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The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike was the eighth work stoppage in baseball history, as well as the fourth in-season work stoppage in 22 years.<ref name="WorkStoppages">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The strike began on August 12, 1994 and resulted in the remainder of that season being cancelled, including the postseason and, for the first time since 1904, the World Series. The strike was suspended on April 2, 1995 after 232 days, making it the longest such stoppage in MLB history, breaking the record set by the 1981 strike.<ref name="WorkStoppages"/> 948 games were cancelled in all, and MLB became the first major professional sports league to lose an entire postseason due to labor struggles. Due to the strike, both the 1994 and 1995 seasons were not played to a complete 162 games; the strike was called after most teams had played at least 113 games in 1994 and each team played 144 games in 1995.
1994–95 Major League Baseball strike sections
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| Major League Baseball labor relations | |
| 1972 strike | |
| 1981 strike | |
| 1985 strike | |
| 1990 lockout | |
| 1994-95 strike | |
| Collective Bargaining Agreement | |
| Baseball portal | |
The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike was the eighth work stoppage in baseball history, as well as the fourth in-season work stoppage in 22 years.<ref name="WorkStoppages">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The strike began on August 12, 1994 and resulted in the remainder of that season being cancelled, including the postseason and, for the first time since 1904, the World Series. The strike was suspended on April 2, 1995 after 232 days, making it the longest such stoppage in MLB history, breaking the record set by the 1981 strike.<ref name="WorkStoppages"/> 948 games were cancelled in all, and MLB became the first major professional sports league to lose an entire postseason due to labor struggles. Due to the strike, both the 1994 and 1995 seasons were not played to a complete 162 games; the strike was called after most teams had played at least 113 games in 1994 and each team played 144 games in 1995.
1994–95 Major League Baseball strike sections
Intro Background Strike Strike ends Post-strike See also References External links
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