1994 New York Mets season

1994 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)	Joe McIlvaine
Manager(s)	Dallas Green
Local television	WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York (Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub, Gary Thorne)
Local radio	WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Howie Rose) WSKQ-FM (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Renato Morffi)
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A ticket for the Mets' 1994 Opening Day game against the Chicago Cubs.

The New York Mets' 1994 season was the 33rd 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.

Offseason

• October 4, 1993: Ced Landrum was released by the Mets.^[1]
• December 10, 1993: Randy Curtis (minors) and a player to be named later were traded by the Mets to the San Diego Padres for Frank Seminara, Tracy Sanders (minors) and a player to be named later. The deal was completed on December 13, with the Mets sending Marc Kroon to the Padres, and the Padres sending Pablo Martínez to the Mets.^[2]
• December 16, 1993: Jim Lindeman was signed as a free agent by the Mets.^[3]
• December 17, 1993: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent by the Mets.^[4]
• January 5, 1994: Vince Coleman and cash were traded by the Mets to the Kansas City Royals for Kevin McReynolds.^[5]
• February 18, 1994: Joe Dellicarri (minors) was traded by the Mets to the Detroit Tigers for Kevin Morgan.^[6]
• March 30, 1994: Anthony Young and Ottis Smith (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Chicago Cubs for José Vizcaíno.^[7]
• March 31, 1994: Alan Zinter was traded by the Mets to the Detroit Tigers for Rico Brogna.^[8]

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 hitting 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]

Opening Day starters

• Jeromy Burnitz
• Bobby Jones
• Jeff Kent
• Kevin McReynolds
• David Segui
• Kelly Stinnett
• Ryan Thompson
• Fernando Viña
• José Vizcaíno^[11]

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Montreal Expos	74	40	0.649	—	32–20	42–20
Atlanta Braves	68	46	0.596	6	31–24	37–22
New York Mets	55	58	0.487	18½	23–30	32–28
Philadelphia Phillies	54	61	0.470	20½	34–26	20–35
Florida Marlins	51	64	0.443	23½	25–34	26–30

Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Montreal Expos	74	40	0.649
Cincinnati Reds	66	48	0.579
Los Angeles Dodgers	58	56	0.509

Wild card team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	68	46	0.597	—
Houston Astros	66	49	0.574	2 ^1⁄2
New York Mets	55	58	0.487	12 ^1⁄2
San Francisco Giants	55	60	0.478	13 ^1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies	54	61	0.470	14 ^1⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals	53	61	0.465	15
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	61	0.465	15
Colorado Rockies	53	64	0.453	16 ^1⁄2
Florida Marlins	51	64	0.444	17 ^1⁄2
Chicago Cubs	49	64	0.434	18 ^1⁄2
San Diego Padres	47	70	0.402	22 ^1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–2	5–5	8–2	8–4	3–3	6–0	4–5	5–4	6–3	3–9	6–1	5–1	5–7
Chicago	2–4	—	5–7	6–6	4–5	4–8	3–3	2–4	1–4	1–6	5–5	6–3	5–4	5–5
Cincinnati	5–5	7–5	—	4–4	7–5	4–6	3–6	4–2	2–4	4–2	9–3	8–2	7–2	2–2–1
Colorado	2–8	6–6	4–4	—	3–9	5–5	4–6	4–2	5–1	2–4	2–3	5–5	3–7	8–4
Florida	4–8	5–4	5–7	9–3	—	2–4	3–3	2–7	6–4	4–6	1–6	5–1	2–4	3–7
Houston	3–3	8–4	6–4	5–5	4–2	—	1–8	2–4	3–3	5–1	8–4	5–5	8–2	8–4
Los Angeles	0–6	3–3	6–3	6–4	3–3	8–1	—	3–9	6–6	7–5	3–3	6–4	5–5	2–4
Montreal	5–4	4–2	2–4	2–4	7–2	4–2	9–3	—	4–3	5–4	8–2	12–0	5–7	7–3
New York	4–5	4–1	4–2	1–5	4–6	3–3	6–6	3–4	—	4–6	4–5	6–6	6–6	6–3
Philadelphia	3-6	6–1	2–4	4–2	6–4	1–5	5–7	4–5	6–4	—	5–4	4–8	4–8	4–3
Pittsburgh	9–3	5–5	3–9	3–2	6–1	4–8	3–3	2–8	5–4	4–5	—	3–3	1–5	5–5
San Diego	1–6	3–6	2–8	5–5	1–5	5–5	4–6	0–12	6–6	8–4	3–3	—	5–2	4–2
San Francisco	1–5	4–5	2–7	7–3	4–2	2–8	5–5	7–5	6–6	8–4	5–1	2–5	—	2–4
St. Louis	7–5	5–5	2–2–1	4–8	7–3	4–8	4–2	3–7	3–6	3–4	5–5	2–4	4–2	—

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 50 Juan Castillo 31 John Franco 16 Dwight Gooden 45 Mauro Gozzo 40 Eric Gunderson 53 Eric Hillman 13 Jonathan Hurst 47 Jason Jacome 28 Bobby Jones 30 Doug Linton 51 Mike Maddux 39 Josías Manzanillo 48 Roger Mason 43 Mike Remlinger 17 Bret Saberhagen 34 Frank Seminara 32 Pete Smith 38 Dave Telgheder		Catchers  9 Todd Hundley 33 Kelly Stinnett Infielders 23 Tim Bogar 25 Bobby Bonilla 26 Rico Brogna 12 Jeff Kent 17,18 Jeff McKnight  3 Luis Rivera 10,21 David Segui  1 Fernando Viña 15 José Vizcaíno		Outfielders  5 Jeromy Burnitz 44 John Cangelosi 19 Shawn Hare 29 Jim Lindeman 22 Kevin McReynolds  6 Joe Orsulak 11 Rick Parker 20 Ryan Thompson		Manager 46 Dallas Green Coaches  4 Mike Cubbage (third base) 55 Frank Howard (first base) 27 Tom McCraw (hitting) 52 Greg Pavlick (pitching)  8 Steve Swisher (bullpen)  7 Bobby Wine (bench)

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
LF	McReynolds, KevinKevin McReynolds	51	180	46	.256	4	21

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
Lindeman, JimJim Lindeman	52	137	37	.270	7	20

Pitching

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

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

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
Seminara, FrankFrank Seminara	10	0	2	0	5.82	7

Farm system

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. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1994.shtml
10. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
11. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=NYN
12. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/masonro01.shtml
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

External links

• 1994 New York Mets
• 1994 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com