@ Cardinals	9–7	Murphy (4–3)	Munoz (3–2)	Olivares (1)	35,648	36–43

July (14–14) (Home: 5-5; Road: 9-9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
80	July 1	@ Cardinals	11–4	Sutcliffe (5–3)	Harris (3–10)	Cimorelli (1)	26,284	36–44
81	July 2	@ Cardinals	7–5	Munoz (4–2)	Rodriguez (2–3)	Ruffin (12)	39,785	37–44
82	July 3	@ Cardinals	5–2	Reed (3–1)	Arocha (4–4)	Ruffin (13)	35,093	38–44
83	July 4	@ Cubs	4–3	Bautista (2–3)	Ruffin (3–4)			38–45
84	July 4	@ Cubs	4–2 (15)	Walton (1–0)	Myers (1–4)	Harris (1)	37,167	39–45
85	July 5	@ Cubs	9–6	Ritz (2–4)	Crim (3–3)	Blair (3)	30,142	40–45
86	July 6	@ Cubs	7–1	Leskanic (1–0)	Trachsel (7–6)	Ruffin (14)	32,637	41–45
87	July 7	@ Marlins	2–1	Nied (8–4)	Johnstone (1–1)		28,783	42–45
88	July 8	@ Marlins	5–2	Weathers (8–7)	Painter (2–3)	Nen (8)	26,498	42–46
89	July 9	@ Marlins	4–2	Rapp (5–5)	Freeman (7–2)	Nen (9)	38,345	42–47
90	July 10	@ Marlins	6–4	Aquino (2–1)	Harkey (1–5)	Nen (10)	33,593	42–48
All-Star Break: NL def. AL at Three Rivers Stadium, 8–7 (10)
91	July 14	Cardinals	8–1	Nied (9–4)	Pérez (2–3)		63,745	43–48
92	July 15	Cardinals	10–6	Ritz (3–4)	Tewksbury (10–8)		63,179	44–48
93	July 16	Cardinals	15–4	Painter (3–3)	Olivares (1–2)		70,217	45–48
94	July 17	Cardinals	10–6	Freeman (8–2)	Sutcliffe (5–4)		61,972	46–48
95	July 18	Cubs	6–3	Bullinger (4–2)	Harkey (1–6)		63,438	46–49
96	July 19	Cubs	6–1	Trachsel (9–6)	Nied (9–5)		70,493	46–50
97	July 20	Cubs	9–8	Veres (1–0)	Reed (3–2)	Plesac (1)	60,173	46–51
98	July 22	Marlins	4–0	Rapp (6–5)	Painter (3–4)		58,613	46–52
99	July 23	Marlins	5–4	Freeman (9–2)	Scheid (0–2)	Ruffin (15)	70,289	47–52
100	July 24	Marlins	6–4	Nen (4–4)	Blair (0–5)		68,045	47–53
101	July 25	@ Padres	4–3	Ritz (4–4)	Benes (6–12)	Ruffin (16)	9,195	48–53
102	July 26	@ Padres	6–5	Thompson (1–0)	Sanders (3–8)	Reed (2)	11,896	49–53
103	July 27	@ Padres	9–2	Hamilton (7–5)	Painter (3–5)	Mauser (2)	9,666	49–54
104	July 28	@ Giants	5–1	Freeman (10–2)	Monteleone (3–3)		31,130	50–54
105	July 29	@ Giants	8–4	Black (4–1)	Nied (9–6)		25,192	50–55
106	July 30	@ Giants	6–4	Portugal (10–7)	Ritz (4–5)	Beck (25)	49,627	50–56
107	July 31	@ Giants	9–4	Van Landingham (7–1)	Thompson (1–1)	Hickerson (1)	50,007	50–57

August (3–7) (Home: 2-4; Road: 1-3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	@ Astros	8–3	Painter (4–5)	Harnisch (7–5)		22,256	51–57
109	August 2	@ Astros	3–1	Drabek (11–6)	Harris (3–11)		22,574	51–58
110	August 3	@ Astros	2–1	Jones (5–2)	Ruffin (3–5)		18,320	51–59
111	August 4	@ Astros	6–2	Kile (8–6)	Ritz (4–6)		30,053	51–60
112	August 5	Dodgers	5–4	Martínez (11–7)	Leskanic (1–1)	Worrell (10)	70,283	51–61
113	August 7	Dodgers	6–2	Hershiser (6–6)	Harris (3–12)		70,372	51–62
114	August 8	Dodgers	7–6	Ruffin (4–5)	Worrell (6–5)		52,634	52–62
115	August 9	Braves	7–4	McMichael (4–6)	Nied (9–7)		61,595	52–63
116	August 10	Braves	1–0 (6)	Ritz (5–6)	Glavine (13–9)	Reed (3)	65,157	53–63
117	August 11	Braves	13–0	Maddux (16–6)	Painter (4–6)		65,043	53–64

Legend
Rockies win	Rockies loss	All-Star Game	Game postponed

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	Joe Girardi	93	330	91	.276	4	34
1B	Andrés Galarraga	103	417	133	.319	31	85
2B	Nelson Liriano	87	255	65	.255	3	31
SS	Walt Weiss	110	423	106	.251	1	32
3B	Charlie Hayes	113	423	122	.288	10	50
LF	Eric Young	90	228	62	.272	7	30
CF	Mike Kingery	105	301	105	.349	4	41
RF	Dante Bichette	116	484	147	.304	27	95

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
Howard Johnson	93	227	48	.211	10	40
Ellis Burks	42	149	48	.322	13	24
Vinny Castilla	52	130	43	.331	3	18
Roberto Mejía	38	116	28	.241	4	14
Danny Sheaffer	44	110	24	.218	1	12
John Vander Wal	91	110	27	.245	5	15
Chris Jones	21	40	12	.300	0	2
Trent Hubbard	18	25	7	.280	1	3
Jayhawk Owens	6	12	3	.250	0	1
Ty Van Burkleo	2	5	0	.000	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
Greg Harris	29	130.0	3	12	6.65	82
David Nied	22	122.0	9	7	4.80	74
Marvin Freeman	19	112.2	10	2	2.80	67
Lance Painter	15	73.2	4	6	6.11	41
Kevin Ritz	15	73.2	5	6	5.62	53
Armando Reynoso	9	52.1	3	4	4.82	25
Mark Thompson	2	9.0	1	1	9.00	5

Other pitchers