Hardball (1994)

Comedy · Sport

Hardball is an American baseball sitcom that aired on the Fox Network on Sunday nights from September 4, 1994 to October 23, 1994. Ironically the series premiered in the middle of the 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike and was canceled around the time that the year's World Series would have been played.

IMDb rating: 5.7 (113 votes)
Episode average: 6.8 +1.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1994)

6.75 avg 4 episodes 6.9 → 6.8

Slow burn

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	6.9	9
4	Whose Strike Is It Anyway?	4.5	7
5	Frank Buys an Island, Mike Pays the Price	8.8	6
7	My Name Is Hard B.	6.8	6