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Apr. 1, 1995 • Season Preview Edition
Apr. 1, 1995 • Season Preview Edition
UL 1995 Preview
New Club, New Parks, New Divisions
The United League opens its 45th season today with a new franchise, two new ballparks, and a divisional realignment. For the first time since 1955, the Bay Area will be without top-flight baseball, as Minneapolis adopts the troubled franchise. The rechristened Minneapolis Foxes will play and the brand-new Pronto Pup Stadium and compete in an adjusted West Division that now includes Midwest rivals Detroit and Cleveland, who swap places with Florida and Havana, who were moved to the East Division.
The Cleveland Barons enter a new era in a brand-new retro ballpark, Johnny Podres Field, a faithful recreation of the old League Park on the east side of Cleveland, complete with its towering fence in right field. The Barons have updated their logo and upgraded their roster, adding Hall of Fame-caliber players at catcher at shortstop in a bid to end 21-year playoff and 11-year winning-season droughts. GM Charlie Qualls shelled out $10.3 million to net catcher Rich Gedman, a seven-time Gold Glove and seven-time All-Star. At age 34, Gedman is the top-ranked backstopper in the circuit and becomes the highest paid since Joe Torre. The Barons also added SS Robin Yount for $6.2 million. Yount, 38, is a 14-time All-Star entering his 22nd season. The longtime Chicago Colt fixture became the fourth member of the 3,000 hit club last July in his one season with Brooklyn. Yount fractured his thumb in spring training and will miss the first month of the season.
The Atlanta Hilltoppers, fresh off a club record 110-win season, enter the season as prohibitive favorites to capture their second straight President's Trophy, with hopes to amend for their premature ejection from the playoffs last fall. The Toppers will face stiff competition in the West, however, as Los Angeles and Chicago are rated among the league's elite, and newcomers Cleveland and Detroit look competitive.
The East looks more wide open, but the Toronto Polar Bears look like the team to beat. A perennial powerhouse offense, the P-Bears have improved their pitching, with rookie righthander Mike Grace, the 18th overall pick, slated to back up Dwight Gooden at the top of the rotation. Other rookies set to make their UL debuts on Opening Day included Denver righthander Hideo Nomo (#1 overall), Manhattan southpaw Andy Pettitte (#4 overall), and Washington first baseman Jason Giambi (#6 overall).
The Keystone Starlings have the best chance to break into the playoff field. GM Doug Aiton, who has settled into his four-bedroom apartment in the cupola of New Shibe Park, improved his club by 23 games in 1994, missing the Hex by two games. The Philly-based club added some big-name veterans this offseason, including C Mike Stanley and Mickey Tettleton, CF Kirby Puckett, and 1B Fred McGriff.
The most vulnerable of last year's playoff teams are the Detroit Griffins, who lost their starting second baseman and their ace closer for three months and find themselves surrounded by new West Division foe; and the St. Louis Maroons, whose run of 12 straight playoff appearances is jeopardized by the injury to ace Joe Magrane, who will miss the first half of the season.
The triennial Founder's Cup makes it return in 1995. The eight-game midseason tournament will head to Seattle in early July to be played indoors for the first time. Los Angeles won the tournament for the first time in 1992, in its return after a two-decade hiatus. The Cup will be followed by the 32nd All-Star Game, staged at Toronto's Ed Werenich Stadium for the first time. The West will look to extend its five-game winning streak in the Midsummer Classic.
The UL Is Now Secure!
UL Special Liaison Lance Mueller Announces New Partnership!
By Sean “He’s the same guy as the Griffins GM!” Holloway, UL Beat Reporter
As we just witnessed at ATL GM Chaney’s presser, there appear to be some new sheriffs in town, in the guise of these guys (ha!) wearing LFG Limited shirts. Before the initial confusion of how Chaney’s presser ended could wear off, UL Special Liaison Lance Mueller hurried reporters into conference room R, past the food court and turn right at the barber shop, (goddamn, is this UL HQ big!) for a presser about the new deal.
Stated Mueller: “As the world changes, the UL does not – except in regard to keeping players, and fans, safe. And it was clear from the sightings of this crazy fox and subsequent attack on UL Beat Reporter Sean ‘Steady On’ Holloway that the UL had to take preventive measures. We cannot have a fox running around and knee-capping people. This will not do. As such, the UL is proud to announce that it has just signed a security deal with MTL GM Bryan Gryka’s LFG Limited. LFG specializes in protection services, and we at the UL firmly believe that having their staff stationed at critical points throughout the UL’s wide array of stadiums, practice facilities, and related buildings such as the [sprawling, multimillion dollar—ed. note] UL HQ, will only enhance safety. LFG specializes in working closely with local law enforcement and security companies.”
Although it appeared that Mueller had more to say, he was interrupted by Gryka screaming “Let’s fucking go!”, so Mueller relinquished the podium to Gryka for his remarks. Unfortunately, by the time Mueller had done that, Gryka had already grown tired of waiting and had left out the rear entrance, so Mueller returned to finish his comments.
Continued Mueller: “Don’t forget that to celebrate the new partnership, the Commish’s wife and bored chick on the couch, who you may remember is in charge of all UL souvenirs and marketing efforts, will be selling a variety of t-shirts. Here to show them off are 1994 Cy Young Pedro Martinez, ROY Jimmy Edmonds, and MVP Barry Bonds.”
With that, out strolled the crew, all wearing joint LFG-UL merch. Each shirt had a UL badge on the front with different LFG slogans on the back. Pedro’s stated “LFG - Harassment is our business!”. Edmonds’ read “LFG – your bother is our bother, so don’t bother!”. And Bonds’ opined “LFG - If you need someone to go, let’s fucking go!”.
I have to say that the T-shirts, while initially a bit off-putting, have already grown on me. The Montserrat font gives a really clean look, while with the Shrikhand, you have a bold retro style. And I feel safer already to boot knowing that Gryka’s goons, er men, are on the scene! Ohhhhh, but I do hope that they have a longer attention span than their company founder. If not, there could be more wackiness from that darn fox in store for the rest of the UL.
If you’d like to check out Gryka’s goons, er men, in action before the season starts, there is a fantastic triple bill at the adult theater right near UL HQ. We start with “Pappas Takes a Pummeling”, cruise into “Not Quite Done Yet with Snagglepuss” and then jump into Dickie Thon’s latest “Goes in Any Hole”. LFG is also in charge of security for this world premiere of Thon’s latest.
That Darn Fox!
Wily Fox Wreaking Havoc in FA!
By Sean “He’s the same guy as the Griffins GM!” Holloway, UL Beat Reporter
Free Agency was just off the chain this year, thanks to an uninvited canine making the rounds. What started out as a normal FA signing session at UL HQ devolved into mild chaos.
To start, KEY GM Dougie “Fresh” Aiton held a presser immediately after FA concluded. At the presser, Aiton, on stage with two podiums in Conference Room S, took questions from reporters about his unique approach to FA for 1995. Aiton reportedly wanted to address why KEY’s foray into the FA market did not end as expected this year.
Reporter #1: “What seemed to be the issue with KEY and FA this year? Was it a lack of preparation, or was it more strategic in nature?”
Aiton #1: “Well, that’s a great question. I think it was more strategic in nature. Mid-way through the session, we discovered that my genius strategy of bidding against myself misfired.”
Reporter #1: “Bidding against yourself? What the heck do you mean?”
Aiton #1: “I’ll let myself answer that question.”
Upon uttering these words, Aiton ran over to the other podium and Aiton #2 continued, in a less-thick Scottish brogue: “I’m glad you asked that question. In previous FA periods, KEY has often found itself outbid. We believe that comes from a tendency to underbid because our organization is inherently cheap. As such, by bidding against myself, I was able to have a redundancy in the system and thus have two shots at the guys I wanted. If my first bid was too low, there was a good chance that the second would be more competitive.”
Reporter #1: “What?”
Reporter #2: “That’s fine, but aren’t you upset that you may have lost out on guys by underbidding and seeing KEY sign them?”
Aiton #1 (after running back to the 1st podium, returning to his standard Scottish brogue): “Yes, we aren’t too happy at missing out on our targets, but that KEY guy is pretty savvy and caught us completely off-guard. Next year we will be ready for him!”
Reporter #1: “Are you totally deranged?”
Reporter #3: “So how would you evaluate your FA this year?”
Aiton #2 (after running back to the second podium and adopting a weakly-performed French accent): “We’re happy we were able to sign the guys we did. We knew we’d be in a bidding war with KEY, so our approach was to let it all hang out. We were able to re-stock the IF with Crime Dog, Velarde, Brown and Tettleton, and Puckett is a great addition to CF.”
As Aiton was becoming more unglued and continued running between podiums and mumbling to himself in various accents, a KEY staffer stepped up and clarified that they discovered that TWO sets of bids for the Starlings had been submitted. No one at KEY is quite sure how that happened, but KEY staff report seeing a large, red canine – most likely a fox – hanging around the drop box where UL GMs submit their bids. One source inside KEY even insisted that he saw the fox place an envelope with “KEY 1995 FA BIDS” into the drop box, and that this is the cause of the confusion. Security footage did capture what appears to be a large red fox that was loitering around the drop box around the submission deadline. [Subsequent analysis of the bids revealed a $1 million offer for "Hanging" Chad Curtis, offering further proof of malfeasance.]
As the madness with KEY continued, I left conference room T in UL HQ and wandered over to conference room U to hear the Detroit Griffins post-FA presser. GM Holloway, who’s rumored to have quit the sauce and partying, made two interesting signings at 1B in an apparent attempt to sign every player in FA that could play that position, starting with HoJo and then landing Griffin great Bob “Fat Boy” Horner.
On stage with Holloway was Griffins Special Assistant Lance Mueller, so I was expecting some sort of shenanigans as lately Mueller has not been needed to keep Holloway under control since Holloway had been surprisingly lucid. As Holloway approached the dais, the questions started.
Reporter #1: “Was it your intent to sign every 1B in FA? Wasn’t the plan to move Klesko to 1B and replace him with a true outfielder in left?”
Holloway: “Good question! We knew we needed some guys, but it wasn’t clear to me initially who to sign. After a night spent with Walker….”
Reporter #4: Walker, Expo and Rockie great?
Holloway: “No, Walker, Texas Ranger! God, I love that show! Chuck Norris is the man!”
Reporter #2: “But wait! Last year you traded for Walker, UL Player! Why didn’t you move Klesko to 1B and put Walker, UL Player, in LF?”
Holloway (looking nervous): “Uhhh……Walker had been on the DL for so long that I forgot I had him? No! Wait! Walker, Texas Ranger would never be on the DL! If anything, the DL would be on Chuck Norris!”
Upon hearing this response, the room erupted in shouts, screams and laughter. Despite the cacophony, another reporter managed to shout above the din “This is a horrible blunder, even for a GM with such a blunderous history as you. Doesn’t this move guarantee fiscal chaos and ruin DET’s chances to compete in 1995?”
Holloway, who was still at the podium despite Mueller’s best efforts to pull him away, opined on the outcome of his moves by offering that “The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed.”
And this caused utter and complete chaos in the room. Some laughed; some cried. Others claimed this was the most intellectually and philosophical statement ever made in the history of sports, and they claimed this quote would be studied for years, just like Eric Cantona’s quote at a press conference when he explained why he kicked a Palace fan.
With chaos still reigning in the conference room, Mueller managed to send Holloway to the backstage exit with several LFG security guards protecting the apparently hapless GM. As quiet slowly returned, Mueller explained that some guy in a fox costume had attacked Holloway with a police baton at Kiner Stadium. Holloway, who was in his office spending the night pouring over FA reports, suffered a concussion, and Mueller stated that it likely will take several months before Holloway is back to normal, but DET staff are hopeful since watching Walker, Texas Ranger, has some strange therapeutic effect on Holloway.
Mueller continued: “The attack happened before the UL’s new contract with LFG Limited, and for more specifics as to what measures the Griffins will introduce to protect the organization, LFG Limited’s CEO, Bryan Gryka, will now be available to answer your questions.”
As Gryka was walking to the podium, he grabbed an empty Coke can, screamed “Let’s fucking go!” and crushed it against his head. As he got closer to the podium, he grabbed a bottle of sparkling water, screamed “Let’s fucking go!” again, and reared his arm back to smash that against his head, despite Mueller’s warnings of “That’s a GLASS bottle!”. Gryka, unfazed, smashed the bottle over his head and promptly knocked himself out.
Mueller, as several LFG staff were dragging Gryka’s limp body out the back door, shouted “press conference over!” before retreating to the exit. As Mueller left, he did leave reporters with one piece of wisdom “if you see a fox, call the authorities; this canine should be considered armed and dangerous!”
Methinks that 1995 is going to be a year when it’s best that one always have their antennae up, or some strange “accident” may befall you.
Predicted Finish
Predicted Finish
BNN
East W L GB R RA
Toronto 88 72 - 2 7
Brooklyn 88 72 - 8 6
Keystone 88 72 - 1 12
Boston 82 78 6 7 11
Florida 82 78 6 16 4
Manhattan 75 85 13 10 15
Montreal 71 89 17 13 10
Havana 64 96 24 17 13
Washington 59 101 29 14 16
West W L GB R RA
Atlanta 101 57 - 3 2
Los Angeles 99 61 4 11 1
St. Louis 93 67 10 4 3
Chicago 92 68 11 5 5
Detroit 80 80 23 6 17
Denver 78 82 25 12 9
Cleveland 75 85 28 15 8
Minneapolis 69 91 34 9 18
Seattle 57 103 46 18 14
REED'S READ
Reed BNN Diff
2 Toronto 4 -2
5 Boston 8 +3
6 Keystone 7 +1
7 Brooklyn 6 -1
12 Florida 11 -1
13 Manhattan 13 0
14 Havana 16 +2
16 Montreal 14 -2
18 Washington 17 -1
Reed BNN Diff
1 Atlanta 1 0
3 Los Angeles 2 -1
4 Chicago 5 +1
8 Cleveland 12 +4
9 Detroit 9 0
10 St. Louis 3 -7
11 Denver 10 -1
15 Minneapolis 15 0
17 Seattle 18 +1
Positional Rankings
underlined means different position last year; italics means tied
Positional Rankings
underlined means different position last year; italics means tied
LEFT FIELDERS
1 1 Barry Bonds STL
2 2 Albert Belle CHI
3 4 Ryan Klesko DET
4 3 Ellis Burks TOR
5 - Jim Edmonds CLE
6 6 Dion James BRO
7 - Rondell White ATL
8 5 John Shelby KEY
9 - Cliff Floyd MON
SHORTSTOP
1 - Wil Cordero KEY
2 2 Robin Yount CLE
3 1 Alan Trammell CHI
4 - Jose Valentin ATL
5 3 Barry Larkin MAN
6 6 John Valentin BOS
7 9 Jeff Blauser MON
8 4 Rey Sanchez LA
9 6 Scott Fletcher HAV
THIRD BASEMEN
1 1 Gary Sheffield CHI
2 3 Wade Boggs ATL
3 - Jim Thome BOS
4 2 Matt Williams BRO
5 8 Jeff Cirillo LA
6 4 Kevin Mitchell KEY
7 - Cory Snyder TOR
8 5 Bip Roberts MON
9 7 Travis Fryman MPS
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POSITION PLAYERS
01 1 Ken Griffey Jr BRO
02 2 Barry Bonds STL
03 3 Albert Belle CHI
04 4 Gary Sheffield CHI
05 7 Kal Daniels BOS
06 - John Olerud CHI
07 13 Frank E. Thomas LA
08 17 Ryan Klesko DET
09 06 Rich Gedman CLE
10 15 Eric Davis CHI
11 8 Ellis Burks TOR
12 - Tony Gwynn ATL
13 20 Dave Nilsson DET
14 - Wade Boggs ATL
15 11 Shane Mack HAV
16 - Jim Edmonds CLE
17 10 Ryne Sandberg WAS
18 - Mike Piazza BOS
19 18 Geronimo Pena BRO
20 - Jeff Bagwell KEY
CENTER FIELDERS
1 1 Ken Griffey Jr BRO
2 2 Shane Mack HAV
3 5 Raul Mondesi TOR
4 5 Sammy Sosa BOS
5 3 Stan Javier LA
6 - Bernie Williams MPS
7 4 David Justice STL
8 6 Kirby Puckett KEY
9 - Chili Davis CHI
CATCHERS
1 1 Rich Gedman CLE
2 3 Dave Nilsson DET
3 6 Mike Piazza BOS
4 7 Mike Stanley KEY
5 2 Ivan Rodriguez MON
6 - Charles Johnson FLO
7 - Ron Karkovice LA
8 5 Benny Santiago TOR
9 4 Mike Scioscia BRO
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STARTING PITCHERS
01 1 Pedro Martinez ATL
02 3 Fern Valenzuela ATL
03 4 Dwight Gooden TOR
04 16 Greg Swindell LA
05 6 Mike Mussina FLO
06 8 Jon Lieber BOS
07 2 Ismael Valdez CLE
08 20 Joe Magrane STL
09 9 Bret Saberhagen BOS
10 7 Floyd Youmans LA
11 - Scott Sanderson TOR
12 - Rheal Cormier LA
13 14 Erik Hanson CHI
14 - Don Robinson LA
15 - Mike Mason SEA
16 19 Tom Glavine WAS
17 11 Darryl Kile ATL
18 - Andy Benes DET
19 - Mike Grace TOR
20 - Bruce Hurst LA
RIGHT FIELDERS
1 1 Kal Daniels BOS
2 2 Eric Davis CHI
3 3 Tony Gwynn ATL
4 - Juan Gonzalez TOR
5 7 Tim Salmon KEY
6 4 Ivan Calderon DEN
7 6 Orlando Merced DET
8 - Mike Greenwell WAS
9 7 Mike Aldrete MPS
SECOND BASEMEN
1 1 Ryne Sandberg WAS
2 2 Geronimo Pena BRO
3 3 Roberto Alomar FLO
4 4 Tony Phillips STL
5 - Carlos Baerga KEY
6 6 Bret Boone ATL
7 - D. DeShields DEN
8 5 Mick Morandini MAN
9 9 Jay Bell LA
FIRST BASEMEN
1 2 Frank E Thomas LA
1 3 John Olerud CHI
3 - Jeff Bagwell KEY
4 1 Raffy Palmeiro STL
5 7 Mark Grace DEN
6 4 Howard Johnson HAV
7 - Greg Colbrunn ATL
8 8 Alvin Davis SEA
9 - Eric Karros TOR
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TOP RELIEVERS (tiers)
A B Greg McMichael BRO
A - Steve Karsay FLO
A - Cory Bailey MON
B - Jose Mesa TOR
B B Tim Scott HAV
A - 4.0
B - 3.5
Prospects
Prospects
TOP 20 PROSPECTS
1 1B Mike Sweeney MON
2 RP Billy Wagner DET
3 SS Derek Jeter MON
4 RF Brian Giles MON
5 C Jorge Posada MPS
6 SP Jason Schmidt BRO
7 3B Phil Nevin DEN
8 3B Chipper Jones FLO
9 SP Chan Ho Park MON
10 SS Alex Rodriguez CLE
11 SP Andy Pettitte MAN
12 3B Edgardo Alfonzo MON
13 LF Shannon Stewart LA
14 SP Jason Isringhausen MPS
15 1B Jason Giambi WAS
16 LF Bobby Higgison WAS
17 RP Mariano Rivera SEA
18 LF Marty Cordova BRO
19 C Mike Lieberthal WAS
20 SP Mike Grace TOR
FARM SYSTEM RANKINGS
# Pts Team
1 377 Montreal
2 136 Manhattan
3 129 Minneapolis
4 126 Havana
5 121 Seattle
6 119 Florida
7 112 Los Angeles
8 111 Brooklyn
9 105 Detroit
10 92 Washington
11 66 Denver
12 61 Toronto
13 51 Cleveland
14 31 Atlanta
15 21 Chicago
16 14 Boston
17 8 St. Louis
18 0 Keystone
West Division
West Division
East Division
East Division
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 61 99 17th 3.2 4.2 18 6
1993 77 83 11th 3.2 3.3 17 1
1994 110 50 1st 4.5 2.7 3 1
Avg HR RBI WAR
RF L Tony Gwynn .318 6 61 4.9
2B R Bret Boone .253 33 111 4.5
1B R Greg Colbrunn .287 25 78 4.0
CF R Rondell White .251 32 92 5.5
SS S Jose Valentin .273 32 83 8.6
LF R Manny Ramirez .249 29 69 3.2
3B L Jack Howell .251 13 34 1.3
C R Charles Johnson .200 21 66 4.5
W L ERA WAR
SP L Pedro Martinez 19 6 1.80 9.6
SP L Fernie Valenzuela 22 6 2.21 7.0
SP R Darryl Kile 17 7 2.74 4.8
SP R John Smoltz 3 2 2.90 1.4
SP L Britt Burns 13 7 3.72 2.4
CL L Arthur Rhodes 8 SV 1.69 2.1
INJ: SP Charlie Lea (3 mo)
IN: RF John Kruk, SP Charlie Lea, SP Mike Scott, RP Lee Smith, C B.J. Surhoff
OUT: SP Ed Whitson
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 80 80 9-T 4.9 4.8 5 14
1993 67 93 16th 4.1 4.4 10 16
1994 99 61 3rd 4.6 3.7 2 9
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF R Sammy Sosa .297 43 99 8.8
2B R Chuck Knoblauch .280 9 59 4.0
RF L Kal Daniels .313 32 92 5.9
1B L Jim Thome .283 39 120 5.6
C R Mike Piazza .303 35 106 6.7
SS R John Valentin .239 17 52 3.5
1B L Ernie Riles minors
LF R Joe Carter .263 26 95 2.6
W L ERA WAR
SP R Jon Lieber 15 11 3.12 4.9
SP R Bret Saberhagen 14 13 4.46 5.9
SP L Greg Mathews 14 4 3.43 3.8
SP R Jim Gott 6 5 4.03 0.2
SP R Julian Tavarez 4 3 3.94 0.7
CL R Billy Taylor 41 SV 1.47 2.0
IN: SP Greg Mathews
OUT: 3B Ken Caminiti
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 93 67 3rd 4.7 4.1 7 5
1993 97 63 1st 4.5 3.6 5 3
1994 83 77 10th 3.4 3.1 11 2
Avg HR RBI WAR
RF R Eric Davis .281 41 83 9.6
1B R Phil Bradley .282 2 7 0.0
LF R Albert Belle .265 22 72 5.4
3B R Gary Sheffield .262 24 70 6.6
CF S Chili Davis .230 7 53 1.9
SS R Alan Trammell .146 9 54 4.9
2B L Lou Whitaker .229 10 44 2.1
C L Jeff Reed .212 1 15 -0.9
W L ERA WAR
SP R Erik Hanson 12 14 3.16 4.1
SP L Terry Mulholland 16 6 2.50 3.1
SP L Steve Cooke 15 9 3.02 2.3
SP L Donovan Osborne 10 15 3.29 1.9
SP R Jeff M. Robinson 11 10 3.30 1.7
CL L Mark Guthrie 13 SV 2.49 1.3
INJ: 1B John Olerud (4 wk)
IN: CF Chili Davis, 2B Lou Whitaker, 1B Phil Bradley, C Jeff Reed
OUT: 2B Bill Spiers, C Benito Santiago, 3B Leo Gomez
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 79 81 11th 4.9 4.6 4 10
1993 90 70 4-T 4.7 3.8 1 4
1994 91 69 7th 4.1 3.5 7 5
Avg HR RBI WAR
2B S Geronimo Pena .291 11 55 5.7
LF L Dion James .300 5 51 2.9
CF L Ken Griffey Jr .315 41 130 10.7
3B R Matt Williams .292 27 96 5.5
RF L Terry Puhl .195 1 5 -0.7
1B R Mark McGwire .231 32 79 3.0
SS L Tom Foley .257 1 10 0.5
C L Mike Scioscia .237 5 48 0.8
W L ERA WAR
SP R Kevin Brown 17 6 3.58 4.5
SP R Ramon Martinez 12 9 2.91 1.8
SP R David Cone 12 14 4.24 2.7
SP L John Smiley injured
SP R Hector Fajardo rookie
CL R Greg McMichael 4 SV 2.51 1.7
IN: 1B Mark McGwire, *SP Hector Fajardo
OUT: SS Robin Yount, SP Steve Avery, CF Jerry Browne, LF Glenallen Hill, SS Craig Grebeck, C Jeff Reed
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 66 94 16th 3.8 4.6 16 10
1993 56 104 18th 3.1 4.1 18 13
1994 71 89 12th 3.4 3.9 12 10
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF L Luis Polonia .275 3 35 1.5
2B R Eric Young .262 9 45 3.9
CF L Jim Edmonds .268 33 98 7.4
RF L Carlos Delgado .179 6 18 -1.0
1B L Wally Joyner .282 6 31 1.5
C L Rich Gedman .290 25 79 8.4
3B R Alex Rodriguez .316 6 14 1.3
SS R Craig Grebeck .121 0 6 -0.5
W L ERA WAR
SP R Ismael Valdez 9 10 2.74 1.7
SP R Roger Clemens 11 11 3.50 2.6
SP L Randy Tomlin 8 10 3.74 1.7
SP R Jaime Navarro 5 7 2.79 1.7
SP R Salomon Torres 12 8 3.81 1.8
CL L Dan Plesac 0 SV 4.05 -0.4
INJ: SS Robin Yount (4 wk)
IN: C Rich Gedman, SS Robin Yount, SP Roger Clemens, 1B Wally Joyner, LF Luis Polonia, RF Carlos Delgado, SS Craig Grebeck
OUT: 1B Hal Morris, RF Jeffrey Hammonds, C Mike LaValliere
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 56 104 18th 3.4 4.5 17 9
1993 82 78 10th 3.8 3.9 11 7
1994 86 74 9th 3.6 3.5 10 6
Avg HR RBI WAR
3B R Scott Brosius .260 9 31 2.7
LF R Glenallen Hill .260 8 46 1.3
2B S Roberto Alomar .266 14 61 6.0
LF S Ruben Sierra .270 14 51 2.7
SS R Kevin Elster .252 6 50 3.4
CF L Michael Tucker rookie
1B S Tony Clark rookie
C R Brad Ausmus .257 6 47 1.9
W L ERA WAR
SP R Mike Mussina 22 5 2.23 6.6
SP R Shane Reynolds 9 14 3.26 3.6
SP L Greg Hibbard 6 14 4.59 -0.4
SP R Pete Smith 9 10 3.21 1.9
SP R Pete Harnisch 4 6 3.72 0.4
CL R Steve Karsay 18 SV 3.54 0.9
IN: LF Glenallen Hill, LF Rickey Henderson, SP Greg Hibbard, *CF Michael Tucker, *1B Tony Clark,
OUT: RF Ivan Calderon, 1B Mark McGwire, CF Chili Davis, SP Jay Tibbs, SP Jamie Moyer, SS Omar Vizquel,
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 78 82 12th 4.1 4.2 15 7
1993 73 87 13th 3.7 3.9 14 6
1994 57 103 16th 3.0 4.2 17 14
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF S Tim Raines .290 1 45 3.9
2B L Delino DeShields .283 6 40 3.5
1B L Mark Grace .283 2 34 1.2
RF L Luis Gonzalez .226 24 76 2.8
3B S Mark McLemore .240 8 49 2.1
CF R Tom Brunansky .234 20 45 2.1
SS S Omar Vizquel .246 0 28 0.8
C L Rick Wilkins .192 9 32 0.2
W L ERA WAR
SP L David West 5 13 2.91 3.3
SP R Hideo Nomo rookie
SP R Ron Darling 5 14 4.36 1.2
SP L Denny Neagle 5 4 3.86 0.0
SP R Charles Nagy 8 15 4.02 1.5
CL R Mike Trombley 8 SV 2.05 1.1
IN: *SP Hideo Nomo, 1B Mark Grace, RF Ivan Calderon, CF Tom Brunansky, 1B Hal Morris, SS Omar Vizquel
OUT: 2B Jeff Kent, LF Luis Polonia
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 81 79 8th 4.6 4.5 9 8
1993 84 76 8th 4.2 4.0 9 10
1994 77 83 11th 3.8 4.0 8 11
Avg HR RBI WAR
CF L Lenny Dykstra .260 6 51 2.8
2B S Quivio Veras rookie
SS R Scott Fletcher .286 2 37 3.1
LF R Shane Mack .297 23 75 6.9
RF L Dan Pasqua .249 24 73 5.0
1B R Edgar Martinez .221 1 28 -0.8
C S Todd Hundley .154 0 2 -0.4
3B R Greg Gagne .214 0 0 -0.1
W L ERA WAR
SP R Doug Drabek 11 12 3.44 2.9
SP R Kevin Ritz 2 4 4.49 0.5
SP L Juan Nieves minors
SP R Sean Bergman 2 5 4.76 0.3
CL R Tim Scott 33 SV 3.71 0.4
IN: *2B Quilvio Veras, SP Jay Tibbs, C Mike LaValliere, 1B Edgar Martinez, C Todd Hundley, 3B Greg Gagne
OUT: 1B Howard Johnson, 2B Lou Whitaker, C Mike Stanley, RP Lee Smith, RP Dan Plesac
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 103 57 1st 4.8 3.9 6 3
1993 95 65 2-T 4.5 4.0 6 9
1994 94 66 5th 4.5 3.4 3 5
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF L Larry Walker .306 17 65 4.9
3B S Tony Fernandez .295 5 45 4.7
C L Dave Nilsson .331 30 101 7.9
RF L Ryan Klesko .278 43 130 6.7
1B S Howard Johnson .277 39 106 6.4
2B L Jeff Treadway .280 14 68 3.0
CF S Orlando Merced .286 12 62 3.6
SS L Ozzie Guillen .268 3 52 1.0
W L ERA WAR
SP R Andy Benes 11 9 3.18 4.6
SP L Chris Nabholz 13 5 2.82 3.6
SP R Alex Fernandez 12 10 3.47 2.7
SP L Pete Schourek 10 5 3.00 2.9
SP R Scott Sanders 12 7 2.80 4.5
CL R Dave Beard 40 SV 3.96 0.6
INJ: RP Mark Wohlers (3 mo), 2B Fernando Vina (3 mo)
IN: 1B Howard Johnson, 1B Bob Horner
OUT: 1B Fred McGrif
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 67 93 14-T 4.2 5.0 14 17
1993 69 91 14th 3.6 4.5 15 17
1994 92 68 6th 4.4 4.0 6 12
Avg HR RBI WAR
LF S John Shelby .303 25 67 3.7
2B S Carlos Baerga .320 14 67 3.8
SS R Wil Cordero .269 31 86 4.0
1B R Jeff Bagwell .247 23 71 3.7
RF R Tim Salmon .267 46 123 6.8
C R Mike Stanley .326 20 41 3.6
CF R Kirby Puckett .251 11 51 2.5
3B R Kevin Mitchell .279 24 89 4.5
W L ERA WAR
SP R Jose DeLeon 8 11 4.14 2.8
SP R Van Landingham 16 9 4.12 2.8
SP R Scott Bankhead 12 9 3.14 4.5
SP L Butch Henry 10 14 3.89 5.3
SP L Kirk Rueter 19 4 3.36 4.8
CL R Steve Olin 4 SV 3.66 -0.1
IN: C Mike Stanley, C Mickey Tettleton, CF Kirby Puckett, 1B Fred McGriff
OUT: C B.J. Surhoff
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 90 70 5th 4.2 3.7 12 1
1993 95 65 2-T 4.3 3.5 8 2
1994 88 72 8th 3.7 3.1 9 3
Avg HR RBI WAR
RF L Andy Van Slyke .284 20 60 7.6
SS R Rey Sanchez .286 3 51 4.4
1B R Frank E. Thomas .278 33 97 5.4
LF S Junior Felix .275 21 87 3.5
3B R Jeff Cirillo .238 17 64 3.4
CF S Stan Javier .276 8 51 5.9
2B R Jay Bell .245 9 44 3.6
C L Brent Mayne .264 1 4 0.0
W L ERA WAR
SP L Greg Swindell 15 13 2.67 4.7
SP R Floyd Youmans 15 12 2.43 5.9
SP L Rheal Cormier 14 9 3.30 3.6
SP R Don Robinson 14 11 3.42 2.6
SP L Bruce Hurst 17 9 2.92 4.1
CL R Todd Frohwirth 32 SV 2.54 1.0
IN: none
OUT: CF Tom Brunansky, C Todd Hundley
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 89 71 6th 4.9 4.8 3 13
1993 88 72 6th 4.5 4.0 3 11
1994 62 98 13-t 3.2 4.8 14 18
Avg HR RBI WAR
CF S Jerry Browne .240 2 34 1.7
2B L Mickey Morandini .272 13 58 2.9
SS R Barry Larkin .241 15 58 3.5
LF R Geronimo Berroa .235 5 18 0.6
1B R Ed N. Sprague .246 28 54 2.8
C L Darrin Fletcher .256 7 33 1.1
RF S Mark Whiten minors
3B R David Bell rookie
W L ERA WAR
SP L Andy Pettitte rookie
SP R Pat Hentgen 9 11 3.08 3.9
SP R Melido Perez 5 17 4.71 2.5
SP R Bobby Munoz 6 13 4.51 1.7
SP R John Mitchell 5 5 4.38 0.0
CL R Heathy Slocumb 4 SV 3.10 0.9
IN: *SP Andy Pettitte, 2B Mickey Morandini, CF Jerry Browne, *3B David Bell
OUT: CF Tom Brunansky, 1B Wally Joyner, 1B Edgar Martinez, 1B Bob Horner, SP Roger Clemens, SP Mike Scott, 1B Phil Bradley
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 67 93 14-T 4.2 4.9 13 16
1993 75 85 12th 3.8 4.3 13 14
1994 58 102 15th 3.2 4.3 15 16
Avg HR RBI WAR
2B R Chris Gomez .335 3 11 1.7
RF L Mike Aldrete .268 10 53 1.5
CF S Bernie Williams .251 14 72 3.1
LF L Garret Anderson .287 9 46 3.1
3B R Travis Fryman .257 17 49 2.9
1B L Will Clark .244 10 42 1.5
C R Terry Steinbach .252 8 48 1.9
SS R Dick Schofield Jr minors
W L ERA WAR
SP R Frank Castillo 7 17 4.07 1.7
SP R Tommy Greene 9 11 3.70 2.5
SP R Steve Trachsel 3 6 3.83 0.5
SP L Omar Daal rookie
SP R Kevin Foster 10 14 3.80 0.6
CL R Julio Valera 21 SV 2.95 0.7
IN: RF Jeffrey Hammonds, 1B Will Clark, *SP Omar Daal
OUT: 1B Mark Grace, 2B Jose Oquendo, SP Greg Hibbard, RF Carlos Delgado
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 75 85 13th 4.5 4.7 10 12
1993 83 77 9th 4.5 4.4 3 15
1994 56 104 17th 3.4 4.7 9 17
Avg HR RBI WAR
3B S Bip Roberts .317 1 41 4.6
SS R Jeff Blauser .226 15 43 2.3
C R Ivan Rodriguez .245 9 35 2.2
LF L Cliff Floyd minors
CF S Carl Everett rookie
RF R Pedro Munoz minors
1B L Tino Martinez .265 9 53 1.1
2B S Bret Barberie .287 0 11 1.2
W L ERA WAR
SP R Chris Bosio 6 15 4.36 0.2
SP L Steve Avery 15 10 2.85 2.5
SP R Ed Whitson 16 11 2.99 3.9
SP R Ron Robinson 5 13 3.83 1.9
SP L Jim Abbott minors
CL R Cory Bailey rookie
IN: SP Ed Whitson, SP Steve Avery, *CF Carl Everett, RP Cory Bailey
OUT:
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 101 59 2nd 5.0 3.9 2 4
1993 87 73 7th 4.3 4.0 7 8
1994 98 62 4th 4.5 3.5 4 6
Avg HR RBI WAR
CF L David Justice .294 16 73 3.3
2B S Tony Phillips .286 15 57 7.3
LF L Barry Bonds .306 52 135 10.4
1B L Rafael Palmeiro .284 34 114 6.2
RF L Reggie Jefferson .338 14 43 2.7
3B R Kevin Seitzer .262 6 59 1.2
C L Greg Myers .315 1 12 0.8
SS R Cal Ripken Jr .169 3 18 -0.2
W L ERA WAR
SP R Dave Schmidt 9 10 3.70 3.1
SP L Angel Miranda 10 3 2.44 2.5
SP R Kelly Downs 9 10 3.70 3.1
SP R Roger Salkeld rookie
SP R Tim Pugh 8 3 3.24 0.9
CL R Rob Dibble 20 SV 2.81 0.1
INJ: SP Joe Magrane
IN: *SP Roger Salkeld
OUT: C Rich Gedman, RF John Kruk
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 83 77 7th 5.4 5.0 1 18
1993 90 70 4-T 4.6 4.1 2 12
1994 101 59 2nd 4.7 3.5 1 8
2B S Jose Oquendo .233 0 26 0.3
LF R Ellis Burks .255 31 76 4.5
RF R Juan Gonzalez .309 29 87 5.1
SS R Cory Snyder .301 18 53 2.8
CF R Raul Mondesi .259 36 86 6.0
1B R Eric Karros .279 48 109 5.1
3B R Leo Gomez .162 4 12 0.2
C R Benito Santiago .210 5 40 0.4
W L ERA WAR
SP R Dwight Gooden 17 11 2.81 7.0
SP R Mike Grace rookie
SP R Brian Holman 14 9 3.45 2.9
SP R Kirk McCaskill 14 10 4.25 2.9
SP L Jamie Moyer 8 12 4.43 1.5
CL R Michael Jackson 1 SV 5.79 -0.4
IN: *SP Mike Grace, SP Jamie Moyer, 2B Jose Oquendo,, C Benito Santiago, 3B Leo Gomez
OUT: C Mickey Tettleton, SP Greg Mathews, 2B Mickey Morandini
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 67 93 14-T 4.2 4.9 13 16
1993 75 85 12th 3.8 4.3 13 14
1994 55 105 18th 3.0 4.3 18 15
Avg HR RBI WAR
CF R Marquis Grissom minors
LF R Danny Bautista rookie
1B L Alvin Davis .258 17 85 1.6
RF R Derek Bell rookie
C R Javy Lopez .238 8 54 -0.2
2B R Glenn Hubbard .214 2 14 -0.1
SS R Benji Gil rookie
SS R Jim Anderson .213 3 20 -0.6
W L ERA WAR
SP L Mike Mason 8 18 3.95 3.9
SP R Joey Hamilton rookie
SP L Bruce Ruffin 7 11 3.36 3.7
SP R Wes Gardner 8 14 4.26 2.7
SP L Wilson Alvarez 8 11 3.90 1.8
CL R Doug Henry 27 SV 3.51 1.1
IN; *SP Joey Hamilton, *RF Derek Ball, *LF Danny Bautista, *SS Benji Gil
OUT: RF Willie McGee, 3B Chris Brown. LF Rickey Henderson
W L Pl R RA Rank
1992 91 69 4th 4.6 3.8 8 2
1993 68 92 15th 3.5 3.8 16 5
1994 62 98 13-t 3.2 4.2 16 13
Avg HR RBI WAR
CF L Kenny Lofton .220 0 18 -0.6
2B R Ryne Sandberg .293 24 84 8.7
LF L Mike Greenwell .275 11 52 3.7
RF S Willie McGee .293 7 47 3.3
3B S Ken Caminiti .302 4 25 1.7
1B L Jason Giambi rookie
SS R Mariano Duncan .250 11 37 2.5
C R Mike Lieberthal rookie
W L ERA WAR
SP L Tom Glavine 12 15 3.38 4.7
SP L David Wells 9 2 2.78 1.9
SP R Kevin Tapani 6 14 4.06 -0.3
SP L Chuck Finley minors
SP L Randy Johnson 9 18 4.79 0.7
CL R Phil Leftwich minors
IN: RF Willie McGee, 3B Ken Caminiti, *1B Jason Giambi, *C Mike Lieberthal
OUT: CF Kirby Puckett, 1B Will Clark, SP Charlie Lea
1994 League Leaders
1994 League Leaders
Batting Average
Dave Nilsson DET .331
Carlos Baerga KEY .320
Tony Gwynn ATL .318
Bip Roberts MON .317
Ken Griffey Jr BRO .315
Kal Daniels BOS .313
Juan Gonzalez TOR .309
Barry Bonds STL .306
Larry Walker CLE .306
Dwight Smith DET .306
RBIs
Barry Bonds STL 135
Ken Griffey Jr BRO 130
Ryan Klesko DET 130
Tim Salmon KEY 123
Jim Thome BOS 120
Raffy Palmeiro STL 114
Bret Boone ATL 111
Eric Karros TOR 109
Howard Johnson HAV 106
Mike Piazza BOS 106
Infield Zone Rating
Cal Ripken Jr STL 17.7
Alan Trammell CHI 15.6
Jay Bell LA 10.8
Rey Sanchez LA 8.5
Jose Valentin ATL 8.2
Home Runs
Barry Bonds STL 52
Eric Karros TOR 48
Tim Salmon KEY 46
Ryan Klesko DET 43
Sammy Sosa BOS 43
Eric Davis CHI 41
Ken Griffey Jr BRO 41
Mickey Tettleton TOR 40
Howard Johnson HAV 39
Jim Thome BOS 39
bWAR
Ken Griffey Jr BRO 10.5
Barry Bonds STL 10.3
Eric Davis CHI 9.1
Sammy Sosa BOS 8.7
Jose Valentin ATL 8.4
Dave Nilsson DET 8.3
Rich Gedman STL 8.3
Ryne Sandberg WAS 7.9
Andy Van Slyke LA 7.4
Tony Phillips STL 7.2
Outfield Zone Rating
Eric Davis CHI 16.1
Ken Griffey Jr BRO 14.3
Stan Javier LA 13.6
Shane Mack HAV 11.4
Gar. Anderson SF 10.5
Earned Run Average
Pedro Martinez ATL 1.80
F. Valenzuela ATL 2.21
Mike Mussina FLO 2.23
Joe Magrane STL 2.24
Floyd Youmans LA 2.43
T. Mulholland CHI 2.50
Greg Swindell LA 2.67
Darryl Kile ATL 2.74
Ismael Valdez CLE 2.74
Jaime Navarro CLE 2.79
Strikeouts
Pedro Martinez ATL 340
Floyd Youmans LA 289
Fern Valenzuela ATL 274
Mike Mussina FLO 267
Dwight Gooden TOR 238
Steve Cooke CHI 235
Jon Lieber BOS 234
Scott Sanders DET 230
Jose DeLeon KEY 221
Donovan Osborne CHI 221
Wins
Mike Mussina FLO 22
F. Valenzuela ATL 22
Joe Magrane STL 21
Pedro Martinez ATL 19
Kirk Rueter KEY 19
Brian Anderson BOS 18
Kevin Brown BRO 17
Dwight Gooden TOR 17
Bruce Hurst LA 17
Darryl Kile ATL 17
pWAR
Pedro Martinez ATL 9.5
Mike Mussina FLO 7.1
Fern Valenzuela ATL 7.0
Dwight Gooden TOR 6.4
Bret Saberhagen BOS 6.1
Floyd Youmans LA 6.0
Jon Lieber BOS 5.2
Butch Henry KEY 5.1
Tom Glavine WAS 5.1
Darryl Kile ATL 4.8
1994 Awards
1994 Awards
Batter of the Month
APR Raffy Palmeiro STL
MAY Tim Salmon KEY
JUN Ken Griffey Jr BRO
JUL Barry Bonds STL
AUG Howard Johnson HAV
SEP Mike Stanley KEY
Pitcher of the Month
APR Mike Mussina FLO
MAY Mike Mussina FLO
JUN Pat Hentgen BOS
JUL Pedro Martinez ATL
AUG Fern Valenzuela ATL
SEP Bruce Hurst LA
Rookie of the Month
APR Aaron Sele KEY
MAY Jon Lieber BOS
JUN Jim Edmonds CLE
JUL Salomon Torres CLE
AUG Salomon Torres CLE
SEP Angel Miranda STL
Player of the Week
4/11 Kal Daniels BOS
4/18 Tim Salmon KEY
4/25 Shane Mack HAV
5/2 Jeff Bagwell KEY
5/9 Greg Colbrunn ATL
5/16 Ken Griffey Jr BRO
5/23 Andy Van Slyke LA
5/30 Matt Williams BRO
6/6 Ron Karkovice LA
6/13 Matt Williams BRO
6/20 Ken Griffey Jr BRO
6/27 Barry Bonds STL
7/4 Ken Caminiti MAN
7/11 Frank Thomas LA
7/18 Ron Gant TOR
7/25 Mike Piazza BOS
8/1 Eric Karros TOR
8/8 Bret Boone ATL
8/15 Barry Bonds STL
8/22 Eric Davis CHI
8/29 Bob Horner MAN
9/5 Dwight Smith DET
9/12 Kal Daniels BOS
9/19 Mike Stanley KEY
9/26 Carlos Baerga KEY
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