1994 Detroit Tigers season

1994 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (since 1912)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)	Joe Klein
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Jim Northrup)
Local radio	WJR (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 5th place in the newly formed American League East Division. 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

• November 1, 1993: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.
• November 7, 1993: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.
• February 4, 1994: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.
• February 7, 1994: Tim Belcher was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.
• February 14, 1994: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.
• February 18, 1994: Kevin Morgan was traded by the Tigers to the New York Mets for Joe Dellicarri (minors).
• March 31, 1994: Rico Brogna was traded by the Tigers to the New York Mets for Alan Zinter.

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).

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).

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

	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	—

Notable transactions

• May 11, 1994: Jorge Velandia and Scott Livingstone were traded by the Tigers to the San Diego Padres for Gene Harris.
• June 17, 1994: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.

Roster

1994 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 41 Tim Belcher 43 Sean Bergman 37 Joe Boever 15 Greg Cadaret 48 Storm Davis 44 John Doherty 46 Mike Gardiner 34 Greg Gohr 42 Buddy Groom 36 Bill Gullickson 38 Gene Harris 39 Mike Henneman 27 Kurt Knudsen 30 Bill Krueger 32 José Lima 21 Mike Moore 10 Phil Stidham 16 David Wells		Catchers 12 John Flaherty 19 Chad Kreuter 20 Mickey Tettleton Infielders  9 Skeeter Barnes 45 Cecil Fielder 24 Travis Fryman 35 Chris Gomez  7 Scott Livingstone  3 Alan Trammell  1 Lou Whitaker		Outfielders 29 Danny Bautista 22 Milt Cuyler 33 Eric Davis 49 Junior Félix 23 Kirk Gibson 17 Ricardo Ingram  4 Tony Phillips  8 Juan Samuel		Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 31 Larry Herndon 56 Billy Muffett 52 Gene Roof 53 Dick Tracewski 59 Dan Whitmer

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

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

External links

• 1994 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference