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AL pennant winners have gone on to win the World Series 68 times, most recently in 2023. The New York Yankees have won 41 AL pennants, [11] winning their first in 1921 and their most recent in 2024. [12] This total is more than twice that of the next-closest team, the Oakland Athletics, who have won 15. [13]
The team with the best record to win the NL pennant was the 1906 Cubs, who won 116 of 152 games during that season [15] and finished 20 games ahead of the New York Giants. [16] The best record by a pennant winner in the Championship Series era is 108–54, which was achieved by the Cincinnati Reds in 1975 [ 17 ] and the New York Mets in 1986 ...
The winner of the NLCS wins the NL pennant and advances to the World Series, MLB's championship series, to play the winner of the American League's (AL) Championship Series. The NLCS began in 1969 as a best-of-five playoff and used this format until 1985, when it changed to a best-of-seven format.
The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Dotted line represents the approximate track of Thomson's game-winning line drive home run. In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL ...
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 ...
A pennant is a commemorative pennon typically used to show support for a particular athletic team. Pennants have been historically used in all types of athletic levels: high school, collegiate, professional etc. Traditionally, pennants were made of felt and fashioned in the official colors of a particular team.
[30] After winning the pennant, the Giants lost to the Yankees in the World Series four games to two. [31] The Brooklyn Dodgers rebounded to win the National League pennant in 1952, but lost the 1952 World Series to the Yankees four games to three. [32] The three games counted statistically as regular season games.
The White Sox roared through the American League in 1917 with a record of 100–54 – still a franchise record for wins and winning percentage—and won the pennant by nine games over the Boston Red Sox. Their offense, led by Collins (.289, 91 runs), Felsch (.308, 102 RBI) and Jackson (.301, 91 runs), was 1st in runs scored.