The following are the baseball events of the year 1894 throughout the world.
Champions
National League final standings
Events
Births
Deaths
- March 3 - Ned Williamson, 36, third baseman and shortstop for the Chicago White Stockings who set single-season records with 49 doubles in 1883, 27 home runs in 1884; led NL in assists seven times and double plays six times.
- May 3 - Bob Ferguson, 49, infielder and manager of eight teams, sport's first switch-hitter, nicknamed "Death to Flying Things" for defensive skill; captained 1870 team which defeated Cincinnati Red Stockings after 84 straight wins, president of Nat'l Ass'n from 1872-75.
- September 16 - Terry Larkin, troubled pitcher who won 89 games in a 3 year span in the National League from 1877-1879, commits suicide by slitting his throat with a razor.
- November 8 - King Kelly, 36, catcher and right fielder for Chicago and Boston who batted .308 lifetime with two batting titles; led NL in runs and doubles three times each, was fourth player to collect 1500 hits; starred on five Chicago champions, managed Boston to 1890 Players League title; fiery and alert competitor developed hit-and-run, caused numerous refinements of sport's rules upon his exploitation of loopholes.