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Four teams have never played a game seven: Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies. While the White Sox did play a game seven in the 1919 World Series, it was in a best-of nine series. Teams that have never played a game seven in a best-of-seven series are excluded. Names of franchises before their relocation are ...
A game seven is the final game of a best of seven series. This game can occur in the postseasons for Major League Baseball (MLB) ( League Championship Series and World Series ), the National Basketball Association (NBA) (all rounds of the NBA playoffs ), and the National Hockey League (NHL) (all rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs ).
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 2016 season. The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history.
Despite the struggles both pitchers faced in Game 7, both Bruce Hurst and Ron Darling were the best starting pitchers on their respective staffs during the World Series. Both finished with 2–0 records and sub-2.00 ERAs, with Darling's 1.35 ERA topping Hurst's 1.96 although Hurst issued fewer walks and struck out more batters.
The 1926 World Series was the championship series of the 1926 Major League Baseball season. The 23rd edition of the Series, it pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion New York Yankees. The Cardinals defeated the Yankees four games to three in the best-of-seven series, which took place from ...
The 1972 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1972 season. The 69th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Oakland Athletics and the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. The Athletics won in seven games for their sixth World Series championship ...
It was also the first time since the 1931 World Series that a Game 7 occurred in a Series with both teams having won at least 100 games during the season. [105] Besides, this was the first time since the 2001 World Series and 2002 World Series that back-to-back Fall Classics had a Game 7.