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1994 MLB Strike and the what if of the season
Posted on 7/12/22 at 5:35 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 5:35 am
Was talking with some friends about Frank Thomas in 1994...there were 50 games left when the season ended prematurely. A third of the season got me thinking about all the what if of the season that we didn't get to see play out. I'm going to pretend Jeff Bagwell didn't break his wrist a couple days before the strike began but so many potentially historic moments were occurring
Tony Gwynn was hitting .394
Frank Thomas had an OPS of 1.217
Matt Williams had 43 Home Runs
Bagwell had 116 RBIs (and 39 HRs and hitting .368 and 1.201 OPS)
Greg Maddux had an ERA of 1.56
Montreal Expos were 74-40
Tony Gwynn was hitting .394
Frank Thomas had an OPS of 1.217
Matt Williams had 43 Home Runs
Bagwell had 116 RBIs (and 39 HRs and hitting .368 and 1.201 OPS)
Greg Maddux had an ERA of 1.56
Montreal Expos were 74-40
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Posted on 7/12/22 at 6:22 am to TomBuchanan
Don Mattingly would have gotten his ring
Posted on 7/12/22 at 6:49 am to TomBuchanan
Rangers were leading the AL West with a record of 52-62. Angels were 21 games under .500 but only 5.5 games out of first.
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 6:51 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:02 am to TomBuchanan
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Greg Maddux had an ERA of 1.56
All of the offensive numbers you posted above this make Maddux's season seem impossible.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:03 am to TomBuchanan
Ben McDonald had 14 wins with a projected 12 starts left in the season.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:06 am to Choupique19
Damn. On that note, just checked to see if Ripken would have broken the streak record that year, but he still had 122 games left to eclipse Gehrig.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:19 am to TomBuchanan
Fred McGriff makes the HOF.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:20 am to TomBuchanan
Pretty sure Bagwell broke his arm or something right before it started
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:20 am to TomBuchanan
Poor Montreal
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:31 am to TomBuchanan
Montreal Expos 1994 WS Champs!
Posted on 7/12/22 at 7:42 am to TomBuchanan
The Braves were going to come back and catch the Expos. Everyone knows it but it's more romantic to imagine that the Expos were destined for a WS title.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 8:32 am to Dubosed
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Fred McGriff makes the HOF.
Still will, but he'd have had a great shot at the auto bid 500 HR club.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 8:39 am to TomBuchanan
havent love mlb since.
Manfred killed it
the ump show is just clown car without the makeup
Manfred killed it
the ump show is just clown car without the makeup
Posted on 7/12/22 at 8:41 am to Me
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The Braves were going to come back and catch the Expos.
nah
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Everyone knows it
everyone???
Posted on 7/12/22 at 8:55 am to MoarKilometers
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Fred McGriff makes the HOF.
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Still will, but he'd have had a great shot at the auto bid 500 HR club.
between the 50 games at end of 1994 and the 20 or so at beginning of 1995, he's all but guaranteed to have hit the 7 more he needs to get to 500.
Likely hits closer to double that and is sitting at around 510 or so.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:05 am to Me
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The Braves were going to come back and catch the Expos. Everyone knows it but it's more romantic to imagine that the Expos were destined for a WS title.
Yeah not so sure about that. One of the best players on the Braves 95 team was sighed from the 94 expos in Marquis Grissom.
94 expos were the best team in the league.
Marquis Grissom
Moises Alou
Larry Walker
Delino Deshields
Cliff Floyd
Pedro Martinez
John Wettland
Will Cordero
Randell White
Joey Eischen
Mel Rojas
just off the top of my head. Most of those guys left right after 94 and helped multiple other teams win titles. It's not romantic to think they were going to win. That team was stacked.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:32 am to TomBuchanan
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Montreal Expos were 74-40
The biggest what if, by far. They were World Series good. Would they have ever left Montreal?
The inevitable Braves/Expos NLCS would have been epic. This was going to be the first year with a wild card round in the playoffs but that obviously ended up being 1995 instead.
Montreal would have probably won the division but that NLCS would have been a coin flip.
This post was edited on 7/12/22 at 9:36 am
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:42 am to Nutriaitch
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between the 50 games at end of 1994 and the 20 or so at beginning of 1995, he's all but guaranteed to have hit the 7 more he needs to get to 500.
Likely hits closer to double that and is sitting at around 510 or so.
Can't argue that estimate one bit. Crime dog was my favorite player, and i frequently use this argument as to why I loathe major league baseball as an adult. That and almost everyone else started juicing bigly after that point.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 10:17 am to TomBuchanan
Cubs would’ve jumped the Cards for 4th in the division.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 10:22 am to Hoops
Bagwell broke his hand when he was hit by a pitch right before the strike. It was the second year in a row he got hit on that hand and broke it.
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