1994 Colorado Rockies
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkMile High Stadium
CityDenver, Colorado
Record53–64 (.453)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJerry McMorris
General managersBob Gebhard
ManagersDon Baylor
TelevisionKWGN-TV
(Dave Campbell, Charlie Jones)
RadioKOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
← 1993 Seasons 1995 →

The Colorado Rockies' 1994 season was the second for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. They played home games at Mile High Stadium. They finished with a record of 53–64, third in the division. The season was cut short by a player strike.

Offseason

The Rockies hosting the Atlanta Braves at Mile High Stadium during an August home game in 1994.

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Rockies had compiled a 53-64 record through 117 games. They were drawing really well at home, with an attendance of 3,281,511 through 57 home games for an average of 57,570 per game.[6] At that pace, the team would have had a good chance of drawing more than 4.6 million fans in their 81 home games if the season had continued. Offensively, the Rockies had scored 573 runs (4.90 per game) and allowed 638 runs (5.45 per game) prior to the strike.[7]

The Rockies tied the Chicago White Sox in 1994 for the most triples in the majors, with 39. Their pitchers, however, hit 49 batters: the most in the majors[8]

Opening Day starters

Transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1994 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 58 56 0.509 — 33–22 25–34
San Francisco Giants 55 60 0.478 3½ 29–31 26–29
Colorado Rockies 53 64 0.453 6½ 25–32 28–32
San Diego Padres 47 70 0.402 12½ 26–31 21–39
Division leaders 		W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 74 40 0.649
Cincinnati Reds 66 48 0.579
Los Angeles Dodgers 58 56 0.509
Wild Card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 68 46 0.597 —
Houston Astros 66 49 0.574 21⁄2
New York Mets 55 58 0.487 121⁄2
San Francisco Giants 55 60 0.478 131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 54 61 0.470 141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals 53 61 0.465 15
Pittsburgh Pirates 53 61 0.465 15
Colorado Rockies 53 64 0.453 161⁄2
Florida Marlins 51 64 0.444 171⁄2
Chicago Cubs 49 64 0.434 181⁄2
San Diego Padres 47 70 0.402 221⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 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 — 4–2 5–5 8–2 8–4 3–3 6–0 4–5 5–4 6–3 3–9 6–1 5–1 5–7
Chicago 2–4 — 5–7 6–6 4–5 4–8 3–3 2–4 1–4 1–6 5–5 6–3 5–4 5–5
Cincinnati 5–5 7–5 — 4–4 7–5 4–6 3–6 4–2 2–4 4–2 9–3 8–2 7–2 2–2–1
Colorado 2–8 6–6 4–4 — 3–9 5–5 4–6 4–2 5–1 2–4 2–3 5–5 3–7 8–4
Florida 4–8 5–4 5–7 9–3 — 2–4 3–3 2–7 6–4 4–6 1–6 5–1 2–4 3–7
Houston 3–3 8–4 6–4 5–5 4–2 — 1–8 2–4 3–3 5–1 8–4 5–5 8–2 8–4
Los Angeles 0–6 3–3 6–3 6–4 3–3 8–1 — 3–9 6–6 7–5 3–3 6–4 5–5 2–4
Montreal 5–4 4–2 2–4 2–4 7–2 4–2 9–3 — 4–3 5–4 8–2 12–0 5–7 7–3
New York 4–5 4–1 4–2 1–5 4–6 3–3 6–6 3–4 — 4–6 4–5 6–6 6–6 6–3
Philadelphia 3-6 6–1 2–4 4–2 6–4 1–5 5–7 4–5 6–4 — 5–4 4–8 4–8 4–3
Pittsburgh 9–3 5–5 3–9 3–2 6–1 4–8 3–3 2–8 5–4 4–5 — 3–3 1–5 5–5
San Diego 1–6 3–6 2–8 5–5 1–5 5–5 4–6 0–12 6–6 8–4 3–3 — 5–2 4–2
San Francisco 1–5 4–5 2–7 7–3 4–2 2–8 5–5 7–5 6–6 8–4 5–1 2–5 — 2–4
St. Louis 7–5 5–5 2–2–1 4–8 7–3 4–8 4–2 3–7 3–6 3–4 5–5 2–4 4–2 —


Game log

1994 Regular Season Game Log (53-64) (Home: 25-32; Road: 28-32)
April (10–12) (Home: 5-7; Road: 5-5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
1 April 4 Phillies 12–6 Slocumb (1–0) Munoz (0–1) 72,470 0–1
2 April 6 Phillies 7–5 Mason (1–0) Holmes (0–1) Jones (1) 50,875 0–2
3 April 7 Phillies 13–8 Slocumb (2–0) Reed (0–1) Muñoz (1) 48,021 0–3
4 April 8 @ Pirates 7–3 Nied (1–0) Wagner (0–1) 44,136 1–3
5 April 9 @ Pirates 10–5 Smith (1–1) Reynoso (0–1) 17,458 1–4
6 April 11 @ Phillies 8–7 Ruffin (1–0) Mason (1–1) Holmes (1) 58,627 2–4
7 April 13 @ Phillies 12–3 Rivera (1–0) Harris (0–1) 23,346 2–5
8 April 14 @ Phillies 5–0 Nied (2–0) Schilling (0–2) 24,856 3–5
9 April 15 Expos 9–2 Reynoso (1–1) Fassero (0–1) 47,213 4–5 Boxscore
10 April 16 Expos 7–3 Reed (1–1) Hill (2–1) 51,347 5–5 Boxscore
11 April 17 Expos 6–5 (10) Munoz (1–1) Heredia (0–2) 55,443 6–5 Boxscore
12 April 18 Marlins 5–3 Aquino (1–0) Holmes (0–2) Harvey (4) 46,283 6–6
13 April 19 Marlins 6–4 Weathers (2–1) Nied (2–1) Harvey (5) 50,217 6–7
14 April 20 Marlins 16–6 Freeman (1–0) Nen (0–1) 45,667 7–7
15 April 22 Cubs 9–2 Banks (2–2) Harkey (0–1) 54,195 7–8
16 April 23 Cubs 8–2 Harris (1–1) Morgan (0–3) 68,743 8–8
17 April 24 Cubs 12–4 Trachsel (2–1) Nied (2–2) 71,329 8–9
18 April 25 @ Cardinals 7–6 Freeman (2–0) Urbani (0–2) Holmes (2) 23,628 9–9
19 April 26 @ Cardinals 2–1 Tewksbury (5–0) Reynoso (1–2) 23,094 9–10
20 April 27 @ Marlins 3–2 Hough (2–0) Harkey (0–2) Hernandez (2) 24,114 9–11
21 April 28 @ Marlins 8–7 Nen (1–1) Blair (0–1) Hernandez (3) 32,236 9–12
22 April 29 @ Cubs 6–5 Nied (3–2) Trachsel (2–2) Holmes (3) 34,179 10–12
May (13–14) (Home: 5-8; Road: 8-6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
23 May 1 @ Cubs 6–2 Freeman (3–0) Young (0–2) 26,558 11–12
24 May 3 Cardinals 10–1 Reynoso (2–2) Palacios (0–1) 46,326 12–12
25 May 4 Cardinals 6–5 Smith (1–0) Holmes (0–3) Murphy (2) 51,639 12–13
26 May 6 @ Padres 8–0 Benes (2–5) Harkey (0–3) 15,574 12–14
27 May 7 @ Padres 2–1 Hoffman (2–0) Ruffin (1–1) 36,296 12–15
28 May 8 @ Padres 1–0 Nied (4–2) Harris (1–1) Reed (1) 14,328 13–15
29 May 9 @ Giants 12–5 Hickerson (2–1) Reynoso (2–3) 14,472 13–16
30 May 10 @ Giants 4–2 Harris (2–1) Burkett (3–3) Ruffin (1) 15,182 14–16
31 May 11 @ Giants 6–1 Swift (5–3) Harkey (0–4) 16,759 14–17
32 May 13 @ Astros 4–2 Drabek (5–1) Freeman (3–1) 29,962 14–18
33 May 14 @ Astros 4–2 Nied (5–2) Kile (3–2) Ruffin (2) 23,037 15–18
34 May 15 @ Astros 4–0 Reynoso (3–3) Swindell (3–1) 21,004 16–18
35 May 16 Dodgers 9–2 Martínez (2–2) Harris (2–2) 50,507 16–19
36 May 17 Dodgers 7–6 Bottenfield (1–0) Dreifort (0–3) 53,589 17–19
37 May 18 Dodgers 5–2 Gross (3–1) Blair (0–2) Gott (1) 54,108 17–20
38 May 19 Dodgers 8–2 Hershiser (3–0) Nied (5–3) 51,515 17–21
39 May 20 Braves 7–1 Avery (5–1) Reynoso (3–4) 71,368 17–22
40 May 21 Braves 5–4 Mercker (3–0) Harris (2–3) McMichael (9) 72,123 17–23
41 May 22 Braves 8–3 Maddux (7–2) Painter (0–1) 71,523 17–24
42 May 23 Reds 8–3 Freeman (4–1) Smiley (4–5) Ruffin (3) 45,713 18–24
43 May 24 Reds 11–7 Bottenfield (2–0) Hanson (3–4) 47,885 19–24
44 May 25 Reds 3–2 Harkey (1–4) Rijo (2–3) Ruffin (4) 47,264 20–24
45 May 26 Reds 14–4 Roper (1–0) Harris (2–4) 53,407 20–25
46 May 27 @ Expos 4–2 White (1–0) Painter (0–2) Wetteland (6) 22,882 20–26 Boxscore
47 May 28 @ Expos 3–2 (10) Ruffin (2–1) Scott (1–2) Bottenfield (1) 30,452 21–26 Boxscore
48 May 29 @ Expos 4–3 (10) Scott (2–2) Ruffin (2–2) 26,774 21–27 Boxscore
49 May 30 @ Mets 12–2 Ritz (1–0) Gozzo (2–2) Blair (1) 20,705 22–27
50 May 31 @ Mets 3–2 Harris (3–4) Linton (4–2) Ruffin (5) 15,515 23–27
June (13–16) (Home: 8-8; Road: 5-8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
51 June 1 @ Mets 4–3 Bottenfield (3–0) Smith (3–6) Ruffin (6) 17,099 24–27
52 June 3 Pirates 6–4 Freeman (5–1) Neagle (5–6) Ruffin (7) 53,737 25–27
53 June 4 Pirates 4–3 Smith (5–5) Ritz (1–1) Dewey (1) 61,619 25–28
54 June 5 Pirates 4–3 White (2–3) Moore (0–1) Ballard (2) 63,653 25–29
55 June 6 Mets 11–3 Linton (5–2) Bottenfield (3–1) 51,679 25–30
56 June 7 Mets 10–8 Ruffin (3–2) Mason (2–3) Munoz (1) 51,018 26–30
57 June 8 Mets 5–4 Moore (1–1) Saberhagen (6–3) Ruffin (8) 52,117 27–30
58 June 9 @ Reds 7–1 Rijo (5–3) Ritz (1–2) 31,990 27–31
59 June 10 @ Reds 10–4 Roper (2–0) Harris (3–5) 33,610 27–32
60 June 11 @ Reds 6–4 Fortugno (1–0) Nied (5–4) McElroy (3) 36,887 27–33
61 June 12 @ Reds 3–2 Reed (2–1) Carrasco (3–3) Ruffin (9) 30,992 28–33
62 June 13 @ Braves 7–2 Freeman (6–1) Glavine (7–6) 48,528 29–33
63 June 14 @ Braves 3–1 Mercker (5–1) Ritz (1–3) McMichael (15) 44,545 29–34
64 June 15 @ Braves 4–0 Smoltz (5–6) Harris (3–6) 45,429 29–35
65 June 16 @ Braves 11–8 Stanton (2–1) Ruffin (3–3) McMichael (16) 45,827 29–36
66 June 17 @ Dodgers 13–5 Painter (1–2) Hershiser (3–4) Blair (2) 39,609 30–36
67 June 18 @ Dodgers 9–3 Freeman (7–1) Martínez (6–3) 50,482 31–36
68 June 19 @ Dodgers 7–3 Astacio (5–5) Ritz (1–4) 51,015 31–37
69 June 20 Astros 5–4 Drabek (10–3) Harris (3–7) Hudek (11) 50,671 31–38
70 June 21 Astros 8–0 Nied (6–4) Kile (5–3) 56,913 32–38
71 June 22 Astros 14–5 Painter (2–2) Swindell (5–5) 50,887 33–38
72 June 24 Giants 10–3 Van Landingham (3–0) Blair (0–3) 73,957 33–39
73 June 25 Giants 6–4 Munoz (2–1) Torres (2–7) Ruffin (10) 69,881 34–39
74 June 26 Giants 8–1 Burkett (5–6) Harris (3–8) 73,171 34–40
75 June 27 Padres 12–7 Nied (7–4) Ashby (3–6) 52,949 35–40
76 June 28 Padres 10–9 Munoz (3–1) Elliott (0–1) Ruffin (11) 36–40
77 June 28 Padres 11–3 (11) Hoffman (3–3) Harris (3–9) 55,021 36–41
78 June 29 Padres 10–4 Tabaka (2–1) Blair (0–4) Martínez (3) 50,173 36–42
79 June 30 @ Cardinals 9–7 Murphy (4–3) Munoz (3–2) Olivares (1) 35,648 36–43
July (14–14) (Home: 5-5; Road: 9-9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
80 July 1 @ Cardinals 11–4 Sutcliffe (5–3) Harris (3–10) Cimorelli (1) 26,284 36–44
81 July 2 @ Cardinals 7–5 Munoz (4–2) Rodriguez (2–3) Ruffin (12) 39,785 37–44
82 July 3 @ Cardinals 5–2 Reed (3–1) Arocha (4–4) Ruffin (13) 35,093 38–44
83 July 4 @ Cubs 4–3 Bautista (2–3) Ruffin (3–4) 38–45
84 July 4 @ Cubs 4–2 (15) Walton (1–0) Myers (1–4) Harris (1) 37,167 39–45
85 July 5 @ Cubs 9–6 Ritz (2–4) Crim (3–3) Blair (3) 30,142 40–45
86 July 6 @ Cubs 7–1 Leskanic (1–0) Trachsel (7–6) Ruffin (14) 32,637 41–45
87 July 7 @ Marlins 2–1 Nied (8–4) Johnstone (1–1) 28,783 42–45
88 July 8 @ Marlins 5–2 Weathers (8–7) Painter (2–3) Nen (8) 26,498 42–46
89 July 9 @ Marlins 4–2 Rapp (5–5) Freeman (7–2) Nen (9) 38,345 42–47
90 July 10 @ Marlins 6–4 Aquino (2–1) Harkey (1–5) Nen (10) 33,593 42–48
All-Star Break: NL def. AL at Three Rivers Stadium, 8–7 (10)
91 July 14 Cardinals 8–1 Nied (9–4) Pérez (2–3) 63,745 43–48
92 July 15 Cardinals 10–6 Ritz (3–4) Tewksbury (10–8) 63,179 44–48
93 July 16 Cardinals 15–4 Painter (3–3) Olivares (1–2) 70,217 45–48
94 July 17 Cardinals 10–6 Freeman (8–2) Sutcliffe (5–4) 61,972 46–48
95 July 18 Cubs 6–3 Bullinger (4–2) Harkey (1–6) 63,438 46–49
96 July 19 Cubs 6–1 Trachsel (9–6) Nied (9–5) 70,493 46–50
97 July 20 Cubs 9–8 Veres (1–0) Reed (3–2) Plesac (1) 60,173 46–51
98 July 22 Marlins 4–0 Rapp (6–5) Painter (3–4) 58,613 46–52
99 July 23 Marlins 5–4 Freeman (9–2) Scheid (0–2) Ruffin (15) 70,289 47–52
100 July 24 Marlins 6–4 Nen (4–4) Blair (0–5) 68,045 47–53
101 July 25 @ Padres 4–3 Ritz (4–4) Benes (6–12) Ruffin (16) 9,195 48–53
102 July 26 @ Padres 6–5 Thompson (1–0) Sanders (3–8) Reed (2) 11,896 49–53
103 July 27 @ Padres 9–2 Hamilton (7–5) Painter (3–5) Mauser (2) 9,666 49–54
104 July 28 @ Giants 5–1 Freeman (10–2) Monteleone (3–3) 31,130 50–54
105 July 29 @ Giants 8–4 Black (4–1) Nied (9–6) 25,192 50–55
106 July 30 @ Giants 6–4 Portugal (10–7) Ritz (4–5) Beck (25) 49,627 50–56
107 July 31 @ Giants 9–4 Van Landingham (7–1) Thompson (1–1) Hickerson (1) 50,007 50–57
August (3–7) (Home: 2-4; Road: 1-3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
108 August 1 @ Astros 8–3 Painter (4–5) Harnisch (7–5) 22,256 51–57
109 August 2 @ Astros 3–1 Drabek (11–6) Harris (3–11) 22,574 51–58
110 August 3 @ Astros 2–1 Jones (5–2) Ruffin (3–5) 18,320 51–59
111 August 4 @ Astros 6–2 Kile (8–6) Ritz (4–6) 30,053 51–60
112 August 5 Dodgers 5–4 Martínez (11–7) Leskanic (1–1) Worrell (10) 70,283 51–61
113 August 7 Dodgers 6–2 Hershiser (6–6) Harris (3–12) 70,372 51–62
114 August 8 Dodgers 7–6 Ruffin (4–5) Worrell (6–5) 52,634 52–62
115 August 9 Braves 7–4 McMichael (4–6) Nied (9–7) 61,595 52–63
116 August 10 Braves 1–0 (6) Ritz (5–6) Glavine (13–9) Reed (3) 65,157 53–63
117 August 11 Braves 13–0 Maddux (16–6) Painter (4–6) 65,043 53–64
Legend
Rockies win Rockies loss All-Star Game Game postponed


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 Joe Girardi 93 330 91 .276 4 34
1B Andrés Galarraga 103 417 133 .319 31 85
2B Nelson Liriano 87 255 65 .255 3 31
SS Walt Weiss 110 423 106 .251 1 32
3B Charlie Hayes 113 423 122 .288 10 50
LF Eric Young 90 228 62 .272 7 30
CF Mike Kingery 105 301 105 .349 4 41
RF Dante Bichette 116 484 147 .304 27 95

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
Howard Johnson 93 227 48 .211 10 40
Ellis Burks 42 149 48 .322 13 24
Vinny Castilla 52 130 43 .331 3 18
Roberto Mejía 38 116 28 .241 4 14
Danny Sheaffer 44 110 24 .218 1 12
John Vander Wal 91 110 27 .245 5 15
Chris Jones 21 40 12 .300 0 2
Trent Hubbard 18 25 7 .280 1 3
Jayhawk Owens 6 12 3 .250 0 1
Ty Van Burkleo 2 5 0 .000 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
Greg Harris 29 130.0 3 12 6.65 82
David Nied 22 122.0 9 7 4.80 74
Marvin Freeman 19 112.2 10 2 2.80 67
Lance Painter 15 73.2 4 6 6.11 41
Kevin Ritz 15 73.2 5 6 5.62 53
Armando Reynoso 9 52.1 3 4 4.82 25
Mark Thompson 2 9.0 1 1 9.00 5

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
Mike Harkey 24 91.2 1 6 5.79 39
Curtis Leskanic 8 22.1 1 1 5.64 17

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
Bruce Ruffin 56 4 5 16 4.04 65
Steve Reed 61 3 2 3 3.94 51
Mike Munoz 57 4 2 1 3.74 32
Willie Blair 47 0 5 3 5.79 68
Marcus Moore 29 1 1 0 6.15 33
Darren Holmes 29 0 3 3 6.35 33
Kent Bottenfield 15 3 1 1 5.84 15
Jim Czajkowski 5 0 0 0 4.15 2
Bruce Walton 4 1 0 0 8.44 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Brad Mills
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Paul Zuvella
A Central Valley Rockies California League Bill Hayes
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Tony Torchia
A-Short Season Bend Rockies Northwest League Rudy Jaramillo
Rookie AZL Rockies Arizona League P. J. Carey

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Notes

  1. ^ "Marvin Freeman Stats".
  2. ^ "Howard Johnson Stats".
  3. ^ "Ellis Burks Stats".
  4. ^ "Walt Weiss Stats".
  5. ^ John Vander Wal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ "1994 Colorado Rockies Schedule".
  7. ^ "1994 National League Season Summary".
  8. ^ "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  9. ^ "1994 Colorado Rockies Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  10. ^ "Doug Million Minor Leagues Statistics & History".
  11. ^ "Keith Shepherd Stats".
  12. ^ "Kent Bottenfield Stats".
  13. ^ "1994 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
  14. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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