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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]
Josh Gibson holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler 's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season. Record.
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 New York Yankeeshave won 40 AL pennants,[11]winning their first in 1921 and their most recent in 2009.[12] This total is more than twice that of the next-closest team, the Oakland Athletics, who have won 15.[13] They are followed by the Boston Red Soxand the Detroit Tigers, with 14 and 11 pennants won respectively.
List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders. Dennis McLain, 1968 American League wins leader, with 31; this was the last time a pitcher has won thirty. Major League Baseball recognizes the player or players in each league [a] with the most wins each season. [b] In baseball, wins are a statistic used to evaluate pitchers.
Toronto. Chicago. Philadelphia. Atlanta. † Due to the strike that took place in the middle of the 1981 season, Major League Baseball crowned both a "first half" (pre-strike) and "second half" (post-strike) division champion. The teams were then matched against each other in a special division series. Oakland and New York won the 1981 American ...
The New York Yankees have the highest all-time regular season win–loss percentage (.569) in Major League Baseball history. Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, which consists of a total of 30 teams—15 teams in the National League (NL) and 15 in the American League (AL). The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and ...
List of Major League Baseball wins records. The following is a listing of pitching win and winning percentage records in Major League Baseball. All teams are considered to be members of the American or National Leagues, unless noted. Players denoted in boldface are still actively contributing to the record noted.