1994 Montreal Expos season

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The 1994 Montreal Expos season was the 26th season of the franchise. They had the best record in Major League Baseball (74–40), when the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike ended the season and the team's postseason aspirations. From June 1 forward, Montreal transformed into the dominant club in the league, going 46−18 until the strike. In turn, they also produced the most successful season in franchise history in terms of winning percentage (.649, which would have been 105-57 in a full season). Five Expos represented the National League at the All-Star Game held in Pittsburgh, including Moisés Alou, who had the game-winning hit for the National League.

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1994 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record74–40
Divisional place1st
OwnersClaude Brochu
General managersKevin Malone
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionThe Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton)

SRC
(Claude Raymond, Camille Dube)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Alain Chantelois)
RadioCIQC (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Rich Griffin, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price)

CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Alain Chantelois)
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Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 18th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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On April 13, 1994, Pedro Martínez took a perfect game through 713 innings versus the Cincinnati Reds until throwing a brushback pitch at Reggie Sanders led Sanders to immediately charge the mound, starting a bench-clearing brawl. Martínez ended up with a no-decision in the game, which the Expos eventually won 3–2.[5]

One amusing moment occurred on April 24 while playing the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. With one out in the third inning, right fielder Larry Walker caught a Mike Piazza fly ball and innocently handed it to young fan, six year old Sebastian Napier, thinking it was the third out of the inning. He noticed that José Offerman, already on base, was running at full speed. Walker managed to retrieve the ball from Napier, and held Offerman to third base. Embarrassed, Walker remarked that he "told the little kid that maybe next time I'll give him a ball when there are three outs instead of two. Everybody around him was laughing." Where Offerman was stationed made little difference as Tim Wallach homered on the next pitch, from Martínez, for two runs. True to his word, when the Expos assumed the field in the bottom half of the fourth inning, Walker gave Napier a signed ball, inducing a standing ovation.[6]

The National League suspended Walker four games starting June 24 for inciting a bench-clearing brawl by charging the mound in a game against Pittsburgh.[7]

The Expos team appeared to be reaching its potential in 1994. After June 1, Montreal transformed into the dominant club in the National League, going 46−18 until the players' strike halted the season on August 11.[8] In turn, they produced the most successful season in franchise history as they attained a major league best 74−40 record.[9][10][11] on pace for a 106-win season

Led by an ensemble of rising young stars including Martínez, Walker, Moisés Alou, Cliff Floyd, Mike Lansing and Jeff Fassero, the Expos scored 585 runs (5.13 per game) and allowed 454 runs (3.98 per game) through 114 games by Friday, August 12.[12] Their 1994 pitching staff was very nearly as good as that of their division rivals, the Atlanta Braves, as the Expos finished the strike-shortened season with an MLB-best 3.56 ERA, an MLB-high 46 saves and just 288 walks, the fewest in the Majors.[13]

Walker, with 86 RBIs, was well on his way to his first 100-RBI year; Ken Hill was on pace to win 23 games while Pedro Martínez was on pace to strike out more than 200 batters. Moisés Alou was hitting .339 and on pace to collect more than 200 hits for the first time in his career. Marquis Grissom was on pace to score 137 runs. Two other Expos, namely Alou and Walker, were also on pace to score more than 100 runs. The team was also drawing well at home: through 52 home games in 1994, 1,276,250 fans had attended Expos games, for an average of 24,543 per game. At that pace, the Expos would have had a good chance of drawing two million fans for the first time since 1983.[14] The season, however, was stopped due to the 1994 players' strike. The World Series, for which the Expos appeared to be destined, was never played and Montreal lost many of its players during the next season due to free agency and salary constraints and the team never recovered. The 1994 Montreal Expos team that could have been remains one of baseball's hot discussion points. The franchise would never reach the playoffs as the Expos again. The collapse of the Expos would eventually lead to the franchise's move to Washington, D.C., for the 2005 season to become the Washington Nationals.

When baseball returned for an exhibition series in Olympic Stadium in March 2014, the team was honored during a pregame ceremony, along with a banner with the words On se souvient Édition 1994 (We remember the 1994 season).

Game log

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1994 Regular Season Game Log (7440) (Home: 3220; Road: 4220)
April (1310) (Home: 64; Road: 76)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
1April 4@ Astros56 (12 inn.)Edens (10)Shaw (01)43,44001Boxscore
2April 5@ Astros51Hill (10)Drabek (01)16,22711Boxscore
3April 6@ Astros93Rueter (10)Kile (01)17,18021Boxscore
4April 8Cubs04Trachsel (10)Martínez (01)47,00122Boxscore
5April 9Cubs34Plesac (10)Wetteland (01)Myers (1)38,63523Boxscore
6April 10Cubs82Hill (20)Guzmán (02)16,18333Boxscore
7April 11Reds49 (11 inn.)Carrasco (30)Heredia (01)12,52634Boxscore
8April 12Reds17Pugh (10)Boucher (01)12,46635Boxscore
9April 13Reds32Wetteland (11)McElroy (01)14,07245Boxscore
10April 15@ Rockies29Reynoso (11)Fassero (01)47,21346Boxscore
11April 16@ Rockies37Reed (11)Hill (21)51,34747Boxscore
12April 17@ Rockies56 (10 inn.)Munoz (11)Heredia (02)55,44348Boxscore
13April 18@ Giants12 (11 inn.)Jackson (10)Scott (01)16,50249Boxscore
14April 19@ Giants43Rojas (10)Burba (01)14,47459Boxscore
15April 20@ Padres42Fassero (11)Sanders (12)Rojas (1)7,09569Boxscore
16April 21@ Padres54Hill (31)Whitehurst (13)Rojas (2)11,42079Boxscore
17April 22@ Dodgers76Shaw (11)Candiotti (31)Rojas (3)36,43489Boxscore
18April 23@ Dodgers86 (11 inn.)Scott (10)McDowell (01)Rojas (4)39,15799Boxscore
19April 24@ Dodgers17Astacio (12)Martínez (02)38,817910Boxscore
20April 26Giants73Fassero (21)Swift (32)Rojas (5)14,6421010Boxscore
21April 27Giants71Hill (41)Portugal (22)11,6051110Boxscore
22April 29Padres31Rueter (20)Benes (15)Rojas (6)15,1141210Boxscore
23April 30Padres53Martínez (12)Sager (02)Rojas (7)18,3141310Boxscore
May (1512) (Home: 85; Road: 77)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
24May 1Padres32 (11 inn.)Shaw (21)Mauser (12)20,6261410Boxscore
25May 2Dodgers105Hill (51)Gross (01)Rojas (8)13,2621510Boxscore
26May 3Dodgers410Hershiser (20)Henderson (01)15,4131511Boxscore
27May 4Dodgers54Rojas (20)Worrell (22)16,8751611Boxscore
28May 6@ Braves05Maddux (52)Martínez (13)48,8081612Boxscore
29May 7@ Braves12Glavine (33)Fassero (22)49,1571613Boxscore
30May 8@ Braves10Hill (61)Smoltz (24)Wetteland (1)48,7421713Boxscore
31May 9Mets45Mason (21)Rojas (21)Franco (8)13,1941714Boxscore
32May 10Mets23 (10 inn.)Linton (40)Wetteland (12)13,1581715Boxscore
33May 11Mets43Martínez (23)Smith (24)Rojas (9)18,5111815Boxscore
34May 13Cardinals91Fassero (32)Palacios (02)Wetteland (2)19,4271915Boxscore
35May 14Cardinals36Cormier (21)Hill (62)Pérez (7)18,18119-16Boxscore
36May 15Cardinals98Wetteland (22)Rodriguez (12)30,4712016Boxscore
37May 16@ Phillies41Henry (10)Schilling (07)Rojas (10)28,2362116Boxscore
38May 17@ Phillies56Jones (21)Wetteland (23)36,2332117Boxscore
39May 18@ Phillies61Fassero (42)Jackson (51)41,0322217Boxscore
40May 20@ Pirates53Hill (72)Peña (11)Wetteland (3)30,8042317Boxscore
41May 21@ Pirates06Lieber (11)Rueter (2-1)28,0222318Boxscore
42May 22@ Pirates32Martínez (33)Neagle (4-5)Wetteland (4)39,0372418Boxscore
43May 23@ Marlins23Rapp (31)Fassero (43)Nen (2)30,5082419Boxscore
44May 24@ Marlins111Henry (20)Hough (43)26,5982519Boxscore
45May 25@ Marlins31Hill (82)Gardner (12)Wetteland (5)25,0252619Boxscore
46May 27Rockies42White (10)Painter (02)Wetteland (6)22,8822719Boxscore
47May 28Rockies23 (10 inn.)Ruffin (21)Scott (12)Bottenfield (1)30,4522720Boxscore
48May 29Rockies43 (10 inn.)Scott (22)Ruffin (22)26,7742820Boxscore
49May 30@ Reds37Rijo (33)Hill (83)27,8752821Boxscore
50May 31@ Reds45 (13 inn.)Schourek (30)Shaw (22)25,0462822Boxscore
June (198) (Home: 96; Road: 102)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
51June 1@ Reds109Scott (32)Carrasco (32)Martínez (1)23,6532922Boxscore
52June 3@ Cubs31Shaw (31)Crim (21)Wetteland (7)26,0373022Boxscore
53June 4@ Cubs61Martínez (44)Banks (65)37,1873122Boxscore
54June 5@ Cubs105 (13 inn.)Heredia (12)Otto (01)34,1813222Boxscore
55June 6Astros105Henry (30)Swindell (52)Wetteland (8)14,3223322Boxscore
56June 7Astros32Heredia (22)Veres (23)Wetteland (9)17,2833422Boxscore
57June 8Astros29Williams (32)Fassero (44)17,2893423Boxscore
58June 9@ Mets90Martínez (54)Gooden (22)16,7753523Boxscore
59June 10@ Mets64Hill (93)Jones (65)Wetteland (10)19,92436-23Boxscore
60June 11@ Mets74Heredia (32)Gozzo (23)Wetteland (11)29,3073723Boxscore
61June 12@ Mets45Manzanillo (11)Rojas (22)Franco (14)28,4293724Boxscore
62June 13Pirates102Fassero (54)Neagle (67)17,2363824Boxscore
63June 14Pirates127Martínez (64)Smith (66)Wetteland (12)15,7813924Boxscore
64June 15Pirates132Hill (103)Wagner (45)Henry (1)21,2694024Boxscore
65June 17Phillies810Quantrill (20)Wetteland (24)Jones (18)30,2354025Boxscore
66June 18Phillies48Jackson (91)White (11)28,3544026Boxscore
67June 19Phillies013Muñoz (32)Fassero (55)15,0924027Boxscore
68June 20@ Cardinals84Shaw (41)Murphy (23)Rojas (11)27,6584127Boxscore
69June 21@ Cardinals45Murphy (33)Wetteland (25)30,9404128Boxscore
70June 22@ Cardinals64Rueter (31)Tewksbury (87)Wetteland (13)30,2574228Boxscore
71June 24Marlins90Henry (40)Rapp (43)Rojas (12)25,2664328Boxscore
72June 25Marlins73Heredia (42)Hough (56)22,0404428Boxscore
73June 26Marlins16Gardner (22)Martínez (65)Nen (6)26,8754429Boxscore
74June 27Braves72Hill (113)Maddux (104)45,2914529Boxscore
75June 28Braves87Rojas (32)Bedrosian (01)40,6234629Boxscore
76June 29Braves26Smoltz (67)Henry (41)45,9604630Boxscore
77June 30@ Giants73Fassero (65)Torres (28)16,3994730Boxscore
July (188) (Home: 64; Road: 124)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
78July 1@ Giants714Monteleone (22)Heredia (43)40,0364731Boxscore
79July 2@ Giants109Hill (123)Burba (05)Wetteland (14)22,6174831Boxscore
80July 3@ Giants58Portugal (66)Rueter (32)Beck (15)23,5674832Boxscore
81July 4@ Dodgers51Henry (51)Martínez (75)Rojas (13)54,8594932Boxscore
82July 5@ Dodgers12 (10 inn.)Valdez (10)Wetteland (26)32,4494933Boxscore
83July 6@ Dodgers42Scott (42)Worrell (34)Rojas (14)37,7415033Boxscore
84July 7@ Padres70Hill (133)Ashby (47)10,7285133Boxscore
85July 8@ Padres140Rueter (42)Benes (610)14,3865233Boxscore
86July 9@ Padres51Henry (61)Sanders (36)13,2865333Boxscore
87July 10@ Padres82Fassero (75)Hamilton (54)Rojas (15)15,8485433Boxscore
All-Star Break: NL def. AL at Three Rivers Stadium, 87 (10)
88July 14Giants38Black (30)Martínez (67)36,0265434Boxscore
89July 15Giants37Portugal (86)Henry (62)28,0315435Boxscore
90July 16Giants24Burkett (67)Hill (134)Beck (19)38,8015436Boxscore
91July 17Giants46Van Landingham (51)Fassero (76)Beck (20)28,2455437Boxscore
92July 18Padres92Rueter (52)Krueger (12)Scott (1)18,1195537Boxscore
93July 19Padres43Martínez (77)Ashby (49)Wetteland (15)23,7735637Boxscore
94July 20Padres52Henry (72)Benes (611)Wetteland (16)20,5725737Boxscore
95July 22Dodgers82Hill (144)Astacio (68)32,2535837Boxscore
96July 23Dodgers20Fassero (86)Candiotti (75)Wetteland (17)35,8315937Boxscore
97July 24Dodgers74Rueter (62)Gross (77)Wetteland (18)34,4026037Boxscore
98July 25@ Braves64Martínez (87)Wohlers (72)Wetteland (19)43,5966137Boxscore
99July 26@ Braves53Henry (82)Maddux (136)Wetteland (20)49,3246237Boxscore
100July 27@ Braves14Mercker (93)Hill (145)McMichael (20)49,3336238Boxscore
101July 29@ Marlins84Shaw (51)Lewis (14)39,3386338Boxscore
102July 30@ Marlins73Scott (52)Gardner (34)Wetteland (21)35,3276438Boxscore
103July 31@ Marlins134Martínez (97)Weathers (810)White (1)29,3006538Boxscore
August (92) (Home: 31; Road: 61)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
104August 1Cardinals32 (10 inn.)Wetteland (36)Rodriguez (25)30,3596638Boxscore
105August 2Cardinals54Hill (155)Urbani (27)Wetteland (22)37,5336738Boxscore
106August 3Cardinals83Heredia (53)Cormier (22)30,5416838Boxscore
107August 4Cardinals37Tewksbury (1210)Rueter (63)39,0446839Boxscore
108August 5@ Phillies50Martínez (107)West (49)33,6426939Boxscore
109August 6@ Phillies43 (11 inn.)Wetteland (46)Jones (24)Shaw (1)41,6997039Boxscore
110August 7@ Phillies64Hill (165)Muñoz (75)Rojas (16)45,3467139Boxscore
111August 8@ Pirates32Heredia (63)Cooke (411)Wetteland (23)16,7227239Boxscore
112August 9@ Pirates43Rueter (73)Lieber (67)Wetteland (24)18,1837339Boxscore
113August 10@ Pirates40Martínez (117)Neagle (910)Wetteland (25)15,6907439Boxscore
114August 11@ Pirates04Smith (108)Henry (83)16,8967440Boxscore
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Games cancelled

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August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
August 12MetsCancelled (strike)
August 13MetsCancelled (strike)
August 14MetsCancelled (strike)
August 15RockiesCancelled (strike)
August 16RockiesCancelled (strike)
August 17RockiesCancelled (strike)
August 19@ AstrosCancelled (strike)
August 20@ AstrosCancelled (strike)
August 21@ AstrosCancelled (strike)
August 22@ RockiesCancelled (strike)
August 23@ RockiesCancelled (strike)
August 24@ RockiesCancelled (strike)
August 26AstrosCancelled (strike)
August 27AstrosCancelled (strike)
August 28AstrosCancelled (strike)
August 29CubsCancelled (strike)
August 30CubsCancelled (strike)
August 31CubsCancelled (strike)
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
September 2RedsCancelled (strike)
September 3RedsCancelled (strike)
September 4RedsCancelled (strike)
September 5@ CubsCancelled (strike)
September 6@ CubsCancelled (strike)
September 7@ CubsCancelled (strike)
September 8@ CubsCancelled (strike)
September 9@ RedsCancelled (strike)
September 10@ RedsCancelled (strike)
September 11@ RedsCancelled (strike)
September 12@ MetsCancelled (strike)
September 13@ MetsCancelled (strike)
September 14@ MetsCancelled (strike)
September 16PiratesCancelled (strike)
September 17PiratesCancelled (strike)
September 18PiratesCancelled (strike)
September 19PhilliesCancelled (strike)
September 20PhilliesCancelled (strike)
September 21PhilliesCancelled (strike)
September 22PhilliesCancelled (strike)
September 23@ CardinalsCancelled (strike)
September 24@ CardinalsCancelled (strike)
September 25@ CardinalsCancelled (strike)
September 26MarlinsCancelled (strike)
September 27MarlinsCancelled (strike)
September 28MarlinsCancelled (strike)
September 29MarlinsCancelled (strike)
September 30BravesCancelled (strike)
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
October 1BravesCancelled (strike)
October 2BravesCancelled (strike)
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Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Montreal Expos 7440 .649 3220 4220
Atlanta Braves 6846 .596 6 3124 3722
New York Mets 5558 .487 18½ 2330 3228
Philadelphia Phillies 5461 .470 20½ 3426 2035
Florida Marlins 5164 .443 23½ 2534 2630
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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Montreal Expos 7440 .649
Cincinnati Reds 6648 .579
Los Angeles Dodgers 5856 .509
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Wild Card team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves68460.597
Houston Astros66490.574212
New York Mets55580.4871212
San Francisco Giants55600.4781312
Philadelphia Phillies54610.4701412
St. Louis Cardinals53610.46515
Pittsburgh Pirates53610.46515
Colorado Rockies53640.4531612
Florida Marlins51640.4441712
Chicago Cubs49640.4341812
San Diego Padres47700.4022212
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Record vs. opponents

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Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 4–25–58–28–43–36–04–55–46–33–96–15–15–7
Chicago 2–45–76–64–54–83–32–41–41–65–56–35–45–5
Cincinnati 5–57–54–47–54–63–64–22–44–29–38–27–22–2–1
Colorado 2–86–64–43–95–54–64–25–12–42–35–53–78–4
Florida 4–85–45–79–32–43–32–76–44–61–65–12–43–7
Houston 3–38–46–45–54–21–82–43–35–18–45–58–28–4
Los Angeles 0–63–36–36–43–38–13–96–67–53–36–45–52–4
Montreal 5–44–22–42–47–24–29–34–35–48–212–05–77–3
New York 4–54–14–21–54–63–36–63–44–64–56–66–66–3
Philadelphia 3-66–12–44–26–41–55–74–56–45–44–84–84–3
Pittsburgh 9–35–53–93–26–14–83–32–85–44–53–31–55–5
San Diego 1–63–62–85–51–55–54–60–126–68–43–35–24–2
San Francisco 1–54–52–77–34–22–85–57–56–68–45–12–52–4
St. Louis 7–55–52–2–14–87–34–84–23–73–63–45–52–44–2
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Notable transactions

  • April 8, 1994: Juan Bell was signed as a free agent by the Expos.[15]

Major League debuts

Roster

1994 Montreal Expos
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Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CDarrin Fletcher9428574.2601057
1BCliff Floyd10033494.281441
2BMike Lansing106394105.266535
3BSean Berry10332089.2781141
SSWil Cordero110415122.2941563
CFMarquis Grissom110475137.2881145
LFMoisés Alou107422143.3392278
RFLarry Walker103395127.3221986
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Other batters

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

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Lenny Webster5714339.273523
Lou Frazier7614038.271014
Juan Bell389727.278210
Rondell White409727.278213
Freddie Benavides478516.18806
Randy Milligan478219.232212
Tim Spehr52369.25005
Jeff Gardner18327.21901
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks allowed

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Player G IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Ken Hill23154.216503.328544
Pedro Martínez24144.211513.4214245
Jeff Fassero21138.28602.9911940
Kirk Rueter2092.17305.175023
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks allowed

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Player G IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Butch Henry24107.18302.437020
Gabe White723.21116.081711
Denis Boucher1018.20106.75177
Rod Henderson36.20109.4537
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks allowed

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Player G IP W L SV ERA SO BB
John Wetteland5263.246252.836821
Mel Rojas5884.032163.328421
Gil Heredia3975.16303.466213
Jeff Shaw4667.15213.884715
Tim Scott4053.15212.703718
Heath Haynes43.20000.0013
Brian Looney12.000022.5020
Joey Eischen10.200054.0010
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Award winners

65th Major League Baseball All-Star Game

All-Star Game

Farm system

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