1994 Florida Marlins season explained

Florida Marlins
Season:	1994
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Joe Robbie Stadium
City:	Miami Gardens, Florida
Record:	51–64 (.443)
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Wayne Huizenga
General Managers:	Dave Dombrowski
Managers:	Rene Lachemann
Television:	Sunshine Network WBFS-TV (Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
Radio:	WQAM (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien) WCMQ-FM (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)

The 1994 Florida Marlins season was the second season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1993. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 51–64, last in the National League East. The season ended early as a result of the 1994 players strike.

Offseason

December 15, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[1]
December 20, 1993: Charlie Hough was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.^[2]
December 20, 1993: Kerwin Moore was traded by the Marlins to the Oakland Athletics for Kurt Abbott.^[3]
December 22, 1993: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[4]
March 30, 1994: Mario Díaz was released by the Florida Marlins.^[1]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Marlins had compiled a 51-64 record through 115 games. They had scored 468 runs (4.07 per game) and allowed 576 runs (5.01 per game).^[5]

Charlie Hough was 46 when he took the hill on Opening Day for the Marlins. He was the second oldest pitcher to pitch on opening day. Jack Quinn started for the Brooklyn Dodgers on Opening Day in 1931 at the age of 47.^[6]

1994 Opening Day lineup

Player	Position
	CF
	3B
	RF
	1B
	LF
	2B
	C
	SS
	P

Notable transactions

April 3, 1994: Matt Turner was traded by the Marlins to the Cleveland Indians for Jeremy Hernandez.^[7]
May 30, 1994: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[1]
June 2, 1994: Josh Booty was drafted by the Marlins in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 14, 1994.^[8]
June 27, 1994: Mike Jeffcoat was released by the Florida Marlins.^[4]

Roster

1994 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	Outfielders	ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Bullpen) (1st Base) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (3rd Base)

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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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	101	337	92	.273	11	41
1B	47	155	47	.303	6	31
2B	107	372	112	.301	5	31
SS	101	345	86	.249	9	33
3B	101	329	97	.295	3	30
LF	115	451	144	.319	18	82
CF	106	433	114	.263	2	30
RF	87	322	89	.276	27	78

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
74	211	58	.275	1	17
80	136	34	.250	0	9
39	130	27	.208	5	15
59	113	27	.239	0	15
32	77	25	.325	0	11
19	52	9	.173	1	2
16	51	11	.216	2	6
28	49	11	.224	2	4
17	39	7	.179	0	4
13	33	7	.212	1	2
10	29	8	.276	0	2
9	22	5	.227	0	0
4	11	5	.455	1	4
12	11	2	.182	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
24	135.0	8	12	5.27	72
24	133.1	7	8	3.85	75
21	113.2	5	9	5.15	65
13	73.1	4	4	3.07	40
8	47.0	1	5	4.94	32
4	20.0	1	3	8.10	11

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
	20	92.1	4	4	4.87	57
	8	32.1	1	3	3.34	17

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
44	5	5	15	2.95	60
45	1	4	0	5.67	45
44	3	0	0	3.54	41
35	1	0	0	5.40	30
29	2	1	0	3.73	22
24	2	1	0	3.35	21
21	3	3	9	2.70	13
17	1	2	0	5.91	23
12	0	0	6	5.23	10
9	0	0	0	6.23	7
9	2	0	0	5.84	7
4	0	0	0	10.13	1

Farm system

External links

1994 Florida Marlins at Baseball Reference
1994 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

Web site: Mario Diaz Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/houghch01.shtml Charlie Hough
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mooreke02.shtml Kerwin Moore
Web site: Mike Jeffcoat Stats.
Web site: 1994 National League Season Summary.
https://web.archive.org/web/20020402164029/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2002/03/26/openingday_btn/ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernaje02.shtml Jeremy Hernandez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bootyjo01.shtml Josh Booty
http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=FLO 1994 Florida Marlins
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997