1994 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1994
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Jack Murphy Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Tom Werner
General Managers:	Randy Smith
Managers:	Jim Riggleman
Television:	KUSI-TV Prime Ticket (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler)
Radio:	KFMB (AM) (Bob Chandler, Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner) XEXX (Mario Thomas Zapiain, Matias Santos, Eduardo Ortega)

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

• Brad Ausmus
• Derek Bell
• Andy Benes
• Archi Cianfrocco
• Ricky Gutiérrez
• Tony Gwynn
• Phil Plantier
• Bip Roberts
• Dave Staton^[7]

Notable transactions

• April 13, 1994: Kevin Maas was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[8]
• May 11, 1994: Gene Harris was traded by the Padres to the Detroit Tigers for Jorge Velandia and Scott Livingstone.^[9]
• May 20, 1994: Mackey Sasser was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[10]
• May 23, 1994: Kevin Maas was released by the Padres.
• May 24, 1994: Mark Davis was released by the Padres.^[11]
• June 26, 1994: Mackey Sasser was released by the Padres.

Roster

1994 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (third base) (bench) (first base) (hitting)

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		101	327	82	.251	7	24
1B		58	175	58	.331	11	42
2B		105	403	129	.320	2	31
3B		57	180	49	.272	2	10
SS		90	275	66	.240	1	28
LF		96	341	75	.220	18	41
CF		108	434	135	.311	14	54
RF		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
	81	240	80	.333	4	30
	77	235	65	.277	2	20
	61	149	32	.215	5	20
	59	146	32	.219	4	13
	84	135	29	.215	0	14
	52	118	30	.254	0	7
	36	93	23	.247	3	16
	29	66	12	.182	4	6
	27	43	9	.209	2	6
	9	28	7	.250	0	2
	10	19	5	.263	1	4
	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
	25	172.1	6	14	3.86	189
	24	164.1	6	11	3.40	121
	23	111.0	4	8	4.78	109
	16	108.2	9	6	2.98	61
	13	64.0	4	7	4.92	43
	8	41.0	3	2	4.83	30
	3	14.2	0	1	3.68	14
	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
	22	46.2	1	4	5.98	26
	4	12.0	0	2	6.75	7
	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
	47	4	4	20	2.57	68
	48	3	2	3	2.90	52
	35	2	4	2	3.49	42
	34	3	1	1	3.89	30
	30	0	1	0	3.27	24
	20	0	1	0	8.82	15
	13	1	1	0	8.03	9
	12	0	0	0	5.82	11
	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.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rancho Cucamonga^[12]

External links

• 1994 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 1994 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brownja03.shtml Jarvis Brown
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shermda02.shtml Darrell Sherman
3. Web site: Frank Seminara Stats.
4. Web site: Kevin Elster Stats.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gardnje01.shtml Jeff Gardner
6. Web site: 1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary.
7. Web site: 1994 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac.
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maaske01.shtml Kevin Maas
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velanjo01.shtml Jorge Velandia
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sassema01.shtml Mackey Sasser
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisma01.shtml Mark Davis
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