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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 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers, who won the NBA Finals, are not counted in the Eastern versus Western champions record above as they played in the Central Division. The first parentheses in the Western champions and Eastern champions columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have ...
The best single regular season record was recorded by the Golden State Warriors in the 2015–16 season. In that season, the Warriors recorded 73 wins and 9 losses with a winning percentage of .890, surpassing the 72-win 1995–96 Chicago Bulls , though the Bulls went on to win the Eastern Conference and the NBA championship.
Major League Baseball; Upcoming season or competition: ... plays 162 games per season, ... Series is determined by regular-season records of the two league champions ...
In the history of championships in major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada (which include the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL), a city/metropolitan area has been home to multiple championships in a season 19 times, most recently in 2020 when the Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2020 Stanley Cup and Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV.
1994–95 Major League Baseball strike: 1995: Cleveland Indians: Atlanta Braves: Atlanta Braves 1996: New York Yankees: New York Yankees 1997: Cleveland Indians: Florida Marlins: Florida Marlins 1998: New York Yankees: San Diego Padres: New York Yankees 1999: Atlanta Braves: New York Yankees
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
NFL regular season games have also been played in Canada, Mexico, Germany, and Brazil [citation needed]. MLB has played regular season games outside of the United States and Canada, but in the 1990s and 2000s, games were initially limited to Mexico and Japan due to baseball's popularity in both countries.