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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]
Lost 1–3 @ Santa Clara 2000: Waco Regional Houston Super Regional College World Series: Waco Regional Won vs. Florida 4–1 Won vs. Texas State 5–2 Lost vs. Florida 7–8 Won vs. Florida 2–1 Houston Super Regional Won @ Houston 5–3 Lost 2–5 @ Houston Won 3–2 @ Houston College World Series Lost vs. Clemson 6–10 Lost vs. Louisiana ...
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.
MLB teams have overcome 3–1 deficits 14 times (including one 3–0 deficit), six of which occurred in the World Series. [1] This does not count the 1903 World Series, during which the Boston Americans (or Puritans, or Pilgrims, depending on the source, and later known as the Red Sox) came back from a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three, as that was a best-of ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Series featuring relocated teams [a] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. Bolded years indicate wins. Tables are sorted first by the number of series, then the number of wins, and then alphabetically. The list only includes postseason series played since the introduction of the World Series in 1903.