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The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season.As the 105th [1] edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL) and defending World Series champions, and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL).
Christy Mathewson is the career leader in World Series complete games, with 10 during 1905–1913, all for the New York Giants. [2] While complete games were once common in the World Series (the first edition without a complete game was 1959) [3] the most recent World Series complete game win was thrown by Johnny Cueto for the Kansas City ...
Philadelphia falls two wins short of becoming the first NL team to repeat as World Series champions since the 1975–'76 Cincinnati Reds. Phillies second baseman Chase Utley ties Reggie Jackson's record with five home runs in a Series, but first baseman Ryan Howard strikes out 13 times to set a record in the Classic. The clincher marks the ...
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In 1965, Grant became the first black pitcher to win 20 games in a season in the American League and the first black pitcher to win a World Series game for the American League. He pitched two complete-game World Series victories in 1965, hit a three-run home run in game 6, and was named The Sporting News American League Pitcher of the Year. [2]
Dave McNally, 15-11 for the Pioneers that year, became a stalwart in the Orioles' rotation and won 184 major-league games with a 3.24 ERA, helping Baltimore win the World Series in 1966 and 1970.
In the first at-bat in this game, a fog horn went off as Johnson was releasing his pitch, causing him to throw an eephus pitch which fell for a strike. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] He finished the season with an 11–10 record and an ERA of 3.91, recording his 100th career complete game in a 2–1 victory over the Colorado Rockies .
former United States President George W. Bush throws the first pitch of Game 1 of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, October 27, 2023, at Globe Life ...