1993 Florida Marlins season

1993 Florida Marlins
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Joe Robbie Stadium
City	Miami Gardens, Florida
Record	64–98 (.395)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	Wayne Huizenga
General managers	Dave Dombrowski
Managers	Rene Lachemann
Television	Sunshine Network WBFS-TV (Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
Radio	WQAM (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien) WCMQ-FM (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
Seasons

The 1993 Florida Marlins season was the first season for the team, part of the 1993 Major League Baseball expansion. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished 33 games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies, with a record of 64–98, sixth in the National League East, ahead of only the New York Mets.

The last remaining active member of the 1993 Florida Marlins was Trevor Hoffman, who retired after the 2010 season.

Offseason

1992 pre-expansion draft transactions

• February 14, 1992: Édgar Rentería was signed as an amateur free agent by the Marlins.^[1]
• June 1, 1992: Charles Johnson was drafted by the Marlins in the first round (28th pick) of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed November 5, 1992.^[2]

Expansion draft

The 1992 MLB Expansion Draft was held on November 17, 1992. As opposed to previous expansion drafts such as the 1961 draft, players from both leagues were available to the expansion clubs. Each existing club could protect fifteen players on their roster from being drafted and only one player could be drafted from each team in the first round. Then for each additional round National League teams could protect an additional three players and American League teams could protect four more. All unprotected major and minor league players were eligible except those chosen in the amateur drafts of 1991 or 1992 and players who were 18 or younger when signed in 1990.

Round 1

Trevor Hoffman, the all-time career leader in saves, was one of the more notable picks of the 1992 Expansion Draft, selected with the 8th pick overall.

Pick	Player	Position	From	To
2	Nigel Wilson	OF	TOR	FLA
4	José Martínez	RHP	NYM	FLA
6	Bret Barberie	SS	MON	FLA
8	Trevor Hoffman	RHP	CIN	FLA
10	Pat Rapp	RHP	SF	FLA
12	Greg Hibbard	LHP	CWS	FLA
14	Chuck Carr	OF	STL	FLA
16	Darrell Whitmore	OF	CLE	FLA
18	Eric Helfand	C	OAK	FLA
20	Bryan Harvey	RHP	CAL	FLA
22	Jeff Conine	1B/OF	KC	FLA
24	Kip Yaughn	RHP	BAL	FLA
26	Jesús Tavárez	OF	SEA	FLA

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	From	To
27	Carl Everett	OF	NYY	FLA
29	Dave Weathers	RHP	TOR	FLA
31	John Johnstone	RHP	NYM	FLA
33	Ramón Martínez	SS	PIT	FLA
35	Steve Decker	C	SF	FLA
37	Cris Carpenter	RHP	STL	FLA
39	Jack Armstrong	RHP	CLE	FLA
41	Scott Chiamparino	RHP	TEX	FLA
43	Tom Edens	RHP	MIN	FLA
45	Andrés Berumen	RHP	KC	FLA
47	Robert Person	RHP	CWS	FLA
49	Jim Corsi	RHP	OAK	FLA
51	Richie Lewis	RHP	BAL	FLA

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	From	To
53	Danny Jackson	LHP	PIT	FLA
55	Bob Natal	C	MON	FLA
57	Jamie McAndrew	RHP	LAD	FLA
59	Junior Félix	OF	CAL	FLA
61	Kerwin Moore	OF	KC	FLA
63	Ryan Bowen	RHP	HOU	FLA
65	Scott Baker	LHP	STL	FLA
67	Chris Donnels	3B	NYM	FLA
69	Monty Fariss	OF	TEX	FLA
71	Jeff Tabaka	LHP	MIL	FLA

Post-expansion draft transactions

• November 17, 1992: Eric Helfand and a player to be named later were traded by the Marlins to the Oakland Athletics for Walt Weiss. The Marlins completed the deal by sending Scott Baker to the Athletics on November 20.^[3]
• November 17, 1992: Greg Hibbard was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Alex Arias and Gary Scott.^[4]
• November 17, 1992: Danny Jackson was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Joel Adamson and Matt Whisenant.^[5]
• December 8, 1992: Charlie Hough was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.^[6]
• December 9, 1992: Terry McGriff was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[7]
• February 20, 1993: Rick Renteria was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.^[8]

1992 MLB June amateur draft and minor league affiliates

The Marlins and Colorado Rockies, set to debut in 1993, were allowed to participate in all rounds of the June 1992 MLB first-year player draft. The Marlins selected 28th overall in the first round, with catcher Charles Johnson their top (and most successful) pick. Of the 50 amateur free agents selected, only one other, pitcher Andy Larkin, reached the major leagues.^[9] The Marlins affiliated with two minor league clubs during 1992 to develop drafted players.

1992 farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A-Short Season	Erie Sailors	New York–Penn League	Fredi González
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Carlos Tosca

Regular season

Due to the summer heat, the Marlins played in only 35 day games, the fewest in the majors.^[10]

1993 Opening Day lineup

Player	Position
Scott Pose	CF
Bret Barberie	2B
Junior Félix	RF
Orestes Destrade	1B
Dave Magadan	3B
Benito Santiago	C
Jeff Conine	LF
Walt Weiss	SS
Charlie Hough	P

Season standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	97	65	.599	—	52‍–‍29	45‍–‍36
Montreal Expos	94	68	.580	3	55‍–‍26	39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	87	75	.537	10	49‍–‍32	38‍–‍43
Chicago Cubs	84	78	.519	13	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	87	.463	22	40‍–‍41	35‍–‍46
Florida Marlins	64	98	.395	33	35‍–‍46	29‍–‍52
New York Mets	59	103	.364	38	28‍–‍53	31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1993 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	10–3	13–0	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	9–3	6–6	7–5	9–4	7–6	6–6
Chicago	5–7	—	7–5	8–4	6–7	4–8	7–5	5–8–1	8–5	7–6	5–8	8–4	6–6	8–5
Cincinnati	3–10	5–7	—	9–4	7–5	6–7	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–8	8–4	9–4	2–11	5–7
Colorado	0–13	4–8	4–9	—	7–5	11–2	7–6	3–9	6–6	3–9	8–4	6–7	3–10	5–7
Florida	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–7	—	3–9	5–7	5–8	4–9	4–9	6–7	7–5	4–8	4–9
Houston	5–8	8–4	7–6	2–11	9–3	—	9–4	5–7	11–1	5–7	7–5	8–5	3–10	6–6
Los Angeles	5–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	7–5	4–9	—	6–6	8–4	2–10	8–4	9–4	7–6	6–6
Montreal	5–7	8–5–1	8–4	9–3	8–5	7–5	6–6	—	9–4	6–7	8–5	10–2	3–9	7–6
New York	3–9	5–8	6–6	6–6	9–4	1–11	4–8	4–9	—	3–10	4–9	5–7	4–8	5–8
Philadelphia	6-6	6–7	8–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	10–2	7–6	10–3	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	8–5
Pittsburgh	5–7	8–5	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	4–8	5–8	9–4	6–7	—	9–3	5–7	4–9
San Diego	4–9	4–8	4–9	7–6	5–7	5–8	4–9	2–10	7–5	6–6	3–9	—	3–10	7–5
San Francisco	6–7	6–6	11–2	10–3	8–4	10–3	6–7	9–3	8–4	8–4	7–5	10–3	—	4–8
St. Louis	6–6	5–8	7–5	7–5	9–4	6–6	6–6	6–7	8–5	5–8	9–4	5–7	8–4	—

Notable transactions

• May 22, 1993: Kevin Elster was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[11]
• June 4, 1993: Kevin Elster was released by the Florida Marlins.^[11]
• June 9, 1993: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[12]
• June 24, 1993: Gary Sheffield was traded by the San Diego Padres with Rich Rodriguez to the Florida Marlins for Trevor Hoffman, José Martínez, and Andrés Berumen.
• June 27, 1993: Henry Cotto was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Jeff Darwin to the Florida Marlins for Dave Magadan.^[13]

Roster

1993 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers 27 Luis Aquino 77 Jack Armstrong 46 Ryan Bowen 44 Cris Carpenter 41 Jim Corsi 38,11 Chris Hammond 34 Bryan Harvey 51 Trevor Hoffman 49 Charlie Hough 40 John Johnstone 58 Joe Klink 26,24 Richie Lewis 10 Bob McClure 31 Robb Nen 48 Pat Rapp 42 Rich Rodriguez 54 Matt Turner 35 David Weathers		Catchers 55 Steve Decker 52 Mitch Lyden 50 Terry McGriff 13 Bob Natal 09 Benito Santiago Infielders 24,26 Alex Arias  8 Bret Barberie 39 Orestes Destrade 18 Dave Magadan 14 Gus Polidor  6 Rick Renteria 10 Gary Sheffield 22 Walt Weiss		Outfielders 16 Gerónimo Berroa 20 Greg Briley 21 Chuck Carr 25 Matias Carrillo 19 Jeff Conine 29 Henry Cotto  3 Carl Everett  4 Monty Fariss 47 Junior Félix  2 Scott Pose 17 Darrell Whitmore 30 Nigel Wilson		Manager 15 Rene Lachemann Coaches 53 Marcel Lachemann (Pitching) 28 Vada Pinson (1st Base) 12 Doug Rader (Hitting) 33 Frank Reberger (Bullpen)  1 Cookie Rojas (3rd Base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Benito Santiago	139	469	108	.230	13	50
1B	Orestes Destrade	153	568	145	.255	20	87
2B	Bret Barberie	99	375	104	.277	5	33
3B	Gary Sheffield	72	236	69	.292	10	37
SS	Walt Weiss	158	500	133	.266	1	39
LF	Jeff Conine	162	595	174	.292	12	79
CF	Chuck Carr	142	551	147	.267	4	41
RF	Darrell Whitmore	76	250	51	.201	4	19

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Rick Renteria	103	263	67	.255	2	30
Alex Arias	96	249	67	.269	2	20
Dave Magadan	66	227	65	.286	4	29
Junior Félix	57	214	51	.238	7	22
Greg Briley	120	170	33	.194	3	12
Henry Cotto	54	135	40	.296	3	14
Bob Natal	41	117	25	.214	1	6
Matias Carrillo	24	55	14	.255	0	3
Scott Pose	15	41	8	.195	0	3
Gerónimo Berroa	14	34	4	.118	0	0
Monty Fariss	18	29	5	.172	0	2
Carl Everett	11	19	2	.105	0	0
Nigel Wilson	7	16	0	.000	0	0
Steve Decker	8	15	0	.000	0	1
Mitch Lyden	6	10	3	.300	1	1
Terry McGriff	3	7	0	.000	0	0
Gus Polidor	7	6	1	.167	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Charlie Hough	34	204.1	9	16	4.27	126
Jack Armstrong	36	196.1	9	17	4.49	118
Chris Hammond	32	191.0	11	12	4.66	108
Ryan Bowen	27	156.2	8	12	4.42	98
Pat Rapp	16	94.0	4	6	4.02	57

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Luis Aquino	38	110.2	6	8	3.42	67
Dave Weathers	14	45.2	2	3	5.12	34

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bryan Harvey	59	1	5	45	1.70	73
Joe Klink	59	0	2	0	5.02	22
Richie Lewis	57	6	3	0	3.26	65
Matt Turner	55	4	5	0	2.91	59
Rich Rodriguez	36	0	1	1	4.11	21
Cris Carpenter	29	0	1	0	2.89	26
Trevor Hoffman	28	2	2	2	3.28	26
Jim Corsi	15	0	2	0	6.64	7
Robb Nen	15	1	0	0	7.02	27
Bob McClure	14	1	1	0	7.11	6
John Johnstone	7	0	2	0	5.91	5

Awards and honors

All-Stars

MLB All-Star Game

• Gary Sheffield, reserve
• Bryan Harvey, reserve

Team leaders

• Games – Jeff Conine (162)
• At bats – Jeff Conine (595)
• Home runs – Orestes Destrade (20)
• Runs batted in – Orestes Destrade (87)
• Batting average – Jeff Conine (.292)
• Slugging percentage – Orestes Destrade (.406)
• On-base percentage – Walt Weiss (.367)
• Hits – Jeff Conine (174)
• Doubles – Jeff Conine (24)
• Triples – Benito Santiago (6)
• Walks – Walt Weiss (79)
• Hit by pitch – Bret Barberie (7)
• Stolen bases – Chuck Carr (58)
• Wins – Chris Hammond (11)
• Innings pitched – Charlie Hough (204.1)
• Earned run average – Charlie Hough (4.27)
• Strikeouts – Charlie Hough (126)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Sal Rende
A	High Desert Mavericks	California League	Fredi González
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Carlos Tosca
A-Short Season	Elmira Pioneers	New York–Penn League	Lynn Jones
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Jim Hendry

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: High Desert^[14]

References

1. Édgar Rentería at Baseball Reference
2. Charles Johnson at Baseball Reference
3. Walt Weiss at Baseball Reference
4. Alex Arias at Baseball Reference
5. Danny Jackson at Baseball Reference
6. Charlie Hough at Baseball Reference
7. "Terry McGriff Stats".
8. Rick Renteria at Baseball Reference
9. "1992 Florida Marlins Picks in the 1992 June Amateur Draft" Baseball Reference
10. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 72, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
11. "Kevin Elster Stats".
12. "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
13. "Henry Cotto Stats".
14. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1993 Marlins at Baseball Reference
• 1993 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac
• 1993 Schedule at Baseball Reference