1994 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Baltimore Orioles 1994 American League East Oriole Park at Camden Yards Baltimore, Maryland 63–49 (.562) 2nd Peter Angelos Roland Hemond Johnny Oates WJZ-TV/WNUV/WDCA/Home Team Sports(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer) WBAL (AM)(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra) The 1994 Baltimore Orioles season was the 94th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 41st in Baltimore, and the 3rd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It involved the Orioles finishing second in the American League East with a record of 63 wins and 49 losses. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike. Offseason December 14, 1993: Mark Eichhorn was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eichhma01.shtml Mark Eichhorn: Career Statistics Baseball Reference 16 February 2018 January 14, 1994: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Chris Sabo page at Baseball Reference January 20, 1994: Lee Smith was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference February 3, 1994: Henry Cotto was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Henry Cotto page at Baseball Reference Regular season By Friday August 12, 1994, when the MLB Players' strike began, the Orioles had scored 589 runs (5.26 per game) and allowed 497 runs (4.44 per game) with a 63–49 record through 112 games. They were 2.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians (66–47) in the 1994 AL Wildcard Race.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1994-schedule-scores.shtml 1994 Baltimore Orioles Schedule Because they had only played in 112 games by the time the strike began, the Orioles had the fewest at-bats in the Majors, with just 3,856. The Orioles pitching staff had good control, as the Orioles had the fewest wild pitches (18) in the Majors. They also tied the Seattle Mariners for the fewest balks, with just one.https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml 1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary Orioles baserunners successfully stole 69 bases in the strike-shortened season and were caught stealing only 13 times: the fewest in the Majors. Their pitchers also had good control, with just 18 wild pitches thrown: the fewest in the Majors.https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml 1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary August 2, 1994: Jeff Tackett hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac Notable transactions Roster 1994 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers 49 Armando Benítez 21 Tom Bolton 38 Mark Eichhorn 50 Sid Fernandez 55 Scott Klingenbeck 19 Ben McDonald 75 Alan Mills 51 Jamie Moyer 35 Mike Mussina 56 Mike Oquist 29 Brad Pennington 45 Jim Poole 53 Arthur Rhodes 47 Lee Smith 32 Mark Williamson Catchers 23 Chris Hoiles 41 Jeff Tackett Infielders 10 Leo Gómez 36 Tim Hulett  2 Mark McLemore 25 Rafael Palmeiro  8 Cal Ripken Jr. 17 Chris Sabo Outfielders  9 Brady Anderson 18 Damon Buford 12 Mike Devereaux 11 Jeffrey Hammonds 30 Dwight Smith 39 Lonnie Smith 34 Mark Smith 28 Jack Voigt Other batters  3 Harold Baines Manager 26 Johnny Oates Coaches 24 Greg Biagini (hitting) 17 Dick Bosman (pitching) 13 Don Buford (bench) 44 Elrod Hendricks (bullpen) 15 Davey Lopes (first base) 31 Jerry Narron (third base) Season standings Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles Record vs. opponents BAL 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 Chris Hoiles 99 332 82 .247 19 53 1B Rafael Palmeiro 111 436 139 .319 23 76 2B Mark McLemore 104 343 88 .257 3 29 SS Cal Ripken Jr. 112 444 140 .315 13 75 3B Leo Gómez 84 285 78 .274 15 56 LF Brady Anderson 111 453 119 .263 12 48 CF Mike Devereaux 85 301 61 .203 9 33 RF Harold Baines 94 326 96 .294 16 54 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 Chris Sabo 68 258 66 .256 11 42 Jack Voigt 59 141 34 .241 3 20 Tim Hulett 36 92 21 .228 2 15 Dwight Smith 28 74 23 .311 3 12 Lonnie Smith 35 59 12 .203 0 2 Jeff Tackett 26 53 12 .226 2 9 Mark Smith 3 7 1 .143 0 2 Damon Buford 4 2 1 .500 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Mike Mussina 24 176.1 16 5 3.06 99 Ben McDonald 24 157.1 14 7 4.06 94 Jamie Moyer 23 149.0 5 7 4.77 87 Sid Fernandez 19 115.1 6 6 5.15 95 Arthur Rhodes 10 52.2 3 5 5.81 47 Scott Klingenbeck 1 7.0 1 0 3.86 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 Oquist 15 58.1 3 3 6.17 39 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 Lee Smith Lee Smith (baseball) 41 1 4 33 3.29 42 Alan Mills 47 3 3 2 5.16 44 Mark Eichhorn 43 6 5 1 2.15 35 Jim Poole 38 1 0 0 6.64 18 Mark Williamson 28 3 1 1 4.01 28 Tom Bolton 22 1 2 0 5.40 12 Brad Pennington 8 0 1 0 12.00 7 Armando Benítez 3 0 0 0 0.90 14 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Bob Miscik AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Pete Mackanin A Frederick Keys Carolina League Mike O'Berry A Albany Polecats South Atlantic League Butch Wynegar Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Andy Etchebarren Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Oneri FleitaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes References 1994 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference 1994 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Baltimore Orioles seasons Baltimore Orioles season Baltimore Category:Long stubs with short prose