| 1894 Temple Cup | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 4–8 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Union Park (Baltimore) Polo Grounds (New York) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Bob Emslie,Tim Hurst | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Giants: John Ward (player-manager)‡ George Davis Amos Rusie Orioles: Ned Hanlon (manager) Dan Brouthers Hughie Jennings Willie Keeler Joe Kelley John McGraw† Wilbert Robinson† ‡ elected as a player. † elected as a manager. | |||||||||
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The1894 Temple Cup was an end-of-the-yearbest-of-seven playoff between theNational League championBaltimore Orioles and runner-upNew York Giants. The series began on October 4 and ended on October 8 with the Giants sweeping in four games.
This was the first form of a championship series inprofessional baseball since the1892 World Series, which saw the first and second-half winners of the National League face off in abest-of-eleven playoff.
New York won the series, 4–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location |
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| 1 | October 4 | New York Giants – 4, Baltimore Orioles – 1 | Union Park[1] |
| 2 | October 5 | New York Giants – 9, Baltimore Orioles – 6 | Union Park[2] |
| 3 | October 6 | Baltimore Orioles – 1,New York Giants – 4 | Polo Grounds[3] |
| 4 | October 8 | Baltimore Orioles – 1,New York Giants – 7 | Polo Grounds[4] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: NY:Amos Rusie BAL:Duke Esper WP:Amos Rusie (1–0) LP:Duke Esper (0–1) Attendance: 11,720[5] Notes: Game duration: 1:55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| New York | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Baltimore | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: NY:Jouett Meekin BAL:Kid Gleason WP:Jouett Meekin (1–0) LP:Kid Gleason (0–1) Attendance: 11,000 Notes: Game duration: 2:00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: BAL:George Hemming NY:Amos Rusie WP:Amos Rusie (2–0) LP:George Hemming (0–1) Attendance: 20,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Baltimore | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New York | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | X | 16 | 20 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: BAL:Bill Hawke NY:Jouett Meekin WP:Jouett Meekin (2–0) LP:Bill Hawke (0–1) Attendance: 10,000 Notes:Game called on account of darkness. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||