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1994 Colorado Rockies season

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Owner(s)
  
Jerry McMorris

Manager(s)
  
Don Baylor

General manager(s)
  
Bob Gebhard

Local television
  
KWGN-TV(Dave Campbell, Charlie Jones)

Local radio
  
KOA (AM)(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)KCUV

The Colorado Rockies' 1994 season was the 2nd 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, 3rd in the division. The season was cut short by a player strike.

Contents

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)

    • Game Log

    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

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Pitching

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Farm system

    Notes

    References

  • 1994 Rockies
  • 1994 Colorado Rockies team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    References

    1994 Colorado Rockies season Wikipedia
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