1994 American Association season

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The 1994 American Association season was the 87th in the league's history, and ended with the Indianapolis Indians winning their first league championship since 1989.

The league went back to a single-division, eight-team format and reinstated a four-team playoff this season.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold .

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Indianapolis Indians	86	57	.601	--	Marc Bombard	Cincinnati Reds
Nashville Sounds	83	61	.576	3½	Rick Renick	Chicago White Sox
New Orleans Zephyrs	78	66	.542	8½	Chris Bando	Milwaukee Brewers
Louisville Redbirds	74	68	.521	11½	Joe Pettini	St. Louis Cardinals
Iowa Cubs	69	74	.483	17	Rick Patterson	Chicago Cubs
Omaha Royals	68	76	.472	18½	Jeff Cox	Kansas City Royals
Oklahoma City 89ers	61	83	.424	25½	Bobby Jones	Texas Rangers
Buffalo Bisons	55	89	.382	31½	Doc Edwards	Pittsburgh Pirates

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Indianapolis Indians	3
	4	Louisville Redbirds	0
						1	Indianapolis Indians	3
						2	Nashville Sounds	1
	2	Nashville Sounds	3
	3	New Orleans Zephyrs	0

First Round

Indianapolis vs. Louisville Date Away Home September 7 Indianapolis 5 Louisville 1 September 8 Indianapolis 9 Louisville 5 10 innings September 9 Louisville 3 Indianapolis 4 Indianapolis wins series 3-0

Nashville vs. New Orleans Date Away Home September 7 Nashville 4 New Orleans 0 September 8 Nashville 10 New Orleans 4 September 9 New Orleans 5 Nashville 7 Nashville wins series 3-0

Championship Finals

Indianapolis vs. Nashville Date Away Home September 11 Indianapolis 5 Nashville 3 September 12 Indianapolis 0 Nashville 1 September 13 Nashville 3 Indianapolis 6 September 14 Nashville 5 Indianapolis 7 Indianapolis wins series 3-1

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Joe Vitiello, Omaha, .344
• Runs Scored Allen Battle, Louisville, 104
• Hits Battle, 163
• Doubles Battle, 44
• Triples Ray Durham, Nashville; Gary Thurman, Nashville, 12
• Home Runs Drew Denson, Nashville, 30
• Runs Batted In Denson, 103
• Stolen Bases Tom Goodwin, Omaha, 50

Pitching

• Wins Scott Ruffcorn, Nashville, 15
• Earned Run Average Matt Grott, Indianapolis, 2.55
• Complete Games Dennis Rasmussen, Denver, 9
• Shutouts Ruffcorn; Turk Wendell, Iowa, 3
• Strikeouts James Baldwin, Nashville, 156
• Saves Willie Smith, Louisville, 29

All-Star Team

• First Base Joe Vitiello, Omaha
• Second Base Ray Durham, Nashville
• Shortstop Tripp Cromer, Louisville
• Third Base Willie Greene, Indianapolis
• Outfield Allen Battle, Louisville; Dwayne Hosey, Iowa; Doug Jennings, Indianapolis
• Catcher Barry Lyons, Indianapolis
• Designated Hitter Drew Denson, Nashville
• Right-Handed Pitcher Scott Ruffcorn, Nashville
• Left-Handed Pitcher Dennis Rasmussen, Omaha
• Relief Pitcher Willie Smith, Louisville
• Manager Marc Bombard, Indianapolis

External Links

1994 IL - The Baseball Cube

1995 Baseball Almanac

1995 Baseball Guide