1994 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersJoe Klein
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Jim Northrup)
RadioWJR
(Rick Rizzs, Bob Rathbun)
Seasons

The Detroit Tigers' 1994 season had a record of 53–62 in a strike-shortened season. The season ended with the Tigers in fifth place in the newly formed American League East. The season featured the return of former star Kirk Gibson, the return of Ernie Harwell to the television broadcast booth and the 18th season of the Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker double play combination.

Offseason

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Tigers had compiled a 53-62 record through 115 games. They had scored 652 runs (5.67 per game) and had allowed 671 runs (5.83 per game).[8]

The Tigers were struggling in terms of strikeouts, as their pitchers had combined for the fewest strikeouts (560) and their batters had combined for the most strikeouts (897) in the Majors. Tigers' pitchers also had the most intentional walks in the Majors (74), the fewest shutouts (1) and tied the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers for the fewest saves (20).[9]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 7043 0.619 — 33–24 37–19
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562 6½ 28–27 35–22
Toronto Blue Jays 5560 0.478 16 33–26 22–34
Boston Red Sox 5461 0.470 17 31–33 23–28
Detroit Tigers 5362 0.461 18 34–24 19–38
Division leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 7043 0.619
Chicago White Sox 6746 0.593
Texas Rangers 5262 0.456
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Indians 6647 0.584 —
Baltimore Orioles 6349 0.562 2½
Kansas City Royals 6451 0.557 3
Toronto Blue Jays 5560 0.478 12
Boston Red Sox 5461 0.470 13
Minnesota Twins 5360 0.469 13
Detroit Tigers 5362 0.461 14
Milwaukee Brewers 5362 0.461 14
Oakland Athletics 5163 0.447 15½
Seattle Mariners 4963 0.438 16½
California Angels 4768 0.409 20

Record vs. opponents

1994 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–28–42–44–63–44–17–34–54–67–54–63–37–2
Boston 2–4—7–52–43–74–24–25–51–83–79–36–61–57–3
California 4–85–7—5–50–53–46–43–33–34–83–62–76–43–4
Chicago 4–24–25–5—7–58–43–79–32–44–26–39–14–52–3
Cleveland 6–47–35–05–7—8–21–45–29–30–96–03–25–76–4
Detroit 4–32–44–34–82–8—4–86–43–33–35–46–35–75–4
Kansas City 1–42–44–67–34–18–4—5–76–44–27–36–44–36–6
Milwaukee 3–75–53–33–92–54–67–5—6–62–74–14–23–37–3
Minnesota 5–48–13–34–23–93–34–66–6—4–52–53–34–54–8
New York 6–47–38–42–49–03–32–47–25–4—7–58–43–23–4
Oakland 5–73–96–33–60–64–53–71–45–25–7—4–37–35–1
Seattle 4–66–67–21–92–33–64–62–43–34–83–4—9–11–5
Texas 3–35–14–65–47–57–53–43–35–42–33–71–9—4–8
Toronto 2–73–74–33–24–64–56–63–78–44–31–55–18–4—

Notable transactions

Roster

1994 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CChad Kreuter6517038.224119
1BCecil Fielder109425110.2592890
2BLou Whitaker9232297.3011243
SSAlan Trammell7629278.267828
3BTravis Fryman114464122.2631885
LFTony Phillips114438123.2811961
CFEric Davis3712022.183313
RFJunior Félix8630192.3061349
DHKirk Gibson9833091.2762372

Other batters

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
Mickey Tettleton10733984.2481751
Chris Gomez8429676.257853
Juan Samuel5913642.309521
Milt Cuyler4811628.241111
Danny Bautista319923.232415
John Flaherty34406.15004
Riccardo Ingram12235.21702
Scott Livingstone15235.21701
Skeeter Barnes24216.28614

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tim Belcher25162.07155.8976
Mike Moore25154.111105.4262
Bill Gullickson21115.1455.9365
David Wells16111.1573.9671
John Doherty18101.1676.4828
Sean Bergman317.2215.6012

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Greg Gohr834.0224.5021
José Lima36.20113.507

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Henneman301385.1927
Joe Boever469233.9849
Buddy Groom400113.9427
Mike Gardiner382254.1431
Storm Davis352403.5638
Greg Cadaret171023.6014
Bill Krueger160209.6117
Gene Harris110017.1510
Phil Stidham500024.924
Kurt Knudsen410013.501

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Joe Sparks and Larry Parrish
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Tom Runnells
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gerry Groninger and Mark Wagner
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Dwight Lowry
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Dave Anderson
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Niagara Falls[12]

References

  1. ↑ Eric Davis at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Kirk Gibson at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Tim Belcher at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Juan Samuel at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Kevin Morgan at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Rico Brogna at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "1994 American League Season Summary".
  9. ↑ "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  10. ↑ Jorge Velandia at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Greg Cadaret at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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