1994 New York Mets season

The 1994 New York Mets season was the 33rd attempt at a regular season for the Mets. They went 55–58 and finished 3rd in the NL East. They were managed by Dallas Green. They played home games at Shea Stadium. The season was cut short by the 1994 player's strike.

1994 New York Mets
A ticket for the Mets' 1994 Opening Day game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record55–58 (.487)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersFred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General managersJoe McIlvaine
ManagersDallas Green
Local televisionWWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub, Gary Thorne)
Local radioWFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Howie Rose)
WSKQ-FM (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Renato Morffi)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Mets had compiled a 55-58 record through 113 games. They had scored 521 runs (4.48 per game) and allowed 526 runs (4.65 per game).[9]

The Mets struggled in a few offensive areas, finishing 28th in the Majors in both stolen bases (25) and on-base percentage (.316). In spite of these numbers, the Mets had good power, slamming 117 home runs in 113 games, while grounding into just 70 double plays (the fewest in the Majors) and being hit by pitches an MLB-high 52 times.[10]

Jeff Kent's .292 average led the team, as did his 68 RBI. Bobby Bonilla led five Mets with double-digit home run totals with 20. Ryan Thompson added 18, Todd Hundley 16, Kent 14, and David Segui 10.

After two injury-filled and disappointing years, Bret Saberhagen emerged as the ace of the Mets' staff with a 14-4 record. Bobby Jones recorded 12 wins in his first full season in the rotation, and John Franco stayed healthy enough to record 30 saves.

The news was not all positive. After struggling in his first seven starts, Dwight Gooden was suspended for 60 days after a positive test for cocaine. While on suspension he tested positive again and the suspension was extended to the entire 1995 season. Thus, 1994 was his final season as a Met.

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Montreal Expos 7440 0.649 — 32–20 42–20
Atlanta Braves 6846 0.596 6 31–24 37–22
New York Mets 5558 0.487 18½ 23–30 32–28
Philadelphia Phillies 5461 0.470 20½ 34–26 20–35
Florida Marlins 5164 0.443 23½ 25–34 26–30
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

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—

Notable transactions
  • April 29, 1994: Roger Mason was purchased by the New York Mets from the Philadelphia Phillies.[12]
  • June 14, 1994: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent by the Mets.[13]

Roster
1994 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CTodd Hundley9129169.2371642
1BDavid Segui9233681.2411043
2BJeff Kent107415121.2921468
SSJosé Vizcaíno103410105.256333
3BBobby Bonilla108403117.2902067
LFKevin McReynolds5118046.256421
CFRyan Thompson9833475.2251859
RFJoe Orsulak9629276.260842

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
Kelly Stinnett4715038.253214
Jeromy Burnitz4514334.238315
Jim Lindeman5213737.270720
Rico Brogna3913146.351720
Fernando Viña7912431.25006
John Cangelosi6211128.25204
Tim Bogar50528.15425
Luis Rivera324312.27935
Shawn Hare22409.22502
Jeff McKnight31274.14802
Rick Parker8161.06300

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
Bret Saberhagen24177.11442.74143
Bobby Jones24160.01273.1580
Pete Smith21131.14105.5562
Mike Remlinger1054.2154.6133
Jason Jacome854.0432.6730
Dwight Gooden741.1346.3140
Juan Castillo211.2006.941

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
Mauro Gozzo2369.0354.8333
Eric Hillman1134.2037.7920

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
John Franco4714302.7042
Roger Mason412413.5126
Josias Manzanillo373222.6648
Doug Linton326204.4729
Mike Maddux272125.1132
Eric Gunderson140000.004
Frank Seminara100205.827
Jonathan Hurst701012.606
Dave Telgheder60107.204

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Bobby Valentine
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League John Tamargo
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Rafael Landestoy
A Columbia Bombers South Atlantic League Ron Washington
A-Short Season Pittsfield Mets New York–Penn League Howie Freiling
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Ron Gideon
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Junior Roman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton[14]

References
  1. Ced Landrum at Baseball-Reference
  2. Frank Seminara at Baseball-Reference
  3. Jim Lindeman at Baseball-Reference
  4. Doug Linton at Baseball-Reference
  5. Kevin McReynolds at Baseball-Reference
  6. Kevin Morgan at Baseball-Reference
  7. José Vizcaíno at Baseball-Reference
  8. Rico Brogna at Baseball-Reference
  9. "1994 National League Season Summary".
  10. "1994 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  11. "1994 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  12. "Roger Mason Stats".
  13. Doug Dascenzo at Baseball-Reference
  14. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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