1994 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record53–61 (.465)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersPittsburgh Associates
General managersCam Bonifay
ManagersJim Leyland
TelevisionKDKA-TV
KBL
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
Seasons

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

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 6648 0.579 — 37–22 29–26
Houston Astros 6649 0.574 ½ 37–22 29–27
Pittsburgh Pirates 5361 0.465 13 32–29 21–32
St. Louis Cardinals 5361 0.465 13 23–33 30–28
Chicago Cubs 4964 0.434 16½ 20–39 29–25
Division leaders W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 7440 0.649
Cincinnati Reds 6648 0.579
Los Angeles Dodgers 5856 0.509
Wild Card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves68460.597—
Houston Astros66490.57421⁄2
New York Mets55580.487121⁄2
San Francisco Giants55600.478131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies54610.470141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates53610.46515
Colorado Rockies53640.453161⁄2
Florida Marlins51640.444171⁄2
Chicago Cubs49640.434181⁄2
San Diego Padres47700.402221⁄2

Game log

1994 Game Log: 53–61 (Home: 32–29; Away: 21–32)
April: 12–10 (Home: 9–3; Away: 3–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4@ Giants0–8BurkettSmith (0–1)—58,0770–1
2April 5@ Giants0–2SwiftCooke (0–1)Beck20,6740–2
3April 6@ Giants2–4PortugalNeagle (0–1)—19,5670–3
4April 8Rockies3–7NiedWagner (0–1)—44,1360–4
5April 9Rockies10–5Smith (1–1)Reynoso—17,4581–4
6April 12Padres4–2Dewey (1–0)DavisWhite (1)8,8402–4
7April 13Padres3–2Neagle (1–1)WorrellWhite (2)8,4713–4
8April 14Padres4–2Wagner (1–1)BenesBallard (1)13,6544–4
9April 15Dodgers6–4White (1–0)Wayne—16,5105–4
10April 16Dodgers4–3Manzanillo (1–0)Dreifort—17,1806–4
11April 17Dodgers2–19CandiottiCooke (0–2)—22,5906–5
12April 19@ Reds2–8RijoNeagle (1–2)—23,8916–6
13April 20@ Reds4–5RuffinWagner (1–2)Carrasco20,3416–7
14April 22@ Braves5–2Smith (2–1)SmoltzWhite (3)49,2237–7
15April 23@ Braves6–1Ballard (1–0)McMichael—49,3508–7
16April 24@ Braves0–3MadduxCooke (0–3)—49,5228–8
17April 25@ Astros3–7HarnischNeagle (1–3)—16,0078–9
18April 26@ Astros7–4Dewey (2–0)JonesWhite (4)23,1519–9
19April 27Reds3–1Smith (3–1)Smiley—10,34310–9
20April 28Reds7–19HansonTomlin (0–1)—10,84610–10
21April 29Braves8–5Cooke (1–3)Avery—27,61511–10
22April 30Braves2–1Neagle (2–3)MadduxWhite (5)25,96712–10
May: 9–18 (Home: 6–9; Away: 3–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1Braves4–1Wagner (2–2)Glavine—30,61413–10
24May 3Astros4–7DrabekSmith (3–2)Williams9,79013–11
25May 4Astros4–7KileTomlin (0–2)—10,12113–12
26May 6Cubs1–10YoungNeagle (2–4)—22,42613–13
27May 8Cubs9–2Wagner (3–2)Banks——14–13
28May 8Cubs9–3Smith (4–2)Morgan—21,77215–13
29May 9@ Marlins9–5Pena (1–0)Bowen—28,73816–13
30May 10@ Marlins0–1HammondTomlin (0–3)Hernandez27,17716–14
31May 11@ Marlins5–1Neagle (3–4)Weathers—35,18717–14
32May 12@ Phillies4–6GreeneSmith (4–3)Jones32,48117–15
33May 13@ Phillies1–12JacksonWagner (3–3)—32,28117–16
34May 14@ Phillies2–3WilliamsCooke (1–4)Jones39,91617–17
35May 15@ Phillies0–1BoskieLieber (0–1)Jones53,39617–18
36May 16Cardinals7–2Neagle (4–4)Tewksbury—15,06718–18
37May 17Cardinals0–2UrbaniSmith (4–4)Arocha11,17318–19
38May 18Cardinals3–4 (10)PerezWhite (1–1)Arocha10,04318–20
39May 20Expos3–5HillPena (1–1)Wetteland30,80418–21
40May 21Expos6–0Lieber (1–1)Rueter—28,02219–21
41May 22Expos2–3MartinezNeagle (4–5)Wetteland39,03719–22
42May 24Mets2–4JonesWhite (1–2)Franco11,78119–23
43May 25Mets3–6SaberhagenWagner (3–4)Franco16,84719–24
44May 26Mets11–10 (13)Pena (2–1)Seminara—14,13220–24
45May 27@ Dodgers5–6 (10)OsunaWhite (1–3)—44,14520–25
46May 28@ Dodgers7–2Neagle (5–5)Astacio—47,77121–25
47May 29@ Dodgers3–4GrossSmith (4–5)Dreifort44,62221–26
48May 30@ Padres2–10AshbyManzanillo (1–1)—12,75621–27
49May 31@ Padres5–15BenesCooke (1–5)—7,09421–28
June: 17–10 (Home: 8–2; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 1@ Padres4–6MartinezLieber (1–2)Hoffman13,50521–29
51June 3@ Rockies4–6FreemanNeagle (5–6)Ruffin53,73721–30
52June 4@ Rockies4–3Smith (5–5)RitzDewey (1)61,61922–30
53June 5@ Rockies4–3White (2–3)MooreBallard (2)63,65323–30
54June 6Giants3–4SwiftPena (2–2)Beck17,24923–31
55June 7Giants2–3 (10)BeckWhite (2–4)—15,74423–32
56June 8Giants3–1Neagle (6–6)Torres—14,82224–32
57June 9Marlins3–1Smith (6–5)HoughPena (1)11,39525–32
58June 10Marlins5–4Wagner (4–4)HammondPena (2)25,12026–32
59June 11Marlins10–4Cooke (2–5)Miller—24,76327–32
60June 12Marlins5–1Lieber (2–2)Weathers—34,72828–32
61June 13@ Expos2–10FasseroNeagle (6–7)—17,23628–33
62June 14@ Expos7–12MartinezSmith (6–6)Wetteland15,78128–34
63June 15@ Expos2–13HillWagner (4–5)Henry21,26928–35
64June 16@ Cardinals7–5 (10)Pena (3–2)PerezWhite (6)28,01129–35
65June 17@ Cardinals7–4Lieber (3–2)TewksburyPena (3)34,17730–35
66June 18@ Cardinals0–9ArochaNeagle (6–8)—42,05030–36
67June 19@ Cardinals3–2Smith (7–6)PalaciosPena (4)36,15231–36
68June 21Phillies7–1Cooke (3–5)Boskie—19,56832–36
69June 22Phillies5–4Manzanillo (2–1)SlocumbPena (5)26,37633–36
70June 24@ Mets9–4Neagle (7–8)Gooden—19,97734–36
71June 25@ Mets3–1Smith (8–6)SaberhagenPena (6)32,96235–36
72June 26@ Mets7–3Wagner (5–5)Jones—29,81436–36
73June 27@ Cubs1–2BanksBallard (1–1)Myers34,66536–37
74June 28@ Cubs6–5Lieber (4–2)MorganPena (7)30,78337–37
75June 29@ Cubs5–6CrimManzanillo (2–2)—29,26737–38
76June 30Reds6–4Dyer (1–0)CarrascoManzanillo (1)16,33038–38
July: 11–17 (Home: 7–10; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Reds2–4RoperWagner (5–6)Brantley32,95638–39
78July 2Reds2–8HansonCooke (3–6)—27,37638–40
79July 3Reds3–4SmileyLieber (4–3)Brantley27,49938–41
80July 5@ Braves3–1 (7)Neagle (8–8)Smoltz—49,49339–41
81July 6@ Braves3–1Smith (9–6)WohlersDyer (1)—40–41
82July 6@ Braves2–4AveryWagner (5–7)McMichael46,38740–42
83July 7@ Reds7–8 (11)RuffinMinor (0–1)—28,48840–43
84July 8@ Reds4–12SmileyLieber (4–4)—34,16740–44
85July 9@ Reds3–5RijoWhite (2–5)Brantley42,04440–45
86July 10@ Reds7–6 (11)Cooke (4–6)CarrascoMinor (1)33,41941–45
87July 14Astros8–2Lieber (5–4)Kile—15,84742–45
88July 15Astros11–8Manzanillo (3–2)ReynoldsDyer (2)19,18543–45
89July 16Astros1–7HarnischSmith (9–7)—30,59543–46
90July 17Astros0–9ReynoldsWagner (5–8)—23,29043–47
91July 18Braves2–3MerckerCooke (4–7)—16,52843–48
92July 19Braves13–10Miceli (1–0)Olson—18,14744–48
93July 20Braves5–4Wagner (6–8)GlavineDyer (3)36,08745–48
94July 21@ Astros6–13HarnischSmith (9–8)—27,65945–49
95July 22@ Astros4–1Manzanillo (4–2)DrabekDyer (4)37,00246–49
96July 23@ Astros0–11ReynoldsCooke (4–8)—41,26246–50
97July 24@ Astros1–13KileLieber (5–5)—36,87446–51
98July 25Cubs6–2Neagle (9–8)BanksMiceli (1)13,34647–51
99July 26Cubs4–8BautistaDewey (2–1)—12,83947–52
100July 27Cubs9–4White (3–5)Morgan—11,76648–52
101July 28Cubs3–10FosterCooke (4–9)—13,49248–53
102July 29Mets1–4JonesLieber (5–6)Franco33,34948–54
103July 30Mets3–2 (10)Miceli (2–0)Mason—29,51649–54
104July 31Mets4–6GozzoDyer (1–1)Franco24,30849–55
August: 4–6 (Home: 2–5; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 2@ Phillies3–2White (4–5)MunozMiceli (2)40,16450–55
106August 3@ Phillies0–7JacksonCooke (4–10)—36,54250–56
107August 4@ Phillies5–1Lieber (6–6)Schilling—37,48151–56
108August 5Cardinals3–11PalaciosNeagle (9–9)—23,02951–57
109August 6Cardinals3–6RodriguezMiceli (2–1)Arocha22,74151–58
110August 7Cardinals6–5Wagner (7–8)Eversgerd—21,85852–58
111August 8Expos2–3HerediaCooke (4–11)Wetteland16,72252–59
112August 9Expos3–4RueterLieber (6–7)Wetteland18,18352–60
113August 10Expos0–4MartinezNeagle (9–10)Wetteland15,69052–61
114August 11Expos4–0Smith (10–8)Henry—16,89653–61
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —4–25–58–28–43–36–04–55–46–33–96–15–15–7
Chicago 2–4—5–76–64–54–83–32–41–41–65–56–35–45–5
Cincinnati 5–57–5—4–47–54–63–64–22–44–29–38–27–22–2–1
Colorado 2–86–64–4—3–95–54–64–25–12–42–35–53–78–4
Florida 4–85–45–79–3—2–43–32–76–44–61–65–12–43–7
Houston 3–38–46–45–54–2—1–82–43–35–18–45–58–28–4
Los Angeles 0–63–36–36–43–38–1—3–96–67–53–36–45–52–4
Montreal 5–44–22–42–47–24–29–3—4–35–48–212–05–77–3
New York 4–54–14–21–54–63–36–63–4—4–64–56–66–66–3
Philadelphia 3-66–12–44–26–41–55–74–56–4—5–44–84–84–3
Pittsburgh 9–35–53–93–26–14–83–32–85–44–5—3–31–55–5
San Diego 1–63–62–85–51–55–54–60–126–68–43–3—5–24–2
San Francisco 1–54–52–77–34–22–85–57–56–68–45–12–5—2–4
St. Louis 7–55–52–2–14–87–34–84–23–73–63–45–52–44–2—

Detailed records

Roster

1994 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
13Carlos García2B
3Jay BellSS
18Andy Van SlykeCF
7Jeff King3B
6Orlando MercedRF
14Brian Hunter1B
28Al MartinLF
11Don SlaughtC
41Zane SmithSP

Player stats

Batting

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

Pitching

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

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

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

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gary Varsho Stats".
  3. 1 2 "1994 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule".
  4. ↑ "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  5. ↑ "Montreal Expos at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score, August 11, 1994".
  6. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  7. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  8. ↑ "Aramis Ramirez Stats".
  • 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.
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