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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]
During its 82-year stay in Massachusetts, the franchise was known by various nicknames, including the Red Stockings, Red Caps, Rustlers, Bees, and "Braves". While in Boston, the team won 10 National League pennants and a World Series championship in 1914 that came after a season in which the Braves were in last place as late as July 15—a ...
Throughout the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), franchises have had various postseason and World Series droughts.. All 16 of the original Major League franchises (i.e., those in place when the first World Series was played in 1903) have won the World Series, with the longest wait for a franchise's first championship being for the Phillies (77 seasons, ending in 1980).
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.
1912 Boston Red Sox season; 1913 Philadelphia Athletics season; 1914 Boston Braves season; 1915 Boston Red Sox season; 1916 Boston Red Sox season; 1917 Chicago White Sox season; 1918 Boston Red Sox season; 1919 Cincinnati Reds season; 1920 Cleveland Indians season; 1921 New York Giants season; 1922 New York Giants season; 1923 New York Yankees ...
The Braves welcomed the Houston Astros to town for the first World Series game in Atlanta since 1999, and claimed the third game. Braves ride masterful pitching performances to top Astros, claim 2 ...
The Atlanta Braves was the closest team in consecutive seasons with at least one playoff series win, with 5 from 1995–1999. Four consecutive seasons with at least one postseason series win have been achieved twice, three seasons in a row an additional five times, and back-to-back postseason appearances with a series win an additional sixteen ...
Baltimore had won more than 90 games in three of the previous four seasons, with a World Series title in 1966. The Royals were an expansion team in their first season. Kansas City won the first meeting on May 9, 1969, but Baltimore took the final 11 that season and swept all 12 in 1970 before the Royals finally took a walk-off win in their ...