The Temple Cup was a cup awarded to the winner of a best-of-seven, post-season championship series in the National League, from 1894 to 1897. The 30-inch-high (76.2-cm-high) silver cup cost $800, ($ in 2016 dollars) and was donated by coal, citrus, and lumber baron William Chase Temple, a part-owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates at the time. Much like the Stanley Cup of ice hockey and the Temple Cup's predecessor the Dauvray Cup, there was only one actual Temple Cup.