The following are the baseball events of the year 1994 throughout the world.  

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Headline events of the year

As a result of a players' strike, the MLB season ends prematurely on August 11, 1994. No postseason (including the World Series) is played. Minor League Baseball is not affected.

The Yomiuri Giants celebrate their sixtieth anniversary with their eighteenth championship in the Japan Series.

Considered by some to be among history's greatest athletes, Michael Jordan suits up for the Birmingham Barons, the Class AA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. He plays in his first game on April 9, going 0-for-3.

Champions

Top Professional League

• Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Seibu Lions (4-2).
• Series Most Valuable Player: Hiromi Makihara
• Series Fighting Spirit Award: Kazuhiro Kiyohara

Minor League Baseball in the United States -- AAA Leagues

• American Association: Indianapolis Indians
• International League: Richmond Braves
• Pacific Coast League: Albuquerque Dukes

Trivia

• Games 1 and 2 of the Albuquerque-Vancouver PCL Championship Series were seven innings. Because of a rainout September 13, the game was made up as one of two seven-inning games the next day, in compliance with minor league rules regarding doubleheaders.
• Three players in the 1994 Japan Series -- Dan Gladden (Yomuiri), Mike Pagliarulo (Seibu), and Hideki Matsui (Yomiuri) -- played in a World Series (Gladden and Pagliarulo 1991, Matsui 2003). Gladden, who retired after the season, finished his career by becoming another player to win both the World Series and the Japan Series.
• With the influx of American media at the Japan Series, and the Chicago White Sox broadcast crew, the coverage of the championship was Matsui's first brush with American media, and was a breakout year for the player known as "Godzilla," in his second year as a pro.

Other champions

• Caribbean World Series: Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic)
• College World Series: Oklahoma
• Cuban National Series: Villa Clara over Industriales
• Little League World Series: Coquivacoa, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
• Frank Thomas (AL)
• Jeff Bagwell (NL)
• Cy Young Award
• David Cone (AL)
• Greg Maddux (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
• Bob Hamelin (AL)
• Raúl Mondesí (NL)
• Manager of the Year Award
• Buck Showalter (AL)
• Felipe Alou (NL)

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Paul O'Neill NYY .359 Tony Gwynn SDP .394 HR Ken Griffey SEA 40 Matt Williams SFG 43 RBI Kirby Puckett MIN 112 Jeff Bagwell HOU 116 Wins Jimmy Key NYY 17 Ken Hill MTL & Greg Maddux ATL 16 ERA Steve Ontiveros OAK 2.65 Greg Maddux ATL 1.56 Ks Randy Johnson SEA 204 Andy Benes SDP 189

Major League Baseball final standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
East Division
1st	New York Yankees	70	43	.619	--
2nd	Baltimore Orioles	63	49	.562	6.5
3rd	Toronto Blue Jays	55	60	.478	16.0
4th	Boston Red Sox	54	61	.470	17.0
5th	Detroit Tigers	53	62	.461	18.0
Central Division
1st	Chicago White Sox	67	46	.593	--
2nd	Cleveland Indians	66	47	.584	1.0
3rd	Kansas City Royals	64	51	.557	4.0
4th	Minnesota Twins	53	60	.469	14.0
5th	Milwaukee Brewers	53	62	.461	15.0
West Division
1st	Texas Rangers	52	62	.456	--
2nd	Oakland Athletics	51	63	.447	1.0
3rd	Seattle Mariners	49	63	.438	2.0
4th	California Angels	47	68	.409	5.5

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
East Division
1st	Montreal Expos	74	40	.649	--
2nd	Atlanta Braves	68	46	.596	6.0
3rd	New York Mets	55	58	.487	18.5
4th	Philadelphia Phillies	54	61	.470	20.5
5th	Florida Marlins	51	64	.443	23.5
Central Division
1st	Cincinnati Reds	66	48	.579	--
2nd	Houston Astros	66	49	.574	0.5
3rd	Pittsburgh Pirates	53	61	.465	13.0
3rd	St. Louis Cardinals	53	61	.465	13.0
5th	Chicago Cubs	49	64	.434	16.5
West Division
1st	Los Angeles Dodgers	58	56	.509	--
2nd	San Francisco Giants	55	60	.478	3.5
3rd	Colorado Rockies	53	64	.453	6.5
4th	San Diego Padres	47	70	.402	12.5

• On September 14, the remainder of the major league season was canceled by acting commissioner Bud Selig after 34 days of the players' strike.

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Baltimore Orioles	Johnny Oates
Boston Red Sox	Butch Hobson
California Angels	Buck Rodgers	Replaced during the season by Marcel Lachemann
Chicago White Sox	Gene Lamont
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

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Atlanta Braves	Bobby Cox
Chicago Cubs	Tom Treblehorn
Cincinnati Reds	Davey Johnson
Colorado Rockies	Don Baylor
Florida Marlins	Rene Lachemann
Houston Astros	Terry Collins
Los Angeles Dodgers	Tommy Lasorda
Montreal Expos	Felipe Alou
New York Mets	Dallas Green
Philadelphia Phillies	Jim Fregosi
Pittsburgh Pirates±	Jim Leyland
St. Louis Cardinals	Joe Torre
San Diego Padres	Jim Riggleman
San Francisco Giants	Dusty Baker

Events

• January 12 - Steve Carlton is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, receiving almost 96% of the vote. Orlando Cepeda falls seven votes short of the 75% required for election.
• February 7 - Basketball superstar Michael Jordan signs a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. He is invited to spring training with the team as a non-roster player.
• February 15 - Ila Borders becomes the first woman to pitch in a college game. Appearing for Southern California College of Cosa Mesa, she throws a 5-hit game against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 12-1.
• February 25 - The Veterans Committee elects Phil Rizzuto and Leo Durocher to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• April 3 - The Cincinnati Reds forego an opening day for an opening evening; the first time in Major League history that a season opened with a night game instead of a day game.
• April 4 - At Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs outfielder Tuffy Rhodes blasts three home runs on Opening Day victimizing New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden. Rhodes becomes the first player in major league history to hit home runs in his first three at-bats of the season. In spite of Rhodes’ unexpected home run barrage, the Cubs lose the game, 12–8.
• June 13 - Ryne Sandberg announces his retirement from the Chicago Cubs.
• July 8 - In a game against the Seattle Mariners, shortstop John Valentin of the Boston Red Sox records the tenth unassisted triple play since 1901. It is the first in the American League in nearly twenty six years; which was also the last time it was accomplished by a shortstop.
• July 12 - Moisés Alou's double in the 10th inning gives the National League an 8-7 victory over the American League in the All-Star Game. The NL is now a perfect 9-0 in extra-inning contests. John Hudek of the Houston Astros becomes the first pitcher in major league history to appear in an All-Star Game before recording a major league victory. Fred McGriff, whose two-run home run in the 9th inning tied the score, takes MVP honors.
• July 14 - Shortstop Ozzie Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals records his 8,017th assist, breaking Luis Aparicio's record for shortstops.
• July 28 - Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers throws the fourteenth perfect game in Major League history.
• August 11 - The final games of the Major League season are played on this date. The next day, the players' strike begins. Minor League Baseball games are not affected.
• September 14 - The owners of the Major League clubs vote 26-2 to officially cancel the remainder of the 1994 season, including the playoffs and World Series. There will be no World Series for the first time since 1904.
• September 20 - Albuquerque ends the professional baseball season in the United States, winning the Pacific Coast League championship.
• October 22 - The Japan Series begins as baseball's professional championship. Reporters from major American newspapers arrive in Japan for their Fall Classic coverage. Ken Harrelson, the play-by-play announcer for the Chicago White Sox, calls the Japan Series for US audiences on regional sports networks under the Prime SportsChannel banner.
• October 29 - The Yomiuri Giants win Game 6 of the Japan Series to become professional baseball's world champions. Legend says this is the luckiest of all championship years, as it was the team's sixtieth anniversary, as they are deemed World Champions by some baseball media.

Movies

• Major League II
• Little Big League
• Angels in the Outfield
• Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns (TV documentary)
• The Scout
• Cobb

Deaths

• January 8 - Harvey Haddix, 68, All-Star pitcher best remembered for a 1959 game with the Pirates in which he threw 12 perfect innings before losing in the 13th; won 20 games for 1953 Cardinals and earned three Gold Gloves
• January 9 - Johnny Temple, 66, All-Star second baseman, primarily for the Cincinnati Reds, who batted .300 three times
• January 10 - Chub Feeney, 72, National League president from 1970 to 1986
• February 12 - Ray Dandridge, 80, Hall of Fame third baseman of the Negro Leagues who often batted over .350
• March 16 - Eric Show, 37, pitcher who won 100 games for the San Diego Padres and surrendered Pete Rose's record 4,192nd hit
• May 9 - Ralph Brickner, 69, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the 1950s
• June 12 - Jim Brock, 57, coach at Arizona State since 1972 who led the school to two College World Series titles
• June 23 - Marv Throneberry, 62, first baseman for the Yankees, Orioles, Mets and Kansas City A's
• July 13 - Jimmie Reese, 93, infielder for the Yankees, Angels, Cardinals and Padres; later a minor league manager and a long-time coach for the Angels
• July 14 - César Tovar, 54, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins who in 1968 became the second major leaguer to play all nine positions in a game; had his team's only hit on five occasions
• August 25 - Cliff Garrison, 88, pitcher for the 1928 Boston Red Sox
• September 5 - Hank Aguirre, 63, All-Star pitcher who led AL in ERA in 1962 with the Detroit Tigers
• November 5 - Gene Desautels, 87, spent 19 years as a catcher, including 13 major league seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Athletics
• December 26 - Allie Reynolds, 77, 6-time All-Star pitcher, mainly with the Yankees, who led AL in ERA in 1952 and in strikeouts and shutouts twice; in 1951 was first AL pitcher to throw two no-hitters in same year, and was MVP runnerup in 1952; career .630 winning percentage