1994 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 1994 season was their 18th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 3rd in the American League West, finishing with a record of 49-63. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike.

Offseason

• November 2, 1993: Bret Boone was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Erik Hanson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Wilson and Bobby Ayala.^[1]
• December 10, 1993: Eric Anthony was traded by the Houston Astros to the Seattle Mariners for Mike Felder and Mike Hampton.^[2]
• December 20, 1993: Felix Fermin was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Reggie Jefferson and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Omar Vizquel.^[3]
• January 10, 1994: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[4]
• January 31, 1994: Bobby Thigpen was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[5]
• February 15, 1994: Jerry Willard was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[6]

Regular season

• On April 4, 1994, the Mariners played in the first game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings.

• On July 8, 1994, Alex Rodriguez made his major league baseball debut.^[7] It was in a game against the Boston Red Sox, and Rodriguez appeared in three at-bats and had 0 hits.^[8]

Opening Day starters

• Rich Amaral
• Eric Anthony
• Mike Blowers
• Chris Bosio
• Jay Buhner
• Felix Fermin
• Ken Griffey, Jr.
• Tino Martinez
• Greg Pirkl
• Dan Wilson^[9]

Season standings

Transactions

• April 1, 1994: Torey Lovullo was selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the California Angels.^[10]
• April 3, 1994: Goose Gossage was signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.^[11]
• April 29, 1994: Bobby Thigpen was released by the Seattle Mariners.^[5]
• May 6, 1994: Mackey Sasser was released by the Seattle Mariners.^[12]
• June 2, 1994: Jason Varitek was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed April 20, 1995.^[13]

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

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Other batters

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Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

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References

1. ^ Bret Boone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anthoer01.shtml
3. ^ Felix Fermin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
5. ^ ^{a b} Bobby Thigpen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
6. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willaje01.shtml
7. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodrial01.shtml
8. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199407080BOS
9. ^ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=SEA
10. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lovulto01.shtml
11. ^ Rich Gossage Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
12. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sassema01.shtml
13. ^ Jason Varitek Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
14. ^ ^{a b} http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1994.shtml
15. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1994 Seattle Mariners
• 1994 Seattle Mariners team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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