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The 2023 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2023 season, and the 119th edition of the World Series. It was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Texas Rangers and the National League (NL) champion Arizona Diamondbacks. The series began on October 27 and ended on November ...
V The 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were in a best-of-nine format (carried by the first team to win five games). T The 1907, 1912, and 1922 World Series each included one tied game . A The Brewers were in the American League from 1969 to 1997 , after which they moved to the National League.
Extended his postseason hitting streak to 18 games with a two-run single in Game 2 of the World Series, setting a new Major League record. Marte was tied at 17 games with Hank Bauer, Derek Jeter, and Manny Ramírez. [68] His streak ended in the final game of the 2023 World Series at 20 games.
[1] 68 of the 116 100-win teams have advanced to the World Series (.586), with 38 of them going on to win the Series (for a percentage of .559), while 23 teams that have won 100 games have lost in the first round of the postseason, with 22 being in the Division Series and one being in the Wild Card Series (introduced in 2022 full-time).
Rookie shortstop Jeremy Peña won the League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award after batting 6-for-18 (.333) with two home runs and two doubles in the ALCS. [16] Dusty Baker, in his 25th season as a major league manager, was seeking his first World Series win as a manager (he won the 1981 World Series as a player with the Dodgers ...
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.
November 1: Texas Rangers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5 of the 2023 MLB World Series, to win the championship. Immediately after World Series: Eligible players become free agents. November 6: Trading window opens. November 9: Deadline for clubs to make qualifying offers to their eligible players who become free agents.
However, in nine of the past eleven seasons, home-field advantage has not decided World Series games: Between 2014 and 2022, and again since 2023, the home team did not win the deciding game of a World Series on their own home field, although the 2020 edition, played on a neutral site due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was won by the designated home ...