# 1994 Florida Marlins season

The 1994 Florida Marlins season was the second season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1993. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 51–64, last in the National League East. The season ended early as a result of the 1994 players strike.

## Offseason

* December 15, 1993: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.
* December 20, 1993: Charlie Hough was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.
* December 20, 1993: Kerwin Moore was traded by the Marlins to the Oakland Athletics for Kurt Abbott.
* December 22, 1993: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.
* March 30, 1994: Mario Díaz was released by the Florida Marlins.

## Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Marlins had compiled a 51-64 record through 115 games. They had scored 468 runs (4.07 per game) and allowed 576 runs (5.01 per game).
Charlie Hough was 46 when he took the hill on Opening Day for the Marlins. He was the second oldest pitcher to pitch on opening day. Jack Quinn started for the Brooklyn Dodgers on Opening Day in 1931 at the age of 47.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Montreal Expos | 74 | 40 | .649 | — | 32‍–‍20 | 42‍–‍20 |
| Atlanta Braves | 68 | 46 | .596 | 6 | 31‍–‍24 | 37‍–‍22 |
| New York Mets | 55 | 58 | .487 | 18½ | 23‍–‍30 | 32‍–‍28 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 54 | 61 | .470 | 20½ | 34‍–‍26 | 20‍–‍35 |
| Florida Marlins | 51 | 64 | .443 | 23½ | 25‍–‍34 | 26‍–‍30 |
vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Montreal Expos | 74 | 40 | .649 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 48 | .579 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 58 | 56 | .509 |
| Wild Card team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Atlanta Braves | 68 | 46 | 0.597 | — |
| Houston Astros | 66 | 49 | 0.574 | 21⁄2 |
| New York Mets | 55 | 58 | 0.487 | 121⁄2 |
| San Francisco Giants | 55 | 60 | 0.478 | 131⁄2 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 54 | 61 | 0.470 | 141⁄2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 53 | 61 | 0.465 | 15 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 53 | 61 | 0.465 | 15 |
| Colorado Rockies | 53 | 64 | 0.453 | 161⁄2 |
| Florida Marlins | 51 | 64 | 0.444 | 171⁄2 |
| Chicago Cubs | 49 | 64 | 0.434 | 181⁄2 |
| San Diego Padres | 47 | 70 | 0.402 | 221⁄2 |

### Record vs. opponents

1994 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 4–2 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 8–4 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 2–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–5 | 4–8 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–6 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 5–5 |
| Cincinnati | 5–5 | 7–5 | — | 4–4 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 9–3 | 8–2 | 7–2 | 2–2–1 |
| Colorado | 2–8 | 6–6 | 4–4 | — | 3–9 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 |
| Florida | 4–8 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 9–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–7 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–7 |
| Houston | 3–3 | 8–4 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 4–2 | — | 1–8 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 8–4 |
| Los Angeles | 0–6 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 8–1 | — | 3–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–3 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 2–4 |
| Montreal | 5–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 9–3 | — | 4–3 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 12–0 | 5–7 | 7–3 |
| New York | 4–5 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 6–6 | 3–4 | — | 4–6 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–3 |
| Philadelphia | 3-6 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–4 | 1–5 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 5–4 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–3 |
| Pittsburgh | 9–3 | 5–5 | 3–9 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 4–8 | 3–3 | 2–8 | 5–4 | 4–5 | — | 3–3 | 1–5 | 5–5 |
| San Diego | 1–6 | 3–6 | 2–8 | 5–5 | 1–5 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 0–12 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–3 | — | 5–2 | 4–2 |
| San Francisco | 1–5 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 7–3 | 4–2 | 2–8 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 5–1 | 2–5 | — | 2–4 |
| St. Louis | 7–5 | 5–5 | 2–2–1 | 4–8 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 4–2 | 3–7 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 5–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | — |

### 1994 Opening Day lineup

| Player | Position |
| Chuck Carr | CF |
| Jerry Browne | 3B |
| Gary Sheffield | RF |
| Orestes Destrade | 1B |
| Jeff Conine | LF |
| Bret Barberie | 2B |
| Benito Santiago | C |
| Kurt Abbott | SS |
| Charlie Hough | P |

### Notable transactions

* April 3, 1994: Matt Turner was traded by the Marlins to the Cleveland Indians for Jeremy Hernandez.
* May 30, 1994: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.
* June 2, 1994: Josh Booty was drafted by the Marlins in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 14, 1994.
* June 27, 1994: Mike Jeffcoat was released by the Florida Marlins.

### Roster
## 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 | Benito Santiago | 101 | 337 | 92 | .273 | 11 | 41 |
| 1B | Greg Colbrunn | 47 | 155 | 47 | .303 | 6 | 31 |
| 2B | Bret Barberie | 107 | 372 | 112 | .301 | 5 | 31 |
| SS | Kurt Abbott | 101 | 345 | 86 | .249 | 9 | 33 |
| 3B | Jerry Browne | 101 | 329 | 97 | .295 | 3 | 30 |
| LF | Jeff Conine | 115 | 451 | 144 | .319 | 18 | 82 |
| CF | Chuck Carr | 106 | 433 | 114 | .263 | 2 | 30 |
| RF | Gary Sheffield | 87 | 322 | 89 | .276 | 27 | 78 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Magadan | 74 | 211 | 58 | .275 | 1 | 17 |
| Matías Carrillo | 80 | 136 | 34 | .250 | 0 | 9 |
| Orestes Destrade | 39 | 130 | 27 | .208 | 5 | 15 |
| Alex Arias | 59 | 113 | 27 | .239 | 0 | 15 |
| Mario Díaz | 32 | 77 | 25 | .325 | 0 | 11 |
| Ron Tingley | 19 | 52 | 9 | .173 | 1 | 2 |
| Carl Everett | 16 | 51 | 11 | .216 | 2 | 6 |
| Rick Rentería | 28 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 2 | 4 |
| Jesús Tavárez | 17 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 4 |
| Russ Morman | 13 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Natal | 10 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 2 |
| Darrell Whitmore | 9 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 4 | 11 | 5 | .455 | 1 | 4 |
| Gerg O'Halloran | 12 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| David Weathers | 24 | 135.0 | 8 | 12 | 5.27 | 72 |
| Pat Rapp | 24 | 133.1 | 7 | 8 | 3.85 | 75 |
| Charlie Hough | 21 | 113.2 | 5 | 9 | 5.15 | 65 |
| Chris Hammond | 13 | 73.1 | 4 | 4 | 3.07 | 40 |
| Ryan Bowen | 8 | 47.0 | 1 | 5 | 4.94 | 32 |
| Kurt Miller | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 3 | 8.10 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Mark Gardner | 20 | 92.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.87 | 57 |
| Rich Scheid | 8 | 32.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.34 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Robb Nen | 44 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2.95 | 60 |
| Richie Lewis | 45 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.67 | 45 |
| Yorkis Pérez | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 | 41 |
| Jeff Mutis | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 30 |
| Luis Aquino | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.73 | 22 |
| Terry Mathews | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.35 | 21 |
| Jeremy Hernandez | 21 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2.70 | 13 |
| John Johnstone | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.91 | 23 |
| Bryan Harvey | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.23 | 10 |
| Brian Drahman | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 7 |
| Willie Fraser | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.84 | 7 |
| Mike Jeffcoat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Edmonton Trappers | Pacific Coast League | Sal Rende |
| AA | Portland Sea Dogs | Eastern League | Carlos Tosca |
| A | Brevard County Manatees | Florida State League | Fredi González |
| A | Kane County Cougars | Midwest League | Lynn Jones |
| A-Short Season | Elmira Pioneers | New York–Penn League | Jim Hendry |
| Rookie | GCL Marlins | Gulf Coast League | Juan Bustabad |