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A total of 119 World Series have been contested through 2023, with the AL champion winning 68 and the NL champion winning 51. The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 40 World Series, winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any team amongst the major North American professional sports leagues.
The 2014 World Series averaged an 8.3/14 rating, making it the second-worst rated World Series in Major League Baseball history. [ citation needed ] Through six games, the series was averaging 7.4, which would have made it the worst-rated World Series, but Game 7 produced a respectable 13.7 to bolster the series average enough to avoid the ...
Ross Barnes ' .429 in 1876 set a single-season record that stood for a decade. Paul Hines won two consecutive NL batting titles in 1878 and 1879. Hugh Duffy set the current single-season record when he batted .440 in 1894. Willie Keeler won two consecutive NL batting titles in 1897 and 1898.
On June 16, 2015, Mendoza became the first female broadcaster in the booth for ESPN's College World Series coverage with Karl Ravech and Kyle Peterson. [34] On August 24, Mendoza was the first female commentator for a Major League Baseball game in the history of ESPN, during a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Arizona Diamondbacks. [35]
Eduardo Atanasio Pérez Pérez (born September 11, 1969) is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and current television sports color commentator.He played in Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league as a first baseman, third baseman, and outfielder from 1993 to 2006.
Release. April 9, 1990. (1990-04-09) –. present. ESPN Major League Baseball (also referred to as MLB on ESPN) is an American presentation of live Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by ESPN. ESPN's MLB broadcasts have also aired on sister networks and platforms ESPN2, ABC and ESPN+. ESPN's MLB coverage debuted on April 9, 1990 with ...
Joe Buck of Fox Sports, calling the fifth home run of the postseason by David Ortiz in Game 1. Tim Wakefield made his first start of the 2004 postseason for the Red Sox, becoming the first knuckleball pitcher to make a World Series start since 1948, while Woody Williams, who had won his previous two starts in the post-season, was the Cardinals' starting pitcher. In the bottom of the first ...
The 2022 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 2022 season. The 118th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros and the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies. The Astros defeated the Phillies in six games to earn their ...