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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 1953 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1953 season.The 50th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion and four-time defending World Series champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series, and the fourth such matchup ...
The 1963 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1963 season.The 60th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion and two-time defending World Series champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers; the Dodgers swept the Series in four games to secure their ...
1948 World Series at Baseball Almanac; 1948 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 1948 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1948 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Baseball's Best: 1948 World Series; Audio: Game 5 radio broadcast, part 1; Audio: Game 5 ...
This World Series also matched up two of baseball's most colorful managers, Casey Stengel of the Yankees and Leo Durocher of the Giants. This was the 13th appearance by the Giants in Series play, their ninth loss, and their first appearance since the 1937 World Series. "The Commerce Comet arrives on the final voyage of the Yankee Clipper." (On ...
This was the final World Series in which only four umpires were used. Several sources erroneously reported that Harry Walker hit a single allowing Enos Slaughter to score. It was officially scored a double. [65] This was the first World Series in which the final out in Game 7 came with the tying run on third base. [66]
1938 World Series at WorldSeries.com via MLB.com; 1938 World Series at Baseball Almanac; 1938 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 1938 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1938 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Audio – Joe DiMaggio Homers off of Dizzy Dean
Keller broke the record for most homers by a rookie in a World Series game with two in Game 3. Also in Game 3, Junior Thompson gave up five hits in 4 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings worked. Four of the five were home runs, tying the record for long balls allowed during a Series game set by the Cubs' Charlie Root in 1932.