1994

1994 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1994.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yomiuri Giants (CL) over the Seibu Lions (PL), 4 - 2 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Seibu Lions (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: LG Twins defeated the Taepyungyang Dolphins in the Korean Series (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Brother Elephants win the title outright by winning both halves of the season
• Claxton Shield: Brisbane Bandits, Australian Baseball League (Details)

Europe

• European Cup: Levi's Neptunus Rotterdam, Hoofdklasse (Details)
  • Division Élite: Barracudas de Montpellier
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Mannheim Tornados
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Boom Planeta Kinheim Haarlem
    • Holland Series: Honkbal Club Kinheim defeated the SC Neptunus in the series, 3 - 2 (Details)
  • Serie A1: Cariparma Angels Parma

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: no series played due to players strike (Details)
    • American League: none (Details)
    • National League: none (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Indianapolis Indians (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Princeton Reds
  • Arizona League: AZL Cardinals
  • California League: Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
  • Carolina League: Wilmington Blue Rocks
  • Eastern League: Binghamton Mets
  • Florida State League: Tampa Yankees
  • Frontier League: Erie Sailors
  • Great Central League: Lafayette Leopards
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Astros
  • International League: Richmond Braves (Details)
  • Midwest League: Cedar Rapids Kernels
  • New York-Penn League: New Jersey Cardinals
  • North Central League: Brainerd Bears
  • Northern League: Winnipeg Goldeyes
  • Northwest League: Boise Hawks
  • Pacific Coast League: Albuquerque Dukes (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Billings Mustangs
  • South Atlantic League: Savannah Cardinals
  • Southern League: Huntsville Stars
  • Texas League: El Paso Diablos
  • Texas-Louisiana League: Corpus Christi Barracudas

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Diablos Rojos del México defeated the Sultanes de Monterrey in the finals, 4 - 3

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Villa Clara (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela; Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Águilas Cibaeñas in the finals, 4 - 1
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Naranjeros de Hermosillo
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Senadores de San Juan
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Navegantes del Magallanes defeated the Leones del Caracas in the finals, 4 - 3

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): The University of Oklahoma defeated Georgia Institute of Technology in the finals, 13 - 5 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Central Missouri State University over the Florida Southern College, 14 - 9 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: The University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh over the Wesleyan University (Connecticut), 6 - 2 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Kennesaw State College over the Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2 - 0 in the finals
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: Galveston College
  • Division II Baseball World Series: Lincoln Land Community College
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Joliet Junior College
• Community College League of California: Cypress College over Rancho Santiago College 8 - 5 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Peninsula Oilers (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Komazawa University defeated the Kinki University in the final, 5 - 2 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Chiben Wakayama High School (Wakayama) defeat Joso Gakuin High School (Ibaragi), 7 - 5 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Saga High School (Saga) defeat Shounan High School (Kagoshima), 8 - 4 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Coquivacoa (Maracaibo, Venezuela) defeat Northridge City (Northridge, CA), 4 - 3 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Nicaragua (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
• World Junior Championship in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada (Details)
  • South Korea (Gold); United States (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• World Youth Championship in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Dominican Republic (Silver); Brazil (Bronze)
• Asian Games in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• Central American Games in San Salvador, El Salvador (Details)
  • Nicaragua (Gold); Guatemala (Silver); El Salvador (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Baseball With a Latin Beat, by Peter C. Bjarkman
• The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues, by James Riley
• Brittle Innings, by Michael Bishop
• The Catcher Was A Spy, by Nicholas Dawidoff
• The Curse of Rocky Colavito, by Terry Pluto
• Diamond, by Mark Harris
• Fair Dealing and Clean Playing, by Neil Lanctot
• Lords of the Realm, by John Helyar
• The Negro Leagues Book, by Dick Clark and Larry Lester
• October, 1964, by David Halberstam
• The October Twelve, by Phil Rizzuto and Tom Horton
• The Politics of Glory, by Bill James
• Separating the Men from the Boys, by Jim L. Sumner
• Strike Zone, by Eliot Asinof and Jim Bouton
• Wild, High and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin, by Peter Golenbock

Song

• Dock Ellis, by The San Francisco Seals

Film

• Angels in the Outfield (remake)
• Baseball
• Cobb
• Little Big League
• Major League II
• The Scout

Births

Further information: Births in 1994

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1994