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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]
Nevertheless, the Braves swept the Athletics—the first unqualified sweep in the young history of the modern World Series (the 1907 World Series had one tied game)—to win the world championship. Meanwhile, former Chicago Cubs infielder Johnny Evers , in his second season with the Braves, won the Chalmers Award .
A program from the 1914 World Series, featuring Braves manager George Stallings.. The 1914 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 1914 season.The 11th edition of the World Series, it was played between the American League champion and defending World Series champion Philadelphia Athletics and the National League champion Boston Braves.
The Braves had won the National League pennant for the first time since the "Miracle Braves" team of 1914, while the Indians had spoiled a chance for the only all-Boston World Series by winning a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox for the American League flag. [1]
Aaron was also honored in the design of the team's World Series championship ring, which includes 755 total diamonds to commemorate Aaron's career home runs, and 44 emerald-cut diamonds to represent Aaron's jersey number with the Braves. [89] This was the start of three straight National League teams making the World Series with a sub-90 win total.
The 1914 Boston Braves season was the 44th season of the franchise. The team finished first in the National League, winning the pennant by 10½ games over the New York Giants after being in last place in the NL at midseason. The team, which became known as the 1914 Miracle Braves, went on to sweep the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series.
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 ...