Work Stoppages

There were seven general work stoppages in major league baseball during the 20th century:

• 1972 – player strike, 13 days
• 1976 - owner lockout in spring training, 17 days
• 1980 - player strike in spring training, 7 days
• 1981 - player strike, 50 days
• 1985 - player strike, 2 days
• 1990 - owner lockout in spring training, 32 days
• 1994-1995 – player strike ends season on August 12th, postseason is cancelled, 1995 season is also shortened to 144 games, 232 days

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