# 1994 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1994 season was their 18th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing third in the American League West, finishing with a 49–63 (.438) record. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike, which began on August 12.
The Mariners played their final twenty games on the road, due to interior ceiling repairs at the Kingdome; they were 10–1 in August, and won their final six games. An interesting footnote to add is that had the strike never occurred, the 1994 Mariners would've broken the 1899 Cleveland Spiders record for most road games played in MLB history (118), which would've broken the Spiders record of 112.

## Offseason

* November 2, 1993: Bret Boone was traded with Erik Hanson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Wilson and Bobby Ayala.
* December 10, 1993: Eric Anthony was traded by the Houston Astros for Mike Felder and Mike Hampton.
* December 20, 1993: Félix Fermín was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Reggie Jefferson and cash for Omar Vizquel.
* January 10, 1994: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent.
* January 31, 1994: Bobby Thigpen was signed as a free agent.
* February 15, 1994: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent.

## Regular season

* April 4: The Mariners played in the first game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians won 4–3 in 11 innings.
* June 17: In the Mariners' 65th game of the season, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his league-leading 30th home run off Kansas City Royals ace David Cone in a 5–1 win at Kauffman Stadium.
* July 8: Shortstop Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut at age 18. It was at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox; Rodriguez was flawless in the field, but went hitless in three at bats. He got his first major league hit the following day.
By Friday, August 12, the Mariners had compiled a 49–63 (.438) record through 112 games and were only two games behind the Texas Rangers for the lead in the four-team AL West Division. They had scored 569 runs (5.08 per game) and allowed 616 runs (5.50 per game).
Slightly more than half of the 162 games scheduled were to be televised this season, with 72 on KSTW and sixteen on Prime Sports Northwest; of those 88 games, 65 were on the road and 23 at home.

### Opening day starters

* Rich Amaral
* Eric Anthony
* Mike Blowers
* Chris Bosio
* Jay Buhner
* Félix Fermín
* Ken Griffey Jr.
* Tino Martinez
* Greg Pirkl
* Dan Wilson

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | .456 | — | 31‍–‍32 | 21‍–‍30 |
| Oakland Athletics | 51 | 63 | .447 | 1 | 24‍–‍32 | 27‍–‍31 |
| Seattle Mariners | 49 | 63 | .438 | 2 | 22‍–‍22 | 27‍–‍41 |
| California Angels | 47 | 68 | .409 | 5½ | 23‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍28 |
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 | — |

### Transactions

* April 1: Torey Lovullo was selected off waivers from the California Angels.
* April 3: Goose Gossage was signed as a free agent.
* April 29: Bobby Thigpen was released.
* May 6: Mackey Sasser was released.
* June 2: Jason Varitek was selected in the first round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft, and signed April 20, 1995.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

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 | Dan Wilson | 91 | 282 | 61 | .216 | 3 | 27 |
| 1B | Tino Martinez | 97 | 329 | 86 | .261 | 20 | 61 |
| 2B | Rich Amaral | 77 | 228 | 60 | .263 | 4 | 18 |
| SS | Felix Fermin | 101 | 379 | 120 | .317 | 1 | 35 |
| 3B | Edgar Martínez | 89 | 326 | 93 | .285 | 13 | 51 |
| LF | Eric Anthony | 79 | 262 | 62 | .237 | 10 | 30 |
| CF | Ken Griffey Jr. | 111 | 433 | 140 | .323 | 40 | 90 |
| RF | Jay Buhner | 101 | 358 | 100 | .279 | 21 | 68 |
| DH | Reggie Jefferson | 63 | 162 | 53 | .327 | 8 | 32 |
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#### 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 |
| Mike Blowers | 85 | 270 | 78 | .289 | 9 | 49 |
| Luis Sojo | 63 | 213 | 59 | .277 | 6 | 22 |
| Keith Mitchell | 46 | 128 | 29 | .227 | 5 | 15 |
| Brian Turang | 38 | 112 | 21 | .188 | 1 | 8 |
| Bill Haselman | 38 | 83 | 16 | . 193 | 1 | 8 |
| Torey Lovullo | 36 | 72 | 16 | .222 | 2 | 7 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 17 | 54 | 11 | .204 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Pirkl | 19 | 53 | 14 | .264 | 6 | 11 |
| Marc Newfield | 12 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 1 | 4 |
| Dale Sveum | 10 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Howard | 9 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Quinn Mack | 5 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 2 |
| Darren Bragg | 8 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerry Willard | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 1 | 3 |
| Mackey Sasser | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
    Source:

### 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 |
| Randy Johnson | 23 | 172.0 | 13 | 6 | 3.19 | 204 |
| Chris Bosio | 19 | 125.0 | 4 | 10 | 4.32 | b67 |
| Dave Fleming | 23 | 117.0 | 7 | 11 | 6.46 | 65 |
| Greg Hibbard | 15 | 80.2 | 1 | 5 | 6.69 | 39 |
| Roger Salkeld | 13 | 59.0 | 2 | 5 | 7.17 | 46 |
| George Glinatsis | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| John Cummings | 17 | 64.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.63 | 33 |
| Jim Converse | 13 | 48.2 | 0 | 5 | 8.69 | 39 |
| Shawn Boskie | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 0 |

##### 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 |
| Bobby Ayala | 46 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 2.86 | 76 |
| Tim Davis | 42 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.01 | 28 |
| Bill Risley | 37 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3.44 | 61 |
| Rich Gossage | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4.18 | 29 |
| Jeff Nelson | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.76 | 44 |
| Kevin King | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.04 | 6 |
| Milt Hill | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.46 | 16 |
| Bobby Thigpen | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.39 | 4 |
| Erik Plantenberg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Jeff Darwin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Bob Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Calgary Cannons | Pacific Coast League | Steve Smith |
| AA | Jacksonville Suns | Southern League | Marc Hill |
| A | Riverside Pilots | California League | Dave Myers |
| A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | Carlos Lezcano |
| A-Short Season | Bellingham Mariners | Northwest League | Mike Goff |
| Rookie | AZL Mariners | Arizona League | Marty Martínez |
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