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The 2012 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 season. [1] The 108th edition of the World Series, the series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants and the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers; the Giants won in a four-game sweep.
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]
October 24, 2012 – In Game 1 of the 2012 World Series, Pablo Sandoval ties a World Series record by hitting three home runs in one game, two of them against starting pitcher Justin Verlander, the reigning 2011 winner of the AL Cy Young, the AL Pitching Triple Crown, and the AL MVP. The Giants defeat the Detroit Tigers 8–3.
Francona led the team to two World Series championships in 2004, which ended the Curse of the Bambino, and 2007. However, in 2011 , the Red Sox went 7–20 in the month of September, blowing a 9-game wild card lead as they were eliminated from playoff contention. [ 13 ]
This was the third straight World Series win by the National League. This was the first time the Tigers had been swept in the World Series since their first appearance in 1907. To date, this is the most recent World Series to end in a sweep. With the win, the Giants moved up to 3–2 against AL Central teams in the World Series.
Chicago is set to shatter an ugly MLB record that has stood since 1962. ... Losing more games than any team in major league ... most notably microfracture knee surgery that cost him the 2012 and ...
As of the completion of the 2024 World Series, the Miami Marlins have the highest postseason winning percentage, with .600, while the Minnesota Twins have the lowest, with .379. The New York Yankees have the most postseason wins (252), while the Colorado Rockies have the fewest (10). The Yankees also have the most postseason losses (184), while ...
The Rockies were created as an expansion team for the 1993 season and rose to a postseason appearance after three seasons and the 1994–95 strike. Since then they have played in the postseason four more times: in 2007 (when they lost the World Series to the Red Sox), 2009, 2017, and 2018. In 2023, the Rockies won only 59 games - the fewest in ...