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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]
Connie Mack in 1916. Connie Mack is the all-time leader in career wins and losses by a manager. This article contains a list of all Major League Baseball managers with at least 1,000 career regular season wins, a list of managers who have regular season win percentages of at least .540 in at least 400 games (2.5 full seasons), and a list of all-time World Series win-loss records. [1]
1887 Detroit Wolverines season; 1888 New York Giants season; 1889 New York Giants season; 1903 Boston Americans season; 1905 New York Giants season; 1906 Chicago White Sox season; 1907 Chicago Cubs season; 1908 Chicago Cubs season; 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates season; 1910 Philadelphia Athletics season; 1911 Philadelphia Athletics season; 1912 ...
The 74-year-old leaves his position as one of the most successful managers in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. Baker won his first World Series in 2022, becoming the oldest manager at 73 to ...
After winning 90 games and the World Series last season, the club would do well to scrap to .500 by season's end. But chances of a repeat are virtually gone. A look at our updated rankings:
Dodgers rally from an early five-run deficit to beat the Yankees 7-6 and secure their first full-season championship since 1988. It's the eighth championship in franchise history.
With shorter schedules (fewer than 100 games before 1884), it was more common for teams to finish with .700 or better winning percentages, as there was less of the evening-out effect of a longer season, and some seasons had multiple teams, with three in 1884 (between the three leagues that year) and in 1885.
They are the only team apart from the New York Yankees to complete a World Series “three-peat”, which they did between 1972 and 1974. As the Philadelphia Athletics, the team had a golden period between 1909 and 1914, when they won three World Series, and had three consecutive 100-win seasons between 1929 and 1931 with two further titles.