1994 San Francisco Giants season

1994 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Candlestick Park (since 1960)
San Francisco (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter Magowan
General manager(s)	Bob Quinn
Manager(s)	Dusty Baker
Local television	KTVU SportsChannel Pacific (Ted Robinson, Mike Krukow, Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
Local radio	KNBR (Ted Robinson, Hank Greenwald, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper) SP Radio (Julio Gonzalez, Rene De La Rosa)
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The 1994 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 112th season in Major League Baseball, their 37th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 35th at Candlestick Park. After winning 103 games in 1993, the Giants record dropped to 55-60 in a strike-shortened season. This was also the season in which Matt Williams hit a career high 43 home runs through 115 games by the time the strike hit, on pace to finish with 61; had the season continued, Williams may have had a chance to break Roger Maris's then-single season record of 61 home runs set in 1961.

Offseason

• November 21, 1993: Mark Portugal signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[1]
• December 20, 1993: Rex Hudler was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[2]
• March 22, 1994: Rex Hudler was released by the San Francisco Giants.^[2]

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Giants had compiled a 55-60 record through 115 games. They had scored 504 runs (4.38 per game) and allowed 500 runs (4.35 per game).^[3]

The Giants were struggling offensively prior to the Strike, at 28th in batting average (.249), doubles (159) and overall hits (963).^[4]

Their pitchers also struggled, combining to finish 28th in complete games, with just 2.^[4]

Notable transactions

• June 19, 1994: Darryl Strawberry signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
• June 29, 1994: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[5]
• September 14, 1994: Yorvit Torrealba was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.^[6]

Draft Picks

= Future All Star

The following were notable Giants draft picks from the MLB Amateur Draft held on June 2, 1994.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Status
1	22	Dante Powell [7]	United States	Player signed July 13, 1994.
5		Bobby Howry [8]	United States	Player signed June 4, 1994.
9		Keith Foulke [9]	United States	Player signed June 3, 1994.
20		J. D. Drew [10]	United States	Did not sign.

Opening Day Starters

• Todd Benzinger
• Barry Bonds
• John Burkett
• Royce Clayton
• Darren Lewis
• Kirt Manwaring
• Willie McGee
• Robby Thompson
• Matt Williams^[11]

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	58	56	0.509	—	33–22	25–34
San Francisco Giants	55	60	0.478	3½	29–31	26–29
Colorado Rockies	53	64	0.453	6½	25–32	28–32
San Diego Padres	47	70	0.402	12½	26–31	21–39

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	—

Roster

1994 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 47 Rod Beck 40 Bud Black 43 Kent Bottenfield 49 Brad Brink 34 Dave Burba 33 John Burkett 46 Steve Frey 38 Pat Gomez 41 Bryan Hickerson 42 Mike Jackson 36 Tony Menéndez 55 Rich Monteleone 19 Mark Portugal 28 Kevin Rogers 26 Bill Swift 35 Salomón Torres 50 William Van Landingham		Catchers  8 Kirt Manwaring 52 Jeff Reed Infielders 18 Mike Benjamin 14 Todd Benzinger 10 Royce Clayton 31 Erik Johnson  7 John Patterson 13 J. R. Phillips 23 Steve Scarsone  6 Robby Thompson  9 Matt Williams		Outfielders 25 Barry Bonds 45 Mark Carreon 22 Rikkert Faneyte 21 Mark Leonard  2 Darren Lewis  1 Dave Martinez 51 Willie McGee 17 Darryl Strawberry		Manager 12 Dusty Baker Coaches 16 Bobby Bonds (Hitting) 15 Bob Brenly (Bullpen) 20 Wendell Kim (Third Base)  5 Bob Lillis (Bench) 48 Dick Pole (Pitching) 58 Dennis Sommers (First Base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	AVG.
Kirt Manwaring	97	316	79	1	29	.250
Todd Benzinger	107	328	87	9	31	.265
John Patterson	85	240	57	3	32	.238
Matt Williams	112	445	119	43	96	.267
Royce Clayton	108	385	91	3	30	.236
Barry Bonds	112	391	122	37	81	.312
Darren Lewis	114	451	116	4	29	.257
Willie McGee	45	156	44	5	23	.282

^[12]

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dave Martinez	97	235	58	4	27	.247
Robby Thompson	35	129	27	2	7	.209
Jeff Reed	50	103	18	1	7	.175
Steve Scarsone	52	103	28	2	13	.272
Mark Carreon	51	100	27	3	20	.270
Darryl Strawberry	29	92	22	4	17	.239
Mike Benjamin	38	62	16	1	9	.258

^[12]

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

• Mark Leiter P, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Firebirds	Pacific Coast League	Carlos Alfonso
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Ron Wotus
A	San Jose Giants	California League	Dick Dietz
A	Clinton Lumber Kings	Midwest League	Jack Mull
A-Short Season	Everett Giants	Northwest League	Mike Hart
Rookie	AZL Giants	Arizona League	Alan Bannister

^[13]

References

1. Mark Portugal Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudlere01.shtml
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1994.shtml
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1994.shtml
5. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml
6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torreyo01.shtml
7. Dante Powell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
8. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howrybo01.shtml
9. http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foulkke01.shtml
10. J. D. Drew Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
11. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1994&t=SFN
12. 1994 San Francisco Giants Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1994 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1994 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac