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The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It has traditionally been played in October, though some more recent editions have been contested into November due to expanded playoffs and/or season delays. It has been contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the ...
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]
Over the history of the World Series, 64 games have gone to extra innings, setting the following innings-related records. [29] Most extra innings played in a World Series game: 9 (2018, game 3). Further, game 3 was the longest World Series game played in terms of elapsed time. [30] Most extra innings played over the course of a World Series: 9
The leader for World Series starts in a career is Whitey Ford, with 22 between 1950 and 1964, all for the New York Yankees. [ 2 ] Ford is the leader both in World Series wins by a starting pitcher, with 10, and World Series losses by a starting pitcher, with eight. Christy Mathewson is the career leader in World Series complete games, with 10 ...
The 1986 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1986 season. The 83rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion New York Mets and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox. The Mets overcame a two games to none series deficit to defeat ...
The 1975 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1975 season. The 72nd 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 Cincinnati Reds. The Reds won the series, four games to three.
The 1991 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1991 season. The 88th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins (95–67) and the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves (94–68). The Twins defeated the Braves four games ...
World Series. 1961 →. The 1960 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1960 season. The series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League (NL) and the New York Yankees of the American League (AL) from October 5–13, 1960. In Game 7, Bill Mazeroski hit the series winning ninth-inning ...