1993 Florida Marlins
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkJoe Robbie Stadium
CityMiami Gardens, Florida
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place6th
OwnersWayne Huizenga
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersRene Lachemann
TelevisionSunshine Network
WBFS-TV
(Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
RadioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
Seasons 1994 →

The 1993 Florida Marlins season was the first season for the team, part of the 1993 Major League Baseball expansion. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished 33 games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies, with a record of 64–98, sixth in the National League East, ahead of only the New York Mets.

The last remaining active member of the 1993 Florida Marlins was Trevor Hoffman, who retired after the 2010 season.

Offseason

1992 pre-expansion draft transactions

Expansion draft

The 1992 MLB Expansion Draft was held on November 17, 1992. As opposed to previous expansion drafts such as the 1961 draft, players from both leagues were available to the expansion clubs. Each existing club could protect fifteen players on their roster from being drafted and only one player could be drafted from each team in the first round. Then for each additional round National League teams could protect an additional three players and American League teams could protect four more. All unprotected major and minor league players were eligible except those chosen in the amateur drafts of 1991 or 1992 and players who were 18 or younger when signed in 1990.

Round 1

Trevor Hoffman, the all-time career leader in saves, was one of the more notable picks of the 1992 Expansion Draft, selected with the 8th pick overall.
Pick Player Position From To
2 Nigel Wilson OF TOR FLA
4 José Martínez RHP NYM FLA
6 Bret Barberie SS MON FLA
8 Trevor Hoffman RHP CIN FLA
10 Pat Rapp RHP SF FLA
12 Greg Hibbard LHP CWS FLA
14 Chuck Carr OF STL FLA
16 Darrell Whitmore OF CLE FLA
18 Eric Helfand C OAK FLA
20 Bryan Harvey RHP CAL FLA
22 Jeff Conine 1B/OF KC FLA
24 Kip Yaughn RHP BAL FLA
26 Jesús Tavárez OF SEA FLA

Round 2

Pick Player Position From To
27 Carl Everett OF NYY FLA
29 Dave Weathers RHP TOR FLA
31 John Johnstone RHP NYM FLA
33 Ramón Martínez SS PIT FLA
35 Steve Decker C SF FLA
37 Cris Carpenter RHP STL FLA
39 Jack Armstrong RHP CLE FLA
41 Scott Chiamparino RHP TEX FLA
43 Tom Edens RHP MIN FLA
45 Andrés Berumen RHP KC FLA
47 Robert Person RHP CWS FLA
49 Jim Corsi RHP OAK FLA
51 Richie Lewis RHP BAL FLA

Round 3

Pick Player Position From To
53 Danny Jackson LHP PIT FLA
55 Bob Natal C MON FLA
57 Jamie McAndrew RHP LAD FLA
59 Junior Félix OF CAL FLA
61 Kerwin Moore OF KC FLA
63 Ryan Bowen RHP HOU FLA
65 Scott Baker LHP STL FLA
67 Chris Donnels 3B NYM FLA
69 Monty Fariss OF TEX FLA
71 Jeff Tabaka LHP MIL FLA

Post-expansion draft transactions

1992 MLB June amateur draft and minor league affiliates

The Marlins and Colorado Rockies, set to debut in 1993, were allowed to participate in all rounds of the June 1992 MLB first-year player draft. The Marlins selected 28th overall in the first round, with catcher Charles Johnson their top (and most successful) pick. Of the 50 amateur free agents selected, only one other, pitcher Andy Larkin, reached the major leagues.[9] The Marlins affiliated with two minor league clubs during 1992 to develop drafted players.

1992 farm system

Level Team League Manager
A-Short Season Erie Sailors New York–Penn League Fredi González
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Carlos Tosca

Regular season

Due to the summer heat, the Marlins played in only 35 day games, the fewest in the majors.[10]

1993 Opening Day lineup

Player Position
Scott Pose CF
Bret Barberie 2B
Junior Félix RF
Orestes Destrade 1B
Dave Magadan 3B
Benito Santiago C
Jeff Conine LF
Walt Weiss SS
Charlie Hough P

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 97 65 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Montreal Expos 94 68 0.580 3 55–26 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 87 75 0.537 10 49–32 38–43
Chicago Cubs 84 78 0.519 13 43–38 41–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 87 0.463 22 40–41 35–46
Florida Marlins 64 98 0.395 33 35–46 29–52
New York Mets 59 103 0.364 38 28–53 31–50

Record vs. opponents

1993 National League record

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 — 7–5 10–3 13–0 7–5 8–5 8–5 7–5 9–3 6–6 7–5 9–4 7–6 6–6
Chicago 5–7 — 7–5 8–4 6–7 4–8 7–5 5–8–1 8–5 7–6 5–8 8–4 6–6 8–5
Cincinnati 3–10 5–7 — 9–4 7–5 6–7 5–8 4–8 6–6 4–8 8–4 9–4 2–11 5–7
Colorado 0–13 4–8 4–9 — 7–5 11–2 7–6 3–9 6–6 3–9 8–4 6–7 3–10 5–7
Florida 5–7 7–6 5–7 5–7 — 3–9 5–7 5–8 4–9 4–9 6–7 7–5 4–8 4–9
Houston 5–8 8–4 7–6 2–11 9–3 — 9–4 5–7 11–1 5–7 7–5 8–5 3–10 6–6
Los Angeles 5–8 5–7 8–5 6–7 7–5 4–9 — 6–6 8–4 2–10 8–4 9–4 7–6 6–6
Montreal 5–7 8–5–1 8–4 9–3 8–5 7–5 6–6 — 9–4 6–7 8–5 10–2 3–9 7–6
New York 3–9 5–8 6–6 6–6 9–4 1–11 4–8 4–9 — 3–10 4–9 5–7 4–8 5–8
Philadelphia 6-6 6–7 8–4 9–3 9–4 7–5 10–2 7–6 10–3 — 7–6 6–6 4–8 8–5
Pittsburgh 5–7 8–5 4–8 4–8 7–6 5–7 4–8 5–8 9–4 6–7 — 9–3 5–7 4–9
San Diego 4–9 4–8 4–9 7–6 5–7 5–8 4–9 2–10 7–5 6–6 3–9 — 3–10 7–5
San Francisco 6–7 6–6 11–2 10–3 8–4 10–3 6–7 9–3 8–4 8–4 7–5 10–3 — 4–8
St. Louis 6–6 5–8 7–5 7–5 9–4 6–6 6–6 6–7 8–5 5–8 9–4 5–7 8–4 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1993 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Benito Santiago 139 469 108 .230 13 50
1B Orestes Destrade 153 568 145 .255 20 87
2B Bret Barberie 99 375 104 .277 5 33
3B Gary Sheffield 72 236 69 .292 10 37
SS Walt Weiss 158 500 133 .266 1 39
LF Jeff Conine 162 595 174 .292 12 79
CF Chuck Carr 142 551 147 .267 4 41
RF Darrell Whitmore 76 250 51 .201 4 19

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
Rick Renteria 103 263 67 .255 2 30
Alex Arias 96 249 67 .269 2 20
Dave Magadan 66 227 65 .286 4 29
Junior Félix 57 214 51 .238 7 22
Greg Briley 120 170 33 .194 3 12
Henry Cotto 54 135 40 .296 3 14
Bob Natal 41 117 25 .214 1 6
Matias Carrillo 24 55 14 .255 0 3
Scott Pose 15 41 8 .195 0 3
Gerónimo Berroa 14 34 4 .118 0 0
Monty Fariss 18 29 5 .172 0 2
Carl Everett 11 19 2 .105 0 0
Nigel Wilson 7 16 0 .000 0 0
Steve Decker 8 15 0 .000 0 1
Mitch Lyden 6 10 3 .300 1 1
Terry McGriff 3 7 0 .000 0 0
Gus Polidor 7 6 1 .167 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
Charlie Hough 34 204.1 9 16 4.27 126
Jack Armstrong 36 196.1 9 17 4.49 118
Chris Hammond 32 191.0 11 12 4.66 108
Ryan Bowen 27 156.2 8 12 4.42 98
Pat Rapp 16 94.0 4 6 4.02 57

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
Luis Aquino 38 110.2 6 8 3.42 67
Dave Weathers 14 45.2 2 3 5.12 34

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
Bryan Harvey 59 1 5 45 1.70 73
Joe Klink 59 0 2 0 5.02 22
Richie Lewis 57 6 3 0 3.26 65
Matt Turner 55 4 5 0 2.91 59
Rich Rodriguez 36 0 1 1 4.11 21
Cris Carpenter 29 0 1 0 2.89 26
Trevor Hoffman 28 2 2 2 3.28 26
Jim Corsi 15 0 2 0 6.64 7
Robb Nen 15 1 0 0 7.02 27
Bob McClure 14 1 1 0 7.11 6
John Johnstone 7 0 2 0 5.91 5

Awards and honors

All-Stars

MLB All-Star Game

Team leaders

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Sal Rende
A High Desert Mavericks California League Fredi González
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Carlos Tosca
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Lynn Jones
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jim Hendry

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: High Desert[14]

References

  1. ^ Édgar Rentería at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Charles Johnson at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Walt Weiss at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Alex Arias at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Danny Jackson at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Charlie Hough at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ "Terry McGriff Stats".
  8. ^ Rick Renteria at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ "1992 Florida Marlins Picks in the 1992 June Amateur Draft" Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 72, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  11. ^ a b "Kevin Elster Stats".
  12. ^ "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  13. ^ "Henry Cotto Stats".
  14. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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