1994 Cincinnati Reds season

Offseason

• November 2, 1993: Dan Wilson and Bobby Ayala were traded by the Reds to the Seattle Mariners for Bret Boone and Erik Hanson.
• November 4, 1993: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• November 23, 1993: Steve Lake was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• November 24, 1993: Casey Candaele was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• March 8, 1994: Tony Fernández was signed as a free agent by the Reds.

Regular season

For the first time, the Opening Day game was moved to Sunday night as part of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. Up to that point, traditionally Opening Day was held on a Monday, with the Reds customarily hosting the first game of the afternoon. The move was met with some controversy, as many fans and traditionalists, including Reds owner Marge Schott, were not happy about the Sunday night game, especially since it was also Easter Sunday. Many tickets for the Sunday night game went unsold, and the team elected to wait until Monday afternoon's game for the traditional Opening Day pageantry and festivities. A sparse crowd of only 32,803 braved frigid weather Sunday night April 3 to watch the Reds lose 6–4 to the St. Louis Cardinals.

For Game 2 on Monday April 4, dubbed by most in attendance the "traditional" opening day, a sold out, standing room only crowd of 55,093 arrived at Riverfront Stadium, shrugging off the previous night's game. The pomp and ceremony, including the traditional Findlay Market parade was held under sunny skies. Kevin Mitchell hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to win the game 5–4.

By Friday, August 12, the Reds had compiled a 66-48 record through 114 games (although they had actually played 115 games, since their April 6 game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Riverfront Stadium ended tied 8–8 after the top of the 6th inning due to poor weather). They were leading the NL Central Division by just half a game over the Houston Astros. Prior to the strike, they had scored 609 runs (5.30 per game) and had allowed 490 runs (4.26 per game).

Game log

|- | 1 || April 3 || Cardinals |- | 2 || April 4 || Cardinals |- | 3 || April 6 || Cardinals |- | 4 || April 8 || Phillies |- | 5 || April 9 || Phillies |- | 6 || April 10 || Phillies |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 7 || April 11 || @ Expos || 9-4 (11 inn.) || Carrasco (3-0) || Heredia (0-1) || || 12,526 || 5-1-1 || Boxscore |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 12 || @ Expos || 7-1 || Pugh (1-0) || Boucher (0-1) || || 12,466 || 6-1-1 || Boxscore |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 13 || @ Expos || 2-3 || Wetteland (1-1) || McElroy (0-1) || || 14,072 || 6-2-1 || Boxscore |- | 10 || April 15 || @ Phillies |- | 11 || April 16 || @ Phillies |- | 12 || April 17 || @ Phillies |- | 13 || April 19 || Pirates |- | 14 || April 20 || Pirates |- | 15 || April 22 || Marlins |- | 16 || April 23 || Marlins |- | 17 || April 24 || Marlins |- | 18 || April 25 || Cubs |- | 19 || April 26 || Cubs |- | 20 || April 27 || @ Pirates |- | 21 || April 28 || @ Pirates |- | 22 || April 29 || @ Marlins |- | 23 || April 30 || @ Marlins

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• May 27, 1994: Kevin Maas was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• May 29, 1994: Roberto Kelly and Roger Etheridge (minors) were traded by the Reds to the Atlanta Braves for Deion Sanders.

Roster

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

References

• 1994 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference
• 1994 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Almanac

References

1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonebr01.shtml Bret Boone Bret Boone page at Baseball Reference]
2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waltoje01.shtml Jerome Walton page at Baseball Reference]
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lakest01.shtml Steve Lake page at Baseball Reference]
4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/candaca01.shtml Casey Candaele page at Baseball Reference]
5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fernato01.shtml Tony Fernández page at Baseball Reference]
6. Hobson, Geoff. (April 3, 1994). "It's Opening Day/Night (Part 1)". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
7. Hobson, Geoff. (April 3, 1994). "It's Opening Day/Night (Part 2)". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
8. Wilkinson, Howard. (April 4, 1994). "Reds chilled by Card (Part 1)". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
9. Wilkinson, Howard. (April 4, 1994). "Reds chilled by Card (Part 2)". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
10. Wilkinson, Howard. (April 5, 1994). "Tradition hits home with fans (Part 1)". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
11. Wilkinson, Howard. (April 5, 1994). "Tradition hits home with fans (Part 2)". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
12. (April 6, 1994). "April 6, 1994 St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds Play by Play and Box Score". Baseball-Reference.com.
13. "1994 National League Season Summary". Baseball-Reference.com.
14. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maaske01.shtml Kevin Maas page at Baseball Reference]
15. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandede02.shtml Deion Sanders page at Baseball Reference]
16. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007