
In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff) and is awarded the World Series Trophy. The World Series has been an annual event since 1903, with the exception of 1904 and 1994. The New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships. The 2004 World Series was played from October 23 until October 27, between the 2004 National League Championship Series St. Louis Cardinals and the 2004 American League Championship Series the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox won the series four games to none, earning their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the 1918 World Series, completed on September 11, 1918. ==Introduction== The first two games of the series are played in one team's home ballpark, the next three in the other team's ballpark, and the final two, if necessary, back in the first team's ballpark. Until 2003, the team given the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League and the National League. Starting in 2003, however, the league that wins the Major League Baseball All-Star Game is given the home field advantage in the World Series. A portion of the gate receipts from the World Series - and, from 1969 onward, the other rounds of postseason play preceding it - is used to fund a Players' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the World Series winner, the World Series loser, all the other teams qualifying for the playoffs which did not reach the World Series, and certain other teams which did not qualify for the playoffs, the criteria for the latter changing at various times. Prior to 1969, teams finishing in the first division (baseball), or top half of the leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not earning a wild card receive them, because there are more divisions and each division is smaller. The "World" appellation has stuck despite the fact that only teams in the United States and Canada participate. While some would contend that there is no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team outside Major League Baseball, no challenges have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the North American champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. A persistent myth is that the "World" in "World Series" came about because the ''New York World'' newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher Doug Pappas refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used to describe the 1903 series) to "World's Series" to "World Series". Furthermore, investigation of the ''New York World'' for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed sponsorship. (For details, see [http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/name.htm Mr. Pappas's web page on the subject]). Baseball tournaments between international teams do occur, notably at the world championships and at the Olympic Games. To the Summer Olympics, the US has always sent a team of minor league baseball players, since the MLB hasn't been willing to stop playing and thus free its players during the Olympics until now. The US team won the gold medal in 2000, suggesting that a major-league team could defeat any non-American national team. Of course, major league teams do not consist entirely of US nationals; for example, about 10% of MLB players are from the Dominican Republic. Not all of the US nationals in MLB are eligible for Team USA; a significant minority are from Puerto Rico, which fields its own teams in international sports competitions. The famed Cuban national team (which was beaten by the Americans in 2000) has defeated Major League teams in some confrontations. At the 2004 Summer Olympics the USA was not represented, since its minor-leaguer team did not survive qualifying. The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) has tried to lobby MLB into suspending play during the Summer Olympics, so that MLB players could compete for their respective national teams. The IBAF is of the opininon that if this does not happen at the 2008 Olympics, baseball is likely to be removed from the Olympics to make room for Rugby sevens. The IBAF has agreed to shortening the Olympic tournament if the MLB agrees to freeing its players. According to the IBAF chairman, such a move would do more for popularizing baseball around the world than any amount of money spent by the MLB for its current worldwide marketing. Currently, Major League Baseball, in cooperation with the IBAF, is trying to institute a World Cup of Baseball, to be held at least quadrennially during the Northern Hemisphere winter at a warm-weather site, to serve as a true world championship of national baseball teams. The winter scheduling would allow players from the North American and Japanese professional leagues to participate. The first such World Cup is tentatively scheduled to follow the 2005 season. The IBAF has already organized thirty-five editions of the Baseball World Cup since 1938. The term World Series has since been appropriated by other championships, such as the World Series of Poker, the College World Series, the World Series of Birding and the World Series of Martial Arts. World Series Cricket was a short-lived but influential cricket competition. == Precursors to the World Series (1857-1901) == The following are teams that played an earlier version of the "world series". Champions: * 1857 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1858 New York Mutuals * 1859 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1860 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1861 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1862 Brooklyn Eckfords * 1863 Brooklyn Eckfords * 1864 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1865 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1866 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1867 Morrisania Unions * 1868 New York Mutuals * 1869 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1870 Chicago Cubs * 1871 Philadelphia Athletics (National League) * 1872 Atlanta Braves * 1873 Boston Red Stockings * 1874 Boston Red Stockings * 1875 Boston Red Stockings * 1876 Chicago White Stockings * 1877 Atlanta Braves * 1878 Boston Red Caps * 1879 Providence Grays * 1880 Chicago White Stockings * 1881 Chicago White Stockings * 1882 Chicago White Stockings * 1883 Atlanta Braves * 1884 Providence Grays * 1885 Chicago White Stockings * 1886 St. Louis Cardinals * 1887 Detroit Wolverines * 1888 San Francisco Giants * 1889 New York Giants * 1890 Los Angeles Dodgers * 1891 Boston Beaneaters * 1892 Boston Beaneaters * 1893 Boston Beaneaters * 1894 New York Giants * 1895 Cleveland Spiders * 1896 Baltimore Orioles (NL) * 1897 Baltimore Orioles * 1898 Boston Beaneaters * 1899 Los Angeles Dodgers * 1900 Brooklyn Superbas * 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates * 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates == The modern World Series (1902-present) == === The first attempt === After 2 years of bitter competition and player raiding, the National and American Leagues made peace and, as part of the accord, agreed to a postseason series between the league pennant winners. : 1903 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 games to 3. === The boycott of 1904 === The 1904 World Series was supposed to be between the AL's Boston Red Sox and the NL's San Francisco Giants. The Giants' owner, John Brush, refused to allow his team to play, citing the inferiority of the upstart American League. Brush also cited the lack of rules under which the games would be played and the money would be split. During the winter of 1904/05, however, Brush proposed what came to be known as the "Brush Rules", under which the series would be played over subsequent years. One rule was that player shares would come from gate receipts from the first four games only. This was to discourage teams from throwing early games in order to prolong the series and make more money. Receipts for later games were split among the two teams and the National Commission (the new governing body for the sport, which was able to cover much of its annual operating expenses from World Series revenue). The list evolved over time. In 1925, Brooklyn owner Charles Ebbets convinced owners to adopt the current 2-3-2 system of scheduling World Series games (one team would host the first two games, the other team would host the next three, and the first team would host the last two if necessary; the leagues alternated which representative would host the first games). == List of World Series after 1904 == The World Series has been a best-of-seven series except in the years 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921, when it was best-of-nine. === 1905-1919: The "Dead ball era" === :1905 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1. :::Every game was a shutout. Christy Mathewson hurled three of these, over a span of just six days, in one of the most dominant pitching performances in history. :1906 World Series: Chicago White Sox defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2. :::Some consider this the greatest World Series upset. The Chicago Cubs record was 116-36, setting a regular-season winning percentage record which still stands. The White Sox had a strong pitching staff but were the worst-hitting team in the American League. The "Hitless Wonders" got all the hitting they needed to shock their crosstown rivals. :1907 World Series: Chicago Cubs defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 0 (one tie). :1908 World Series: Chicago Cubs defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1. :1909 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3. :::The Tigers might have finally won the Fall Classic in their third try had it not been for Babe Adams. A rookie pitcher for Pittsburgh that year, manager Fred Clarke started him, on a hunch, in game 1. Adams won that game and two more. :1910 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1. :::Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games, and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting as the Athletics won their first Fall Classic. :1911 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. :::Philadelphia third baseman Frank Baker earned his nickname during this series. His home run in Game 2 was the margin of victory for the Athletics, and his blast in Game 3 off Christy Mathewson tied that game, which the Athletics subsequently won. The Giants never recovered. :1912 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3 (one tie). :::This dramatic Series involved great pitching from Christy Mathewson and from Boston fireballer Smokey Joe Wood, who won two of his three starts and pitched in relief in the final game, won when Boston rallied for two runs in the ninth inning thanks to two costly Giant fielding misplays. :1913 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 1. :1914 World Series: Atlanta Braves defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to none. :::Another contender for greatest upset of all time. The "Miracle Braves", in last place on July 4th, roared on to win the NL pennant and sweep the stunned Athletics. :1915 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats Philadelphia Phillies , 4 games to 1. :1916 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1. :1917 World Series: Chicago White Sox defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. :1918 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2. :::This would be the last Red Sox World Series win until 2004 World Series. The subsequent drought of eighty-six years was often attributed to the Curse of the Bambino, as the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth for cash the next year. :1919 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats Chicago White Sox , 5 games to 3. ::: The Black Sox scandal. Eight Chicago players conspired with gamblers to lose the Series, and were led to apprehension and permanent suspension from the league, despite being heavy favorites at the conclusion of the regular season. === 1920-1941: The "Live Ball Era" (sometimes "The Golden Age") === :1920 World Series : Cleveland Indians defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 5 games to 2. :::Cleveland second baseman Bill Wambsganss turned an unassisted triple play -- one of roughly only a dozen such plays in major-league history, and the only one to happen in a World Series. :1921 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats New York Yankees, 5 games to 3. :1922 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 0 (one tie). :1923 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. [[Image:1924worldseries.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Washington's Bucky Harris scores his home run in the fourth inning of Game 7, October 10, 1924]] :1924 World Series: Minnesota Twins defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3. :::Walter Johnson, making his first World Series appearance toward the end of his storied career, lost his two starts. Washington battled back to force a game seven, giving Johnson a chance to redeem himself when he came on in relief in that game. Johnson held on to get the win and to give Washington its only World Series win. The franchise would not win another World Series until 1987 World Series, by which time it had been playing in the Twin Cities (Minnesota) for over a quarter-century. :1925 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats Minnesota Twins, 4 games to 3. :::The Pirates become the first team to overcome a 3 games to 1 deficit to win the World Series. :1926 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. :::Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitching short on days rest, leads the Cardinals to victory in game seven, upsetting the powerful New York Yankees Murderers' Row lineup. :1927 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to none. :1928 World Series: New York Yankees defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to none. :1929 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1. :::The famous "Mack Attack," named for the legendary manager of the Athletics, Connie Mack (nt), in which the Athletics overcame an eight run deficit in one inning, occurs. :1930 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 2. :1931 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 3. :1932 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to none. :::George Herman Ruth hits his famous "called shot" home run--which is followed immediately by a Lou Gehrig solo home run, "The Thunder after the Lightning"--in Game 3 of this dominating New York Yankee performance. :1933 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats Minnesota Twins, 4 games to 1. :1934 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3. :::Brothers Dizzy Dean and Paul Dean each won two games for the "Gas House Gang" Cardinals. :1935 World Series: Detroit Tigers, defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2. :1936 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. :1937 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 1. :1938 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 0. :1939 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 0. :1940 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3. :1941 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1. === 1942-1945: The war years === :1942 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 1. :1943 World Series: New York Yankees defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 1. :1944 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 2. :::This year saw perhaps the nadir of 20th-century baseball, as the long-moribund St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles) won their only American League pennant. :1945 World Series: Detroit Tigers, defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3. :::Frank Graham called this Series jokingly "the fat men versus the tall men at the office picnic." It is the last time to date that the Chicago Cubs have appeared in the World Series. === 1946-1960: The postwar years === :1946 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Boston Red Sox , 4 games to 3. :1947 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3. :1948 World Series: Cleveland Indians defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2. :::The Cleveland Indians ruined a possible all-Boston World Series by defeating the Boston Red Sox in a playoff after the two top American League teams were tied at the end of the season. :1949 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1. :1950 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Philadelphia Phillies , 4 games to 0. :1951 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. ::: Joe DiMaggio bows out as a Yankee, while rookies Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle make their series debuts. :1952 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3. :1953 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2. :::The New York Yankees won their fifth straight World Series, a feat which has never been accomplished before or since. [[Image:The_Catch.png|thumb|The Catch : Willie Mays makes a brilliant running catch of Vic Wertz's drive, September 29, 1954]] :1954 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 0. :::In Game 1, Willie Mays makes "The Catch" -- a dramatic over-the-shoulder catch of a line drive to deep center field which would otherwise have given Cleveland the lead. Dusty Rhodes won two games with his bat, pinch-hitting. :1955 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers, defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. World Series MVP Award: Johnny Podres, Brooklyn :::Brooklyn wins its only World Series title. :1956 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3. MVP: Don Larsen, New York :::Larsen pitched the only no-hitter in World Series play -- a perfect game, no less -- for the Yankees. :1957 World Series: Atlanta Braves defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. MVP: Lew Burdette, Milwaukee :::The Milwaukee Braves become the first team to win a Championship after relocating. Until 1953, they had been the Boston Braves, winners of the 1914 Series. In 1995 they would win again, as the Atlanta Braves. :1958 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 3. MVP: Bob Turley, New York :1959 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats Chicago White Sox , 4 games to 2. MVP: Larry Sherry, Los Angeles :::The Los Angeles Dodgers win the franchise's first title since moving to the West Coast from Kings County, New York after the 1957 season. :1960 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. MVP: Bobby Richardson, New York :::Best remembered for a pulsating Game 7 which ended with the first walkoff homer to end a World Series, hit by the Pirates' Bill Mazeroski. === 1961-1968: The first expansion period === (following addition of Anaheim Angels and Texas Rangers in 1961, and Houston Astros and New York Mets in 1962.) :1961 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1. MVP: Whitey Ford, New York :1962 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3. MVP: Ralph Terry, New York :1963 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 0. MVP: Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles :::Before Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, there was Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Koufax, Drysdale and Johnny Podres combine to give up only 4 runs in 4 complete games. This is the first time that the New York Yankees were swept in a World Series in four games (the 1922 series had one tie). :1964 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. MVP: Bob Gibson, St. Louis :::For an account of this Series, and the lively season that preceded it, see David Halberstam's book, ''October 1964''. :1965 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats Minnesota Twins, 4 games to 3. MVP: Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles :::Koufax and Drysdale return to the Series. LA's lefty-righty one-two punch had combined for 49 wins and 15 shutouts in '65, but after Sandy and Don got rocked by the Twins in the first two games, it took a five-hit shutout by Claude Osteen to get the Dodgers back into the series. By Game 7, Koufax regained his form and clinched the title with a three-hit, 10-strikeout, 2-0 victory. Koufax was the MVP while Ron Fairly hit two home runs. :1966 World Series: Baltimore Orioles defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 0. MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore :::This was a thoroughly dominating performance by Hank Bauer's Baltimore club. Sandy Koufax announced his retirement after the Series due to a bum elbow. :1967 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Boston Red Sox , 4 games to 3. MVP: Bob Gibson, St. Louis :1968 World Series: Detroit Tigers defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 3. MVP: Mickey Lolich, Detroit :::Both 1968 MLB Most Valuable Player awards, the Tigers' Denny McLain and the Cardinals' Bob Gibson, pitch in the Series, but Lolich steals the show by becoming the last pitcher to date to win three complete games in a single World Series. === 1969-1976: Second expansion === (following addition of Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals.) Starting in 1969, the World Series pitted the National League Championship Series winner against that of the American League Championship Series. :1969 World Series: New York Mets defeats Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1. MVP: Donn Clendenon, New York ::: The Miracle Mets: The New York Mets, 73-89 in 1968, won 100 regular seasons games and swept all before them in only their 8th year of existence, behind the pitching of Tom Seaver and Jerome "Jerry" Koosman. :1970 World Series: Baltimore Orioles defeats Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1. MVP: Brooks Robinson, Baltimore :::Game 1 of this Series was the first World Series game to be played on an artificial turf. :1971 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3. MVP: Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh :::Game 2 of this World Series was the first night game played in World Series history. :1972 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 3. MVP: Gene Tenace, Oakland ::: In their first visit to the World Series in 41 years, the Athletics upset the heavily favored Reds. :1973 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats New York Mets, 4 games to 3. MVP: Reggie Jackson, Oakland :::Oakland reliever Darold Knowles becomes the first (and so far, only) pitcher to appear in every game of a seven-game World Series. :1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1. MVP: Rollie Fingers, Oakland :1975 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats Boston Red Sox , 4 games to 3. MVP: Pete Rose, Cincinnati :1976 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 0. MVP: Johnny Bench, Cincinnati :::First World Series in which the designated hitter rule was applied. === 1977-1992: Third expansion === (following addition of Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners.) :1977 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2. MVP: Reggie Jackson, New York :::Reggie Jackson hits three home runs off of three consecutive pitches from three different Dodger pitchers in the deciding game six, only the third time a player has hit three homers in a World Series game (Babe Ruth did it twice, in 1926 and 1928). His nickname of "Mr. October" is born here. :1978 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2. MVP: Bucky Dent, New York :::Famous for a controversial play in which Reggie Jackson breaks up a double play by using his hip to bat the ball heading to first base away allowing Thurman Munson to go to second base on the error. There would not be any repeat World Champions for the next fourteen years. This was also the first of 10 consecutive years that saw 10 different teams win the World Series, a string unprecedented in MLB history. :1979 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3. MVP: Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh :::We are Fam-i-lee... :1980 World Series: Philadelphia Phillies defeats Kansas City Royals, 4 games to 2. MVP: Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia :::The Phillies finally win their first World Series after a then-record 97-year wait. :1981 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 2. MVP: Tie: Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager, Los Angeles :::Yankees reliever George Frazier ties a Series record by racking up three losses. :1982 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 3. MVP: Darrell Porter, St. Louis :::Porter erases bitter memory of tiptoeing into Boone's glove in '80 series. :1983 World Series: Baltimore Orioles defeats Philadelphia Phillies , 4 games to 1. MVP: Rick Dempsey, Baltimore :1984 World Series: Detroit Tigers defeats San Diego Padres, 4 games to 1. MVP: Alan Trammell, Detroit :1985 World Series: Kansas City Royals defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 3. MVP: Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City :::A call by umpire Don Denkinger helps the Royals stave off elimination in Game 6, followed by a Cardinals meltdown in Game 7. Known as the I-70 World Series or the Show Me State World Series. :1986 World Series: New York Mets defeats Boston Red Sox , 4 games to 3. MVP: Ray Knight, New York :::Famed for the Bill Buckner error in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 6. :1987 World Series: Minnesota Twins, defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 3. MVP: Frank Viola, Minnesota :::This was the first World Series in which every game was won by the home team. Game 1 was the first World Series game to be played indoors (in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome). The 1987 Twins have the dubious distinction of the lowest regular-season win-loss record (85-77) of any World Series champion in the history of baseball. :1988 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1. MVP: Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles :::In the bottom of the ninth inning of the opening game, with Mike Davis on base and Dodgers down 4-3, the injured Kirk Gibson hits the game-winning home run off Oakland's ace reliever Dennis Eckersley and limps around the bases in what would be his only at-bat in the series. :1989 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 0. MVP: Dave Stewart (baseball player), Oakland ::: The Loma Prieta earthquake, which occurred shortly before Game 3, caused a 10-day postponement in the middle of this series. :1990 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 0. MVP: Jose Rijo, Cincinnati ::: The Reds upset the heavily favored Athletics. :1991 World Series: Minnesota Twins, defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 3. MVP: Jack Morris, Minnesota :::Five of the seven games in this series were decided by one run; four of the five were won on the last play. Three of those five went into extra innings. Morris started three games and won two, including the dramatic seventh game, to win series Most Valuable Player honors. Down three games to two, the Twins won Game 6 behind Kirby Puckett's extra-inning home run. The next night, after Morris pitched ten innings of shutout ball in game 7, Gene Larkin's single scored Dan Gladden in the bottom of the 10th for the deciding game's only run. :::Some consider the 1991 World Series to be the best ever. It was certainly the ''longest'' (measured in number of innings), due largely to the 12-inning horse-race of Game 4. :::This was the first World Series to feature two teams that had finished the previous season in last place. Like the Twins' previous Series win in 1987, every game in this Series was won by the home team. :1992 World Series: Toronto Blue Jays defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2. MVP: Pat Borders, Toronto :::Toronto became the first Canadian team to play in a World Series and the first to win. === 1993-1997: Fourth expansion === (following addition of Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies.) :1993 World Series: Toronto Blue Jays defeats Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2. MVP: Paul Molitor, Toronto. :::Joe Carter, Toronto, hit the first (and so far only) come-from-behind walk-off home run to win a World Series (Bill Mazeroski's famous home run in 1960 was hit with the score tied). The fourth game, won 15-14 by Toronto, was the highest-scoring game in any World Series. Toronto became the first repeat World Champions since the 1977-78 New York Yankees. :1994 World Series: ''World Series cancelled due to strike.'' Starting in 1995, MLB introduced the wild-card, allowing the non-division winner with the best record from each league a spot in the postseason. The American League Division Series and National League Division Series were introduced to determine which teams would play in the American League Championship Series and National League Championship Series. :1995 World Series: Atlanta Braves defeats Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 2. MVP: Tom Glavine, Atlanta :::The Braves become the first team to win a World Series in three different cities (Boston in 1914, Milwaukee in 1957, and Atlanta in 1995). :1996 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2. MVP: John Wetteland, New York :1997 World Series: Florida Marlins† defeats Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3. MVP: Liván Hernández, Florida ::The Florida Marlins win in just their fifth year, beating the New York Mets' record as the fastest expansion team to win the World Series. The Marlins were also the first wild card team ever to win a World Series. === 1998-present: Fifth expansion === (following addition of Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.) :1998 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Diego Padres, 4 games to 0. MVP: Scott Brosius, New York :1999 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 0. MVP: Mariano Rivera, New York :2000 World Series: New York Yankees defeats New York Mets†, 4 games to 1. MVP: Derek Jeter, New York AL :::This would be the last World Series to date with a repeat World Champion. :2001 World Series: Arizona Diamondbacks defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. MVPs: Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, Arizona. :::This Series is often cited alongside the 1991 World Series as the most exciting in history. It featured two extra-inning games. In both games, the Yankees hit ninth-inning homers off Diamondbacks closer (baseball) Byung-Hyun Kim to tie the game and went on to win. In Game 7, the D-backs pulled off a ninth-inning comeback of their own to win the game and the Series, victimizing Yankees closer Mariano Rivera with Luis Gonzalez (baseball outfielder) knocking in the game-winning RBI with a bloop single into the outfield. :::The Diamondbacks, in their fourth year of existence, break the Marlins' short-lived record as the fastest expansion team to win the World Series. :::This is the last World Series to date to be won by a division champion. :::The 2001 WS is the first series to have games played in November, due to the 2001 regular season ending a week late following the mass postponement of sporting events in the days following the September 11, 2001 attacks. All the WS games that season were punctuated with heavy security and immense patriotism. :2002 World Series: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim† defeats San Francisco Giants† by 4 games to 3. MVP: Troy Glaus, Anaheim. :::2002 was the first time two Wild Card teams met in the World Series. Featured the greatest comeback in Series history by a team facing elimination, when the Angels erased a 5-0 deficit with 8 outs remaining, to win Game 6 (6-5) and Game 7 (4-1). There was considerable controversy regarding Glaus' selection as Series MVP; despite being on the losing team, Barry Bonds was by most accounts the biggest star of the Series, hitting .471 for the Series with 4 homers, 6 RBI, and a mind-boggling 13 walks, vs Glaus' 7 runs, 8 RBI, 3 homers and a .385 average. :2003 World Series: Florida Marlins† defeats New York Yankees 4 games to 2. MVP: Josh Beckett, Florida. :::The Marlins, 19-29 in mid-May of the season, completed one of the most spirited comebacks in MLB history. They went 75-49 under new manager Jack McKeon, owning the best record in the league since May 23. The Marlins shocked the defending NL-champ Giants and the Cubs before capping their run by beating the Yankees. Jack McKeon became the oldest manager to ever win a World Series. The Marlins also became 6-0 in postseason play in only 11 years of existence. :2004 World Series: Boston Red Sox† defeats St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 0. MVP: Manny Ramírez, Boston. :::Boston's victory breaks the Curse of the Bambino, coming from the largest upset in post season MLB history (a 3-0 deficit against the New York Yankees in the Championship Series) to sweep St. Louis. The Red Sox's eight consecutive wins constitute the longest post season winning streak in MLB history. It would also be the second year in a row that the home team (in this case St. Louis) did not win the deciding game of a World Series. †''Denotes wild-card team (since 1995).'' ''Note: New York NL (1) represents the New York Giants (1883-1957), later the San Francisco Giants. New York NL (2) represents the New York Mets (1962-present).'' ==External Links== *[http://www.encoretickets.com/app/world_series_tickets.asp World Series Tickets] ==See also== *Caribbean World Series *College World Series *Negro League World Series *Japan Series *List of sporting events *List of Major League Baseball franchise post-season droughts Baseball playoffs and champions World Series
So tempting to remove the yankees have the most sentence User:M@ 00:10, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC) Never heard of either red sox or white sox called americans User:Smith03 02:04, 17 Oct 2003 (UTC) Red Sox were called pilgrams It's a nickname. The Chicago Americans, Boston Americans, called that to differentiate them from the Chicago Nationals and Boston Nationals. It wasn't really the team name, just a different identifier. User:RickK 02:09, 17 Oct 2003 (UTC) I always heard that for 1903 it was the Pilgrams User:Smith03 22:14, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC) It's a common misconseption that the BoSox were once known as the Pilgrims. See the Red Sox page for a link to an article about this subject. The Boston AL club didn't really have an official name until after the 1907 season. --User:Bobford314 13:56, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Status of World Series as world championship == I removed the bit about the supposed American penchant for calling their championships world championships. It's POV, and anyway their other championships are called the Super Bowl and the NBA Finals (the Stanley Cup got its name in Canada). And the British haven't set up a lot of world championships to which they "invited the world" -- perhaps the rugby World Cup qualifies (you could hardly invite the world to the cricket World Cup). Not exactly a consistent record of setting up international championships. Anyway, these days the World Series is clearly the world team championship -- I'd like to see Japanese and Korean teams playing for a world title, but I doubt they're in any hurry to challenge the major league teams. User:Trontonian 22:10, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC) :User:Kingturtle is going to write something on this topic at Baseball. User:Trontonian I take it from the assertion of the failure efforts to organize a series between the World Series winner and foreign champions that such efforts have in fact been made. Some more detail about them would help clarify the issue. They would also enlighten me, because I don't remember any. Of course, I don't remember much these days. User:PBrain I don't see what any of this matters. Nobody who follows baseball refers to it as the "world championship" or thinks of it in those terms. The victors are simply winners of the "World Series", the champions of Major League Baseball's championship series, and MLB is (without dispute) the most highly competitive, selective, and well-financed baseball in the world. User:BeakerK44 07:36, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC) : The WS winners are called "World Champions", though. --User:PSzalapski 13:28, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC) : Someone should remove the phrase "persistent" in "persistent myth" in the section about the "New York World" sponsorship. This myth has only been in existence since about 1995, when attempts to scrutinize every aspect of American culture for excessive arrogance really got into high gear and presumably someone invented the "New York World" story as a way to stave off such criticism. I'd suggest removing the reference entirely so as to not give the myth the respect that comes with a mention, but people hear about it enough that Wikipedia should probably contain a refutation. --User:Heian-794 17:26, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)User:Heian-794 == World Series results == It seems to me that, right now, the list of World Series results is rather unseemly. I'd like to delete the descriptions of individual games and present the pertinent information (winner, loser, score, MVP) in a table. As most individual World Series' have their own pages which can be linked to, having summaries on this pages seems redundant. Significant pieces of trivia, such as Don Larsen's perfect game, could always be included in a short "Trivia" section at the end of the article. I'm working on the baseball awards page right now, and after I finish with that I'd like to tackle this project. Please post a message if you can think of any reason why the article should stay as is. --User:Djrobgordon 05:57, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff) and is awarded the World Series Trophy. The World Series has been an annual event since 1903, with the exception of 1904 and 1994. The New York Yankees have the most World Series titles, with 26 championships. The 2004 World Series was played from October 23 until October 27, between the 2004 National League Championship Series St. Louis Cardinals and the 2004 American League Championship Series the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox won the series four games to none, earning their first World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the 1918 World Series, completed on September 11, 1918. ==Introduction== The first two games of the series are played in one team's home ballpark, the next three in the other team's ballpark, and the final two, if necessary, back in the first team's ballpark. Until 2003, the team given the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League and the National League. Starting in 2003, however, the league that wins the Major League Baseball All-Star Game is given the home field advantage in the World Series. A portion of the gate receipts from the World Series - and, from 1969 onward, the other rounds of postseason play preceding it - is used to fund a Players' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the World Series winner, the World Series loser, all the other teams qualifying for the playoffs which did not reach the World Series, and certain other teams which did not qualify for the playoffs, the criteria for the latter changing at various times. Prior to 1969, teams finishing in the first division (baseball), or top half of the leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not earning a wild card receive them, because there are more divisions and each division is smaller. The "World" appellation has stuck despite the fact that only teams in the United States and Canada participate. While some would contend that there is no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team outside Major League Baseball, no challenges have been made by other leagues. Attempts to pit the North American champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. A persistent myth is that the "World" in "World Series" came about because the ''New York World'' newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher Doug Pappas refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used to describe the 1903 series) to "World's Series" to "World Series". Furthermore, investigation of the ''New York World'' for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed sponsorship. (For details, see [http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/name.htm Mr. Pappas's web page on the subject]). Baseball tournaments between international teams do occur, notably at the world championships and at the Olympic Games. To the Summer Olympics, the US has always sent a team of minor league baseball players, since the MLB hasn't been willing to stop playing and thus free its players during the Olympics until now. The US team won the gold medal in 2000, suggesting that a major-league team could defeat any non-American national team. Of course, major league teams do not consist entirely of US nationals; for example, about 10% of MLB players are from the Dominican Republic. Not all of the US nationals in MLB are eligible for Team USA; a significant minority are from Puerto Rico, which fields its own teams in international sports competitions. The famed Cuban national team (which was beaten by the Americans in 2000) has defeated Major League teams in some confrontations. At the 2004 Summer Olympics the USA was not represented, since its minor-leaguer team did not survive qualifying. The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) has tried to lobby MLB into suspending play during the Summer Olympics, so that MLB players could compete for their respective national teams. The IBAF is of the opininon that if this does not happen at the 2008 Olympics, baseball is likely to be removed from the Olympics to make room for Rugby sevens. The IBAF has agreed to shortening the Olympic tournament if the MLB agrees to freeing its players. According to the IBAF chairman, such a move would do more for popularizing baseball around the world than any amount of money spent by the MLB for its current worldwide marketing. Currently, Major League Baseball, in cooperation with the IBAF, is trying to institute a World Cup of Baseball, to be held at least quadrennially during the Northern Hemisphere winter at a warm-weather site, to serve as a true world championship of national baseball teams. The winter scheduling would allow players from the North American and Japanese professional leagues to participate. The first such World Cup is tentatively scheduled to follow the 2005 season. The IBAF has already organized thirty-five editions of the Baseball World Cup since 1938. The term World Series has since been appropriated by other championships, such as the World Series of Poker, the College World Series, the World Series of Birding and the World Series of Martial Arts. World Series Cricket was a short-lived but influential cricket competition. == Precursors to the World Series (1857-1901) == The following are teams that played an earlier version of the "world series". Champions: * 1857 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1858 New York Mutuals * 1859 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1860 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1861 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1862 Brooklyn Eckfords * 1863 Brooklyn Eckfords * 1864 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1865 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1866 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1867 Morrisania Unions * 1868 New York Mutuals * 1869 Brooklyn Atlantics * 1870 Chicago Cubs * 1871 Philadelphia Athletics (National League) * 1872 Atlanta Braves * 1873 Boston Red Stockings * 1874 Boston Red Stockings * 1875 Boston Red Stockings * 1876 Chicago White Stockings * 1877 Atlanta Braves * 1878 Boston Red Caps * 1879 Providence Grays * 1880 Chicago White Stockings * 1881 Chicago White Stockings * 1882 Chicago White Stockings * 1883 Atlanta Braves * 1884 Providence Grays * 1885 Chicago White Stockings * 1886 St. Louis Cardinals * 1887 Detroit Wolverines * 1888 San Francisco Giants * 1889 New York Giants * 1890 Los Angeles Dodgers * 1891 Boston Beaneaters * 1892 Boston Beaneaters * 1893 Boston Beaneaters * 1894 New York Giants * 1895 Cleveland Spiders * 1896 Baltimore Orioles (NL) * 1897 Baltimore Orioles * 1898 Boston Beaneaters * 1899 Los Angeles Dodgers * 1900 Brooklyn Superbas * 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates * 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates == The modern World Series (1902-present) == === The first attempt === After 2 years of bitter competition and player raiding, the National and American Leagues made peace and, as part of the accord, agreed to a postseason series between the league pennant winners. : 1903 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 games to 3. === The boycott of 1904 === The 1904 World Series was supposed to be between the AL's Boston Red Sox and the NL's San Francisco Giants. The Giants' owner, John Brush, refused to allow his team to play, citing the inferiority of the upstart American League. Brush also cited the lack of rules under which the games would be played and the money would be split. During the winter of 1904/05, however, Brush proposed what came to be known as the "Brush Rules", under which the series would be played over subsequent years. One rule was that player shares would come from gate receipts from the first four games only. This was to discourage teams from throwing early games in order to prolong the series and make more money. Receipts for later games were split among the two teams and the National Commission (the new governing body for the sport, which was able to cover much of its annual operating expenses from World Series revenue). The list evolved over time. In 1925, Brooklyn owner Charles Ebbets convinced owners to adopt the current 2-3-2 system of scheduling World Series games (one team would host the first two games, the other team would host the next three, and the first team would host the last two if necessary; the leagues alternated which representative would host the first games). == List of World Series after 1904 == The World Series has been a best-of-seven series except in the years 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921, when it was best-of-nine. === 1905-1919: The "Dead ball era" === :1905 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1. :::Every game was a shutout. Christy Mathewson hurled three of these, over a span of just six days, in one of the most dominant pitching performances in history. :1906 World Series: Chicago White Sox defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2. :::Some consider this the greatest World Series upset. The Chicago Cubs record was 116-36, setting a regular-season winning percentage record which still stands. The White Sox had a strong pitching staff but were the worst-hitting team in the American League. The "Hitless Wonders" got all the hitting they needed to shock their crosstown rivals. :1907 World Series: Chicago Cubs defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 0 (one tie). :1908 World Series: Chicago Cubs defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1. :1909 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3. :::The Tigers might have finally won the Fall Classic in their third try had it not been for Babe Adams. A rookie pitcher for Pittsburgh that year, manager Fred Clarke started him, on a hunch, in game 1. Adams won that game and two more. :1910 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1. :::Jack Coombs of Philadelphia won three games, and Eddie Collins supplied timely hitting as the Athletics won their first Fall Classic. :1911 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. :::Philadelphia third baseman Frank Baker earned his nickname during this series. His home run in Game 2 was the margin of victory for the Athletics, and his blast in Game 3 off Christy Mathewson tied that game, which the Athletics subsequently won. The Giants never recovered. :1912 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3 (one tie). :::This dramatic Series involved great pitching from Christy Mathewson and from Boston fireballer Smokey Joe Wood, who won two of his three starts and pitched in relief in the final game, won when Boston rallied for two runs in the ninth inning thanks to two costly Giant fielding misplays. :1913 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 1. :1914 World Series: Atlanta Braves defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to none. :::Another contender for greatest upset of all time. The "Miracle Braves", in last place on July 4th, roared on to win the NL pennant and sweep the stunned Athletics. :1915 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats Philadelphia Phillies , 4 games to 1. :1916 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1. :1917 World Series: Chicago White Sox defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. :1918 World Series: Boston Red Sox defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2. :::This would be the last Red Sox World Series win until 2004 World Series. The subsequent drought of eighty-six years was often attributed to the Curse of the Bambino, as the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth for cash the next year. :1919 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats Chicago White Sox , 5 games to 3. ::: The Black Sox scandal. Eight Chicago players conspired with gamblers to lose the Series, and were led to apprehension and permanent suspension from the league, despite being heavy favorites at the conclusion of the regular season. === 1920-1941: The "Live Ball Era" (sometimes "The Golden Age") === :1920 World Series : Cleveland Indians defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 5 games to 2. :::Cleveland second baseman Bill Wambsganss turned an unassisted triple play -- one of roughly only a dozen such plays in major-league history, and the only one to happen in a World Series. :1921 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats New York Yankees, 5 games to 3. :1922 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 0 (one tie). :1923 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. [[Image:1924worldseries.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Washington's Bucky Harris scores his home run in the fourth inning of Game 7, October 10, 1924]] :1924 World Series: Minnesota Twins defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3. :::Walter Johnson, making his first World Series appearance toward the end of his storied career, lost his two starts. Washington battled back to force a game seven, giving Johnson a chance to redeem himself when he came on in relief in that game. Johnson held on to get the win and to give Washington its only World Series win. The franchise would not win another World Series until 1987 World Series, by which time it had been playing in the Twin Cities (Minnesota) for over a quarter-century. :1925 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats Minnesota Twins, 4 games to 3. :::The Pirates become the first team to overcome a 3 games to 1 deficit to win the World Series. :1926 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. :::Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitching short on days rest, leads the Cardinals to victory in game seven, upsetting the powerful New York Yankees Murderers' Row lineup. :1927 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to none. :1928 World Series: New York Yankees defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to none. :1929 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1. :::The famous "Mack Attack," named for the legendary manager of the Athletics, Connie Mack (nt), in which the Athletics overcame an eight run deficit in one inning, occurs. :1930 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 2. :1931 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 3. :1932 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to none. :::George Herman Ruth hits his famous "called shot" home run--which is followed immediately by a Lou Gehrig solo home run, "The Thunder after the Lightning"--in Game 3 of this dominating New York Yankee performance. :1933 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats Minnesota Twins, 4 games to 1. :1934 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3. :::Brothers Dizzy Dean and Paul Dean each won two games for the "Gas House Gang" Cardinals. :1935 World Series: Detroit Tigers, defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2. :1936 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. :1937 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 1. :1938 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 0. :1939 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 0. :1940 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3. :1941 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1. === 1942-1945: The war years === :1942 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 1. :1943 World Series: New York Yankees defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 1. :1944 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 2. :::This year saw perhaps the nadir of 20th-century baseball, as the long-moribund St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles) won their only American League pennant. :1945 World Series: Detroit Tigers, defeats Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3. :::Frank Graham called this Series jokingly "the fat men versus the tall men at the office picnic." It is the last time to date that the Chicago Cubs have appeared in the World Series. === 1946-1960: The postwar years === :1946 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Boston Red Sox , 4 games to 3. :1947 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3. :1948 World Series: Cleveland Indians defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2. :::The Cleveland Indians ruined a possible all-Boston World Series by defeating the Boston Red Sox in a playoff after the two top American League teams were tied at the end of the season. :1949 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1. :1950 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Philadelphia Phillies , 4 games to 0. :1951 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 2. ::: Joe DiMaggio bows out as a Yankee, while rookies Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle make their series debuts. :1952 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3. :1953 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2. :::The New York Yankees won their fifth straight World Series, a feat which has never been accomplished before or since. [[Image:The_Catch.png|thumb|The Catch : Willie Mays makes a brilliant running catch of Vic Wertz's drive, September 29, 1954]] :1954 World Series: San Francisco Giants defeats Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 0. :::In Game 1, Willie Mays makes "The Catch" -- a dramatic over-the-shoulder catch of a line drive to deep center field which would otherwise have given Cleveland the lead. Dusty Rhodes won two games with his bat, pinch-hitting. :1955 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers, defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. World Series MVP Award: Johnny Podres, Brooklyn :::Brooklyn wins its only World Series title. :1956 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 3. MVP: Don Larsen, New York :::Larsen pitched the only no-hitter in World Series play -- a perfect game, no less -- for the Yankees. :1957 World Series: Atlanta Braves defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. MVP: Lew Burdette, Milwaukee :::The Milwaukee Braves become the first team to win a Championship after relocating. Until 1953, they had been the Boston Braves, winners of the 1914 Series. In 1995 they would win again, as the Atlanta Braves. :1958 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 3. MVP: Bob Turley, New York :1959 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats Chicago White Sox , 4 games to 2. MVP: Larry Sherry, Los Angeles :::The Los Angeles Dodgers win the franchise's first title since moving to the West Coast from Kings County, New York after the 1957 season. :1960 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. MVP: Bobby Richardson, New York :::Best remembered for a pulsating Game 7 which ended with the first walkoff homer to end a World Series, hit by the Pirates' Bill Mazeroski. === 1961-1968: The first expansion period === (following addition of Anaheim Angels and Texas Rangers in 1961, and Houston Astros and New York Mets in 1962.) :1961 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1. MVP: Whitey Ford, New York :1962 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 3. MVP: Ralph Terry, New York :1963 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 0. MVP: Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles :::Before Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, there was Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Koufax, Drysdale and Johnny Podres combine to give up only 4 runs in 4 complete games. This is the first time that the New York Yankees were swept in a World Series in four games (the 1922 series had one tie). :1964 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. MVP: Bob Gibson, St. Louis :::For an account of this Series, and the lively season that preceded it, see David Halberstam's book, ''October 1964''. :1965 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats Minnesota Twins, 4 games to 3. MVP: Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles :::Koufax and Drysdale return to the Series. LA's lefty-righty one-two punch had combined for 49 wins and 15 shutouts in '65, but after Sandy and Don got rocked by the Twins in the first two games, it took a five-hit shutout by Claude Osteen to get the Dodgers back into the series. By Game 7, Koufax regained his form and clinched the title with a three-hit, 10-strikeout, 2-0 victory. Koufax was the MVP while Ron Fairly hit two home runs. :1966 World Series: Baltimore Orioles defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 0. MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore :::This was a thoroughly dominating performance by Hank Bauer's Baltimore club. Sandy Koufax announced his retirement after the Series due to a bum elbow. :1967 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Boston Red Sox , 4 games to 3. MVP: Bob Gibson, St. Louis :1968 World Series: Detroit Tigers defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 3. MVP: Mickey Lolich, Detroit :::Both 1968 MLB Most Valuable Player awards, the Tigers' Denny McLain and the Cardinals' Bob Gibson, pitch in the Series, but Lolich steals the show by becoming the last pitcher to date to win three complete games in a single World Series. === 1969-1976: Second expansion === (following addition of Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals.) Starting in 1969, the World Series pitted the National League Championship Series winner against that of the American League Championship Series. :1969 World Series: New York Mets defeats Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1. MVP: Donn Clendenon, New York ::: The Miracle Mets: The New York Mets, 73-89 in 1968, won 100 regular seasons games and swept all before them in only their 8th year of existence, behind the pitching of Tom Seaver and Jerome "Jerry" Koosman. :1970 World Series: Baltimore Orioles defeats Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1. MVP: Brooks Robinson, Baltimore :::Game 1 of this Series was the first World Series game to be played on an artificial turf. :1971 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3. MVP: Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh :::Game 2 of this World Series was the first night game played in World Series history. :1972 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 3. MVP: Gene Tenace, Oakland ::: In their first visit to the World Series in 41 years, the Athletics upset the heavily favored Reds. :1973 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats New York Mets, 4 games to 3. MVP: Reggie Jackson, Oakland :::Oakland reliever Darold Knowles becomes the first (and so far, only) pitcher to appear in every game of a seven-game World Series. :1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1. MVP: Rollie Fingers, Oakland :1975 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats Boston Red Sox , 4 games to 3. MVP: Pete Rose, Cincinnati :1976 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 0. MVP: Johnny Bench, Cincinnati :::First World Series in which the designated hitter rule was applied. === 1977-1992: Third expansion === (following addition of Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners.) :1977 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2. MVP: Reggie Jackson, New York :::Reggie Jackson hits three home runs off of three consecutive pitches from three different Dodger pitchers in the deciding game six, only the third time a player has hit three homers in a World Series game (Babe Ruth did it twice, in 1926 and 1928). His nickname of "Mr. October" is born here. :1978 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2. MVP: Bucky Dent, New York :::Famous for a controversial play in which Reggie Jackson breaks up a double play by using his hip to bat the ball heading to first base away allowing Thurman Munson to go to second base on the error. There would not be any repeat World Champions for the next fourteen years. This was also the first of 10 consecutive years that saw 10 different teams win the World Series, a string unprecedented in MLB history. :1979 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates defeats Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3. MVP: Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh :::We are Fam-i-lee... :1980 World Series: Philadelphia Phillies defeats Kansas City Royals, 4 games to 2. MVP: Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia :::The Phillies finally win their first World Series after a then-record 97-year wait. :1981 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 2. MVP: Tie: Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager, Los Angeles :::Yankees reliever George Frazier ties a Series record by racking up three losses. :1982 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals defeats Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 3. MVP: Darrell Porter, St. Louis :::Porter erases bitter memory of tiptoeing into Boone's glove in '80 series. :1983 World Series: Baltimore Orioles defeats Philadelphia Phillies , 4 games to 1. MVP: Rick Dempsey, Baltimore :1984 World Series: Detroit Tigers defeats San Diego Padres, 4 games to 1. MVP: Alan Trammell, Detroit :1985 World Series: Kansas City Royals defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 3. MVP: Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City :::A call by umpire Don Denkinger helps the Royals stave off elimination in Game 6, followed by a Cardinals meltdown in Game 7. Known as the I-70 World Series or the Show Me State World Series. :1986 World Series: New York Mets defeats Boston Red Sox , 4 games to 3. MVP: Ray Knight, New York :::Famed for the Bill Buckner error in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 6. :1987 World Series: Minnesota Twins, defeats St. Louis Cardinals , 4 games to 3. MVP: Frank Viola, Minnesota :::This was the first World Series in which every game was won by the home team. Game 1 was the first World Series game to be played indoors (in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome). The 1987 Twins have the dubious distinction of the lowest regular-season win-loss record (85-77) of any World Series champion in the history of baseball. :1988 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1. MVP: Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles :::In the bottom of the ninth inning of the opening game, with Mike Davis on base and Dodgers down 4-3, the injured Kirk Gibson hits the game-winning home run off Oakland's ace reliever Dennis Eckersley and limps around the bases in what would be his only at-bat in the series. :1989 World Series: Oakland Athletics defeats San Francisco Giants, 4 games to 0. MVP: Dave Stewart (baseball player), Oakland ::: The Loma Prieta earthquake, which occurred shortly before Game 3, caused a 10-day postponement in the middle of this series. :1990 World Series: Cincinnati Reds defeats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 0. MVP: Jose Rijo, Cincinnati ::: The Reds upset the heavily favored Athletics. :1991 World Series: Minnesota Twins, defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 3. MVP: Jack Morris, Minnesota :::Five of the seven games in this series were decided by one run; four of the five were won on the last play. Three of those five went into extra innings. Morris started three games and won two, including the dramatic seventh game, to win series Most Valuable Player honors. Down three games to two, the Twins won Game 6 behind Kirby Puckett's extra-inning home run. The next night, after Morris pitched ten innings of shutout ball in game 7, Gene Larkin's single scored Dan Gladden in the bottom of the 10th for the deciding game's only run. :::Some consider the 1991 World Series to be the best ever. It was certainly the ''longest'' (measured in number of innings), due largely to the 12-inning horse-race of Game 4. :::This was the first World Series to feature two teams that had finished the previous season in last place. Like the Twins' previous Series win in 1987, every game in this Series was won by the home team. :1992 World Series: Toronto Blue Jays defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2. MVP: Pat Borders, Toronto :::Toronto became the first Canadian team to play in a World Series and the first to win. === 1993-1997: Fourth expansion === (following addition of Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies.) :1993 World Series: Toronto Blue Jays defeats Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2. MVP: Paul Molitor, Toronto. :::Joe Carter, Toronto, hit the first (and so far only) come-from-behind walk-off home run to win a World Series (Bill Mazeroski's famous home run in 1960 was hit with the score tied). The fourth game, won 15-14 by Toronto, was the highest-scoring game in any World Series. Toronto became the first repeat World Champions since the 1977-78 New York Yankees. :1994 World Series: ''World Series cancelled due to strike.'' Starting in 1995, MLB introduced the wild-card, allowing the non-division winner with the best record from each league a spot in the postseason. The American League Division Series and National League Division Series were introduced to determine which teams would play in the American League Championship Series and National League Championship Series. :1995 World Series: Atlanta Braves defeats Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 2. MVP: Tom Glavine, Atlanta :::The Braves become the first team to win a World Series in three different cities (Boston in 1914, Milwaukee in 1957, and Atlanta in 1995). :1996 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2. MVP: John Wetteland, New York :1997 World Series: Florida Marlins† defeats Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3. MVP: Liván Hernández, Florida ::The Florida Marlins win in just their fifth year, beating the New York Mets' record as the fastest expansion team to win the World Series. The Marlins were also the first wild card team ever to win a World Series. === 1998-present: Fifth expansion === (following addition of Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.) :1998 World Series: New York Yankees defeats San Diego Padres, 4 games to 0. MVP: Scott Brosius, New York :1999 World Series: New York Yankees defeats Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 0. MVP: Mariano Rivera, New York :2000 World Series: New York Yankees defeats New York Mets†, 4 games to 1. MVP: Derek Jeter, New York AL :::This would be the last World Series to date with a repeat World Champion. :2001 World Series: Arizona Diamondbacks defeats New York Yankees, 4 games to 3. MVPs: Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, Arizona. :::This Series is often cited alongside the 1991 World Series as the most exciting in history. It featured two extra-inning games. In both games, the Yankees hit ninth-inning homers off Diamondbacks closer (baseball) Byung-Hyun Kim to tie the game and went on to win. In Game 7, the D-backs pulled off a ninth-inning comeback of their own to win the game and the Series, victimizing Yankees closer Mariano Rivera with Luis Gonzalez (baseball outfielder) knocking in the game-winning RBI with a bloop single into the outfield. :::The Diamondbacks, in their fourth year of existence, break the Marlins' short-lived record as the fastest expansion team to win the World Series. :::This is the last World Series to date to be won by a division champion. :::The 2001 WS is the first series to have games played in November, due to the 2001 regular season ending a week late following the mass postponement of sporting events in the days following the September 11, 2001 attacks. All the WS games that season were punctuated with heavy security and immense patriotism. :2002 World Series: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim† defeats San Francisco Giants† by 4 games to 3. MVP: Troy Glaus, Anaheim. :::2002 was the first time two Wild Card teams met in the World Series. Featured the greatest comeback in Series history by a team facing elimination, when the Angels erased a 5-0 deficit with 8 outs remaining, to win Game 6 (6-5) and Game 7 (4-1). There was considerable controversy regarding Glaus' selection as Series MVP; despite being on the losing team, Barry Bonds was by most accounts the biggest star of the Series, hitting .471 for the Series with 4 homers, 6 RBI, and a mind-boggling 13 walks, vs Glaus' 7 runs, 8 RBI, 3 homers and a .385 average. :2003 World Series: Florida Marlins† defeats New York Yankees 4 games to 2. MVP: Josh Beckett, Florida. :::The Marlins, 19-29 in mid-May of the season, completed one of the most spirited comebacks in MLB history. They went 75-49 under new manager Jack McKeon, owning the best record in the league since May 23. The Marlins shocked the defending NL-champ Giants and the Cubs before capping their run by beating the Yankees. Jack McKeon became the oldest manager to ever win a World Series. The Marlins also became 6-0 in postseason play in only 11 years of existence. :2004 World Series: Boston Red Sox† defeats St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 0. MVP: Manny Ramírez, Boston. :::Boston's victory breaks the Curse of the Bambino, coming from the largest upset in post season MLB history (a 3-0 deficit against the New York Yankees in the Championship Series) to sweep St. Louis. The Red Sox's eight consecutive wins constitute the longest post season winning streak in MLB history. It would also be the second year in a row that the home team (in this case St. Louis) did not win the deciding game of a World Series. †''Denotes wild-card team (since 1995).'' ''Note: New York NL (1) represents the New York Giants (1883-1957), later the San Francisco Giants. New York NL (2) represents the New York Mets (1962-present).'' ==External Links== *[http://www.encoretickets.com/app/world_series_tickets.asp World Series Tickets] ==See also== *Caribbean World Series *College World Series *Negro League World Series *Japan Series *List of sporting events *List of Major League Baseball franchise post-season droughts Baseball playoffs and champions World Series
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So tempting to remove the yankees have the most sentence User:M@ 00:10, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC) Never heard of either red sox or white sox called americans User:Smith03 02:04, 17 Oct 2003 (UTC) Red Sox were called pilgrams It's a nickname. The Chicago Americans, Boston Americans, called that to differentiate them from the Chicago Nationals and Boston Nationals. It wasn't really the team name, just a different identifier. User:RickK 02:09, 17 Oct 2003 (UTC) I always heard that for 1903 it was the Pilgrams User:Smith03 22:14, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC) It's a common misconseption that the BoSox were once known as the Pilgrims. See the Red Sox page for a link to an article about this subject. The Boston AL club didn't really have an official name until after the 1907 season. --User:Bobford314 13:56, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Status of World Series as world championship == I removed the bit about the supposed American penchant for calling their championships world championships. It's POV, and anyway their other championships are called the Super Bowl and the NBA Finals (the Stanley Cup got its name in Canada). And the British haven't set up a lot of world championships to which they "invited the world" -- perhaps the rugby World Cup qualifies (you could hardly invite the world to the cricket World Cup). Not exactly a consistent record of setting up international championships. Anyway, these days the World Series is clearly the world team championship -- I'd like to see Japanese and Korean teams playing for a world title, but I doubt they're in any hurry to challenge the major league teams. User:Trontonian 22:10, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC) :User:Kingturtle is going to write something on this topic at Baseball. User:Trontonian I take it from the assertion of the failure efforts to organize a series between the World Series winner and foreign champions that such efforts have in fact been made. Some more detail about them would help clarify the issue. They would also enlighten me, because I don't remember any. Of course, I don't remember much these days. User:PBrain I don't see what any of this matters. Nobody who follows baseball refers to it as the "world championship" or thinks of it in those terms. The victors are simply winners of the "World Series", the champions of Major League Baseball's championship series, and MLB is (without dispute) the most highly competitive, selective, and well-financed baseball in the world. User:BeakerK44 07:36, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC) : The WS winners are called "World Champions", though. --User:PSzalapski 13:28, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC) : Someone should remove the phrase "persistent" in "persistent myth" in the section about the "New York World" sponsorship. This myth has only been in existence since about 1995, when attempts to scrutinize every aspect of American culture for excessive arrogance really got into high gear and presumably someone invented the "New York World" story as a way to stave off such criticism. I'd suggest removing the reference entirely so as to not give the myth the respect that comes with a mention, but people hear about it enough that Wikipedia should probably contain a refutation. --User:Heian-794 17:26, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)User:Heian-794 == World Series results == It seems to me that, right now, the list of World Series results is rather unseemly. I'd like to delete the descriptions of individual games and present the pertinent information (winner, loser, score, MVP) in a table. As most individual World Series' have their own pages which can be linked to, having summaries on this pages seems redundant. Significant pieces of trivia, such as Don Larsen's perfect game, could always be included in a short "Trivia" section at the end of the article. I'm working on the baseball awards page right now, and after I finish with that I'd like to tackle this project. Please post a message if you can think of any reason why the article should stay as is. --User:Djrobgordon 05:57, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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