| 1994 Baltimore Orioles | |
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| League | American League |
| Division | East |
| Ballpark | Oriole Park at Camden Yards |
| City | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Record | 63–49 (.562) |
| Divisional place | 2nd |
| Owners | Peter Angelos |
| General managers | Roland Hemond |
| Managers | Johnny Oates |
| Television | WJZ-TV/WNUV/WDCA/Home Team Sports (Mel Proctor,John Lowenstein,Jim Palmer) |
| Radio | WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson,Jon Miller,Fred Manfra) |
The1994 Baltimore Orioles season was the 94th season inBaltimore Orioles franchise history, the 41st inBaltimore, and the 3rd atOriole Park at Camden Yards. It involved the Orioles finishing second in theAmerican League East with a record of 63 wins and 49 losses. The season was cut short by the infamous1994 player's strike.
By Friday August 12, 1994, when the MLB Players' strike began, the Orioles had scored 589 runs (5.26 per game) and allowed 497 runs (4.44 per game) with a 63–49 record through 112 games. They were 2.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians (66–47) in the 1994 AL Wildcard Race.[5]
Because they had only played in 112 games by the time the strike began, the Orioles had the fewest at-bats in the Majors, with just 3,856. The Orioles pitching staff had good control, as the Orioles had the fewest wild pitches (18) in the Majors. They also tied theSeattle Mariners for the fewest balks, with just one.[6] Orioles baserunners successfully stole 69 bases in the strike-shortened season and were caught stealing only 13 times: the fewest in the Majors. Their pitchers also had good control, with just 18 wild pitches thrown: the fewest in the Majors.[7]
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| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders
Other batters | Manager Coaches
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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | .619 | — | 33–24 | 37–19 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 49 | .562 | 6½ | 28–27 | 35–22 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 55 | 60 | .478 | 16 | 33–26 | 22–34 |
| Boston Red Sox | 54 | 61 | .470 | 17 | 31–33 | 23–28 |
| Detroit Tigers | 53 | 62 | .461 | 18 | 34–24 | 19–38 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
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| New York Yankees | 70 | 43 | .619 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 46 | .593 |
| Texas Rangers | 52 | 62 | .456 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| 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 |
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
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| 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 | — |
| = Indicates team leader |
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 |
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| C | Chris Hoiles | 99 | 332 | 82 | .247 | 19 | 53 |
| 1B | Rafael Palmeiro | 111 | 436 | 139 | .319 | 23 | 76 |
| 2B | Mark McLemore | 104 | 343 | 88 | .257 | 3 | 29 |
| SS | Cal Ripken Jr. | 112 | 444 | 140 | .315 | 13 | 75 |
| 3B | Leo Gómez | 84 | 285 | 78 | .274 | 15 | 56 |
| LF | Brady Anderson | 111 | 453 | 119 | .263 | 12 | 48 |
| CF | Mike Devereaux | 85 | 301 | 61 | .203 | 9 | 33 |
| RF | Harold Baines | 94 | 326 | 96 | .294 | 16 | 54 |
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 |
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| Chris Sabo | 68 | 258 | 66 | .256 | 11 | 42 |
| Jack Voigt | 59 | 141 | 34 | .241 | 3 | 20 |
| Tim Hulett | 36 | 92 | 21 | .228 | 2 | 15 |
| Dwight Smith | 28 | 74 | 23 | .311 | 3 | 12 |
| Lonnie Smith | 35 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeff Tackett | 26 | 53 | 12 | .226 | 2 | 9 |
| Mark Smith | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| Damon Buford | 4 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| = Indicates league leader |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Mike Mussina | 24 | 176.1 | 16 | 5 | 3.06 | 99 |
| Ben McDonald | 24 | 157.1 | 14 | 7 | 4.06 | 94 |
| Jamie Moyer | 23 | 149.0 | 5 | 7 | 4.77 | 87 |
| Sid Fernandez | 19 | 115.1 | 6 | 6 | 5.15 | 95 |
| Arthur Rhodes | 10 | 52.2 | 3 | 5 | 5.81 | 47 |
| Scott Klingenbeck | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Mike Oquist | 15 | 58.1 | 3 | 3 | 6.17 | 39 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Lee Smith | 41 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 3.29 | 42 |
| Alan Mills | 47 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5.16 | 44 |
| Mark Eichhorn | 43 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2.15 | 35 |
| Jim Poole | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.64 | 18 |
| Mark Williamson | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.01 | 28 |
| Tom Bolton | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 | 12 |
| Brad Pennington | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.00 | 7 |
| Armando Benítez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | 14 |
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