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The 1992 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1992 season. The 89th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven, or first to four playoff, played between the American League (AL) champion Toronto Blue Jays and the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves. Toronto defeated Atlanta in six 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]
Blue Jays catcher Pat Borders, with a .450 batting average, is named the Series MVP. The Toronto Blue Jays finish the season without being swept in any series. They are the first team from outside the United States to win the World Series. October 27 – The expansion Colorado Rockies hire Don Baylor as the team's first manager.
October 19 – Atley Donald, 82, New York Yankees pitcher who had a lifetime record of 65–33 for a winning percentage of .663; member of three (1939, 1941, 1943) World Series champions. October 20 – Spider Wilhelm, 63, shortstop for the 1953 Philadelphia Athletics.
The Knicks got off to a 4–4 start to the season, but then won 12 of their next 15 games, held a 34–16 record at the All-Star break, and finished the season by winning 24 of their final 28 games, including a nine-game winning streak in March and five straight victories to end the season.
The 1992 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1992 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
In 2013, 10 years after he retired, his son Tim Hardaway Jr. was drafted by the Knicks and remains in the league today. Like his father, the younger Hardaway was named All-Rookie. Grant Hill
New York and Los Angeles faced each other again in the 1972 Finals, a series that the Lakers won four games to one. The Knicks earned their second NBA championship the following year, as they won a rematch with Los Angeles in five games. From 1988 to 2001, the franchise made the playoffs in 14 consecutive seasons.