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V The 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were in a best-of-nine format (carried by the first team to win five games). T The 1907, 1912, and 1922 World Series each included one tied game. A The Brewers were in the American League from 1969 to 1997, after which they moved to the National League. [8]
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 .
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).
That home run was the beginning of a 6-2 win. It's the first World Series game the Braves have won since 1996. Austin Riley added an RBI double later in the first, then Soler got another RBI on a ...
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 Nationals' win marked the sixth straight year that a team clinched the World Series title via a win on the road, [note 9] including four times that a Game 7 was won by the visiting team. [93] For the first time in major North American sports history, the visiting team won all seven games of a best-of-seven postseason 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.
The 2018 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2018 season.The 114th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers.