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Jun 7, 2005 · Finally, in 1905, the first official World Series was played, and only once since then has the Fall Classic not been played. A history of every World Series, as researched by Baseball Almanac, appears below, and includes every box score from every World Series game, World Series rosters, World Series stats, and more.
- 1945 World Series
1945 World Series. The Chicago Cubs finally made it back to...
- Postseason Picture
The World Series was "born" in 1903, but postseason play...
- 1945 World Series
The 1962 Giants made the first California World Series appearance of that franchise, losing to the Yankees.
- First World Series Played
- 1919 'Black Sox' World Series Scandal
- New York Yankees Dominate World Series
- Other Notable World Series
- Earthquake World Series
- Cancellation of World Series
- World Series Most Valuable Player Award
The first modern World Series was abest-of-nine series played in 1903 between the American League champion Boston Americans (later Red Sox) and National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Americans won the final four games to win the championship, 5-3. Boston pitcher Cy Young, MLB’s all-time leader in wins (511), won Games 5 and 7. (The only o...
The scandal involved eight members of the Chicago White Sox, who were accused after the World Series of throwing games against the Cincinnati Reds for money from a gambling syndicate. Cincinnati won the eight-game series, 5-3. The players involved—dubbed "Black Sox"—were acquitted in court but banned from the sport by Major League Baseball commissi...
In 1923, the Yankees—led by outfielder Babe Ruth, who hit 41 home runs during the regular season—won their first World Series championship. New York followed its initial championship with World Series titles in 1927 and 1928. The 1927 team, considered one of the greatest teams in MLB history, won 110 games during the regular season and swept the Pi...
In 1975, the Cincinnati Reds, known as the "Big Red Machine" for their 1970s dominance, defeated the Boston Red Sox in seven games. The Reds won 108 games during the regular season and swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the playoffs in three games. In Game 6 at Fenway Park in Boston, Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk hit one of the most dramatic home runs ...
On October 17, 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked northern California during Game 3 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics at Candlestick Park, forcing postponement of the matchup. The World Series resumed 10 days after the earthquake, which killed 67, injured more than 3,700 and caused an estimated $5 billi...
The World Series was not played only twice—in 1904, one year after the first World Series, when the New York Giants refused to play the American League champion Boston Americans, and in 1994, when the season was cancelled because of a players strike. The Montreal Expos (74-40) and New York Yankees (70-43) appeared to be on a collision course for th...
Since 1955, the World Series Most Valuable Player Award has been given to the player whose performance was most impactful. The award, now voted on by media, officials and online by fans, has gone to the player from the winning team at every World Series except one. In 1960, New York Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson won the award following th...
May 13, 2019 · So how did the World Series come to bear that name, when its origins were entirely American? While there were baseball championships played as early as the 1880s, the first official World Series took place in 1903 between the Boston Americans (now the Red Sox) of the new American League (which started in 1901), and the Pittsburgh Pirates of the ...
- Andrew Simon
Oct 5, 2017 · So why is its championship called the "World Series"? The answer goes back to when the championship was created, according to NPR.
Through the medium of the World Series, the Yankees became America’s team to either love or hate. Ruth’s exploits were followed in newspapers, on radio broadcasts, and in newsreels of the day. The Yankees’ first World Series appearance took place in 1921.
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Here, Origins offers ten World Series contests over the decades that are landmark moments in baseball’s evolution as a commercial enterprise and its adaptation to the significant social and cultural changes of modern America.
