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The 2012 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 season. [1] The 108th edition of the World Series, the series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants and the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers; the Giants won in a four-game sweep. This marked ...
The following are the 20 matchups of teams that have occurred two or more times in the World Series. All teams that have participated in these were "Classic Eight" members of either the American or National League; no expansion team (created in 1961 or later) has faced the same opponent more than once in a World Series.
The 2012 Major League Baseball season began on April 5 because during the MLB Spring Training it was the first of a two-game series between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. [1] On November 22, 2011, a new contract between Major League Baseball and its players union was ratified, and as a result, an ...
This was the third straight World Series win by the National League. This was the first time the Tigers had been swept in the World Series since their first appearance in 1907. To date, this is the most recent World Series to end in a sweep. With the win, the Giants moved up to 3–2 against AL Central teams in the World Series.
1953 World Series. Yankees 4, Dodgers 2. Billy Martin, a .333 hitter in five Yankees’ World Series, batted .500 (12-for-24) in this one, with a double, two triples and two homers. Yankee moment ...
The Dodgers–Yankees rivalry is one of the biggest rivalries in Major League Baseball. [6] The Los Angeles Dodgers are a member club of the National League (NL) West division, and the New York Yankees are a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The teams have met 12 times in the World Series, more than any other two teams ...
With four shutouts within a span of six games, starting with Game 5 of the NLCS, the Giants tie a Major League record for most shutouts in one postseason. October 28 – The San Francisco Giants complete a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers in the 2012 World Series by winning 4–3 in 10 innings at Comerica Park.
2013 →. The 2012 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the New York Yankees against the Detroit Tigers for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2012 World Series. The series, the 43rd in league history, began on Saturday, October 13 in New York and ended on Thursday, October 18 in Detroit.