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The 1961 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1961 season. The 58th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds. The Yankees won in five games to earn their 19th ...
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 name "Subway Series" arose for a World Series played between two New York City teams. The series was punctuated by the Dodgers' Mickey Owen's dropped third strike of a sharply breaking curveball (a suspected spitball) pitched by Hugh Casey in the ninth inning of Game 4. The play led to a Yankees rally and brought them one win away from ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), records play an integral part in evaluating a player's impact on the sport. Holding a career record almost guarantees a player eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame because it represents both longevity and consistency over a long period of time.
Player Nation Position Summer Olympics World Series Team Ref. Orlando Hernández Cuba Starting pitcher 1992 Barcelona: 1998: New York Yankees [1] [2]1999: New York Yankees
1938 World Series at WorldSeries.com via MLB.com; 1938 World Series at Baseball Almanac; 1938 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 1938 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1938 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Audio – Joe DiMaggio Homers off of Dizzy Dean
1939 World Series at WorldSeries.com via MLB.com; 1939 World Series at Baseball Almanac; 1939 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 1939 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1939 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Cincinnati Reds History
The 1959 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1959 season. The 56th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League (AL) champion Chicago White Sox .