# 1994 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 1994 season was the second for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. They played home games at Mile High Stadium. They finished with a record of 53–64, third in the division, six and a half games back. The season was cut short by a player strike.

## Offseason

* October 29, 1993: Marvin Freeman was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
* November 19, 1993: Howard Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
* November 30, 1993: Ellis Burks was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
* January 7, 1994: Walt Weiss was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.
* March 31, 1994: John Vander Wal was purchased by the Colorado Rockies from the Montreal Expos.

## Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Rockies had compiled a 53-64 record through 117 games. They were drawing really well at home, with an attendance of 3,281,511 through 57 home games for an average of 57,570 per game. At that pace, the team would have had a good chance of drawing more than 4.6 million fans in their 81 home games if the season had continued. Offensively, the Rockies had scored 573 runs (4.90 per game) and allowed 638 runs (5.45 per game) prior to the strike.
The Rockies tied the Chicago White Sox in 1994 for the most triples in the majors, with 39. Their pitchers, however, hit 49 batters: the most in the majors

### Opening Day starters

* Dante Bichette
* Ellis Burks
* Andrés Galarraga
* Joe Girardi
* Charlie Hayes
* Howard Johnson
* Roberto Mejía
* Armando Reynoso
* Walt Weiss

### Transactions

* June 2, 1994: Doug Million was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 1994 amateur draft.
* June 3, 1994: Keith Shepherd was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Boston Red Sox for Brian Conroy (minors).
* June 27, 1994: Kent Bottenfield was granted free agency by the Colorado Rockies.

### Major League debuts

* Batters:
** Trent Hubbard (Jul 7)
* Pitchers:
** Mark Thompson (Jul 26)
** Jim Czajkowski (Jul 29)

### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 58 | 56 | .509 | — | 33‍–‍22 | 25‍–‍34 |
| San Francisco Giants | 55 | 60 | .478 | 3½ | 29‍–‍31 | 26‍–‍29 |
| Colorado Rockies | 53 | 64 | .453 | 6½ | 25‍–‍32 | 28‍–‍32 |
| San Diego Padres | 47 | 70 | .402 | 12½ | 26‍–‍31 | 21‍–‍39 |
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 | — |

### Game log

1994 Regular Season Game Log (53-64) (Home: 25-32; Road: 28-32) :
April (10–12) (Home: 5-7; Road: 5-5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
1April 4Phillies12–6Slocumb (1–0)Munoz (0–1)72,4700–1
2April 6Phillies7–5Mason (1–0)Holmes (0–1)Jones (1)50,8750–2
3April 7Phillies13–8Slocumb (2–0)Reed (0–1)Muñoz (1)48,0210–3
4April 8@ Pirates7–3Nied (1–0)Wagner (0–1)44,1361–3
5April 9@ Pirates10–5Smith (1–1)Reynoso (0–1)17,4581–4
6April 11@ Phillies8–7Ruffin (1–0)Mason (1–1)Holmes (1)58,6272–4
7April 13@ Phillies12–3Rivera (1–0)Harris (0–1)23,3462–5
8April 14@ Phillies5–0Nied (2–0)Schilling (0–2)24,8563–5
9April 15Expos9–2Reynoso (1–1)Fassero (0–1)47,2134–5Boxscore
10April 16Expos7–3Reed (1–1)Hill (2–1)51,3475–5Boxscore
11April 17Expos6–5 (10)Munoz (1–1)Heredia (0–2)55,4436–5Boxscore
12April 18Marlins5–3Aquino (1–0)Holmes (0–2)Harvey (4)46,2836–6
13April 19Marlins6–4Weathers (2–1)Nied (2–1)Harvey (5)50,2176–7
14April 20Marlins16–6Freeman (1–0)Nen (0–1)45,6677–7
15April 22Cubs9–2Banks (2–2)Harkey (0–1)54,1957–8
16April 23Cubs8–2Harris (1–1)Morgan (0–3)68,7438–8
17April 24Cubs12–4Trachsel (2–1)Nied (2–2)71,3298–9
18April 25@ Cardinals7–6Freeman (2–0)Urbani (0–2)Holmes (2)23,6289–9
19April 26@ Cardinals2–1Tewksbury (5–0)Reynoso (1–2)23,0949–10
20April 27@ Marlins3–2Hough (2–0)Harkey (0–2)Hernandez (2)24,1149–11
21April 28@ Marlins8–7Nen (1–1)Blair (0–1)Hernandez (3)32,2369–12
22April 29@ Cubs6–5Nied (3–2)Trachsel (2–2)Holmes (3)34,17910–12 :
May (13–14) (Home: 5-8; Road: 8-6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
23May 1@ Cubs6–2Freeman (3–0)Young (0–2)26,55811–12
24May 3Cardinals10–1Reynoso (2–2)Palacios (0–1)46,32612–12
25May 4Cardinals6–5Smith (1–0)Holmes (0–3)Murphy (2)51,63912–13
26May 6@ Padres8–0Benes (2–5)Harkey (0–3)15,57412–14
27May 7@ Padres2–1Hoffman (2–0)Ruffin (1–1)36,29612–15
28May 8@ Padres1–0Nied (4–2)Harris (1–1)Reed (1)14,32813–15
29May 9@ Giants12–5Hickerson (2–1)Reynoso (2–3)14,47213–16
30May 10@ Giants4–2Harris (2–1)Burkett (3–3)Ruffin (1)15,18214–16
31May 11@ Giants6–1Swift (5–3)Harkey (0–4)16,75914–17
32May 13@ Astros4–2Drabek (5–1)Freeman (3–1)29,96214–18
33May 14@ Astros4–2Nied (5–2)Kile (3–2)Ruffin (2)23,03715–18
34May 15@ Astros4–0Reynoso (3–3)Swindell (3–1)21,00416–18
35May 16Dodgers9–2Martínez (2–2)Harris (2–2)50,50716–19
36May 17Dodgers7–6Bottenfield (1–0)Dreifort (0–3)53,58917–19
37May 18Dodgers5–2Gross (3–1)Blair (0–2)Gott (1)54,10817–20
38May 19Dodgers8–2Hershiser (3–0)Nied (5–3)51,51517–21
39May 20Braves7–1Avery (5–1)Reynoso (3–4)71,36817–22
40May 21Braves5–4Mercker (3–0)Harris (2–3)McMichael (9)72,12317–23
41May 22Braves8–3Maddux (7–2)Painter (0–1)71,52317–24
42May 23Reds8–3Freeman (4–1)Smiley (4–5)Ruffin (3)45,71318–24
43May 24Reds11–7Bottenfield (2–0)Hanson (3–4)47,88519–24
44May 25Reds3–2Harkey (1–4)Rijo (2–3)Ruffin (4)47,26420–24
45May 26Reds14–4Roper (1–0)Harris (2–4)53,40720–25
46May 27@ Expos4–2White (1–0)Painter (0–2)Wetteland (6)22,88220–26Boxscore
47May 28@ Expos3–2 (10)Ruffin (2–1)Scott (1–2)Bottenfield (1)30,45221–26Boxscore
48May 29@ Expos4–3 (10)Scott (2–2)Ruffin (2–2)26,77421–27Boxscore
49May 30@ Mets12–2Ritz (1–0)Gozzo (2–2)Blair (1)20,70522–27
50May 31@ Mets3–2Harris (3–4)Linton (4–2)Ruffin (5)15,51523–27 :
June (13–16) (Home: 8-8; Road: 5-8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
51June 1@ Mets4–3Bottenfield (3–0)Smith (3–6)Ruffin (6)17,09924–27
52June 3Pirates6–4Freeman (5–1)Neagle (5–6)Ruffin (7)53,73725–27
53June 4Pirates4–3Smith (5–5)Ritz (1–1)Dewey (1)61,61925–28
54June 5Pirates4–3White (2–3)Moore (0–1)Ballard (2)63,65325–29
55June 6Mets11–3Linton (5–2)Bottenfield (3–1)51,67925–30
56June 7Mets10–8Ruffin (3–2)Mason (2–3)Munoz (1)51,01826–30
57June 8Mets5–4Moore (1–1)Saberhagen (6–3)Ruffin (8)52,11727–30
58June 9@ Reds7–1Rijo (5–3)Ritz (1–2)31,99027–31
59June 10@ Reds10–4Roper (2–0)Harris (3–5)33,61027–32
60June 11@ Reds6–4Fortugno (1–0)Nied (5–4)McElroy (3)36,88727–33
61June 12@ Reds3–2Reed (2–1)Carrasco (3–3)Ruffin (9)30,99228–33
62June 13@ Braves7–2Freeman (6–1)Glavine (7–6)48,52829–33
63June 14@ Braves3–1Mercker (5–1)Ritz (1–3)McMichael (15)44,54529–34
64June 15@ Braves4–0Smoltz (5–6)Harris (3–6)45,42929–35
65June 16@ Braves11–8Stanton (2–1)Ruffin (3–3)McMichael (16)45,82729–36
66June 17@ Dodgers13–5Painter (1–2)Hershiser (3–4)Blair (2)39,60930–36
67June 18@ Dodgers9–3Freeman (7–1)Martínez (6–3)50,48231–36
68June 19@ Dodgers7–3Astacio (5–5)Ritz (1–4)51,01531–37
69June 20Astros5–4Drabek (10–3)Harris (3–7)Hudek (11)50,67131–38
70June 21Astros8–0Nied (6–4)Kile (5–3)56,91332–38
71June 22Astros14–5Painter (2–2)Swindell (5–5)50,88733–38
72June 24Giants10–3Van Landingham (3–0)Blair (0–3)73,95733–39
73June 25Giants6–4Munoz (2–1)Torres (2–7)Ruffin (10)69,88134–39
74June 26Giants8–1Burkett (5–6)Harris (3–8)73,17134–40
75June 27Padres12–7Nied (7–4)Ashby (3–6)52,94935–40
76June 28Padres10–9Munoz (3–1)Elliott (0–1)Ruffin (11)36–40
77June 28Padres11–3 (11)Hoffman (3–3)Harris (3–9)55,02136–41
78June 29Padres10–4Tabaka (2–1)Blair (0–4)Martínez (3)50,17336–42
79June 30@ Cardinals9–7Murphy (4–3)Munoz (3–2)Olivares (1)35,64836–43 :
July (14–14) (Home: 5-5; Road: 9-9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
80July 1@ Cardinals11–4Sutcliffe (5–3)Harris (3–10)Cimorelli (1)26,28436–44
81July 2@ Cardinals7–5Munoz (4–2)Rodriguez (2–3)Ruffin (12)39,78537–44
82July 3@ Cardinals5–2Reed (3–1)Arocha (4–4)Ruffin (13)35,09338–44
83July 4@ Cubs4–3Bautista (2–3)Ruffin (3–4)38–45
84July 4@ Cubs4–2 (15)Walton (1–0)Myers (1–4)Harris (1)37,16739–45
85July 5@ Cubs9–6Ritz (2–4)Crim (3–3)Blair (3)30,14240–45
86July 6@ Cubs7–1Leskanic (1–0)Trachsel (7–6)Ruffin (14)32,63741–45
87July 7@ Marlins2–1Nied (8–4)Johnstone (1–1)28,78342–45
88July 8@ Marlins5–2Weathers (8–7)Painter (2–3)Nen (8)26,49842–46
89July 9@ Marlins4–2Rapp (5–5)Freeman (7–2)Nen (9)38,34542–47
90July 10@ Marlins6–4Aquino (2–1)Harkey (1–5)Nen (10)33,59342–48
All-Star Break: NL def. AL at Three Rivers Stadium, 8–7 (10)
91July 14Cardinals8–1Nied (9–4)Pérez (2–3)63,74543–48
92July 15Cardinals10–6Ritz (3–4)Tewksbury (10–8)63,17944–48
93July 16Cardinals15–4Painter (3–3)Olivares (1–2)70,21745–48
94July 17Cardinals10–6Freeman (8–2)Sutcliffe (5–4)61,97246–48
95July 18Cubs6–3Bullinger (4–2)Harkey (1–6)63,43846–49
96July 19Cubs6–1Trachsel (9–6)Nied (9–5)70,49346–50
97July 20Cubs9–8Veres (1–0)Reed (3–2)Plesac (1)60,17346–51
98July 22Marlins4–0Rapp (6–5)Painter (3–4)58,61346–52
99July 23Marlins5–4Freeman (9–2)Scheid (0–2)Ruffin (15)70,28947–52
100July 24Marlins6–4Nen (4–4)Blair (0–5)68,04547–53
101July 25@ Padres4–3Ritz (4–4)Benes (6–12)Ruffin (16)9,19548–53
102July 26@ Padres6–5Thompson (1–0)Sanders (3–8)Reed (2)11,89649–53
103July 27@ Padres9–2Hamilton (7–5)Painter (3–5)Mauser (2)9,66649–54
104July 28@ Giants5–1Freeman (10–2)Monteleone (3–3)31,13050–54
105July 29@ Giants8–4Black (4–1)Nied (9–6)25,19250–55
106July 30@ Giants6–4Portugal (10–7)Ritz (4–5)Beck (25)49,62750–56
107July 31@ Giants9–4Van Landingham (7–1)Thompson (1–1)Hickerson (1)50,00750–57 :
August (3–7) (Home: 2-4; Road: 1-3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
108August 1@ Astros8–3Painter (4–5)Harnisch (7–5)22,25651–57
109August 2@ Astros3–1Drabek (11–6)Harris (3–11)22,57451–58
110August 3@ Astros2–1Jones (5–2)Ruffin (3–5)18,32051–59
111August 4@ Astros6–2Kile (8–6)Ritz (4–6)30,05351–60
112August 5Dodgers5–4Martínez (11–7)Leskanic (1–1)Worrell (10)70,28351–61
113August 7Dodgers6–2Hershiser (6–6)Harris (3–12)70,37251–62
114August 8Dodgers7–6Ruffin (4–5)Worrell (6–5)52,63452–62
115August 9Braves7–4McMichael (4–6)Nied (9–7)61,59552–63
116August 10Braves1–0 (6)Ritz (5–6)Glavine (13–9)Reed (3)65,15753–63
117August 11Braves13–0Maddux (16–6)Painter (4–6)65,04353–64 :
Legend :
| Rockies win | Rockies loss | All-Star Game | Game postponed |

## 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 | Joe Girardi | 93 | 330 | 91 | .276 | 4 | 34 |
| 1B | Andrés Galarraga | 103 | 417 | 133 | .319 | 31 | 85 |
| 2B | Nelson Liriano | 87 | 255 | 65 | .255 | 3 | 31 |
| SS | Walt Weiss | 110 | 423 | 106 | .251 | 1 | 32 |
| 3B | Charlie Hayes | 113 | 423 | 122 | .288 | 10 | 50 |
| LF | Eric Young | 90 | 228 | 62 | .272 | 7 | 30 |
| CF | Mike Kingery | 105 | 301 | 105 | .349 | 4 | 41 |
| RF | Dante Bichette | 116 | 484 | 147 | .304 | 27 | 95 |

#### 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 |
| Howard Johnson | 93 | 227 | 48 | .211 | 10 | 40 |
| Ellis Burks | 42 | 149 | 48 | .322 | 13 | 24 |
| Vinny Castilla | 52 | 130 | 43 | .331 | 3 | 18 |
| Roberto Mejía | 38 | 116 | 28 | .241 | 4 | 14 |
| Danny Sheaffer | 44 | 110 | 24 | .218 | 1 | 12 |
| John Vander Wal | 91 | 110 | 27 | .245 | 5 | 15 |
| Chris Jones | 21 | 40 | 12 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Trent Hubbard | 18 | 25 | 7 | .280 | 1 | 3 |
| Jayhawk Owens | 6 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Ty Van Burkleo | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Greg Harris | 29 | 130.0 | 3 | 12 | 6.65 | 82 |
| David Nied | 22 | 122.0 | 9 | 7 | 4.80 | 74 |
| Marvin Freeman | 19 | 112.2 | 10 | 2 | 2.80 | 67 |
| Lance Painter | 15 | 73.2 | 4 | 6 | 6.11 | 41 |
| Kevin Ritz | 15 | 73.2 | 5 | 6 | 5.62 | 53 |
| Armando Reynoso | 9 | 52.1 | 3 | 4 | 4.82 | 25 |
| Mark Thompson | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | 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 Harkey | 24 | 91.2 | 1 | 6 | 5.79 | 39 |
| Curtis Leskanic | 8 | 22.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.64 | 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 |
| Bruce Ruffin | 56 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 4.04 | 65 |
| Steve Reed | 61 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3.94 | 51 |
| Mike Munoz | 57 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.74 | 32 |
| Willie Blair | 47 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5.79 | 68 |
| Marcus Moore | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.15 | 33 |
| Darren Holmes | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6.35 | 33 |
| Kent Bottenfield | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5.84 | 15 |
| Jim Czajkowski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 2 |
| Bruce Walton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | Pacific Coast League | Brad Mills |
| AA | New Haven Ravens | Eastern League | Paul Zuvella |
| A | Central Valley Rockies | California League | Bill Hayes |
| A | Asheville Tourists | South Atlantic League | Tony Torchia |
| A-Short Season | Bend Rockies | Northwest League | Rudy Jaramillo |
| Rookie | AZL Rockies | Arizona League | P. J. Carey |