1994 Detroit Tigers season
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The Detroit Tigers
' 1994 season
was a season in American baseball
. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL Central.
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
' 1994 season
1994 in baseball
-Headline events of the year:As a result of a players' strike, the MLB season ends prematurely on August 11, 1994. No postseason is played...
was a season in American baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL Central.
Offseason
- November 1, 1993: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.
- November 7, 1993: Joe BoeverJoe BoeverJoseph Martin Boever is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. A career reliever, Boever was most notable for throwing a palmball pitch. Nicknamed Boever The Saver, he debuted in 1985 and was a closer for the 1989 Atlanta Braves collecting 21 saves...
was signed as a free agent by the Tigers. - February 4, 1994: Kirk GibsonKirk GibsonKirk Harold Gibson is a former Major League Baseball player and currently the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. As a player, Gibson was an outfielder who batted and threw left-handed...
was signed as a free agent by the Tigers. - February 7, 1994: Tim BelcherTim BelcherTimothy Wayne Belcher is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He won the Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award in for the National League...
was signed as a free agent by the Tigers. - February 14, 1994: Juan SamuelJuan SamuelJuan Milton Samuel is a retired second baseman who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies , New York Mets , Los Angeles Dodgers , Kansas City Royals , Cincinnati Reds , Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays...
was signed as a free agent by the Tigers. - February 18, 1994: Kevin MorganKevin Morgan (baseball)Kevin Lee Morgan is a former Major League Baseball player and current New York Mets executive. In , he had one at bat for the Mets, playing two innings in the field at third base. He is currently the Mets' Director of Minor League Operations.-Sources:...
was traded by the Tigers to the New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
for Joe Dellicarri (minors). - March 31, 1994: Rico BrognaRico BrognaRico Joseph Brogna is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, and Atlanta Braves in his career starting in 1992, and from 1994 to 2001...
was traded by the Tigers to the New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
for Alan ZinterAlan ZinterAlan Michael Zinter is a former Major League Baseball player who briefly played in the major leagues in and . He is currently the hitting coach for the Double-A Mobile Bay Bears in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization....
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Regular season
By Friday, August 12, the Tigers had compiled a 53-62 record through 115 games. They had scored 652 runs (5.67 per game) and had allowed 671 runs (5.83 per game).Notable transactions
- May 11, 1994: Jorge VelandiaJorge VelandiaJorge Luis Velandia Macias [ve-LAHN-deah] is a former Major League Baseball shortstop.Velandia played with the San Diego Padres , Oakland Athletics , New York Mets , Tampa Bay Devil Rays , Toronto Blue Jays , and Cleveland Indians...
and Scott LivingstoneScott LivingstoneScott Louis Livingstone is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1991–98, for the Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals and Montreal Expos....
were traded by the Tigers to the San Diego PadresSan Diego PadresThe San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...
for Gene HarrisGene Harris (baseball)Tyrone Eugene "Gene" Harris is a former Major League Baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from -....
. - June 17, 1994: Greg CadaretGreg CadaretGregory James Cadaret is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues primarily in relief from - and -....
was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.
Roster
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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 |
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Starting pitchers
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Other pitchers
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Relief pitchers
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