1994 Boston Red Sox season

The 1994 Boston Red Sox season was the 94th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The season was cut short by the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, and there was no postseason. When the strike started on August 12, the Red Sox were in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 54–61, seventeen games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

December 7, 1993: Otis Nixon was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
February 1, 1994: Damon Berryhill was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
February 10, 1994: Sergio Valdez was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
March 29, 1994: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.

Regular season

On July 8, shortstop John Valentin executed an unassisted triple play in the sixth inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners—Valentin caught a line drive, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base. Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut in the same game, going hitless in three at bats.

Season standings

This was the first season that the American League was structured with three divisions, with a realignment creating the AL Central. As a result, the AL East was reduced from seven teams to five. With three divisions, this was scheduled to be the first season with a wild card team advancing to the postseason. However, due to a players' strike, the season ended in August, and there was no postseason.

Notable transactions

April 9, 1994: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
May 25, 1994: Mario Díaz was released by the Red Sox.
May 31, 1994: Billy Hatcher and Paul Quantrill were traded by the Red Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wes Chamberlain and Mike Sullivan.
June 2, 1994: Nomar Garciaparra was drafted by the Red Sox in the 1st round of the 1994 MLB draft. Player signed July 20, 1994.
June 2, 1994: Donnie Sadler was drafted by the Red Sox in the 11th round of the 1994 MLB draft. Player signed June 8, 1994.
June 27, 1994: Greg A. Harris was released by the Red Sox.

Opening Day lineup

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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
C		82	255	67	.263	6	34
1B		111	394	122	.310	26	82
2B		80	297	82	.276	7	42
3B		104	369	104	.282	13	53
SS		84	301	95	.316	9	49
LF		95	327	88	.269	11	45
CF		103	398	109	.274	0	25
RF		44	164	40	.244	1	18
DH		75	292	70	.240	16	48

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
	63	185	42	.227	3	11
	48	177	42	.237	10	34
	57	174	50	.287	1	13
	51	164	42	.256	4	20
	78	144	32	.222	2	14
	46	118	27	.229	9	20
	30	76	12	.158	1	5
	17	36	7	.194	1	1
	11	21	2	.095	0	1
	7	18	3	.167	0	6
	5	11	1	.091	0	1
	4	9	1	.111	0	1
	2	6	0	.000	0	0
	4	4	0	.000	0	0

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
	24	170.2	9	7	2.85	168
	22	143.1	8	7	3.83	105
	25	114.0	8	5	4.26	83
	13	75.2	7	5	6.30	54
	8	42.0	3	4	6.64	23

Primary 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
	44	2	0	1	4.76	31
	35	3	4	2	8.28	44
	37	1	0	1	3.63	22
	29	0	5	12	5.14	18
	42	2	3	13	2.44	32

Spot starters and secondary relief 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
	7	38.1	2	3	6.34	22
	27	37.2	3	2	4.54	25
	6	37.2	1	1	4.65	9
	8	36.1	0	4	5.94	17
	22	26.2	0	3	10.80	13
	17	23.0	1	1	3.52	15
	6	23.0	2	3	8.61	15
	12	22.1	1	1	8.06	7
	10	16.1	0	1	6.06	9
	12	14.1	0	1	8.16	4
	11	13.0	1	0	6.23	8
	5	4.1	0	1	12.46	4
	1	2.0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

The Sarasota Red Sox replaced the Fort Lauderdale Red Sox as a Class A-Advanced affiliate.
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Awards and honors

Andre Dawson, Hutch Award

;All-Star Game

Scott Cooper, reserve 3B