1994 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1994 Pittsburgh Pirates
1994 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	53–61 (.465)
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV; KBL
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)

The 1994 Pittsburgh Pirates season was their 113th season; the 108th in the National League. This was their 25th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished the shortened season third in the National League Central with a record of 53–61. They hosted the 1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in the 125th Anniversary season of Major League Baseball.

Offseason

January 5, 1994: Gary Varsho was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
March 28, 1994: Gary Varsho was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]
March 29, 1994: Gary Varsho was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]

Regular season

The Pirates had scored 466 runs (4.09 per game) and allowed 580 runs (5.09 per game) with a 53-61 record by Friday, August 12, 1994, when the MLB Players' Strike began.^[3] Pittsburgh struggled offensively during the season, finishing 28th in runs scored (466), runs batted in (435), home runs (80, tied with the Philadelphia Phillies), total bases (1,485) and slugging percentage (.384).^[4] They were shut out 11 times in 114 games, the most in the Majors. One highlight of the season was their 4-0 shutout of the best team in baseball, the Montreal Expos, at Three Rivers Stadium on Thursday, August 11, just one day prior to the Strike.^[3] Zane Smith picked up the win for the Pirates.^[5]

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	66	48	0.579	—	37–22	29–26
Houston Astros	66	49	0.574	½	37–22	29–27
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	61	0.465	13	32–29	21–32
St. Louis Cardinals	53	61	0.465	13	23–33	30–28
Chicago Cubs	49	64	0.434	16½	20–39	29–25

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Montreal Expos	74	40	0.649
Cincinnati Reds	66	48	0.579
Los Angeles Dodgers	58	56	0.509

Wild Card team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	68	46	0.597	—
Houston Astros	66	49	0.574	21⁄2
New York Mets	55	58	0.487	121⁄2
San Francisco Giants	55	60	0.478	131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies	54	61	0.470	141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals	53	61	0.465	15
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	61	0.465	15
Colorado Rockies	53	64	0.453	161⁄2
Florida Marlins	51	64	0.444	171⁄2
Chicago Cubs	49	64	0.434	181⁄2
San Diego Padres	47	70	0.402	221⁄2

Game log

1994 Game Log: 53–61 (Home: 32–29; Away: 21–32)

April: 12–10 (Home: 9–3; Away: 3–7)

May: 9–18 (Home: 6–9; Away: 3–9)

June: 17–10 (Home: 8–2; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
50	June 1	@ Padres	4–6	Martinez	Lieber (1–2)	Hoffman	13,505	21–29
51	June 3	@ Rockies	4–6	Freeman	Neagle (5–6)	Ruffin	53,737	21–30
52	June 4	@ Rockies	4–3	Smith (5–5)	Ritz	Dewey (1)	61,619	22–30
53	June 5	@ Rockies	4–3	White (2–3)	Moore	Ballard (2)	63,653	23–30
54	June 6	Giants	3–4	Swift	Pena (2–2)	Beck	17,249	23–31
55	June 7	Giants	2–3 (10)	Beck	White (2–4)	—	15,744	23–32
56	June 8	Giants	3–1	Neagle (6–6)	Torres	—	14,822	24–32
57	June 9	Marlins	3–1	Smith (6–5)	Hough	Pena (1)	11,395	25–32
58	June 10	Marlins	5–4	Wagner (4–4)	Hammond	Pena (2)	25,120	26–32
59	June 11	Marlins	10–4	Cooke (2–5)	Miller	—	24,763	27–32
60	June 12	Marlins	5–1	Lieber (2–2)	Weathers	—	34,728	28–32
61	June 13	@ Expos	2–10	Fassero	Neagle (6–7)	—	17,236	28–33
62	June 14	@ Expos	7–12	Martinez	Smith (6–6)	Wetteland	15,781	28–34
63	June 15	@ Expos	2–13	Hill	Wagner (4–5)	Henry	21,269	28–35
64	June 16	@ Cardinals	7–5 (10)	Pena (3–2)	Perez	White (6)	28,011	29–35
65	June 17	@ Cardinals	7–4	Lieber (3–2)	Tewksbury	Pena (3)	34,177	30–35
66	June 18	@ Cardinals	0–9	Arocha	Neagle (6–8)	—	42,050	30–36
67	June 19	@ Cardinals	3–2	Smith (7–6)	Palacios	Pena (4)	36,152	31–36
68	June 21	Phillies	7–1	Cooke (3–5)	Boskie	—	19,568	32–36
69	June 22	Phillies	5–4	Manzanillo (2–1)	Slocumb	Pena (5)	26,376	33–36
70	June 24	@ Mets	9–4	Neagle (7–8)	Gooden	—	19,977	34–36
71	June 25	@ Mets	3–1	Smith (8–6)	Saberhagen	Pena (6)	32,962	35–36
72	June 26	@ Mets	7–3	Wagner (5–5)	Jones	—	29,814	36–36
73	June 27	@ Cubs	1–2	Banks	Ballard (1–1)	Myers	34,665	36–37
74	June 28	@ Cubs	6–5	Lieber (4–2)	Morgan	Pena (7)	30,783	37–37
75	June 29	@ Cubs	5–6	Crim	Manzanillo (2–2)	—	29,267	37–38
76	June 30	Reds	6–4	Dyer (1–0)	Carrasco	Manzanillo (1)	16,330	38–38

July: 11–17 (Home: 7–10; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
77	July 1	Reds	2–4	Roper	Wagner (5–6)	Brantley	32,956	38–39
78	July 2	Reds	2–8	Hanson	Cooke (3–6)	—	27,376	38–40
79	July 3	Reds	3–4	Smiley	Lieber (4–3)	Brantley	27,499	38–41
80	July 5	@ Braves	3–1 (7)	Neagle (8–8)	Smoltz	—	49,493	39–41
81	July 6	@ Braves	3–1	Smith (9–6)	Wohlers	Dyer (1)	—	40–41
82	July 6	@ Braves	2–4	Avery	Wagner (5–7)	McMichael	46,387	40–42
83	July 7	@ Reds	7–8 (11)	Ruffin	Minor (0–1)	—	28,488	40–43
84	July 8	@ Reds	4–12	Smiley	Lieber (4–4)	—	34,167	40–44
85	July 9	@ Reds	3–5	Rijo	White (2–5)	Brantley	42,044	40–45
86	July 10	@ Reds	7–6 (11)	Cooke (4–6)	Carrasco	Minor (1)	33,419	41–45
87	July 14	Astros	8–2	Lieber (5–4)	Kile	—	15,847	42–45
88	July 15	Astros	11–8	Manzanillo (3–2)	Reynolds	Dyer (2)	19,185	43–45
89	July 16	Astros	1–7	Harnisch	Smith (9–7)	—	30,595	43–46
90	July 17	Astros	0–9	Reynolds	Wagner (5–8)	—	23,290	43–47
91	July 18	Braves	2–3	Mercker	Cooke (4–7)	—	16,528	43–48
92	July 19	Braves	13–10	Miceli (1–0)	Olson	—	18,147	44–48
93	July 20	Braves	5–4	Wagner (6–8)	Glavine	Dyer (3)	36,087	45–48
94	July 21	@ Astros	6–13	Harnisch	Smith (9–8)	—	27,659	45–49
95	July 22	@ Astros	4–1	Manzanillo (4–2)	Drabek	Dyer (4)	37,002	46–49
96	July 23	@ Astros	0–11	Reynolds	Cooke (4–8)	—	41,262	46–50
97	July 24	@ Astros	1–13	Kile	Lieber (5–5)	—	36,874	46–51
98	July 25	Cubs	6–2	Neagle (9–8)	Banks	Miceli (1)	13,346	47–51
99	July 26	Cubs	4–8	Bautista	Dewey (2–1)	—	12,839	47–52
100	July 27	Cubs	9–4	White (3–5)	Morgan	—	11,766	48–52
101	July 28	Cubs	3–10	Foster	Cooke (4–9)	—	13,492	48–53
102	July 29	Mets	1–4	Jones	Lieber (5–6)	Franco	33,349	48–54
103	July 30	Mets	3–2 (10)	Miceli (2–0)	Mason	—	29,516	49–54
104	July 31	Mets	4–6	Gozzo	Dyer (1–1)	Franco	24,308	49–55

August: 4–6 (Home: 2–5; Away: 2–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–2	5–5	8–2	8–4	3–3	6–0	4–5	5–4	6–3	3–9	6–1	5–1	5–7
Chicago	2–4	—	5–7	6–6	4–5	4–8	3–3	2–4	1–4	1–6	5–5	6–3	5–4	5–5
Cincinnati	5–5	7–5	—	4–4	7–5	4–6	3–6	4–2	2–4	4–2	9–3	8–2	7–2	2–2–1
Colorado	2–8	6–6	4–4	—	3–9	5–5	4–6	4–2	5–1	2–4	2–3	5–5	3–7	8–4
Florida	4–8	5–4	5–7	9–3	—	2–4	3–3	2–7	6–4	4–6	1–6	5–1	2–4	3–7
Houston	3–3	8–4	6–4	5–5	4–2	—	1–8	2–4	3–3	5–1	8–4	5–5	8–2	8–4
Los Angeles	0–6	3–3	6–3	6–4	3–3	8–1	—	3–9	6–6	7–5	3–3	6–4	5–5	2–4
Montreal	5–4	4–2	2–4	2–4	7–2	4–2	9–3	—	4–3	5–4	8–2	12–0	5–7	7–3
New York	4–5	4–1	4–2	1–5	4–6	3–3	6–6	3–4	—	4–6	4–5	6–6	6–6	6–3
Philadelphia	3-6	6–1	2–4	4–2	6–4	1–5	5–7	4–5	6–4	—	5–4	4–8	4–8	4–3
Pittsburgh	9–3	5–5	3–9	3–2	6–1	4–8	3–3	2–8	5–4	4–5	—	3–3	1–5	5–5
San Diego	1–6	3–6	2–8	5–5	1–5	5–5	4–6	0–12	6–6	8–4	3–3	—	5–2	4–2
San Francisco	1–5	4–5	2–7	7–3	4–2	2–8	5–5	7–5	6–6	8–4	5–1	2–5	—	2–4
St. Louis	7–5	5–5	2–2–1	4–8	7–3	4–8	4–2	3–7	3–6	3–4	5–5	2–4	4–2	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	9	3	0.750	53	36
Florida Marlins	6	1	0.857	37	17
Montreal Expos	2	8	0.200	31	54
New York Mets	5	4	0.556	43	40
Philadelphia Phillies	4	5	0.444	27	37
Total	26	21	0.553	191	184
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	5	5	0.500	53	52
Cincinnati Reds	3	9	0.250	50	84
Houston Astros	4	8	0.333	49	89
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	5	5	0.500	39	50
Total	17	27	0.386	191	275
NL West
Colorado Rockies	3	2	0.600	25	24
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	3	0.500	27	38
San Diego Padres	3	3	0.500	22	37
San Francisco Giants	1	5	0.167	10	22
Total	10	13	0.435	84	121
Season Total	53	61	0.465	466	580

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	22	12	10	0.545	85	114
May	27	9	18	0.333	111	132
June	27	17	10	0.630	124	121
July	28	11	17	0.393	117	170
August	10	4	6	0.400	29	43
Total	114	53	61	0.465	466	580

Total	114	53	61	0.465	466	580
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	61	32	29	0.525	271	291
Away	53	21	32	0.396	195	289

Roster

1994 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (third base)
39 Milt May (hitting)
31 Ray Miller (pitching)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)
19 Bill Virdon (bench)
54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Carlos García	2B
Jay Bell	SS
Andy Van Slyke	CF
Jeff King	3B
Orlando Merced	RF
Brian Hunter	1B
Al Martin	LF
Don Slaught	C
Zane Smith	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[6]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
M. Dewey	45	1	1	1.000	0	0
R. Manzanillo	46	3	2	0.667	0	2
J. Ballard	28	2	1	0.500	0	0
R. Tomlin	10	6	3	0.500	0	1
S. Pegues	7	26	10	0.385	0	2
J. Hope	9	3	1	0.333	0	0
T. Womack	5	12	4	0.333	0	1
D. Clark	86	223	66	0.296	10	46
D. Slaught	76	240	69	0.288	2	21
A. Martin	82	276	79	0.286	9	33
C. García	98	412	114	0.277	6	28
J. Bell	110	424	117	0.276	9	45
O. Merced	108	386	105	0.272	9	51
L. Parrish	40	126	34	0.270	3	16
J. King	94	339	89	0.263	5	42
G. Varsho	67	82	21	0.256	0	5
R. Robertson	8	4	1	0.250	0	0
J. Wehner	2	4	1	0.250	0	3
A. Van Slyke	105	374	92	0.246	6	30
M. Cummings	24	86	21	0.244	1	12
L. McClendon	51	92	22	0.239	4	12
T. Foley	59	123	29	0.236	3	15
B. Hunter	76	233	53	0.227	11	47
Z. Smith	26	57	12	0.211	0	2
K. Young	59	122	25	0.205	1	11
S. Cooke	25	42	8	0.190	0	0
D. Neagle	24	42	8	0.190	1	7
P. Wagner	29	37	6	0.162	0	2
J. Lieber	17	39	4	0.103	0	0
J. Goff	8	25	2	0.080	0	1
R. White	43	13	1	0.077	0	0
M. Dyer	14	1	0	0.000	0	0
D. Miceli	28	3	0	0.000	0	0
J. Noboa	2	2	0	0.000	0	0
A. Peña	22	1	0	0.000	0	0
W. Pennyfeather	4	3	0	0.000	0	0
J. Johnston	4	0	0	—	0	0
B. Minor	17	0	0	—	0	0
J. Tabaka	5	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[7]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Z. Smith	25	157	10	8	3.27	57
M. Dewey	45	511⁄3	2	1	3.68	30
J. Lieber	17	1082⁄3	6	7	3.73	71
R. White	43	751⁄3	4	5	3.82	38
R. Tomlin	10	202⁄3	0	3	3.92	17
R. Manzanillo	46	50	4	2	4.14	39
P. Wagner	29	1192⁄3	7	8	4.59	86
A. Peña	22	282⁄3	3	2	5.02	27
S. Cooke	25	1341⁄3	4	11	5.02	74
D. Neagle	24	137	9	10	5.12	122
J. Hope	9	14	0	0	5.79	6
M. Dyer	14	151⁄3	1	1	5.87	13
D. Miceli	28	271⁄3	2	1	5.93	27
J. Ballard	28	241⁄3	1	1	6.66	11
R. Robertson	8	152⁄3	0	0	6.89	8
B. Minor	17	19	0	1	8.05	17
J. Tabaka	5	4	0	0	18.00	2
J. Johnston	4	31⁄3	0	0	29.70	5

All-Star game

The 1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 65th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 12, 1994, at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 8-7 in 10 innings. It was the National League's first win since 1987.

Awards and honors

1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Carlos García, 2B, Reserve

Notable transactions

August 31, 1994: Aramis Ramírez was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.^[8]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Doc Edwards
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Bobby Meacham
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Trent Jewett
A	Augusta Greenjackets	South Atlantic League	Scott Little
A-Short Season	Welland Pirates	New York–Penn League	Jeff Banister
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ ^a ^b ^c https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/varshga01.shtml
^ ^a ^b https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1994-schedule-scores.shtml
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT199408110.shtml
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramirar01.shtml

1994 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1994 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[baseball-reference.com-2] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/v/varshga01.shtml

[ReferenceA-3] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1994-schedule-scores.shtml

[4] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml

[5] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT199408110.shtml

[6] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[7] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[8] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramirar01.shtml

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