1994 Cleveland Indians season

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1994 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Richard Jacobs
General manager(s) John Hart
Manager(s) Mike Hargrove
Local television WUAB · SportsChannel Ohio
Local radio WKNR (1220)
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Offseason

Regular season

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Larry Doby
CF, Coach
Retired 1994

Larry Doby was the first African American to play in the American League.

  • On July 15, 1994, Albert Belle's bat was confiscated by umpire Dave Phillips.[8] It was the result of White Sox manager Gene Lamont believing that the bat was corked. During the game, Indians pitcher Jason Grimsley removed a ceiling tile in his manager's office and clambered on top of an 18-inch-wide (460 mm) cinder block.[9] He replaced the corked bat with a conventional bat but the bat had Paul Sorrento's name on it. Belle was suspended for seven games.[8]

By Friday August 12, 1994, the Indians had compiled a 66-47 record through 113 games, just one game back of the Chicago White Sox for the AL Central Division lead. They had scored 679 runs (6.01 per game) and allowed 562 runs (4.97 per game). They were leading the AL Wildcard Race over the Baltimore Orioles by 2.5 games. Cleveland was leading the Majors in nearly every offensive category, including hits (1,165), runs scored (679), home runs (167), runs batted in (647), batting average (.290), slugging percentage (.484) and total bases (1,946).[10]

Cleveland pitching was also strong, as Indians pitchers had combined for an MLB-high 17 complete games pitched before the Players' Strike prematurely ended the season.[10]

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 67 46 0.593 34–19 33–27
Cleveland Indians 66 47 0.584 1 35–16 31–31
Kansas City Royals 64 51 0.557 4 35–24 29–27
Minnesota Twins 53 60 0.469 14 32–27 21–33
Milwaukee Brewers 53 62 0.461 15 24–32 29–30


Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 70 43 0.619
Chicago White Sox 67 46 0.593
Texas Rangers 52 62 0.456


W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 66 47 0.584
Baltimore Orioles 63 49 0.562
Kansas City Royals 64 51 0.557
Toronto Blue Jays 55 60 0.478
Boston Red Sox 54 61 0.470
Minnesota Twins 53 60 0.469
Detroit Tigers 53 62 0.461
Milwaukee Brewers 53 62 0.461
Oakland Athletics 51 63 0.447
Seattle Mariners 49 63 0.438
California Angels 47 68 0.409


Record vs. opponents

1994 American League Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 4–2 8–4 2–4 4–6 3–4 4–1 7–3 4–5 4–6 7–5 4–6 3–3 7–2
Boston 2–4 7–5 2–4 3–7 4–2 4–2 5–5 1–8 3–7 9–3 6–6 1–5 7–3
California 4–8 5–7 5–5 0–5 3–4 6–4 3–3 3–3 4–8 3–6 2–7 6–4 3–4
Chicago 4–2 4–2 5–5 7–5 8–4 3–7 9–3 2–4 4–2 6–3 9–1 4–5 2–3
Cleveland 6–4 7–3 5–0 5–7 8–2 1–4 5–2 9–3 0–9 6–0 3–2 5–7 6–4
Detroit 4–3 2–4 4–3 4–8 2–8 4–8 6–4 3–3 3–3 5–4 6–3 5–7 5–4
Kansas City 1–4 2–4 4–6 7–3 4–1 8–4 5–7 6–4 4–2 7–3 6–4 4–3 6–6
Milwaukee 3–7 5–5 3–3 3–9 2–5 4–6 7–5 6–6 2–7 4–1 4–2 3–3 7–3
Minnesota 5–4 8–1 3–3 4–2 3–9 3–3 4–6 6–6 4–5 2–5 3–3 4–5 4–8
New York 6–4 7–3 8–4 2–4 9–0 3–3 2–4 7–2 5–4 7–5 8–4 3–2 3–4
Oakland 5–7 3–9 6–3 3–6 0–6 4–5 3–7 1–4 5–2 5–7 4–3 7–3 5–1
Seattle 4–6 6–6 7–2 1–9 2–3 3–6 4–6 2–4 3–3 4–8 3–4 9–1 1–5
Texas 3–3 5–1 4–6 5–4 7–5 7–5 3–4 3–3 5–4 2–3 3–7 1–9 4–8
Toronto 2–7 3–7 4–3 3–2 4–6 4–5 6–6 3–7 8–4 4–3 1–5 5–1 8–4


Transactions

Jacobs Field

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President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch on April 4, 1994, before the first Major League game played at Jacobs Field.

In May 1990, Cuyahoga County voters approved a 15-year sin tax on alcohol and cigarette sales in order to finance the new sports complex. In June 1992, the ceremonial first pitch was thrown at the site of the new Jacobs Field before construction of the building began.

In 1994, the ballpark opened under the name Jacobs Field as the new home of the Cleveland Indians, which had previously shared Cleveland Municipal Stadium with the NFL's Cleveland Browns. On April 4, 1994, the Indians played their first game at the new stadium. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings.

Highlights

Statistic Person(s) Date
First Ceremonial First Pitch President Clinton to Sandy Alomar, Jr. April 4, 1994
First Hit Eric Anthony (Seattle Mariners), home run April 4, 1994
First Indians Hit Sandy Alomar, Jr., single to right field April 4, 1994
First Double Manny Ramírez April 4, 1994
First Triple Ken Griffey, Jr. (Seattle Mariners) April 7, 1994
First Home Run Eric Anthony (Seattle Mariners) April 4, 1994
First Indians Home Run Eddie Murray April 7, 1994
First Indians Run Candy Maldonado, scored on Manny Ramírez 2-run double in the 8th inning April 4, 1994
First Winning Pitcher Eric Plunk April 4, 1994
First Save Hipólito Pichardo (Kansas City Royals) April 15, 1994

Roster

1994 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Sandy Alomar 80 292 44 84 15 1 14 43 .288 8
Ruben Amaro 26 23 5 5 1 0 2 5 .217 2
Carlos Baerga 103 442 81 139 32 2 19 80 .314 8
Albert Belle 106 412 90 147 35 2 36 101 .357 9
Alvaro Espinoza 90 231 27 55 13 0 1 19 .238 1
Rene Gonzales 22 23 6 8 1 1 1 5 .348 2
Wayne Kirby 78 191 33 56 6 0 5 23 .293 11
Jesse Levis 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0
Mark Lewis 20 73 6 15 5 0 1 8 .205 1
Kenny Lofton 112 459 105 160 32 9 12 57 .349 60
Candy Maldonado 42 92 14 18 5 1 5 12 .196 1
Matt Merullo 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 .100 0
Eddie Murray 108 433 57 110 21 1 17 76 .254 8
Tony Peña 40 112 18 33 8 1 2 10 .295 0
Herbert Perry 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 .111 0
Manny Ramirez 91 290 51 78 22 0 17 60 .269 4
Paul Sorrento 95 322 43 90 14 0 14 62 .280 0
Jim Thome 98 321 58 86 20 1 20 52 .268 3
Omar Vizquel 69 286 39 78 10 1 1 33 .273 13
Totals 113 4022 679 1165 240 20 167 647 .290 131

Pitching

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Brian Barnes 0 1 5.40 6 0 0 13.1 10 8 15 5
Larry Casian 0 2 8.64 7 0 0 8.1 9 8 4 2
Mark Clark 11 3 3.82 20 20 0 127.1 61 54 40 60
Jerry DiPoto 0 0 8.04 7 0 0 15.2 14 14 10 9
Steve Farr 1 1 5.28 19 0 4 15.1 12 9 15 12
Jason Grimsley 5 2 4.57 14 13 0 82.2 47 42 34 59
Derek Lilliquist 1 3 4.91 36 0 1 29.1 17 16 8 15
Albie Lopez 1 2 4.24 4 4 0 17.0 11 8 6 18
Dennis Martínez 11 6 3.52 24 24 0 176.2 75 69 44 92
José Mesa 7 5 3.82 51 0 2 73.0 33 31 26 63
Jack Morris 10 6 5.60 23 23 0 141.1 96 88 67 100
Chris Nabholz 0 1 11.45 6 4 0 11.0 16 14 9 5
Charles Nagy 10 8 3.45 23 23 0 169.1 76 65 48 108
Chad Ogea 0 1 6.06 4 1 0 16.1 11 11 10 11
Eric Plunk 7 2 2.54 41 0 3 71.0 25 20 37 73
Jeff Russell 1 1 4.97 13 0 5 12.2 8 7 3 10
Paul Shuey 0 1 8.49 14 0 5 11.2 11 11 12 16
Russ Swan 0 1 11.25 12 0 0 8.0 11 10 7 2
Julian Tavarez 0 1 21.60 1 1 0 1.2 8 4 1 0
Matt Turner 1 0 2.13 9 0 1 12.2 6 3 7 5
Bill Wertz 0 0 10.38 1 0 0 4.1 5 5 1 1
Totals 66 47 4.36 113 113 21 1018.2 562 494 404 666

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Level Team League Season article
AAA Charlotte Knights International League 1994 Charlotte Knights season
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League 1994 Canton–Akron Indians season
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
Short Season A Watertown Indians New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References

  1. Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball-Reference
  2. Dennis Martínez at Baseball-Reference
  3. Randy Milligan at Baseball-Reference
  4. Sam Horn at Baseball Reference
  5. Félix Fermín at Baseball-Reference
  6. 6.0 6.1 Jack Morris at Baseball-Reference
  7. Pete Rose, Jr. at Baseball-Reference
  8. 8.0 8.1 http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html
  9. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/excerpts/spitters6.stm
  10. 10.0 10.1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
  11. Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball-Reference
  12. Jaret Wright at Baseball-Reference
  13. Russell Branyan at Baseball-Reference
  14. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avenbr01.shtml
  15. Marco Scutaro at Baseball-Reference
  16. Dave Winfield at Baseball-Reference