From that, however, have come 22 years of labor peace.

Taking over as commissioner in 1992 from Fay Vincent, Selig was in office for the 1994 players strike, a catastrophic event that forced the cancellation of the World Series, the first time since 1904 baseball’s signature event hadn’t been played. Jerome Holtzman, MLB’s official historian, went so far as to call Selig the best commissioner in baseball history.īut Selig has also fouled some pitches off his shin.