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1894 Major League Baseball season
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The 1894 major league baseball season began on April 19, 1894. The regular season ended on September 30, with the Baltimore Orioles as the pennant winner of the National League and the New York Giants as runner-up. The postseason began with Game 1 of the first Temple Cup on October 4 and ended with Game 4 on October 8. The Giants swept the Orioles, capturing their first Temple Cup.
The 1894 season saw the return of a postseason championship series, the Temple Cup, following the end of the World's Championship Series with the demise of the American Association in 1891 and the one-off, split-season 1892 World's Championship Series.
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Schedule
The 1894 schedule consisted of 132 games for the twelve teams of the National League. Each team was scheduled to play 12 games against the other eleven teams in the league. This continued the format put in place in the previous season and would be used until 1898.
Opening Day took place on April 19 featuring eight teams. The final day of the season was on September 30, also featuring eight teams.[1] The Temple Cup took place between October 4 and October 8.
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Rule changes
The 1894 season saw the following rule changes:
- Foul bunts are now classified as strikes.[2]
- The sacrifice hit rule, which is when a batter deliberately gets out in an effort to advance a baserunner to another base, is implemented.[2]
- Sacrifice hits, which exempt a batter from a time at bat (including sacrifice bunts), is implemented.[2]
- A precursor to the Infield fly rule is implemented, stating "the batsman is out if he hits a fly ball that can be handled by an infielder while first base is occupied, with only one out."[3]
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An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at. Ballparks listed in backwards chronological order.
Standings
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Postseason
Bracket
Temple Cup | |||||||
NL1 | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
NL2 | New York Giants | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
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League leaders
Any team shown in small text indicates a previous team a player was on during the season.
National League
1 All-time single-season runs record
1 National League Triple Crown pitching winner
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Home field attendance
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