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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.
The Cubs had won the first 2 games of the series (1984 marked the last time that the League Championship Series was a best-of-five series) over the Padres. Incidentally, Durham went 3-for-20 in the NLCS, garnering two of his three hits in the final two games on home runs (his shot in Game 4 had given the Cubs a 3–2 lead).
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 ...
The 2023 MLB World Series has begun, and the Diamondbacks will face the Rangers tonight in Game 2 of the seven-game series. Here’s how you can step up to the plate and watch every Diamondbacks ...
1961 →. The 1960 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1960 season. The series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League (NL) and the New York Yankees of the American League (AL) from October 5–13, 1960. In Game 7, Bill Mazeroski hit the series winning ninth-inning home run, the ...
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. [106]
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 1946 World Series was played in October 1946 between the St. Louis Cardinals (representing the National League) and the Boston Red Sox (representing the American League ). This was the Red Sox's first appearance in a World Series since their championship of 1918 . In the eighth inning of Game 7, with the score 3–3, the Cardinals' Enos ...