1894 in baseball

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

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See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1894 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

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Contents 1 Champions 2 National League final standings 3 Events 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Champions

• National League: Baltimore Orioles

[edit] 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

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

• February 10 - Herb Pennock
• February 28 - Jud Wilson
• March 19 - Bill Wambsganss
• April 24 - Howard Ehmke
• May 25 - Joe Judge
• June 27 - Red Bluhm
• 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

[edit] 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