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. 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,
Joe Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run in the 9th to seal the victory at home.
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.
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. 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,
Joe Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run in the 9th to seal the victory at home.
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.