The 1994 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's 112th season and 37th season in San Francisco. After winning 103 games in 1993, the Giants record dropped to 55-60 in a strike-shortened season. This was also the season in which Matt Williams

Matt Williams

Matthew Williams or Matt Williams may refer to*Matthew Williams , minor league baseball player in the Minnesota Twins organization*Matt Williams , former Major League Baseball player...

 hit a career high 43 home runs through 115 games by the time the strike hit, on pace to finish with 61; had the season continued, Williams may have had a chance to break Roger Maris

Roger Maris

Roger Eugene Maris was an American Major League Baseball right fielder. During the 1961 season, he hit a record 61 home runs for the New York Yankees, breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs...

's then-single season record of 61 home runs set in 1961

1961 Major League Baseball season

The New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds in five games in the World Series. The season is most well known for Yankee teammates Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle's pursuit of Babe Ruth's prestigious 34-year-old single-season home run record of 60...

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Offseason

• November 21, 1993: Mark Portugal signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
• December 20, 1993: Rex Hudler was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
• March 22, 1994: Rex Hudler was released by the San Francisco Giants.

Regular season

By Friday, August 12, the Giants had compiled a 55-60 record through 115 games. They had scored 504 runs (4.38 per game) and allowed 500 runs (4.35 per game).

Notable transactions

• June 19, 1994: Darryl Strawberry
  Darryl Strawberry
  Darryl Eugene Strawberry is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder who is well-known both for his play on the field and for his controversial behavior off it...
  
   signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
• June 29, 1994: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
• September 14, 1994: Yorvit Torrealba
  Yorvit Torrealba
  Yorvit Adolfo Torrealba is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Texas Rangers. He previously played for the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres. He bats and throws right-handed.-San Francisco Giants:...
  
   was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

Draft Picks

= Future All Star

The following were notable Giants draft picks from the MLB Amateur Draft held on June 2, 1994.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	Status
1	22	Dante Powell		Player signed July 13, 1994.
5		Bobby Howry		Player signed June 4, 1994.
9		Keith Foulke Keith Foulke -Career:After graduating from Hargrave High School in Huffman, Texas in 1991, he attended Galveston College and Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho. He began his career in the minor-league system of the San Francisco Giants, but was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1997 with five other prospects...		Player signed June 3, 1994.
20		J.D. Drew		Did not sign.

Opening Day Starters

• Todd Benzinger
• Barry Bonds
• John Burkett
• Royce Clayton
• Darren Lewis
• Kirt Manwaring
• Willie McGee
• Robby Thompson
• Matt Williams

Roster

1994 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	AVG.
Kirt Manwaring Kirt Manwaring Kirt Dean Manwaring , is a former Major League baseball catcher. He played thirteen seasons in the major leagues, from 1987 until 1999....	97	316	79	1	29	.250
Todd Benzinger Todd Benzinger Todd Eric Benzinger is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder who played from 1987 to 1995. Benzinger is a graduate of New Richmond High School in New Richmond, Ohio....	107	328	87	9	31	.265
John Patterson	85	240	57	3	32	.238
Matt Williams	112	445	119	43	96	.267
Royce Clayton Royce Clayton Royce Spencer Clayton is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop and occasional actor.-Baseball career:Clayton was born in Burbank, California. He was drafted out of St...	108	385	91	3	30	.236
Barry Bonds Barry Bonds Barry Lamar Bonds is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds...	112	391	122	37	81	.312
Darren Lewis	114	451	116	4	29	.257
Willie McGee	45	156	44	5	23	.282

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dave Martinez	97	235	58	4	27	.247
Robby Thompson	35	129	27	2	7	.209
Jeff Reed	50	103	18	1	7	.175
Steve Scarsone	52	103	28	2	13	.272
Mark Carreon	51	100	27	3	20	.270
Darryl Strawberry Darryl Strawberry Darryl Eugene Strawberry is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder who is well-known both for his play on the field and for his controversial behavior off it...	29	92	22	4	17	.239
Mike Benjamin	38	62	16	1	9	.258

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

• Mark Leiter
  Mark Leiter
  Mark Edward Leiter is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from -, . Leiter grew up in Toms River, New Jersey.-Career:...
  
   P, Willie Mac Award
  Willie Mac Award
  The Willie Mac Award is named in honor of Willie McCovey. It has been presented annually since 1980. It is awarded to the player on the San Francisco Giants who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership consistently shown by McCovey throughout his long career, voted upon by the players and...
  
  

All-Star Game

1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 65th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League and National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball...

Farm system