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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]
The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the American League (AL) champion Boston Americans against the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates [ note 2 ] in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four.
The 1909 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1909 season. The sixth edition of the World Series, it featured the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates [ a ] against the American League champion Detroit Tigers .
The 1920 World Series was the championship series for Major League Baseball's 1920 season. The series was a best-of-nine format played between the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians and the National League (NL) champion Brooklyn Robins , with the Indians defeating the Robins five games to two.
The golden age of baseball, or sometimes the golden era, describes the period in Major League Baseball from the end of the dead-ball era until the modern era—roughly, from 1920 to sometime after World War II. [1] [2] The exact years are debated. MLB, for example, considers the golden age to have ended with World War II.
The 1955 World Series champion and Greenberg would remain friends until Robinson’s death in 1972. ... Greenberg remains one of only 10 baseball players to ever hit 58 home runs in a single ...
The 1910 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1910 season. The seventh edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Philadelphia Athletics against the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs .
Baseball has undergone so much overhaul in recent decades, it's become hard to keep track. But one of the biggest advancements in the game's history took place on this day in 1951.