1994 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersJoe Klein
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Jim Northrup)
RadioWJR
(Rick Rizzs, Bob Rathbun)
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The Detroit Tigers' 1994 season had a record of 53–62 in a strike-shortened season. The season ended with the Tigers in fifth place in the newly formed American League East. The season featured the return of former star Kirk Gibson, the return of Ernie Harwell to the television broadcast booth and the 18th season of the Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker double play combination.

Offseason

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Tigers had compiled a 53-62 record through 115 games. They had scored 652 runs (5.67 per game) and had allowed 671 runs (5.83 per game).[8]

The Tigers were struggling in terms of strikeouts, as their pitchers had combined for the fewest strikeouts (560) and their batters had combined for the most strikeouts (897) in the Majors. Tigers' pitchers also had the most intentional walks in the Majors (74), the fewest shutouts (1) and tied the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers for the fewest saves (20).[9]

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 70 43 0.619 — 33–24 37–19
Baltimore Orioles 63 49 0.562 6½ 28–27 35–22
Toronto Blue Jays 55 60 0.478 16 33–26 22–34
Boston Red Sox 54 61 0.470 17 31–33 23–28
Detroit Tigers 53 62 0.461 18 34–24 19–38
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
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 66 47 0.584 —
Baltimore Orioles 63 49 0.562 2½
Kansas City Royals 64 51 0.557 3
Toronto Blue Jays 55 60 0.478 12
Boston Red Sox 54 61 0.470 13
Minnesota Twins 53 60 0.469 13
Detroit Tigers 53 62 0.461 14
Milwaukee Brewers 53 62 0.461 14
Oakland Athletics 51 63 0.447 15½
Seattle Mariners 49 63 0.438 16½
California Angels 47 68 0.409 20

Record vs. opponents

1994 American League record

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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1994 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Chad Kreuter 65 170 38 .224 1 19
1B Cecil Fielder 109 425 110 .259 28 90
2B Lou Whitaker 92 322 97 .301 12 43
SS Alan Trammell 76 292 78 .267 8 28
3B Travis Fryman 114 464 122 .263 18 85
LF Tony Phillips 114 438 123 .281 19 61
CF Eric Davis 37 120 22 .183 3 13
RF Junior Félix 86 301 92 .306 13 49
DH Kirk Gibson 98 330 91 .276 23 72

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
Mickey Tettleton 107 339 84 .248 17 51
Chris Gomez 84 296 76 .257 8 53
Juan Samuel 59 136 42 .309 5 21
Milt Cuyler 48 116 28 .241 1 11
Danny Bautista 31 99 23 .232 4 15
John Flaherty 34 40 6 .150 0 4
Riccardo Ingram 12 23 5 .217 0 2
Scott Livingstone 15 23 5 .217 0 1
Skeeter Barnes 24 21 6 .286 1 4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tim Belcher 25 162.0 7 15 5.89 76
Mike Moore 25 154.1 11 10 5.42 62
Bill Gullickson 21 115.1 4 5 5.93 65
David Wells 16 111.1 5 7 3.96 71
John Doherty 18 101.1 6 7 6.48 28
Sean Bergman 3 17.2 2 1 5.60 12

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
Greg Gohr 8 34.0 2 2 4.50 21
José Lima 3 6.2 0 1 13.50 7

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
Mike Henneman 30 1 3 8 5.19 27
Joe Boever 46 9 2 3 3.98 49
Buddy Groom 40 0 1 1 3.94 27
Mike Gardiner 38 2 2 5 4.14 31
Storm Davis 35 2 4 0 3.56 38
Greg Cadaret 17 1 0 2 3.60 14
Bill Krueger 16 0 2 0 9.61 17
Gene Harris 11 0 0 1 7.15 10
Phil Stidham 5 0 0 0 24.92 4
Kurt Knudsen 4 1 0 0 13.50 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Joe Sparks and Larry Parrish
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Tom Runnells
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gerry Groninger and Mark Wagner
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Dwight Lowry
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Dave Anderson
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Niagara Falls[12]

References

  1. ^ Eric Davis at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Kirk Gibson at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tim Belcher at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Juan Samuel at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Kevin Morgan at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Rico Brogna at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ "1994 American League Season Summary".
  9. ^ "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  10. ^ Jorge Velandia at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

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