1994 World Series

Cancelled Major League Baseball championship November 2013 March 2026 1994 World Series logo.svg World 1994 Canceled due to players' strike The 1994 World Series was the scheduled championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1994 season. It was canceled due to a strike by the MLB Players Association.Murray Chass https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/15/sports/baseball-the-season-owners-terminate-season-without-the-world-series.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm BASEBALL: THE SEASON; Owners Terminate Season, Without the World Series The New York Times September 15, 1994 A1 Murray Chass The cancelation marked the second (and most recent) time a World Series was not played in a given season and the first since 1904. Canceled playoffs 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike#Reaction This was supposed to have been the first year of an expanded eight-team playoff system, with the American League (AL) and National League (NL) realigning into three divisions each (East, Central, and West) at the start of the 1994 season, and the addition of a wild card spot in each league.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-10-mn-33545-story.html Baseball Owners Approve New League Lineup Los Angeles Times September 10, 1993 June 12, 2022 The NL champion was then intended to be assigned home-field advantage in the 1994 World Series, based on an annual rotation dating back to the mid-1930s in which the World Series opened in the NL city in even-numbered years and opened in the AL city in odd-numbered years. With the postseason canceled, the new playoff system did not go into effect until the 1995 postseason, and the annual World Series rotation (which continued until 2003) was then reversed so that home-field advantage for the 1995 World Series was assigned to the NL champion.Empty Feeling The World Series was supposed to start tonight. October 22, 1994 Mike Lupica Newsday A42 Mike LupicaBecause of the expanded playoffs, including the new wild-card round, the World Series schedule had been flipped this season to open again at the home of the AL champion. Game 1 of World Series passes by October 23, 1994 Ben Walker Associated Press Atlanta Braves' run of division titles At the time that the strike began, the Montreal Expos had a six game lead in the NL East over the Atlanta Braves, while the Braves had a 21 2 game lead over the Houston Astros for the NL wild card.https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/would-the-expos-have-won-the-1994-world-series/ https://web.archive.org/web/20191026124219/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/would-the-expos-have-won-the-1994-world-series/ dead October 26, 2019 Would The Expos Have Won The 1994 World Series? FiveThirtyEight October 25, 2019 June 12, 2022 As there were no division champions in 1994, the Braves are officially credited with winning 14 consecutive division titles from 1991 to 2005, winning the NL West in the final three years of the two–division system and then winning 11 consecutive NL East titles from 1995 to 2005. Mattingly and the postseason The Yankees led the American League East by 6 1 2 games when the strike began.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1994/Y_1994.htm The 1994 Season Retrosheet December 1, 2025 With a berth in the playoffs likely, the strike spoiled what could have been the postseason debut for veteran first baseman Don Mattingly. Mattingly finally made the playoffs the following year (the only postseason appearance of his career)https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmattd001.htm Don Mattingly Retrosheet December 1, 2025 only to have the Yankees lose to the Mariners in the divisional round. After that series, the Yankees traded for Seattle first baseman Tino Martinez, effectively ending Mattingly's career. Television coverage 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike#Television deal collapses The Baseball Network#Downfall and demise 1994 was the first season that national telecasts were produced by The Baseball Network, a joint venture between MLB, ABC, and NBC.Major League Baseball Strikes Unique Deal with NBC, ABC http://www.deseretnews.com/article/289457/MAJOR-LEAGUE-BASEBALL-STRIKES-UNIQUE-DEAL-WITH-NBC-ABC.html?pg=all https://web.archive.org/web/20140113231254/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/289457/MAJOR-LEAGUE-BASEBALL-STRIKES-UNIQUE-DEAL-WITH-NBC-ABC.html?pg=all dead January 13, 2014 John Nelson Deseret News May 9, 1993 Under the original arrangement, ABC would have broadcast the World Series in even-numbered years (included 1994) and NBC would have televised the series in odd-numbered years.More tales of The Baseball Network http://archives.dailyegyptian.com/imported-20111018201841/1995/7/26/more-tales-of-the-baseball-network-abc-lost-the-1994-world-s.html SIU Daily Egyptian July 26, 1995 February 12, 2015 ABC lost the 1994 World Series; this was supposed to be NBC's year. Instead, they split the spoils. Who got the better of the deal? Let's see. The networks each get 6 percent of the advertising revenues; baseball gets 88 percent. Call it a draw. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205073735/http://archives.dailyegyptian.com/imported-20111018201841/1995/7/26/more-tales-of-the-baseball-network-abc-lost-the-1994-world-s.html December 5, 2014 dead Because the 1994 World Series was cancelled, ABC and NBC shared broadcast rights to the 1995 World Series, after which the joint venture was ended.Abc And Nbc Quit Baseball Network http://articles.philly.com/1995-06-23/sports/25692151_1_abc-and-nbc-baseball-network-george-vukasin https://web.archive.org/web/20140218223331/http://articles.philly.com/1995-06-23/sports/25692151_1_abc-and-nbc-baseball-network-george-vukasin dead February 18, 2014 The Philadelphia Inquirer June 23, 1995 July 2, 2012 See also 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1994 Japan Series References Further reading The Year There Was No World Series, The Washington Post Baseball players strike against proposed salary cap https://web.archive.org/web/20130303072746/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/almanac/video/1994/baseball.strike/94.baseball.mov March 3, 2013 Frequently Asked Questions About the 1994 Strike https://web.archive.org/web/20201116185508/http://remarque.org/~grabiner/strikefaq.html November 16, 2020 Category:World Series World Series Category:Major League Baseball labor relations Category:Cancelled baseball competitions Category:1994 in American sports Category:Cancelled events in the United States Category:Major League Baseball controversies