1994 Chicago Cubs season

1994 Chicago Cubs
1994 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Tribune Company
General managers	Larry Himes
Managers	Tom Trebelhorn
Television	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN; (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Thom Brennaman, Wayne Larrivee)
Radio	WGN; (Thom Brennaman, Ron Santo, Harry Caray)
Stats	ESPN.com; Baseball Reference

The 1994 Chicago Cubs season was the 123rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 119th in the National League and the 79th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished the shortened season fifth and last in the National League Central with a record of 49–64.

One of the highlights of the season was Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes hitting three home runs on Opening Day^[1] - all off Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets. The Cubs still lost the game 12-8.^[2] Rhodes would only hit five more homers that season and the Cubs would set a record by losing their first 12 home games.^[3]

Offseason

October 12, 1993: Steve Lake was released by the Chicago Cubs.^[4]
November 24, 1993: Glenallen Hill signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[5]
December 14, 1993: Mike Maksudian was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[6]
January 24, 1994: Dave Otto was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[7]
March 30, 1994: Anthony Young was traded by the New York Mets with Ottis Smith (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for José Vizcaíno.^[8]

Regular season

The Cubs finished the strike-shortened season with a 49-64 record.^[9] They scored 500 runs (4.42 per game) and allowed 549 runs (4.86 per game).^[10]

One of the most-memorable moments in Cubs history occurred April 29. 1994, after a heart-breaking 6-5 loss to the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field.^[11] The Cubs loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth only to have Glenallen Hill swing at the first pitch he saw and ground into a game-ending double play. The loss was the ninth consecutive home defeat for the Cubs to start the season and dropped the club to 6-15.^[12] Manager Tom Trebelhorn had vowed to meet fans outside the ballpark if the Cubs lost another home game and was true to his word, wading into a crowd of some 200 angry fans gathered at a fire station on Waveland Avenue just outside Wrigley's left-field wall. The confrontation started ugly, but within a half hour, Trebelhorn, who was known for his quick humor and good nature, won over most of his detractors.^[13] The team went on to lose three more home games before snapping the record streak with a 5-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds on May 4, 1994, but by then Trebelhorn's "Firehouse Chat" was a memorable moment in Cubs' history. The season, which ended when Major League players went on 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike Aug 12, was Trebelhorn's only as manager of the Cubs. He was replaced in 1995 by Jim Riggleman.

Game log

1994 Regular Season Game Log (49-64) (Home: 20-39; Road: 29-25)

April (6-15) (Home: 0-9; Road: 6-6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
1	April 4	Mets
2	April 5	Mets
3	April 6	Mets
4	April 8	@ Expos	4-0	Trachsel (1-0)	Martínez (0-1)		47,001	1-3	Boxscore
5	April 9	@ Expos	4-3	Plesac (1-0)	Wetteland (0-1)	Myers (1)	38,635	2-3	Boxscore
6	April 10	@ Expos	2-8	Hill (2-0)	Guzmán (0-2)		16,183	2-4	Boxscore
7	April 11	@ Mets
8	April 14	@ Mets
9	April 15	Braves
10	April 16	Braves
11	April 17	Braves
12	April 19	Astros
13	April 20	Astros
14	April 22	@ Rockies
15	April 23	@ Rockies
16	April 24	@ Rockies
17	April 25	@ Reds
18	April 26	@ Reds
19	April 27	@ Astros
20	April 28	@ Astros
21	April 29	Rockies

May (16-12) (Home: 9-6; Road: 7-6)

#	Date	Opponent
22	May 1	Rockies
23	May 2	Reds
24	May 3	Reds
25	May 4	Reds
26	May 6	@ Pirates
27	May 8	@ Pirates
28	May 8	@ Pirates
29	May 9	@ Cardinals
30	May 10	@ Cardinals
31	May 11	@ Cardinals
32	May 12	@ Cardinals
33	May 13	Marlins
34	May 14	Marlins
35	May 15	Marlins
36	May 16	Padres
37	May 17	Padres
38	May 18	Padres
39	May 20	Giants
40	May 21	Giants
41	May 22	Giants
42	May 23	@ Dodgers
43	May 24	@ Dodgers
44	May 25	@ Dodgers
45	May 27	@ Braves
46	May 28	@ Braves
47	May 29	@ Braves
48	May 30	Phillies
49	May 31	Phillies

June (10-16) (Home: 4-10; Road: 6-6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
50	June 1	Phillies
51	June 2	Phillies
52	June 3	Expos	1-3	Shaw (3-1)	Crim (2-1)	Wetteland (7)	26,037	22-30	Boxscore
53	June 4	Expos	1-6	Martínez (4-4)	Banks (6-5)		37,187	22-31	Boxscore
54	June 5	Expos	5-10 (13)	Heredia (1-2)	Otto (0-1)		34,181	22-32	Boxscore
55	June 6	@ Phillies
56	June 7	@ Phillies
57	June 8	@ Phillies
58	June 10	Dodgers
59	June 11	Dodgers
60	June 12	Dodgers
61	June 14	@ Padres
62	June 15	@ Padres
63	June 16	@ Padres
64	June 17	@ Giants
65	June 18	@ Giants
66	June 19	@ Giants
67	June 21	@ Marlins
68	June 23	@ Marlins
69	June 24	Cardinals
70	June 25	Cardinals
71	June 26	Cardinals
72	June 27	Pirates
73	June 28	Pirates
74	June 29	Pirates
75	June 30	@ Astros

July (15-13) (Home: 5-6; Road: 10-7)

#	Date	Opponent
76	July 1	@ Astros
77	July 2	@ Astros
78	July 3	@ Astros
79	July 4	Rockies
80	July 4	Rockies
81	July 5	Rockies
82	July 6	Rockies
83	July 7	Astros
84	July 8	Astros
85	July 9	Astros
86	July 10	Astros
87	July 14	@ Reds
88	July 15	@ Reds
89	July 16	@ Reds
90	July 17	@ Reds
91	July 18	@ Rockies
92	July 19	@ Rockies
93	July 20	@ Rockies
94	July 22	Reds
95	July 23	Reds
96	July 24	Reds
97	July 25	@ Pirates
98	July 26	@ Pirates
99	July 27	@ Pirates
100	July 28	@ Pirates
101	July 29	@ Cardinals
102	July 30	@ Cardinals
103	July 31	@ Cardinals

August (2-8) (Home: 2-8)

#	Date	Opponent
104	August 1	Marlins
105	August 2	Marlins
106	August 3	Marlins
107	August 4	Marlins
108	August 5	Padres
109	August 6	Padres
110	August 7	Padres
111	August 8	Giants
112	August 9	Giants
113	August 10	Giants

Legend
Cubs win	Cubs loss	All-Star Game	Game postponed

Season standings

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NL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	66	48	.579	—	37‍–‍22	29‍–‍26
Houston Astros	66	49	.574	½	37‍–‍22	29‍–‍27
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	61	.465	13	32‍–‍29	21‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals	53	61	.465	13	23‍–‍33	30‍–‍28
Chicago Cubs	49	64	.434	16½	20‍–‍39	29‍–‍25

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Division leaders
Team	W	L	Pct.
Montreal Expos	74	40	.649
Cincinnati Reds	66	48	.579
Los Angeles Dodgers	58	56	.509

Wild Card team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	68	46	0.597	—
Houston Astros	66	49	0.574	21⁄2
New York Mets	55	58	0.487	121⁄2
San Francisco Giants	55	60	0.478	131⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies	54	61	0.470	141⁄2
St. Louis Cardinals	53	61	0.465	15
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	61	0.465	15
Colorado Rockies	53	64	0.453	161⁄2
Florida Marlins	51	64	0.444	171⁄2
Chicago Cubs	49	64	0.434	181⁄2
San Diego Padres	47	70	0.402	221⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1994 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

May 16, 1994: Willie Wilson was released by the Chicago Cubs.^[14]
July 27, 1994: Mike Sharperson signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[15]

Roster

1994 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

8 Mark Parent
2 Rick Wilkins

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

41 Tom Trebelhorn

Coaches

15 Chuck Cottier (bench)
42 Moe Drabowsky (pitching)
43 Marv Foley (bullpen)
3 José Martínez (first base)
40 Tony Muser (third base)
26 Billy Williams (hitting)

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	Rick Wilkins	100	313	71	.227	7	39
1B	Mark Grace	106	403	120	.298	6	44
2B	Ryne Sandberg	57	223	53	.238	5	24
SS	Shawon Dunston	88	331	92	.278	11	35
3B	Steve Buechele	104	339	82	.242	14	52
LF	Derrick May	100	345	98	.284	8	51
CF	Tuffy Rhodes	95	269	63	.234	8	19
RF	Sammy Sosa	105	426	128	.300	25	70

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
Rey Sánchez	96	291	83	.285	0	24
Glenallen Hill	89	269	80	.297	10	38
José Hernández	56	132	32	.242	1	9
Eduardo Zambrano	67	116	30	.259	6	18
Mark Parent	44	99	26	.263	3	16
Kevin Roberson	44	55	12	.218	4	9
Todd Haney	17	37	6	.162	1	2
Mike Maksudian	26	26	7	.269	0	4
Willie Wilson	17	21	5	.238	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
Steve Trachsel	22	146.0	9	7	3.21	108
Willie Banks	23	138.1	8	12	5.40	91
Anthony Young	20	114.2	4	6	3.92	65
Kevin Foster	13	81.0	3	4	2.89	75
Mike Morgan	15	80.2	2	10	6.69	57
Frank Castillo	4	23.0	2	1	4.30	19
José Guzmán	4	19.2	2	2	9.15	11

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
Jim Bullinger	33	100.0	6	2	3.60	72
Turk Wendell	6	14.1	0	1	11.93	9

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
Randy Myers	38	1	5	21	3.79	32
José Bautista	58	4	5	1	3.39	45
Dan Plesac	54	2	3	1	4.61	53
Chuck Crim	49	5	4	2	4.48	43
Dave Otto	36	0	1	0	3.80	19
Blaise Ilsley	10	0	0	0	7.80	9
Randy Veres	10	1	1	0	5.59	5
Donn Pall	2	0	0	0	4.50	2
Shawn Boskie	2	0	0	0	0.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	American Association	Rick Patterson
AA	Orlando Cubs	Southern League	Dave Trembley
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Ken Bolek
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Steve Roadcap
A-Short Season	Williamsport Cubs	New York–Penn League	Jerry Weinstein
Rookie	Huntington Cubs	Appalachian League	Steve Kolinsky
Rookie	GCL Cubs	Gulf Coast League	Phil Bradley

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Notes

^ "SI.com". CNN. Archived from the original on April 2, 2002.
^ Baseball Almanac. "New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs". Retrieved February 21, 2013.
^ Reaves, Joseph A. "Cubs Still At A Loss For A Win". Chicago Tribune.
^ Steve Lake Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Glenallen Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Mike Maksudian Stats".
^ Dave Otto Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Anthony Young Stats".
^ Baseball Almanac. "Chicago Cubs 1994 Schedule". Retrieved February 21, 2013.
^ "1994 National League Season Summary".
^ Baseball America. "Chicago Cubs 1994 Schedule". Retrieved February 21, 2013.
^ Baseball America. "Chicago Cubs 1994 Schedule". Retrieved February 21, 2013.
^ Reaves, Joseph A. (April 30, 1994). "Trebelhorn Manages To Win Fiery Fans". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
^ Willie Wilson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Mike Sharperson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997