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Find out more. Boston Red Sox 1976 | The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff). 1951 | 1920 |

The New York Yankees have the most World Series titles from an American League team, with 27 championships through the 2009 season. The current World Series champions are the Washington Nationals. In 1925, Brooklyn owner Charles Ebbets convinced owners to adopt the current 2-3-2 system of scheduling World Series games (one team would host the first two games, the other team would host the next three, and the first team would host the last two if necessary; the leagues alternated which representative would host the first games), already used in the 1924 Series, as a permanent rule. 1949 The following are the 20 matchups of teams that have occurred two or more times in the World Series. 1927 | At the 2004 Summer Olympics the United States was not represented at all, since its team of minor league players did not survive the qualifying rounds.

World Series Cricket was a short-lived but influential cricket competition.

1988 | 2015 | 1989 One rule was that player shares would come from gate receipts from the first four games only.

These series were arranged by the individual teams, not by the leagues directly, the same as the 1880s World's Series matches had been.

This was to discourage teams from throwing early games in order to prolong the series and make more money.

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2014 | According to the IBAF chairman, such a move would do more for popularizing baseball around the world than any amount of money spent by the MLB for its current worldwide marketing. 1962 | The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, 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).
The World Series winners have occasionally played winter exhibition series against the best players of other leagues around the world, such as Japan. That has been the pattern since 1924, with the exception of World War II, when travel restrictions were in place. The World Series, also known as the October Classic and the Fall Classic, is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, the culmination of the sport's postseason each October. Teams will be split into four groups of four and play a round robin schedule, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the next round. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Starting in 1994, MLB introduced the wild-card, allowing the non-division winner with the best record from each league a spot in the postseason. Baseball Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 1904 | During the winter of 1904/05, however, feeling the sting of press criticism, Brush saw the light and proposed what came to be known as the "Brush Rules", under which the series would be played over subsequent years. ), (Following addition of the Montréal Expos, the San Diego Padres, the Seattle Pilots and the Kansas City Royals.).

1955 | All teams that have participated in these were "Classic Eight" members of either the American or National League; no expansion team (created in 1961 or later) has faced an opponent more than once in a World Series. 1933 | The Giants' owner, John T. Brush, refused to allow his team to play, citing the "inferiority" of the upstart American League. 1977 |

The Seattle Mariners are the only current MLB franchise that has never appeared in a World Series; the San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays, and Milwaukee Brewers have all played in the Series but have never won it. 1960 | From 1950 to 1954, the Yankees were World Series champions and they won the title again in 1956 and 1958. 1929 1913 | 2000 |

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1915 | Sometimes the Japanese have gained the upper hand in those series; but since they are only exhibitions, their results cannot be regarded as conclusive. Until 2003, the team given the home-field advantage was switched every year between the American League and the National League. Seven teams, all established since 1961, have never won a World Series title: the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. A list of World Series winners, losers, and MVPs throughout major-league history. 1942 | 1966 |

The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and … Baseball tournaments between international teams do occur, notably at the world championships and at the Olympic Games. 1981 | ), 1903 |

The World Series has been a best-of-seven series except in the years 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921, when it was best-of-nine.



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The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, No World Series held in 1994 due to players' strike. 1999