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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 Oakland Athletics won the AL West division by seven games over the Kansas City Royals, then defeated the Toronto Blue Jays four games to one in the American League Championship Series. It was the Giants' first World Series appearance since 1962, while the Athletics were playing in their second straight Fall Classic following the 1988 Series.
The Giants won their first world championship in California in 2010, while the Dodgers won their last world title in 2024. As of the end of the 2024 baseball season, the Los Angeles Dodgers lead the San Francisco Giants in California World Series triumphs, 7–3, whereas in 20th-century New York, the Giants led the Dodgers in World Series ...
The 2002 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s 2002 season.The 98th edition of the World Series, [1] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Anaheim Angels and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants; the Angels defeated the Giants, four games to three, to win their first, and, to date, only World Series ...
Pat Burrell in the Giants' 2010 World Series victory parade. At the start of the 2010 season, most baseball experts did not expect the Giants to make the playoffs. [33] [34] [35] The Giants won the NL West for the first time since 2003, after trailing the San Diego Padres for most of the season.
The 2010 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2010 season. [2] The 106th 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 San Francisco Giants; the Giants won the series, four games to one, to secure their first World Series championship since ...
The Giants are one of the most successful teams in Major League Baseball history, having won more games than any other team and having the second highest winning percentage. [4] In New York, the Giants enjoyed 55 winning seasons, with only 3 losing seasons between 1903 and 1939, a stretch which included two runs of 10 or more straight winning ...
They’ve been the class of the NL Central since the turn of this century with 11 division titles, four World Series appearances and two championships in front of baseball’s greatest fans.