1894 Major League Baseball season

January 2025 1894 1894 MLB season National League (NL) Baseball Regular season: April 19 – September 30, 1894Temple Cup: October 4–8, 1894 132 12 Pennant winner NL Baltimore Orioles New York Giants Temple Cup 1894 Temple Cup Polo Grounds, New York, New York Union Park, Baltimore, Maryland New York Giants Baltimore Orioles List of Major League Baseball seasons MLB 1893 Major League Baseball season 1893 1895 Major League Baseball season 1895 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. Schedule Major League Baseball 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.1894 Major Leagues Schedule https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1894-schedule.shtml 2025-01-27 Baseball Reference en The Temple Cup took place between October 4 and October 8. Rule changes The 1894 season saw the following rule changes: Foul bunts are now classified as strikes.MLB Rule Changes https://www.baseball-almanac.com/rulechng.shtml 2025-01-28 Baseball Almanac en-us The sacrifice hit rule, which is when a batter deliberately gets out in an effort to advance a baserunner to another base, is implemented. Sacrifice hits, which exempt a batter from a time at bat (including sacrifice bunts), is implemented. 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."Bauer John 1893 Winter Meetings: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bunt Society for American Baseball Research https://sabr.org/journal/article/1893-winter-meetings-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bunt/ 2025-03-26 en-US Teams An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at. Ballparks listed in chronological order. LeagueTeamCityBallparkCapacityManager1894 Major League Managers https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1894-managers.shtml 2025-02-05 Baseball Reference enNational League National League (baseball) National LeagueBaltimore OriolesBaltimore, MarylandUnion Park6,500Ned Hanlon baseballBoston BeaneatersBoston, MassachusettsSouth End Grounds (II)*A 1 18,500*Frank SeleeCongress Street Grounds*B 1 114,000*South End Grounds (III)5,000Brooklyn GroomsBrooklyn, New YorkC 1 1Eastern Park12,000Dave FoutzChicago ColtsChicago, IllinoisWest Side Park13,000Cap AnsonCincinnati RedsCincinnati, OhioLeague Park (Cincinnati)9,000Charles ComiskeyCleveland SpidersCleveland, OhioLeague Park (Cleveland)9,000Patsy TebeauLouisville ColonelsLouisville, KentuckyEclipse Park6,400Billy BarnieNew York GiantsNew York, New YorkPolo Grounds16,000John Montgomery WardPhiladelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia Base Ball GroundsA 1 212,500Arthur IrwinUniversity of Pennsylvania Athletic Field*B 1 2UnknownPhiladelphia Base Ball Grounds*D 1 1Unknown*Pittsburgh PiratesAllegheny, PennsylvaniaE 1 1Exposition Park6,500Al BuckenbergerConnie MackSt. Louis BrownsSt. Louis, MissouriNew Sportsman's Park14,500George Miller Doggie MillerWashington SenatorsWashington, D.C.Boundary Field6,500Gus Schmelz A 1 Initial stadium of the season burned in a fire (Boston: May 16, Philadelphia: August 6) B 1 Temporary stadium. C 1 In today's New York, New York. D 1 Makeshift stands built for remainder of the season, from August 18. E 1 In today's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Standings National League Baltimore Orioles Tie games 16 tie games, which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again), occurred throughout the season. Baltimore Orioles, 1 Boston Beaneaters, 1 Brooklyn Grooms, 4 Chicago Colts, 5 Cincinnati Reds, 4 Cleveland Spiders, 1 Louisville Colonels, 1 New York Giants, 7 Philadelphia Phillies, 4 Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 St. Louis Browns, 1 Postseason Bracket Temple Cup 4 NL1 Baltimore Orioles 1 6 1 1 NL2 New York Giants 4 9 4 7 Managerial changes Off-season TeamFormer ManagerNew ManagerPhiladelphia PhilliesHarry WrightArthur IrwinSt. Louis BrownsBill WatkinsGeorge MillerWashington SenatorsJim O'RourkeGus Schmelz In-season TeamFormer ManagerNew ManagerPittsburgh PiratesAl BuckenbergerConnie Mack League leaders Any team shown in small text indicates a previous team a player was on during the season. National League start + Hitting leaders1894 National League Batting Leaders https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1894-batting-leaders.shtml 2025-02-05 Baseball Reference en Stat Player Total AVG Hugh Duffy (BSN) .440 OPS Hugh Duffy (BSN) 1.196 HR Hugh Duffy (BSN) 18 RBI Sam Thompson (PHI) 149 R Billy Hamilton1 (PHI) 198 H Hugh Duffy (BSN) 237 SB Billy Hamilton (PHI) 100 1 All-time single-season runs record break + Pitching leaders1894 National League Pitching Leaders https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1894-pitching-leaders.shtml 2025-02-05 Baseball Reference en Stat Player Total W Amos Rusie1 (NYG) 36 L Pink Hawley (PIT) 27 ERA Amos Rusie1 (NYG) 2.78 K Amos Rusie1 (NYG) 195 IP Theodore Breitenstein (STL) 447.1 SV Tony Mullane (CLE/BAL) 4 WHIP Amos Rusie (NYG) 1.410 1 National League Triple Crown pitching winner end Milestones Batters Four home runs in one game List of Major League Baseball single-game home run leaders Bobby Lowe (BSN): Became the first player to hit four home runs in one game in a 20–11 win against the Cincinnati Reds on May 30.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lowebo01.shtml Bobby Lowe Statistics and History 2010-09-04 Baseball Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20190527205848/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lowebo01.shtml May 27, 2019 livehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=lowebo01&t=b Bobby Lowe Career Home Runs Baseball Reference 2020-04-16 2021-07-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20210730082511/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=lowebo01&t=b live Cycles List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle Lave Cross (PHI): Cross hit for his first cycle and first in franchise history, on April 24 against the Brooklyn Groomshttp://www.retrosheet.org/cycles.htm Cycles Retrosheet 2011-09-10 2018-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20180629045321/http://www.retrosheet.org/cycles.htm live Bill Hassamaer (WAS): Hassamaer hit for his first cycle and fifth in franchise history, on June 13 against the St. Louis Browns. Sam Thompson (PHI): Thompson hit for his first cycle and second in franchise history, on August 17 against the Louisville Colonels. Tom Parrott (CIN): Parrott hit for his first cycle and fifth in franchise history, on September 28 against the New York Giants. Other batting accomplishments Tom Brown (LOU): Recorded his 500th career stolen base, becoming the fourth player to reach this mark. It is unknown what day this stolen base occurred.Tom Brown Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More — Tom Brown: Standard Batting (1878-1894) https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownto01.shtml#1882-1894-sum:players_standard_batting 2026-06-09 Baseball Reference en Billy Hamilton (PHI): Tied a record for most stolen bases in a single game, stealing seven bases in game 2 of a doubleheader on August 31 against the Washington Senators.Fleitz David Billy Hamilton Society for American Baseball Research https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/billy-hamilton/ 2026-03-12 en-US Recorded his 500th career stolen base, becoming the fifth player to reach this mark. It is unknown what day this stolen base occurred.Billy Hamilton Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More — Billy Hamilton: Standard Batting (1888-1894) https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamilbi01.shtml#1888-1894-sum:players_standard_batting 2026-06-09 Baseball Reference en Pitchers Pink Hawley (STL): Set a Major League record by becoming the first pitcher to hit three consecutive batters by pitch, in a game against the Washington Senators in game one of a doubleheader on July 4.Pitcher hitting the most consecutive batters https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/pitcher-hitting-the-most-consecutive-batters live 2026-05-21 Guinness World RecordsMLB Hit by Pitcher Records https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_hbp.shtml 2026-05-21 Baseball Almanac en-us Miscellaneous Baltimore Orioles: Set a major league record for most runs scored in the ninth innings, by scoring 14 runs against the Boston Beaneaters on April 24.DeRosa Theo The most runs scored in each inning, from the 1st to the 26th(!) https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-most-runs-scored-in-each-inning 2026-04-20 MLB.com en Boston Beaneaters: Set a major league record for most runs scored in the first inning, by scoring 16 runs against the Baltimore Orioles on June 18. Home field attendance Team nameWins%± Percent changeHome attendance%± Percent changePer game Average home attendance per gameNew York GiantsSan Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/attend.shtml 2024-03-28 Baseball Reference88 29.4%387,00033.4%5,451Philadelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/attend.shtml 2024-03-28 Baseball Reference71 −1.4%352,773 20.4%4,969Baltimore OriolesBaltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BLO/attend.shtml 2025-01-22 Baseball Reference8948.3%328,000129.4%4,896Chicago ColtsChicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/attend.shtml 2024-03-28 Baseball Reference57 1.8%239,000 6.9%3,515Brooklyn GroomsLos Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/attend.shtml 2024-03-28 Baseball Reference70 7.7%214,000 −8.9%3,101Pittsburgh PiratesPittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/attend.shtml 2024-03-28 Baseball Reference65−19.8%159,000 −13.6%2,120Cincinnati RedsCincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/attend.shtml 2024-03-28 Baseball Reference55 −15.4%158,000 −18.7%2,394St. Louis BrownsSt. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/attend.shtml 2024-03-28 Baseball Reference56 −1.8%155,000 −20.5%2,348Boston BeaneatersAtlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/attend.shtml 2024-03-28 Baseball Reference83−3.5%152,800 −21.0%2,425Washington SenatorsWashington Senators Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WAS/attend.shtml 2025-01-22 Baseball Reference4512.5%125,00038.9%2,016Cleveland SpidersCleveland Spiders Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLV/attend.shtml 2025-01-22 Baseball Reference68−6.8%82,000−36.9%1,390Louisville ColonelsLouisville Colonels Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LOU/attend.shtml 2025-01-22 Baseball Reference36−28.0%75,00039.7%1,210 Venues There were two instances of conflagration causing the temporary relocation of teams before returning to a rebuilt ballpark: In what was only the fifth home game of the Boston Beaneaters' season, their home of the South End Grounds burned down during the third inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles on May 15, forcing the team to play at the Congress Street Grounds, the former home of the Players' League/American Association Boston Reds from May 16 until the South End Grounds could be rebuilt.Gottschall Terry May 15, 1894: “It Was a Hot Game, Sure Enough!” – Society for American Baseball Research https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/may-15-1894-it-was-a-hot-game-sure-enough/ 2026-01-30 en-US The team would play 27 home games at the Congress Street Grounds through June 20, before going on a month-long road trip and returning to a rebuilt South End Grounds on July 20, where they would go on to play another 31 home games for the rest of the season.1894 Boston Schedule https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1894-schedule-scores.shtml 2026-01-30 Baseball Reference en During a practice session on August 6, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds burned down.1894-08-13 Destruction of the Ball Park The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 24 The Phillies would play six games from August 11 through August 17 at University of Pennsylvania Athletic Field before returning to the Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds the following day, where temporary bleachers had been installed. Prior to the start of the season, the Cincinnati Reds' home as League Park saw major changes. A new grandstand in what was left field was built, as well as an ampitheater. The baseball diamond was shifted from the southeast corner of the lot to the southwest corner, with the original seating retained as right field seating.https://www.digitalballparks.com/National/Cincinnati3.html https://web.archive.org/web/20221007102102/https://www.digitalballparks.com/National/Cincinnati3.html usurped 2022-10-07 League Park I & League Park II & East End Park aka Pendelton Park - Cincinnati Redlegs - Cincinnati Reds - Cincinnati Ohio See also 1894 in baseball (Events, Births, Deaths) References External links 1894 Major League Schedule at Baseball Reference Category:Major League Baseball seasons Category:1894 in baseball