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The following are the baseball events of the year 1894 throughout the world.  


Champions[]

National League final standings[]

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Baltimore Orioles 89 39 .695 --
New York Giants 88 44 .667 3
Boston Beaneaters 83 49 .629 8
Philadelphia Phillies 71 57 .555 18
Brooklyn Grooms 70 61 .534 20.5
Cleveland Spiders 68 61 .527 21.5
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 65 .500 25
Chicago Colts 57 75 .432 34
St. Louis Browns 56 76 .424 35
Cincinnati Reds 55 75 .423 35
Washington Senators 45 87 .341 46
Louisville Colonels 36 94 .277 54

Events[]

Births[]

  • February 10 - Herb Pennock
  • February 28 - Jud Wilson
  • March 19 - Bill Wambsganss
  • April 24 - Howard Ehmke
  • May 25 - Joe Judge
  • July 12 - Lee Meadows
  • August 3 - Harry Heilmann
  • August 26 - Sparky Adams
  • August 30 - Bing Miller
  • October 13 - Swede Risberg
  • October 18 - Dave Malarcher
  • October 23 - Rube Bressler
  • December 5 - Philip K. Wrigley
  • December 19 - Ford Frick

Deaths[]

  • March 3 - Ned Williamson, 36, third baseman and shortstop for the Chicago White Stockings who set single-season records with 49 doubles in 1883, 27 home runs in 1884; led NL in assists seven times and double plays six times
  • May 3 - Bob Ferguson, 49, infielder and manager of eight teams, sport's first switch-hitter, nicknamed "Death to Flying Things" for defensive skill; captained 1870 team which defeated Cincinnati Red Stockings after 84 straight wins, president of Nat'l Ass'n from 1872-75
  • November 8 - King Kelly, 36, catcher and right fielder for Chicago and Boston who batted .308 lifetime with two batting titles; led NL in runs and doubles three times each, was fourth player to collect 1500 hits; starred on five Chicago champions, managed Boston to 1890 Players League title; fiery and alert competitor developed hit-and-run, caused numerous refinements of sport's rules upon his exploitation of loopholes
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