1994: No World Series
No World Series was played in 1994. Here is why, and every season that did have one.
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1994: no World Series
No World Series was played in 1994. The players’ strike that began on 12 August ended the season, and the World Series was cancelled for the first time in ninety years.
How this bracket works
No World Series was played in 1994.
The players’ strike that began on 12 August 1994 ended the season with six weeks unplayed. The postseason was cancelled that September, and for the first time since 1904 there was no World Series.
Every other season from 1903 onward has a bracket, listed below.
Questions people ask
Was there a World Series in 1994?
No. The 1994 players’ strike ended the season in August and the postseason was cancelled in September, the only time the World Series has been lost to a labour dispute.
Every World Series bracket, 1903 to 2026
One printable bracket per season, drawn the way that October actually ran: just the two pennant winners before 1969, the Championship Series from 1969, the Division Series from 1995, and the twelve-team bracket we have now.
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