JoshPR Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 When it all seemed the Sox would be heading into post season play again, The Players strike stopped the season and eventually canceled the rest of the season, and the Sox finished first 69-44 in the new American League Central. Frank Thomas once again was the big start hitting .353 smashing 38 homers and driving in 101 runs in only 399 at bats. Being named the American league MVP for the second straight season. Designated Hitter Julio Franco (.319) also had a superb season hitting 28 homers and driving in 98 runs, 3rd baseman Robin Ventura had a another good season hitting .282 and Center Fielder Lance Johnson (.277) again led the league in triples with 14. Rightfielder Darrin Jackson came back from cancer to hit .312 and Ozzie Guillen hit .288. Lefthander Wilson Alvarez (12-8) and right Jason Bere (12-2) led the team with 12 wins while Righthander Alex Fernandez added 11 wins. Righthander Jack McDowell slumped a bit and ended up 10-9 but tied with Bere for the team lead in strikeouts with 127. Roberto Hernandez had 14 saves but a high ERA of 4.94. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 The year that wasn't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 The worst of the worst.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Who else thinks we had a serious shot of winning the world series that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 WS Sox vs. Expos The year that wasn't.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 Who else thinks we had a serious shot of winning the world series that year. Well I dont know cause Cleveland was comming strong and there was still 52 games left. Mcdowell didnt pitch that well that season either did Roberto Hernandez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Well I dont know cause Cleveland was comming strong and there was still 52 games left. Mcdowell didnt pitch that well that season either did Roberto Hernandez Screw Cleveland. Of course, the Sox were meant to win it all that year. Why else do you think that was the only World Series cancelled in history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Well I dont know cause Cleveland was comming strong and there was still 52 games left. Mcdowell didnt pitch that well that season either did Roberto Hernandez Agrees but i think there was an awfully good shot, imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Who else thinks we had a serious shot of winning the world series that year. Everyone The thing that sucked so much about 94 being cancelled was that there were so many potential records that could have been broken. IIRC, Gwynn was hitting like .380 or .390, several players have 35+ homers(off the top of my head, Belle, Thomas, Griffey, Bagwell, and Williams), Chuck Knoblauch was on pace to break the doubles record, the Braves were going to lose the NL East, and the AL West was most likely going to have a first place team under .500(I think the Rangers were leading and they were like 5-10 games under). What could have been. Oh well, what are you going to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 I do too. And thate why many people have hatred or at least stays away the Cell, cause they blame Reinsdork in part for the strike and that blew our chances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jordan4life_2007 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 I still haven't recovered from that 94 season. We had all the pieces in place for a world series run. I remember Bill Clinton saying at one point that "this was the greatest baseball season in 40 years". Whatever. The more I think about it the more I want to :puke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinnesotaSoxFan Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Righthander Jack McDowell slumped a bit and ended up 10-9 but tied with Bere for the team lead in strikeouts with 127. :headshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABearSoX Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 we definatly would have won it all that year...no question haha.....you all know you have said that to at least 1 person in your lifetime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quade36 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 wasn't that the first year of the wild card as well??? I think even if Cleveland caught the Sox, they still would have gotten the wild card. Also the Royals were having a great season as well. And the Yankees. That AL West division sucked. they definitely had the team in 94. I was out of baseball til 97 because of what all went down. I don't want to think about it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 The Sox were in a losing streak going up to the strike if I recall correctly. They were only one game up on Cleveland when the strike hit. I don't know if they would have gone "all the way" or not that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 :headshake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochpuppy Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 The Sox were in a losing streak going up to the strike if I recall correctly. They were only one game up on Cleveland when the strike hit. I don't know if they would have gone "all the way" or not that year. The Sox had won 4 of 5 leading up too the strike and were 32-15 in their previous 47 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 I guess I don't recall correctly. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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