1994 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Mike Ilitch | |
General managers | Joe Klein | |
Managers | Sparky Anderson | |
Television |
WDIV-TV ( George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS ( Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Jim Northrup) | |
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 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.
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]
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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. |
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New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | 0.619 |
Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | 0.593 |
Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | 0.456 |
(Top team qualifies for postseason) |
Wild Card teamW | L | Pct. | GB |
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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 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
1994 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Greg Gohr | 8 | 34.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | 21 |
José Lima | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 7 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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