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1 day ago · In the first World Series in 1903, the Boston Americans (front row) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates (back row) 5-3 in an eight-game series. The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.
4 days ago · Which team has won the most World Series titles? Only 14 teams have won three or more championships. Here's a breakdown of that list: Yankees - 27 titles; Cardinals - 11; Red Sox - 9;...
2 days ago · The World Series began in 1903 after the cessation of hostilities between the NL and the newly formed AL. Boston (AL) defeated Pittsburgh (NL) five games to three in a best-of-nine-game series. Attendance was just over 100,000, and the players’ shares of receipts were slightly more than $1,000 each.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The White Sox won a third pennant and a second World Series in 1917, beating the New York Giants in six games with help from stars Eddie Cicotte and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. The Sox were heavily favored in the 1919 World Series , but lost to the Cincinnati Reds in eight games.
20 hours ago · One of Stengel’s World Series-winning squads was a part of arguably the most memorable moment in World Series history: in game five of the 1956 series, with the Yankees and their rival Brooklyn Dodgers tied at two wins apiece, unheralded pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in postseason history, retiring all 27 opposing batters ...
- Adam Augustyn
2 days ago · Though the team advanced to the World Series only twice in those years, it won the franchise’s first world championship, in 1980. In 1993 the Phillies returned to the World Series only to lose to the Toronto Blue Jays on Joe Carter’s dramatic series-winning home run in game six.
22 hours ago · This final game was also significant because it remains "the most-watched game in World Series history" with a television audience of 54.9 million viewers. Thus, the Phillies became the last of the 16 teams that made up the Major Leagues from 1903 to 1960 to win a World Series.
