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1894 in sports
| Years in sports: | 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 |
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 |
Auto racing
- First contest organised in Paris.
Baseball
- Baltimore wins the first of three championships following three by Boston
- Major League Baseball's highest scoring season, 1876-2005
- The Boston Beaneaters set the current record for the most runs scored in a season (1220) and sets another standing record with seven players scoring 100 or more runs
- The Philadelphia Phillies bat .349 for the season with all four outfielders above .400, but finish fourth despite the feat
Cricket
- County Cricket Championship - Surrey
Football (soccer)
England
- First Division - Aston Villa win the 1893-94 title.
- FA Cup - Notts County beat Bolton Wanderers 4-1.
- The Second Division is expanded from fifteen teams to sixteen for the 1894-95 season, bringing the total number of League clubs to 32.
Ice Hockey
- Montreal HC wins their 2nd Stanley Cup in a row, defeating the Ottawa HC.
Boat race
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
Births
- January 12 — Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
- June 1 — Dušan Milošević, Serbian athlete and footballer (d. 1967)
- August 25 — Nick Winter, Australian athlete (d. 1955)
- October 5 — Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)
Deaths
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