1894 MLB season | |
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League | National League (NL) |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | Regular season:
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Number of games | 132 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Pennant winner | |
NL champions | Baltimore Orioles |
NL runners-up | New York Giants |
Temple Cup | |
Champions | New York Giants |
Runners-up | Baltimore Orioles |
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.