# 1994 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1994 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 25th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 26th overall. The Brewers finished fifth in the American League Central with a record of 53 wins and 62 losses.

## Offseason

* December 14, 1993: Tony Diggs (minors) was traded by the Brewers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ozzie Canseco.
* March 29, 1994: Juan Bell was released by the Brewers.

## Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Brewers had compiled a 53-62 record through 115 games. They had scored 547 runs (4.76 per game) and allowed 586 runs (5.10 per game). The 1994 season was permanently suspended on August 12, due to the 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike.
* (1994) Robin Yount SS: 1973–93 Coach: 2006

### Opening Day starters

* Alex Diaz
* Cal Eldred
* Darryl Hamilton
* John Jaha
* Dave Nilsson
* Jody Reed
* Kevin Seitzer
* Bill Spiers
* Greg Vaughn
* Turner Ward

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | .593 | — | 34‍–‍19 | 33‍–‍27 |
| Cleveland Indians | 66 | 47 | .584 | 1 | 35‍–‍16 | 31‍–‍31 |
| Kansas City Royals | 64 | 51 | .557 | 4 | 35‍–‍24 | 29‍–‍27 |
| Minnesota Twins | 53 | 60 | .469 | 14 | 32‍–‍27 | 21‍–‍33 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 15 | 24‍–‍32 | 29‍–‍30 |
vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | .619 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | .593 |
| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | .456 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cleveland Indians | 66 | 47 | .584 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 49 | .562 | 2½ |
| Kansas City Royals | 64 | 51 | .557 | 3 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 55 | 60 | .478 | 12 |
| Boston Red Sox | 54 | 61 | .470 | 13 |
| Minnesota Twins | 53 | 60 | .469 | 13 |
| Detroit Tigers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 14 |
| Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | .447 | 15½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | .438 | 16½ |
| California Angels | 47 | 68 | .409 | 20 |

### Record vs. opponents

1994 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### 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 | Dave Nilsson | 109 | 397 | 109 | .275 | 12 | 69 |
| 1B | John Jaha | 84 | 291 | 70 | .241 | 12 | 39 |
| 2B | Jody Reed | 108 | 399 | 108 | .271 | 2 | 37 |
| SS | José Valentín | 97 | 285 | 68 | .237 | 11 | 46 |
| 3B | Kevin Seitzer | 80 | 309 | 97 | .314 | 5 | 49 |
| LF | Greg Vaughn | 95 | 370 | 94 | .254 | 19 | 55 |
| CF | Turner Ward | 102 | 367 | 85 | .232 | 9 | 45 |
| RF | Matt Mieske | 84 | 259 | 67 | .259 | 10 | 38 |
| DH | Brian Harper | 64 | 251 | 73 | .291 | 4 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Spiers | 73 | 214 | 54 | .252 | 0 | 17 |
| Alex Diaz | 79 | 187 | 47 | .251 | 1 | 17 |
| Darryl Hamilton | 36 | 141 | 37 | .262 | 1 | 13 |
| B.J. Surhoff | 40 | 134 | 35 | .261 | 5 | 22 |
| Jeff Cirillo | 39 | 126 | 30 | .238 | 3 | 12 |
| Troy O'Leary | 27 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 2 | 7 |
| Pat Listach | 16 | 54 | 16 | .296 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Matheny | 28 | 53 | 12 | .226 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Valle | 16 | 36 | 14 | .389 | 1 | 5 |
| Tom Brunansky | 16 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Wrona | 6 | 10 | 5 | .500 | 1 | 3 |
| Duane Singleton | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Cal Eldred | 25 | 179.0 | 11 | 11 | 4.68 | 98 |
| Ricky Bones | 24 | 170.2 | 10 | 9 | 3.43 | 57 |
| Bill Wegman | 19 | 115.2 | 8 | 4 | 4.51 | 59 |
| Ángel Miranda | 8 | 46.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.28 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Scanlan | 30 | 103.0 | 2 | 6 | 4.11 | 65 |
| Jaime Navarro | 29 | 89.2 | 4 | 9 | 6.62 | 65 |
| Teddy Higuera | 17 | 58.2 | 1 | 5 | 7.06 | 35 |
| Mike Ignasiak | 23 | 47.2 | 3 | 1 | 4.53 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Fetters | 42 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 2.54 | 31 |
| Graeme Lloyd | 43 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5.17 | 31 |
| Jesse Orosco | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.08 | 36 |
| Doug Henry | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.60 | 20 |
| José Mercedes | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.32 | 11 |
| Jeff Bronkey | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.35 | 13 |
| Mark Kiefer | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 8 |

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1994. The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Houston Astros. The El Paso Diablos won the Texas League championship.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | New Orleans Zephyrs | American Association | Chris Bando |
| Double-A | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Tim Ireland |
| Class A-Advanced | Stockton Ports | California League | Lamar Johnson |
| Class A | Beloit Brewers | Midwest League | Wayne Krenchicki |
| Rookie | Helena Brewers | Pioneer League | Dub Kilgo |
| Rookie | AZL Brewers | Arizona League | Ralph Dickenson |
| Rookie | DSL Astros/Brewers | Dominican Summer League | — |