1994 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1994
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Candlestick Park
City:	San Francisco
Owners:	Peter Magowan
General Managers:	Bob Quinn
Managers:	Dusty Baker
Television:	KTVU SportsChannel Pacific (Ted Robinson, Mike Krukow, Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
Radio:	KNBR (Ted Robinson, Hank Greenwald, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper) SP Radio (Julio Gonzalez, Rene De La Rosa)

The 1994 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 112th season in Major League Baseball, their 37th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 35th at Candlestick Park. After winning 103 games in 1993, the Giants record dropped to 55–60 in a strike-shortened season. This was also the season in which Matt Williams hit a career high 43 home runs through 115 games by the time the strike hit, on pace to finish with 61; had the season continued, Williams may have had a chance to break Roger Maris's then-single season record of 61 home runs set in 1961.

Offseason

• November 21, 1993: Mark Portugal signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[1]
• December 20, 1993: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[2]
• March 22, 1994: Rex Hudler was released by the San Francisco Giants.^[2]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Giants had compiled a 55-60 record through 115 games. They had scored 504 runs (4.38 per game) and allowed 500 runs (4.35 per game).^[3]

The Giants were struggling offensively prior to the strike, at 28th in batting average (.249), doubles (159) and overall hits (963).^[4]

Their pitchers also struggled, combining to finish 28th in complete games, with just 2.^[4]

Notable transactions

• June 19, 1994: Darryl Strawberry signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
• June 29, 1994: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[5]
• September 14, 1994: Yorvit Torrealba was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.^[6]

Draft picks

= Future All Star

The following were notable Giants draft picks from the MLB Amateur Draft held on June 2, 1994.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Status
1	22	Dante Powell ^[7]		Player signed July 13, 1994.
5		Bobby Howry^[8]		Player signed June 4, 1994.
9		Keith Foulke^[9]		Player signed June 3, 1994.
20		J. D. Drew^[10]		Did not sign.

Opening day starters

• Todd Benzinger
• Barry Bonds
• John Burkett
• Royce Clayton
• Darren Lewis
• Kirt Manwaring
• Willie McGee
• Robby Thompson
• Matt Williams^[11]

Roster

1994 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Third Base) (Bench) (Pitching) (First Base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
C		97	316	79	1	29	.250
1B		107	328	87	9	31	.265
2B		85	240	57	3	32	.238
3B		112	445	119	43	96	.267
SS		108	385	91	3	30	.236
LF		112	391	122	37	81	.312
CF		114	451	116	4	29	.257
RF		45	156	44	5	23	.282

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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
	97	235	58	.247	4	27
	35	129	27	.209	2	7
	50	103	18	.175	1	7
	52	103	28	.272	2	13
	51	100	27	.270	3	20
	29	92	22	.239	4	17
	38	62	16	.258	1	9
	15	38	5	.132	1	3
	19	26	3	.115	0	4
	5	13	2	.154	0	0
	14	11	4	.364	0	2

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	159.1	6	8	3.62	85
	21	137.1	10	8	3.93	87
	17	109.1	8	7	3.38	62
	16	84.1	2	8	5.44	42
	16	84.0	8	2	3.54	56
	10	54.1	4	2	4.47	28

Other pitchers

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

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
	48	2	4	28	2.77	39
	57	3	6	0	4.38	84
	44	1	0	0	4.94	20
	39	4	3	0	3.18	16
	36	3	2	4	1.49	51
	26	0	1	0	3.78	14
	9	0	0	0	3.48	7
	6	0	1	0	21.60	2
	4	0	0	0	1.08	3
	1	0	0	0	10.80	0

Awards and honors

• Mark Leiter P, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1994 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1994 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/portuma01.shtml Mark Portugal Statistics
2. Web site: Rex Hudler Stats.
3. Web site: 1994 National League Season Summary.
4. Web site: 1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary.
5. Web site: Kent Bottenfield Stats.
6. Web site: Yorvit Torrealba Stats.
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/powelda01.shtml Dante Powell Statistics
8. Web site: Bob Howry Stats.
9. Web site: Keith Foulke Stats.
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/drewj.01.shtml J. D. Drew Statistics
11. Web site: 1994 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac.
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/1994.shtml 1994 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007