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A World Series ring is an award given to Major League Baseball players who win the World Series. Since only one Commissioner's Trophy is awarded to the team, a World Series ring is an individual award that players and staff of each World Series champion team get to keep for themselves to symbolize the victory.
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]
Each one has 103 blue sapphires on the top for the Rangers’ season win total, while the 23 red rubies on the ring represent the year the Rangers won the World Series. The ring has a reversible ...
He finished the season 5–8 with a 4.24 ERA, [47] before being left off the playoff roster and getting needed rest. [23] [49] Although the Dodgers awarded him a second World Series ring, he refused to wear it, explaining that "I didn't do anything." [17] He improved slightly in 1989 and went 10–13. [48]
World Series MVP Corey Seager nabbed one with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020, playing nearly every game at Globe Life Field. Reliever Will Smith, now a member of the Kansas City Royals, got his ...
Prior to the first World Series-championship ring, baseball players in the early 20th century often requested other items in place of rings, including cufflinks and tie bars. Prior to the 1922 World Series, players on the World Series-winning team were given keepsakes, such as a pin or pocketwatch fob. [26]
2021 Braves. 2022 Astros. 2023 Rangers. Smith played for all of them.
In Game 4 of the 2012 World Series, Affeldt provided key relief, striking out Detroit Tigers power hitters Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, and Delmon Young in the eighth inning to preserve a 3–3 tie. The Giants would go on to win the game in the tenth inning, completing a sweep of the Tigers, earning Affeldt his second World Series ring. [84]