Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 1991 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1991 season. The 88th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins (95–67) and the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves (94–68). The Twins defeated the Braves four games ...
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]
The 1991 Major League Baseball season saw the Minnesota Twins defeat the Atlanta Braves for the World Series title, in a series where every game was won by the home team. The Twins and Braves became the first two teams in MLB history to win the pennant after finishing last the previous season.
The 1991 Minnesota Twins season was the 31st season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 10th season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 91st overall in the American League. They won the World Series, the second time the Twins had won the World Series since moving to Minnesota in 1961. At the beginning of ...
In Game 6 of the 1991 World Series, Kirby Puckett made a memorable leaping catch in left field to rob an extra-base hit. In the bottom of the 11th inning, Puckett hit a game-winning home run to send the Series to Game 7. The 1991 World Series saw the Minnesota Twins defeating the Atlanta Braves four games to three to win the championship. ESPN ...
World Series – The Minnesota Twins win 4 games to 3 over the Atlanta Braves. The series MVP is Jack Morris of Minnesota. Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles is named AL MVP; Terry Pendleton of the Atlanta Braves is named NL MVP; Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox is named AL Cy Young award winner. It is his third of six in his career
April 20 – Bucky Walters, 82, converted infielder who became a six-time National League All-Star pitcher, as well as a Triple Crown and MVP winner in 1939, whose 198 career victories included three 20-win seasons for the Cincinnati Reds; led Cincinnati to the 1940 World Series championship over the Detroit Tigers with a 2–0 record and a 2. ...
The 1989 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1989 season. The 86th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants. The Series ran from October 14 through October 28 ...