1993 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1993 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1993 in baseball.

The 1993 Major League Baseball season was the final season of two-division play in each league, before the Central Division was added the following season, giving both the NL and AL three divisions each.

1993 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 5 – October 23, 1993
Number of games	162
Number of teams	28
TV partner(s)	CBS, ESPN
Draft
Top draft pick	Alex Rodriguez
Picked by	Seattle Mariners
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Frank Thomas (CWS) NL: Barry Bonds (SF)
Postseason
AL champions	Toronto Blue Jays
AL runners-up	Chicago White Sox
NL champions	Philadelphia Phillies
NL runners-up	Atlanta Braves
World Series
Champions	Toronto Blue Jays
Runners-up	Philadelphia Phillies
World Series MVP	Paul Molitor (TOR)
MLB seasons
← 1992 1994 →

Sixteen years after the American League expanded from 12 to 14 teams, the National League finally followed suit, with the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins (now the Miami Marlins) joining the NL. It was also the first season since 1976 that both leagues had the same number of teams. The Toronto Blue Jays capped off the season by winning their second consecutive World Series title, beating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. The World Series was clinched when, in one of the most famous moments in baseball, Joe Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run in the 9th to seal the victory at home.

Awards and honors

• Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Reggie Jackson

Further information: 1993 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards
BBWAA Award	National League	American League
Rookie of the Year	Mike Piazza (LA)	Tim Salmon (CAL)
Cy Young Award	Greg Maddux (ATL)	Jack McDowell (CWS)
Manager of the Year	Dusty Baker (SF)	Gene Lamont (CWS)
Most Valuable Player	Barry Bonds (SF)	Frank Thomas (CWS)
Gold Glove Awards
Position	National League	American League
Pitcher	Greg Maddux (ATL)	Mark Langston (CAL)
Catcher	Kirt Manwaring (SF)	Iván Rodríguez (TEX)
First Baseman	Mark Grace (CHC)	Don Mattingly (NYY)
Second Baseman	Robby Thompson (SF)	Roberto Alomar (TOR)
Third Baseman	Matt Williams (SF)	Robin Ventura (CWS)
Shortstop	Jay Bell (PIT)	Omar Vizquel (SEA)
Outfielders	Barry Bonds (SF)	Kenny Lofton (CLE)
	Larry Walker (MTL)	Devon White (TOR)
	Marquis Grissom (MTL)	Ken Griffey Jr. (SEA)
Silver Slugger Awards
Pitcher/Designated Hitter	Orel Hershiser (LA)	Paul Molitor (TOR)
Catcher	Mike Piazza (LA)	Mike Stanley (NYY)
First Baseman	Fred McGriff (SD, ATL)	Frank Thomas (CWS)
Second Baseman	Robby Thompson (SF)	Carlos Baerga (CLE)
Third Baseman	Matt Williams (SF)	Wade Boggs (NYY)
Shortstop	Jay Bell (PIT)	Cal Ripken Jr. (BAL)
Outfielders	Barry Bonds (SF)	Albert Belle (CLE)
	Lenny Dykstra (PHI)	Juan González (TEX)
	David Justice (ATL)	Ken Griffey Jr. (SEA)

Other awards

• Outstanding Designated Hitter Award: Paul Molitor (TOR)
• Roberto Clemente Award (Humanitarian): Barry Larkin (CIN).
• Rolaids Relief Man Award: Jeff Montgomery (KC, American); Randy Myers (CHC, National).

Player of the Month

Month	American League	National League
April	John Olerud	Barry Bonds
May	Paul Molitor	Jeff Bagwell
June	John Olerud	Andrés Galarraga
July	Rafael Palmeiro	Fred McGriff
August	Frank Thomas	Tony Gwynn
September	Chris Hoiles	Andrés Galarraga

Pitcher of the Month

Month	American League	National League
April	Jimmy Key	Ken Hill
May	Danny Darwin	Tommy Greene
June	Rick Aguilera	Chris Hammond Darryl Kile
July	Fernando Valenzuela	Bill Swift
August	Bill Gullickson	Greg Maddux
September	Wilson Álvarez	John Wetteland

Statistical leaders

Statistic	American League		National League
AVG	John Olerud TOR	.363	Andrés Galarraga COL	.370
HR	Juan González TEX	46	Barry Bonds SF	46
RBI	Albert Belle CLE	129	Barry Bonds SF	123
Wins	Jack McDowell CWS	22	John Burkett SF	22
ERA	Kevin Appier KC	2.56	Greg Maddux ATL	2.36
SO	Randy Johnson SEA	308	José Rijo CIN	227
SV	Jeff Montgomery KC Duane Ward TOR	45	Randy Myers CHC	53
SB	Kenny Lofton CLE	70	Chuck Carr FLA	58

Standings

American League v t e AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road Toronto Blue Jays 95 67 0.586 — 48–33 47–34 New York Yankees 88 74 0.543 7 50–31 38–43 Baltimore Orioles 85 77 0.525 10 48–33 37–44 Detroit Tigers 85 77 0.525 10 44–37 41–40 Boston Red Sox 80 82 0.494 15 43–38 37–44 Cleveland Indians 76 86 0.469 19 46–35 30–51 Milwaukee Brewers 69 93 0.426 26 38–43 31–50 v t e AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road Chicago White Sox 94 68 0.580 — 45–36 49–32 Texas Rangers 86 76 0.531 8 50–31 36–45 Kansas City Royals 84 78 0.519 10 43–38 41–40 Seattle Mariners 82 80 0.506 12 46–35 36–45 California Angels 71 91 0.438 23 44–37 27–54 Minnesota Twins 71 91 0.438 23 36–45 35–46 Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 26 38–43 30–51

National League v t e NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road Philadelphia Phillies 97 65 0.599 — 52–29 45–36 Montreal Expos 94 68 0.580 3 55–26 39–42 St. Louis Cardinals 87 75 0.537 10 49–32 38–43 Chicago Cubs 84 78 0.519 13 43–38 41–40 Pittsburgh Pirates 75 87 0.463 22 40–41 35–46 Florida Marlins 64 98 0.395 33 35–46 29–52 New York Mets 59 103 0.364 38 28–53 31–50 v t e NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road Atlanta Braves 104 58 0.642 — 51–30 53–28 San Francisco Giants 103 59 0.636 1 50–31 53–28 Houston Astros 85 77 0.525 19 44–37 41–40 Los Angeles Dodgers 81 81 0.500 23 41–40 40–41 Cincinnati Reds 73 89 0.451 31 41–40 32–49 Colorado Rockies 67 95 0.414 37 39–42 28–53 San Diego Padres 61 101 0.377 43 34–47 27–54

Postseason

Main article: 1993 MLB Postseason

Bracket

	League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS)					World Series
	East	Toronto	4
	West	Chicago White Sox	2
						AL	Toronto	4
						NL	Philadelphia	2
	East	Philadelphia	4
	West	Atlanta	2

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Baltimore Orioles	Johnny Oates
Boston Red Sox	Butch Hobson
California Angels	Buck Rodgers
Chicago White Sox	Gene Lamont	Won American League West
Cleveland Indians	Mike Hargrove
Detroit Tigers	Sparky Anderson
Kansas City Royals	Hal McRae
Milwaukee Brewers	Phil Garner
Minnesota Twins	Tom Kelly
New York Yankees	Buck Showalter
Oakland Athletics	Tony La Russa
Seattle Mariners	Lou Piniella
Texas Rangers	Kevin Kennedy
Toronto Blue Jays	Cito Gaston	Won World Series

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Atlanta Braves	Bobby Cox	Won National League West
Chicago Cubs	Jim Lefebvre
Cincinnati Reds	Tony Pérez	Replaced during the season by Davey Johnson
Colorado Rockies	Don Baylor	Expansion team
Florida Marlins	Rene Lachemann	Expansion team
Houston Astros	Art Howe
Los Angeles Dodgers	Tommy Lasorda
Montreal Expos	Felipe Alou
New York Mets	Jeff Torborg	Replaced during the season by Dallas Green
Philadelphia Phillies	Jim Fregosi	Won the National League pennant
Pittsburgh Pirates	Jim Leyland
St. Louis Cardinals	Joe Torre
San Diego Padres	Jim Riggleman
San Francisco Giants	Dusty Baker

Home field attendance and payroll

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game	Est. payroll	%±
Colorado Rockies^[1]	67		4,483,350		55,350	$10,353,500
Toronto Blue Jays^[2]	95	-1.0%	4,057,947	0.7%	50,098	$47,279,166	5.6%
Atlanta Braves^[3]	104	6.1%	3,884,720	26.2%	47,960	$41,641,417	20.3%
Baltimore Orioles^[4]	85	-4.5%	3,644,965	2.2%	45,000	$29,096,500	21.8%
Los Angeles Dodgers^[5]	81	28.6%	3,170,393	28.2%	39,141	$39,440,999	-11.9%
Philadelphia Phillies^[6]	97	38.6%	3,137,674	62.8%	38,737	$28,538,334	16.5%
Florida Marlins^[7]	64		3,064,847		37,838	$19,330,545
St. Louis Cardinals^[8]	87	4.8%	2,844,977	17.6%	35,123	$23,367,334	-15.3%
Chicago Cubs^[9]	84	7.7%	2,653,763	24.8%	32,363	$39,386,666	32.0%
San Francisco Giants^[10]	103	43.1%	2,606,354	67.0%	32,177	$35,159,000	6.0%
Chicago White Sox^[11]	94	9.3%	2,581,091	-3.7%	31,865	$39,696,166	31.6%
Cincinnati Reds^[12]	73	-18.9%	2,453,232	5.9%	30,287	$44,879,666	34.2%
Boston Red Sox^[13]	80	9.6%	2,422,021	-1.9%	29,901	$37,120,583	-14.9%
New York Yankees^[14]	88	15.8%	2,416,942	38.2%	29,839	$42,723,000	13.5%
Texas Rangers^[15]	86	11.7%	2,244,616	2.1%	27,711	$36,376,959	20.7%
Cleveland Indians^[16]	76	0.0%	2,177,908	77.9%	26,888	$18,561,000	98.0%
Houston Astros^[17]	85	4.9%	2,084,618	72.1%	25,736	$30,210,500	96.1%
California Angels^[18]	71	-1.4%	2,057,460	-0.4%	25,401	$28,588,334	-17.7%
Seattle Mariners^[19]	82	28.1%	2,052,638	24.3%	25,341	$33,646,333	44.4%
Minnesota Twins^[20]	71	-21.1%	2,048,673	-17.5%	25,292	$28,217,933	0.7%
Oakland Athletics^[21]	68	-29.2%	2,035,025	-18.4%	25,124	$37,812,333	-7.9%
Detroit Tigers^[22]	85	13.3%	1,971,421	38.4%	24,339	$38,150,165	39.6%
Kansas City Royals^[23]	84	16.7%	1,934,578	3.6%	23,884	$41,455,167	22.3%
New York Mets^[24]	59	-18.1%	1,873,183	5.3%	23,126	$39,043,667	-12.5%
Milwaukee Brewers^[25]	69	-25.0%	1,688,080	-9.1%	20,840	$23,806,834	-23.2%
Pittsburgh Pirates^[26]	75	-21.9%	1,650,593	-9.8%	20,378	$24,822,467	-26.9%
Montreal Expos^[27]	94	8.0%	1,641,437	-1.7%	20,265	$18,899,333	19.4%
San Diego Padres^[28]	61	-25.6%	1,375,432	-20.1%	16,981	$25,511,333	-5.0%

Television coverage

This was the final season under MLB's four-year deals with CBS and ESPN. While ESPN renewed its contract, CBS declined. MLB would then form The Baseball Network, a joint venture with ABC and NBC, to replace CBS in televising games on broadcast television.

Network	Day of week	Announcers
CBS	Saturday afternoons	Sean McDonough, Tim McCarver, Greg Gumbel, Jim Kaat
ESPN	Sunday nights Tuesday nights Wednesday nights Friday nights	Jon Miller, Joe Morgan See also: List of ESPN Major League Baseball broadcasters

Events

• April 8 – Carlos Baerga of the Cleveland Indians becomes the first player to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same inning.^[29]
• Oct 3 – George Brett plays his final game in his career, against the Texas Rangers. He ended his career by singling in his final at-bat.^{[citation needed]}

References

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External links

• 1993 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference