This article is about the 1993 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see
1993 in baseball .
The 1993 Major League Baseball season was the final season of two-division play in each league, before the Central Division was added the following season , giving both the NL and AL three divisions each.
Sixteen years after the American League expanded from 12 to 14 teams, the National League finally followed suit, with the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins (now the Miami Marlins ) joining the NL. As a result, it was also the first season since 1976 that both leagues had the same number of teams. The Toronto Blue Jays capped off the season by winning their second consecutive World Series title, beating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. The World Series was clinched when, in one of the most famous moments in baseball history, Joe Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run in bottom of the 9th inning to seal the victory.
Pitcher of the Month
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Home field attendance and payroll
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Team name
Wins
%±
Home attendance
%±
Per game
Est. payroll
%±
Colorado Rockies [ 1] 67
4,483,350
55,350
$10,353,500
Toronto Blue Jays [ 2] 95
−1.0%
4,057,947
0.7%
50,098
$47,279,166
5.6%
Atlanta Braves [ 3] 104
6.1%
3,884,720
26.2%
47,960
$41,641,417
20.3%
Baltimore Orioles [ 4] 85
−4.5%
3,644,965
2.2%
45,000
$29,096,500
21.8%
Los Angeles Dodgers [ 5] 81
28.6%
3,170,393
28.2%
39,141
$39,440,999
−11.9%
Philadelphia Phillies [ 6] 97
38.6%
3,137,674
62.8%
38,737
$28,538,334
16.5%
Florida Marlins [ 7] 64
3,064,847
37,838
$19,330,545
St. Louis Cardinals [ 8] 87
4.8%
2,844,977
17.6%
35,123
$23,367,334
−15.3%
Chicago Cubs [ 9] 84
7.7%
2,653,763
24.8%
32,363
$39,386,666
32.0%
San Francisco Giants [ 10] 103
43.1%
2,606,354
67.0%
32,177
$35,159,000
6.0%
Chicago White Sox [ 11] 94
9.3%
2,581,091
−3.7%
31,865
$39,696,166
31.6%
Cincinnati Reds [ 12] 73
−18.9%
2,453,232
5.9%
30,287
$44,879,666
34.2%
Boston Red Sox [ 13] 80
9.6%
2,422,021
−1.9%
29,901
$37,120,583
−14.9%
New York Yankees [ 14] 88
15.8%
2,416,942
38.2%
29,839
$42,723,000
13.5%
Texas Rangers [ 15] 86
11.7%
2,244,616
2.1%
27,711
$36,376,959
20.7%
Cleveland Indians [ 16] 76
0.0%
2,177,908
77.9%
26,888
$18,561,000
98.0%
Houston Astros [ 17] 85
4.9%
2,084,618
72.1%
25,736
$30,210,500
96.1%
California Angels [ 18] 71
−1.4%
2,057,460
−0.4%
25,401
$28,588,334
−17.7%
Seattle Mariners [ 19] 82
28.1%
2,052,638
24.3%
25,341
$33,646,333
44.4%
Minnesota Twins [ 20] 71
−21.1%
2,048,673
−17.5%
25,292
$28,217,933
0.7%
Oakland Athletics [ 21] 68
−29.2%
2,035,025
−18.4%
25,124
$37,812,333
−7.9%
Detroit Tigers [ 22] 85
13.3%
1,971,421
38.4%
24,339
$38,150,165
39.6%
Kansas City Royals [ 23] 84
16.7%
1,934,578
3.6%
23,884
$41,455,167
22.3%
New York Mets [ 24] 59
−18.1%
1,873,183
5.3%
23,126
$39,043,667
−12.5%
Milwaukee Brewers [ 25] 69
−25.0%
1,688,080
−9.1%
20,840
$23,806,834
−23.2%
Pittsburgh Pirates [ 26] 75
−21.9%
1,650,593
−9.8%
20,378
$24,822,467
−26.9%
Montreal Expos [ 27] 94
8.0%
1,641,437
−1.7%
20,265
$18,899,333
19.4%
San Diego Padres [ 28] 61
−25.6%
1,375,432
−20.1%
16,981
$25,511,333
−5.0%
This was the final season under MLB's four-year deals with CBS and ESPN . While ESPN renewed its contract, CBS declined. MLB would then form The Baseball Network , a joint venture with ABC and NBC , to replace CBS in televising games on broadcast television.
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