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 record. The season was cut short by the player's strike, which began on August 12.

The Mariners played their final 20 games on the road, due to interior ceiling repairs at the Kingdome; they were 10–1 in August, and won their final six games.

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

Regular season

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. 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. It was at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox; Rodriguez was flawless in the field, but went hitless in three at bats. He got his first major league hit the following day.

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

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.

Opening day starters Rich Amaral Eric Anthony Mike Blowers Chris Bosio Jay Buhner Félix Fermín Ken Griffey Jr. Tino Martinez Greg Pirkl Dan Wilson

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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

Roster 1994 Seattle Mariners Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader Batting 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. C Dan Wilson 91 282 61 .216 3 27 1B Tino Martinez 97 329 86 .261 20 61 2B Rich Amaral 77 228 60 .263 4 18 SS Felix Fermin 101 379 120 .317 1 35 3B Edgar Martínez 89 326 93 .285 13 51 LF Eric Anthony 79 262 62 .237 10 30 CF Ken Griffey Jr. 111 433 140 .323 40 90 RF Jay Buhner 101 358 100 .279 21 68 DH Reggie Jefferson 63 162 53 .327 8 32 Source

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 Mike Blowers 85 270 78 .289 9 49 Luis Sojo 63 213 59 .277 6 22 Keith Mitchell 46 128 29 .227 5 15 Brian Turang 38 112 21 .188 1 8 Bill Haselman 38 83 16 . 193 1 8 Torey Lovullo 36 72 16 .222 2 7 Alex Rodriguez 17 54 11 .204 0 2 Greg Pirkl 19 53 14 .264 6 11 Marc Newfield 12 38 7 .184 1 4 Dale Sveum 10 27 5 .185 1 2 Chris Howard 9 25 5 .200 0 2 Quinn Mack 5 21 5 .238 0 2 Darren Bragg 8 19 3 .158 0 2 Jerry Willard 6 5 1 .200 1 3 Mackey Sasser 3 4 0 .000 0 0

Starting 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 Randy Johnson 23 172 13 6 3.19 204 Chris Bosio 19 125 4 10 4.32 b67 Dave Fleming 23 117 7 11 6.46 65 Greg Hibbard 15 1 5 6.69 39 Roger Salkeld 13 59 2 5 7.17 46 George Glinatsis 2 0 1 13.50 1

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 John Cummings 17 64 2 4 5.63 33 Jim Converse 13 0 5 8.69 39 Shawn Boskie 2 0 1 6.75 0

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 Bobby Ayala 46 4 3 18 2.86 76 Tim Davis 42 2 2 2 4.01 28 Bill Risley 37 9 6 0 3.44 61 Rich Gossage 36 3 0 1 4.18 29 Jeff Nelson 28 0 0 0 2.76 44 Kevin King 19 0 2 0 7.04 6 Milt Hill 13 1 0 0 6.46 16 Bobby Thigpen 7 0 2 0 9.39 4 Erik Plantenberg 6 0 0 0 0.00 1 Jeff Darwin 2 0 0 0 13.50 1 Bob Wells 1 1 0 0 2.25 3

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1994 Seattle Mariners at Baseball Reference 1994 Seattle Mariners team page at Baseball Almanac