1994 Boston Red Sox Season Summary

Record: 54-61, 4th in American League East (5 teams)
Runs Scored: 552
Runs Allowed: 621
Pythagorean W-L: 51-64

Manager(s): Butch Hobson (54-61)
Ball Park: Fenway Park

Notable Moments from 1994

26 January 1994 - Dan Duquette replaces Lou Gorman as general manager of the Boston Red Sox.

27 January 1994 - Red Sox public address announcer Sherm Feller, who had been at his post since the miracle 1967 season, dies of a heart attack; his replacement, Leslie Sterling, becomes the second woman to handle public address announcements for a major league club.

12 April 1994 - Third baseman Scott Cooper hits for the cycle as the Red Sox rout the Royals 22-11 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.

2 June 1994 - The Red Sox select shortstop Nomar Garciaparra from Georgia Tech in the first round of the amateur draft.

20 June 1994 - Boston beats Toronto 4-1 at SkyDome to end an 11-game losing streak.

30 June 1994 - By beating New York 6-5 at Fenway Park, Boston ends a 12-game losing streak at home, the club's longest such streak in 68 years.

8 July 1994 - John Valentin becomes the second Red Sox player to turn a rare, unassisted triple play and also hits a three-run homer to give Boston a 4-3 win over Seattle at Fenway Park.

18 October 1994 - The Red Sox, having fired former manager Butch Hobson in September, hire Kevin Kennedy as manager, who had been let go by the Texas Rangers at the end of the strike-shortened 1994 season.

9 December 1994 - The Red Sox trade outfielder Otis Nixon and infielder Luis Ortiz to the Rangers in exchange for Jose Canseco. The controversial slugger will spend most of his two seasons as the team's designated hitter, hitting 52 home runs and driving home 163 runs while batting .298.