1994 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1994 American League East Yankee Stadium New York City 70 43 y 1st George Steinbrenner Gene Michael Buck Showalter WPIX(Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, Paul Olden, Suzyn Waldman'I'M TOLERATED, NOT ACCEPTED': Waldman's road to radio booth has been rough Albanese Laura Newsday March 31, 2019 68 In 1994, she became the play-by-play person for WPIX's Yankees telecasts.)MSG Network(Dewayne Staats, Tony Kubek, Al Trautwig) WABC (AM)(Michael Kay, John Sterling) The 1994 New York Yankees season was the 92nd season for the Yankees. New York was managed by Buck Showalter and played at Yankee Stadium. The season was cut short by the 1994 player's strike, which wiped out any postseason aspirations for their first postseason appearance since losing the 1981 World Series and any postseason aspirations that their star player and captain, Don Mattingly, had for the first time in his career. On the day the strike began, the team had a record of 70–43, 6 1 2 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles, the best record in the American League and the second-best record in Major League Baseball.Curry Jack https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/26/sports/baseball-lost-games-lost-dreams.html?pagewanted=print Lost Games, Lost Dreams The New York Times August 26, 2002 D1 Jack Curry The Yankees were on pace to win at least 100 games for the first time since 1980.They are on a pace for a 103-victory season over 162 games. The Yankees have not won 100 games since winning 103 under Dick Howser in 1980. In the End, a Big Finish for Yankees O'Connell Jack The Hartford Courant August 3, 1994 G1 The Yankees' ace, 33-year-old veteran Jimmy Key, was leading the majors with 17 wins and was on pace to win 24 games. Right fielder Paul O'Neill was also having a career year, as he was leading the league with a .359 batting average. The strike is remembered bitterly by Yankees fans as it shook sports fans in New York City and the Yankees to the core,Yankees Fans Left with Broken Hearts September 16, 1994 Larry McShane Associated PressPennington 2019 210–211 and has been named among the 10 worst moments in New York City sports history, primarily because Mattingly had not played in a postseason.New York's top ten worst moments in sports September 16, 1997 Bob Eckstein The Village Voice 42 37 142 It was also seen as the frustrating peak of the Yankees' downfall of the 1980s and early 1990s. Many fans said that the strike and the lost Yankees season was another blow to baseball backers in New York City, following the move of the Dodgers and the Giants to California for the 1958 season, the demise of the Yankees during the 1960s and early 1970s, and the bad baseball at Shea Stadium during the late 1970s and early 1990s. The strike ruined the chance for the Yankees to follow in the footsteps of the NHL Stanley Cup Champion Rangers and NBA Eastern Conference Champion Knicks by making the championship round of their respective sport.Pennington 2019 188, 210 Because the Yankees' last postseason appearance had been in a season cut short by a strike,Pennington 2019 7,203, 211 the media often remarked on the parallels between the two Yankee teams (1981 and 1994), which included both teams having division leads taken away by strike.https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/07/sports/baseball-flashback-to-81-another-lead-another-strike.html?pagewanted=1&pagewanted=print BASEBALL; Flashback to '81: Another Lead, Another Strike August 7, 1994 Jack Curry The New York Times A1 Jack CurryThose who followed the 1981 New York Yankees...can't help but notice potential similarities with this year's first-place Yankee club. '81, '94 Yankees Both Winners but Worlds Apart in Personality Kawakami Tim The Los Angeles Times August 10, 1994 C2 Throughout October, they continued to bombard the Yankees, making speculations about what might have been if there had not been a strike.Finishing What They Started April 25, 1995 Jack O'Connell The Hartford Courant G2 In the lengthy and uncertain off-season, an unfair anointing was bestowed on the Yankees. To emphasize the sense of loss with no World Series, many columnists kept referring to the dates in October when the Yankees might have played a Series game. This kind of reference occurred so often, fans may have gotten the idea the Yankees were a lock for the Series. An unforeseen stumble on the way to the playoffs or in one of the newly expanded rounds of postseason play was out of the question. Offseason November 27, 1993: Andy Stankiewicz and Domingo Jean were traded by the Yankees to the Houston Astros for Xavier Hernandez.Andy Stankiewicz page at Baseball Reference December 9, 1993: Spike Owen was traded by the Yankees with cash to the California Angels for Jose Musset (minors).https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/owensp01.shtml Spike Owen Statistics and History December 6, 2013 December 20, 1993: Luis Polonia was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Luis Polonia page at Baseball Reference December 22, 1993: Sam Horn was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Sam Horn page at Baseball Reference January 28, 1994: Bob Ojeda signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Bob Ojeda page at Baseball Reference February 9, 1994: Bobby Muñoz, Ryan Karp, and Kevin Jordan were traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Terry Mulholland and a player to be named later. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Jeff Patterson to the New York Yankees on November 8.Terry Mulholland page at Baseball Reference February 15, 1994: Jeff Reardon was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.Jeff Reardon page at Baseball Reference Regular season By Friday, August 12, the Yankees had compiled a 70–43 record through 113 games. They were leading the AL East Division and had scored 670 runs (5.93 per game) and allowed 534 runs (4.73 per game).https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1994.shtml 1994 American League Team Statistics and Standings baseball-reference.com Yankees hitters were walked 530 times in the strike-shortened season: the most in the Majors. They also led the Majors in on-base percentage, with .374.http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/1994-season-wasn-yankees-primed-world-series-strike-ended-dream-article-1.1898123 May 15, 2015 '94 The Season That Wasn't McCarron Anthony New York Daily News August 10, 2014 70–71 They did, however, tie the San Diego Padres for the most double plays grounded into, with 112.https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml 1994 MLB Team Statistics baseball-reference.com The World Series, for which the Yankees appeared to be destined,Pennington 2019 208-2011, 221 was never played and contributed to fallouts both on and off the field. On the field, Buck Showalter did not have his contract renewed and Don Mattingly retired after the 1995 season. In addition, General Manager Gene Michael was fired as a result of the strike.Pennington 2019 271–274, 280, 311 Off the field, the Yankees broadcast team on MSG Network left due to the strike; play-by-play announcer Dewayne Staats didn't have his contract renewed and analyst Tony Kubek, himself a former Yankee, retired from broadcasting.Position to Win: A Look at Baseball and Life From the Best Seat in the House Dewayne Staats Dave Scheiber 2015 Advance Ink Publishing 978-0692487969 Dewayne Staats Kubek cited "I hate what the game's become—the greed, the nastiness." He hasn't seen or broadcast a baseball game since.http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/kubeks-new-life Kubek's New Life Harvey Araton The New York Times July 22, 2008 The 1994 New York Yankees team that could have been remains a hot discussion point in both baseball and in New York City because of the team's revival and Mattingly had not played in a postseason.Pennington 2019 211https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=27161035 'Oh my God, how can we do this?': An oral history of the 1994 MLB strike August 12, 2019 June 5, 2024 Tim Kurkjian ESPN It was the summer of 1994, and, on the field, baseball was thriving...The Yankees were in a revival. The Expos looked like they might make history... Tim Kurkjian When reacting to the strike's cancellation of the season, the first words many people on the Yankees, including Owner George Steinbrenner, Michael, and Showalter all said was that they all felt bad for Mattingly, saying that he deserved a postseason.Pennington 2019 209 Mattingly led active players in both games played and at bats without ever appearing in the postseason.Pennington 2019 187, 204, 209 Opening Day lineup Game log background:#1c2841; color:white; 1994 Regular Season Game Log (70-43) (Home: 33-24; Road: 37-19) y background:#1c2841; color:white April (15-8) (Home: 9-4; Road: 6-4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 1 || April 4 || Rangers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 2 || April 7 || Rangers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 8 || Tigers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 9 || Tigers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 10 || Tigers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 12 || @ White Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 13 || @ White Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 14 || @ White Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 9 || April 15 || @ Tigers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 10 || April 16 || @ Tigers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 11 || April 17 || @ Tigers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 19 || Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 13 || April 20 || Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 14 || April 21 || Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 22 || Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 23 || Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 24 || Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 18 || April 25 || Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 26 || Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 27 || @ Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 28 || @ Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 22 || April 29 || @ Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 23 || April 30 || @ Athletics |- y background:#1c2841; color:white May (18-7) (Home: 12-2; Road: 6-5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 24 || May 1 || @ Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 25 || May 3 || @ Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 26 || May 4 || @ Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 27 || May 6 || Red Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 28 || May 7 || Red Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 29 || May 8 || Red Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 30 || May 9 || Indians |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 31 || May 10 || Indians |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 11 || Indians |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 12 || Indians |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 34 || May 13 || @ Brewers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 35 || May 14 || @ Brewers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 36 || May 15 || @ Brewers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 17 || @ Twins |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 18 || @ Twins |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 39 || May 20 || Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 40 || May 21 || Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 22 || Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 24 || Blue Jays |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 43 || May 25 || Blue Jays |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 44 || May 27 || @ Royals |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 45 || May 28 || @ Royals |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 29 || @ Royals |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 30 || White Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 31 || White Sox |- y background:#1c2841; color:white June (14-13) (Home: 4-6; Road: 10-7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 49 || June 1 || White Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 50 || June 3 || Royals |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 51 || June 4 || Royals |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 52 || June 5 || Royals |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 53 || June 6 || @ Rangers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 54 || June 7 || @ Rangers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 55 || June 8 || @ Rangers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 56 || June 9 || @ Blue Jays |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 57 || June 10 || @ Blue Jays |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 58 || June 11 || @ Blue Jays |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 12 || @ Blue Jays |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 60 || June 13 || @ Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 61 || June 14 || @ Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 15 || @ Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 63 || June 16 || @ Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 64 || June 17 || Brewers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 65 || June 18 || Brewers |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 19 || Brewers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 67 || June 20 || Twins |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 68 || June 21 || Twins |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 69 || June 22 || Twins |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 70 || June 24 || @ Indians |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 71 || June 26 || @ Indians |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 72 || June 27 || @ Red Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 73 || June 28 || @ Red Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 74 || June 29 || @ Red Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 75 || June 30 || @ Red Sox |- y background:#1c2841; color:white July (17-10) (Home: 7-9; Road: 10-1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 76 || July 1 || Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 77 || July 2 || Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 78 || July 3 || Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 79 || July 4 || Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 80 || July 5 || Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 81 || July 6 || Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 82 || July 7 || Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 83 || July 8 || Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 84 || July 9 || Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 85 || July 10 || Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;" |align="center" colspan="10"|All-Star Break: NL def. AL at Three Rivers Stadium, 8–7 (10) |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 86 || July 14 || @ Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 87 || July 15 || @ Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 88 || July 16 || @ Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 89 || July 17 || @ Mariners |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 90 || July 18 || @ Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 19 || @ Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 92 || July 20 || @ Athletics |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 93 || July 21 || @ Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 94 || July 22 || @ Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 95 || July 23 || @ Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 96 || July 24 || @ Angels |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 97 || July 26 || Red Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 98 || July 27 || Red Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 99 || July 28 || Red Sox |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 100 || July 29 || Indians |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 101 || July 30 || Indians |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 102 || July 31 || Indians |- y background:#1c2841; color:white August (6-5) (Home: 1-3; Road: 5-2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 103 || August 1 || @ Brewers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 104 || August 2 || @ Brewers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 105 || August 3 || @ Brewers |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 106 || August 4 || @ Twins |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 107 || August 5 || @ Twins |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 108 || August 6 || @ Twins |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 109 || August 7 || @ Twins |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 110 || August 8 || Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 9 || Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 112 || August 10 || Orioles |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 113 || August 11 || Blue Jays |- Legend Yankees win Yankees loss All-Star Game Game postponed Season standings New York Yankees New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions March 21, 1994: Paul Assenmacher was traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Brian Boehringer.Paul Assenmacher page on Baseball Reference March 29, 1994: Kevin Maas was released by the Yankees.Kevin Maas page at Baseball Reference May 1, 1994: Kevin Elster was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elsteke01.shtml Kevin Elster Stats May 5, 1994: Bob Ojeda was released by the New York Yankees. May 6, 1994: Jeff Reardon was released by the New York Yankees. June 23, 1994: Sam Horn was released by the New York Yankees. July 3, 1994: Greg A. Harris was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml Greg Harris Stats July 13, 1994: Greg A. Harris was released by the New York Yankees. Roster 1994 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 25 Jim Abbott 54 Joe Ausanio 35 Paul Gibson 34 Greg Harris 31 Xavier Hernandez 41 Sterling Hitchcock 57 Steve Howe 52 Mark Hutton 28 Scott Kamieniecki 22 Jimmy Key 46 Terry Mulholland 34 Rob Murphy 19 Bob Ojeda 39 Donn Pall 33 Mélido Pérez 54 Jeff Reardon 27 Bob Wickman Catchers 13 Jim Leyritz 43 Bob Melvin 38 Matt Nokes 20 Mike Stanley Infielders 12 Wade Boggs 24 Russ Davis 50 Robert Eenhoorn 19 Kevin Elster  2 Mike Gallego 14 Pat Kelly 23 Don Mattingly 47 Dave Silvestri 18 Randy Velarde Outfielders 26 Daryl Boston 21 Paul O'Neill 17 Luis Polonia 45 Danny Tartabull 51 Bernie Williams 29 Gerald Williams Manager 11 Buck Showalter Coaches  6 Clete Boyer 55 Brian Butterfield (First Base) 40 Tony Cloninger 36 Billy Connors 48 Rick Down 30 Willie Randolph (Third Base) 53 Glenn Sherlock (Bullpen Catcher) 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 R H Avg. HR RBI C Mike Stanley 82 290 54 87 .300 17 57 1B Don Mattingly 97 372 62 113 .304 6 51 2B Pat Kelly 93 286 35 80 .280 3 41 SS Mike Gallego 89 306 39 73 .239 6 41 3B Wade Boggs 97 366 61 125 .342 11 55 LF Luis Polonia 95 350 62 109 .311 1 36 CF Bernie Williams 108 408 80 118 .289 12 57 RF Paul O'Neill Paul O'Neill (baseball) 103 368 68 132 .359 21 83 DH Danny Tartabull 104 399 68 102 .256 19 67https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1994.shtml 1994 New York Yankees Statistics Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI Randy Velarde 77 280 47 78 .279 9 34 Jim Leyritz 75 249 47 66 .265 17 58 Gerald Williams 57 86 19 25 .291 4 13 Matt Nokes 28 79 11 23 .291 7 19 Daryl Boston 52 77 11 14 .182 4 14 Kevin Elster 7 20 0 0 .000 0 0 Dave Silvestri 12 18 3 2 .111 1 2 Russ Davis 4 14 0 2 .143 0 1 Bob Melvin 9 14 2 4 .286 1 3 Robert Eenhoorn 3 4 1 2 .500 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 Jimmy Key 25 168.0 17 4 3.27 97 Jim Abbott 24 160.1 9 8 4.55 90 Mélido Pérez 22 151.1 9 4 4.10 109 Terry Mulholland 24 120.2 6 7 6.49 72 Scott Kamieniecki 22 117.1 8 6 3.76 71 Bob Ojeda 2 3.0 0 0 24.00 3 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 Sterling Hitchcock 23 49.1 4 1 4.20 37 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 Steve Howe 40 3 0 15 1.80 18 Bob Wickman 53 5 4 6 3.09 56 Xavier Hernandez 31 4 4 6 5.85 37 Paul Gibson 30 1 1 0 4.97 21 Donn Pall 26 1 2 0 3.60 21 Joe Ausanio 13 2 1 0 5.17 15 Jeff Reardon 11 1 0 2 8.38 4 Greg A. Harris 3 0 1 0 5.40 4 Rob Murphy 3 0 0 0 16.20 0 Mark Hutton 2 0 0 0 4.91 1 Awards and honors Buck Showalter – American League Manager of the Year, 1995 American League All Star Manager (In honor of best record in American League in 1994) Paul O'Neill – American League Batting Champion (.359) All-Star Game Paul O'Neill, reserve Wade Boggs, third base Jimmy Key, pitcher Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Columbus Clippers International League Stump Merrill AA Albany-Colonie Yankees Eastern League Bill Evers A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Jake Gibbs A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Trey Hillman A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Ken Dominguez Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Héctor LópezLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: TampaJohnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd and 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 2007 References Inline citations Bibliography Chumps to Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty 2019 Bill Pennington Bill Pennington 9781328849854 Boston Houghton Mifflin Harcourt External links 1994 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1994 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1990s in the Bronx