Regular season 1994 Houston Astros season

1 regular season

1.1 overview of jeff bagwell s unanimous valuable player award season
1.2 game log
1.3 season standings
1.4 record vs. opponents
1.5 opening day lineup
1.6 notable transactions
1.7 roster

regular season

on june 24, jeff bagwell hit 3 home runs against los angeles dodgers @ astrodome – 2 in same inning – in 16–4 rout, becoming first astro since glenn davis in 1990 so. nl player of week consecutive weeks on june 19 , june 26 , nl player of month june, second career monthly award.

overview of jeff bagwell s unanimous valuable player award season

bagwell finished 1994 season playing in 110 games , batting .368 .750 slg, 1.201 ops, 39 hr, 116 rbi, 104 runs scored, 300 total bases , 213 adjusted ops (ops+) in 400 at-bats. led major leagues in slg, ops+, rbi, , total bases, , nl in runs scored , ops, fell short of winning batting triple crown, finishing second batting title tony gwynn, who, after batting .394, had highest average in major leagues since ted williams in 1941. bagwell finished second in hr matt williams, hit 43. bagwell set record fewest plate appearances in season @ least 100 runs , rbi , became first national leaguer finish first or second in batting average, home runs, rbi, , runs scored since willie mays in 1955. .750 slg @ time ranked seventh-best ever – still ranks 11th best single-season mark in major league history – , highest national leaguer since rogers hornsby in 1925 (.756). unanimously won nl valuable player award, becoming fourth player in national league history unanimously voted award, , first astros player win award. bagwell won first silver slugger award , rawlings gold glove award, , player of year awards associated press, baseball digest, , usa today baseball weekly.

at time, in national league history, 213 ops+ trailed hornsby s 1924 season (222 ops+) second-highest ever; of 2015, tied 24th highest of time in major league seasons, , eighth highest among not barry bonds, babe ruth or williams. bagwell generated .383 isolated power (iso) mark, 16th-highest in history. twelve of 15 higher seasons belonged bonds, ruth, , mark mcgwire. 7 of ten seasons exceeded .750 slg belonged bonds , ruth. bagwell s 10.26 @ bats per home run (ab/hr) ratio 25th-best in history. 1.2009 ops 20th-highest in history; 13 of seasons higher belong bonds, ruth , williams. 116 rbi in 110 games qualified 13th-highest ratio in history.

projecting bagwell s totals 162 games , 650 plate appearances, on pace amass 47 doubles, 57 home runs, 170 rbi, 22 stolen bases, 95 walks, 216 hits, along .451 obp, .750 slg, , 1.201 ops. when leading off inning, batted .460, .514 obp, .990 slg, 1.504 ops, 14 hr, 9 doubles , triple. hit 23 home runs in 56 games @ astrodome, setting record stood stadium famed pitcher-friendly until astros moved out following 1999 season. bagwell s other totals in astrodome season included .373 batting average, 54 runs scored, 58 rbi, .816 slg , 1.275 ops. in 125 plate appearances against left-handed pitching, batted .457 20 bb, 18 hr , 11 doubles .544 obp, 1.095 slg , 1.639 ops. set single-season club records batting average, slg, ops, ops+, ab/hr, , offensive win percentage (.858), , home runs, breaking wynn s 27-year-old record, , rbi, breaking bob watson s record had set 17 years earlier – later again both subsequently broke.

by friday, august 12, astros had compiled 66-49 record through 115 games. trailing cincinnati reds half game nl central division lead , atlanta braves 2.5 games in 1994 nl wildcard race. had scored 602 runs (5.23 per game) , had allowed 503 runs (4.37 per game).

offensively, astros led majors in doubles during strike-shortened season (252) intentional walks (58) , sacrifice hits (73).

game log


season standings

record vs. opponents

opening day lineup
notable transactions

may 2, 1994: mike simms signed free agent astros.
may 31, 1994: mitch williams released astros.
june 2, 1994: tony mounce drafted astros in 7th round of 1994 major league baseball draft

roster