The 1994 Strike Cancels the World Series

On August 12, 1994, Major League Baseball players went on strike in a dispute over the owners' proposed salary cap, halting the season with several teams in the midst of strong campaigns, including the Montreal Expos, who held the best record in baseball.

The two sides failed to reach an agreement before the postseason, and on September 14, acting commissioner Bud Selig canceled the remainder of the season and the World Series, the first time the Series had not been played since 1904 and the first time it had ever been canceled by a labor dispute.

The strike lasted 232 days, ending in April 1995 after a federal court injunction forced a return to the prior labor agreement, without owners winning the salary cap they had sought. Attendance did not fully recover until the home run chase between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in 1998.