1994 Cincinnati Reds season


The Cincinnati Reds were leading the National League Central division by a half game before a strike ended the 1994 Major League Baseball season.

Offseason

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. 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 and had allowed 490 runs.

Opening Day Starters

Game Log

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CBrian Dorsett7621653.245526
1BHal Morris112436146.3351078
2BBret Boone108381122.3201268
SSBarry Larkin110427119.279952
3BTony Fernández104366102.279850
LFKevin Mitchell95310101.3263077
CFRoberto Kelly4717954.302321
RFReggie Sanders107400105.2631762

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

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