1994 Cleveland Indians season

1994 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Jacobs Field (since 1994)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)	John Hart
Manager(s)	Mike Hargrove
Local television	WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan SportsChannel John Sanders, Rick Manning
Local radio	WKNR (1220 AM) Herb Score, Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood
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Offseason

• November 2, 1993: Heathcliff Slocumb was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rubén Amaro, Jr..^[1]
• December 2, 1993: Dennis Martínez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[2]
• December 13, 1993: Randy Milligan was traded by the Indians to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Brian Barnes to the Indians on December 17.^[3]
• December 13, 1993: Sam Horn was released by the Indians.^[4]
• December 20, 1993: Félix Fermín was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Reggie Jefferson and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Omar Vizquel.^[5]
• February 10, 1994: Jack Morris was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[6]
• March 30, 1994: Pete Rose, Jr. was released by the Indians.^[7]

Regular season

Larry Doby CF, Coach Retired 1994

Larry Doby was the first African American to play in the American League.

• On July 15, 1994, Albert Belle's bat was confiscated by umpire Dave Phillips.^[8] It was the result of White Sox manager Gene Lamont believing that the bat was corked. During the game, Indians pitcher Jason Grimsley removed a ceiling tile in his manager's office and clambered on top of an 18-inch-wide (460 mm) cinder block.^[9] He replaced the corked bat with a conventional bat but the bat had Paul Sorrento's name on it. Belle was suspended for seven games.^[8]

By Friday August 12, 1994, the Indians had compiled a 66-47 record through 113 games, just one game back of the Chicago White Sox for the AL Central Division lead. They had scored 679 runs (6.01 per game) and allowed 562 runs (4.97 per game). They were leading the AL Wildcard Race over the Baltimore Orioles by 2.5 games. Cleveland was leading the Majors in nearly every offensive category, including hits (1,165), runs scored (679), home runs (167), runs batted in (647), batting average (.290), slugging percentage (.484) and total bases (1,946).^[10]

Cleveland pitching was also strong, as Indians pitchers had combined for an MLB-high 17 complete games pitched before the Players' Strike prematurely ended the season.^[10]

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	67	46	0.593	—	34–19	33–27
Cleveland Indians	66	47	0.584	1	35–16	31–31
Kansas City Royals	64	51	0.557	4	35–24	29–27
Minnesota Twins	53	60	0.469	14	32–27	21–33
Milwaukee Brewers	53	62	0.461	15	24–32	29–30

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	70	43	0.619
Chicago White Sox	67	46	0.593
Texas Rangers	52	62	0.456

	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	66	47	0.584
Baltimore Orioles	63	49	0.562
Kansas City Royals	64	51	0.557
Toronto Blue Jays	55	60	0.478
Boston Red Sox	54	61	0.470
Minnesota Twins	53	60	0.469
Detroit Tigers	53	62	0.461
Milwaukee Brewers	53	62	0.461
Oakland Athletics	51	63	0.447
Seattle Mariners	49	63	0.438
California Angels	47	68	0.409

Record vs. opponents

1994 American League Records 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 3, 1994: Jeremy Hernandez was traded by the Indians to the Florida Marlins for Matt Turner.^[11]
• June 2, 1994: 1994 Major League Baseball draft
  • Jaret Wright was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round (10th pick). Player signed July 21, 1994.^[12]
  • Russell Branyan was drafted by the Indians in the 7th round. Player signed June 9, 1994.^[13]
  • Bruce Aven was drafted by the Indians in the 30th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1994.^[14]
• July 26, 1994: Marco Scutaro was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cleveland Indians.^[15]
• August 9, 1994: Jack Morris was released by the Indians.^[6]
• August 31, 1994: Dave Winfield was purchased by the Indians from the Minnesota Twins.^[16]

Jacobs Field

President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch on April 4, 1994, before the first Major League game played at Jacobs Field.

In May 1990, Cuyahoga County voters approved a 15-year sin tax on alcohol and cigarette sales in order to finance the new sports complex. In June 1992, the ceremonial first pitch was thrown at the site of the new Jacobs Field before construction of the building began.

In 1994, the ballpark opened under the name Jacobs Field as the new home of the Cleveland Indians, which had previously shared Cleveland Municipal Stadium with the NFL's Cleveland Browns. On April 4, 1994, the Indians played their first game at the new stadium. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings.

Highlights

Statistic	Person(s)	Date
First Ceremonial First Pitch	President Clinton to Sandy Alomar, Jr.	April 4, 1994
First Hit	Eric Anthony (Seattle Mariners), home run	April 4, 1994
First Indians Hit	Sandy Alomar, Jr., single to right field	April 4, 1994
First Double	Manny Ramírez	April 4, 1994
First Triple	Ken Griffey, Jr. (Seattle Mariners)	April 7, 1994
First Home Run	Eric Anthony (Seattle Mariners)	April 4, 1994
First Indians Home Run	Eddie Murray	April 7, 1994
First Indians Run	Candy Maldonado, scored on Manny Ramírez 2-run double in the 8th inning	April 4, 1994
First Winning Pitcher	Eric Plunk	April 4, 1994
First Save	Hipólito Pichardo (Kansas City Royals)	April 15, 1994

Roster

1994 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 52 Brian Barnes 51 Larry Casian 54 Mark Clark 45 Jerry DiPoto 26 Steve Farr 48 Jason Grimsley 28 Derek Lilliquist 59 Albie Lopez 32 Dennis Martínez 49 José Mesa 47 Jack Morris 43 Chris Nabholz 41 Charles Nagy 37 Chad Ogea 38 Eric Plunk 29 Jeff Russell 53 Paul Shuey 44 Russ Swan 50 Julián Tavárez 34 Matt Turner 46 Bill Wertz		Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr.  2 Matt Merullo 17 Tony Peña Infielders  9 Carlos Baerga 10 Álvaro Espinoza 88 Rene Gonzales 20 Mark Lewis 33 Eddie Murray 36 Herbert Perry 11 Paul Sorrento 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders 30 Rubén Amaro, Jr.  8 Albert Belle 35 Wayne Kirby  7 Kenny Lofton 22 Candy Maldonado 24 Manny Ramirez Other batters 12 Jesse Levis		Manager 21 Mike Hargrove Coaches 26 Buddy Bell (Infield)  6 Luis Isaac (Bullpen) 42 Charlie Manuel (Hitting) 14 Dave Nelson (First base) 55 Jeff Newman (Third base) 27 Phil Regan (Pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Alomar, SandySandy Alomar	80	292	44	84	15	1	14	43	.288	8
Amaro, RubenRuben Amaro	26	23	5	5	1	0	2	5	.217	2
Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga	103	442	81	139	32	2	19	80	.314	8
Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	106	412	90	147	35	2	36	101	.357	9
Espinoza, AlvaroAlvaro Espinoza	90	231	27	55	13	0	1	19	.238	1
Gonzales, ReneRene Gonzales	22	23	6	8	1	1	1	5	.348	2
Kirby, WayneWayne Kirby	78	191	33	56	6	0	5	23	.293	11
Levis, JesseJesse Levis	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Lewis, MarkMark Lewis	20	73	6	15	5	0	1	8	.205	1
Lofton, KennyKenny Lofton	112	459	105	160	32	9	12	57	.349	60
Maldonado, CandyCandy Maldonado	42	92	14	18	5	1	5	12	.196	1
Merullo, MattMatt Merullo	4	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	.100	0
Murray, EddieEddie Murray	108	433	57	110	21	1	17	76	.254	8
Peña, TonyTony Peña	40	112	18	33	8	1	2	10	.295	0
Perry, HerbertHerbert Perry	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	.111	0
Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez	91	290	51	78	22	0	17	60	.269	4
Sorrento, PaulPaul Sorrento	95	322	43	90	14	0	14	62	.280	0
Thome, JimJim Thome	98	321	58	86	20	1	20	52	.268	3
Vizquel, OmarOmar Vizquel	69	286	39	78	10	1	1	33	.273	13
Totals	113	4022	679	1165	240	20	167	647	.290	131

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Barnes, BrianBrian Barnes	0	1	5.40	6	0	0	13.1	10	8	15	5
Casian, LarryLarry Casian	0	2	8.64	7	0	0	8.1	9	8	4	2
Clark, MarkMark Clark	11	3	3.82	20	20	0	127.1	61	54	40	60
DiPoto, JerryJerry DiPoto	0	0	8.04	7	0	0	15.2	14	14	10	9
Farr, SteveSteve Farr	1	1	5.28	19	0	4	15.1	12	9	15	12
Grimsley, JasonJason Grimsley	5	2	4.57	14	13	0	82.2	47	42	34	59
Lilliquist, DerekDerek Lilliquist	1	3	4.91	36	0	1	29.1	17	16	8	15
Lopez, AlbieAlbie Lopez	1	2	4.24	4	4	0	17.0	11	8	6	18
Martínez, DennisDennis Martínez	11	6	3.52	24	24	0	176.2	75	69	44	92
Mesa, JoséJosé Mesa	7	5	3.82	51	0	2	73.0	33	31	26	63
Morris, JackJack Morris	10	6	5.60	23	23	0	141.1	96	88	67	100
Nabholz, ChrisChris Nabholz	0	1	11.45	6	4	0	11.0	16	14	9	5
Nagy, CharlesCharles Nagy	10	8	3.45	23	23	0	169.1	76	65	48	108
Ogea, ChadChad Ogea	0	1	6.06	4	1	0	16.1	11	11	10	11
Plunk, EricEric Plunk	7	2	2.54	41	0	3	71.0	25	20	37	73
Russell, JeffJeff Russell	1	1	4.97	13	0	5	12.2	8	7	3	10
Shuey, PaulPaul Shuey	0	1	8.49	14	0	5	11.2	11	11	12	16
Swan, RussRuss Swan	0	1	11.25	12	0	0	8.0	11	10	7	2
Tavarez, JulianJulian Tavarez	0	1	21.60	1	1	0	1.2	8	4	1	0
Turner, MattMatt Turner	1	0	2.13	9	0	1	12.2	6	3	7	5
Wertz, BillBill Wertz	0	0	10.38	1	0	0	4.1	5	5	1	1
Totals	66	47	4.36	113	113	21	1018.2	562	494	404	666

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Level	Team	League	Season article
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	1994 Charlotte Knights season
AA	Canton–Akron Indians	Eastern League	1994 Canton–Akron Indians season
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Watertown Indians	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

References

1. Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball-Reference
2. Dennis Martínez at Baseball-Reference
3. Randy Milligan at Baseball-Reference
4. Sam Horn at Baseball Reference
5. Félix Fermín at Baseball-Reference
6. Jack Morris at Baseball-Reference
7. Pete Rose, Jr. at Baseball-Reference
8. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html
9. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/excerpts/spitters6.stm
10. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
11. Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball-Reference
12. Jaret Wright at Baseball-Reference
13. Russell Branyan at Baseball-Reference
14. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avenbr01.shtml
15. Marco Scutaro at Baseball-Reference
16. Dave Winfield at Baseball-Reference

• 1994 Cleveland Indians team at Baseball-Reference
• 1994 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac