Cincinnati built a cushion during the make-up games, however, while the Astros were one game over. The Reds were ahead of the Astros by a smidge when baseball stopped. The Braves were able to blow past them and take the division, while the Expos held on to the wild card. So the team playing the make-up games was a pale imitation of the one that ran out to the big lead. The team traded away outfielder Marquis Grissom, starting pitcher Ken Hill and closer John Wetteland, all All-Stars, on consecutive days. Fans rebelled against the team and the handwriting was on the wall as the 1995 season opened. The Angels were able to go from worst to first.įirst, some explanation: No one suffered more from the strike than the Expos. No one was able to get hot enough to give the division a champion with a winning record, but things certainly got shuffled, with no one finishing in the same spot they were when the strike hit. Milwaukee was able to leapfrog the Twins to stay out of last. The White Sox were still able to clinch the first American League wild card in baseball history. Cleveland, meanwhile, went 32-17 (.653) to run away with the division. The White Sox fell out of first, playing one game over. New York pulled away in the make-up games, while second-place Baltimore played sub-.500 to fade away. The Yankees were running away with things, leading by 6.5 at the time of the strike. 400, and Matt Williams led a group of players that were threatening Roger Maris. Tony Gwynn had a shot at becoming the first player in 53 years to hit.
1994 MLB STRIKE .EDU SERIES
In our first installment, we’ll look at the 1994 baseball strike that caused the first cancellation of a World Series in more than 90 years.įans bemoan the unfinished season - the Expos were a juggernaut and could have won the title, perhaps saving their team in Montreal. Basically, for each canceled game, we’ll use the next time those two teams played (at the same venue) as a “make-up game.” For example, we would use games from the 2020-21 NBA and NHL seasons to fill in any holes left by the coronavirus in this year’s schedule. We’ll do this not by any computer or video game simulations or by statistical tricks, but by actual action that took place on the field, or ice. Over the next few weeks, while none of us have any live sports to watch, we’ll be un-canceling lost games from our past. MLB had three seasons impacted by labor woes, and the NBA had games wiped out in two seasons.
The NHL has had three seasons shortened and one canceled. The NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB have all lost games to labor strife in the past. There’s even been talk that the football season could be impacted in the fall.Īll the hand-washing, social distancing and staying inside can’t change any of that.
1994 MLB STRIKE .EDU FULL
No MLB games have been canceled, but the start to the season is delayed, and it’s becoming less and less likely that the league plays the full 162 or anything close. The coronavirus canceled the end of the NCAA basketball season and, at the very least, has interrupted the NBA and NHL. Slugger Frank Thomas, pictured in 1999, and the Chicago White Sox came out on top in NSJ’s completed 1994 major league season.
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