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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 Major League Baseball postseason is an elimination tournament conducted after the regular season, by which MLB determines its World Series champion for a given year.. The MLB postseason format has evolved throughout its history, with the number of participating teams increasing from two (for its first six-plus decades) to the current 12, with a special format in 2020 having 16.
Moore was a member of the 1925 World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates, hitting .298 in 147 games for Pittsburgh during the season, where his 36 errors at second base led the league. [143] Moore played in all 7 games of the 1925 World Series, hitting .231 with a .366 OBP and scoring 7 runs with 31 plate appearances. [144]
Major League Baseball is the oldest of North America's major professional sports organizations, with roots dating back to the 1870s. The final series to determine its champion has been called the "World Series" (originally "World's Championship Series" and then "World's Series") as far back as the National League's contests with the American Association starting at the beginning of the 1880s.
The following is a complete list of postseason career records for both pitching and batting as of the end of the 2024 Major League Baseball postseason. Note that the teams listed are not necessarily the players' career teams or even their primary team but rather the teams with whom they made their postseason appearences with.
The Los Angeles slugger was named World Series MVP on Wednesday after the Dodgers secured a 4-1 series victory over the New York Yankees for the franchise's eighth World Series championship. .300 ...
The most successful postseason team in MLB history is the New York Yankees, who have achieved three of the four instances of a franchise winning more than two World Series championships in a row (one streak each of durations 3, 4, and 5 seasons) and five of the six instances of a franchise winning the league pennant (i.e., an appearance in the ...
1886 Chicago White Stockings season; 1887 Detroit Wolverines season; 1888 New York Giants season; 1889 New York Giants season; 1903 Boston Americans season; 1905 New York Giants season; 1906 Chicago White Sox season; 1907 Chicago Cubs season; 1908 Chicago Cubs season; 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates season; 1910 Philadelphia Athletics season; 1911 ...