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1994 Seattle Mariners season

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The Seattle Mariners 1994 season was their 18th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing third in the American League West, finishing with a 49–63 (.438) record. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike, which began on August 12.[2]

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The Mariners played their final twenty games on the road, due to interior ceiling repairs at the Kingdome;[3][4] they were 10–1 in August, and won their final six games.[2]

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Offseason

  • November 2, 1993: Bret Boone was traded with Erik Hanson to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Wilson and Bobby Ayala.[5]
  • December 10, 1993: Eric Anthony was traded by the Houston Astros for Mike Felder and Mike Hampton.[6]
  • December 20, 1993: Félix Fermín was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Reggie Jefferson and cash for Omar Vizquel.[7]
  • January 10, 1994: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent.[8]
  • January 31, 1994: Bobby Thigpen was signed as a free agent.[9]
  • February 15, 1994: Jerry Willard was signed as a free agent.[10]
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Regular season

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A mural of Griffey in downtown Seattle from the strike-shortened 1994 season. The tick-marks represent his home runs up to the time of the strike, when Griffey Jr. was chasing the single-season home run record set by Roger Maris in 1961.
  • April 4: The Mariners played in the first game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field. President Bill Clinton threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and the Indians won 4–3 in 11 innings.[11]
  • June 17: In the Mariners' 65th game of the season, Ken Griffey Jr. hit his league-leading 30th home run off Kansas City Royals ace David Cone in a 5–1 win at Kauffman Stadium.
  • July 8: Shortstop Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut at age 18.[12] It was at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox; Rodriguez was flawless in the field, but went hitless in three at bats.[13][14] He got his first major league hit the following day.[15]

By Friday, August 12, the Mariners had compiled a 49–63 (.438) record through 112 games and were only two games behind the Texas Rangers for the lead in the four-team AL West Division.[16] They had scored 569 runs (5.08 per game) and allowed 616 runs (5.50 per game).[17]

Slightly more than half of the 162 games scheduled were to be televised this season, with 72 on KSTW and sixteen on Prime Sports Northwest; of those 88 games, 65 were on the road and 23 at home.[1]

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Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

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Transactions

  • April 1: Torey Lovullo was selected off waivers from the California Angels.[19]
  • April 3: Goose Gossage was signed as a free agent.[20]
  • April 29: Bobby Thigpen was released.[9]
  • May 6: Mackey Sasser was released.[21]
  • June 2: Jason Varitek was selected in the first round (14th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft, and signed April 20, 1995.[22]

Roster

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Infielders

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Player stats

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Batting

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

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Other batters

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

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Starting pitchers

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

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Other pitchers

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Relief pitchers

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Farm system

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References

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