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The 2017 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2017 season. The 113th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros. The series was played between October 24 and November 1.
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 World Series began October 24 and Game 7 was played on November 1, in which the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games, to capture their first World Series championship in franchise history. The 88th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held on July 11 at Marlins Park, the home of the Miami Marlins.
For the first time in Major League Baseball history, the final four teams competing for the World Series in the divisional series are from the four largest US cities. [150] Dallas Keuchel pitched an impeccable game, as the Houston Astros beat the New York Yankees, 2–1, in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park ...
The first scheduled night World Series game was Game 4 of the 1971 World Series at Three Rivers Stadium. [24] Afterward, World Series games were frequently scheduled at night, when television audiences were larger. Game 6 of the 1987 World Series was the last World Series game played in the daytime, [25] indoors at the Metrodome in Minnesota.
The 2017 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2017 postseason pitting the second-seeded Houston Astros against the fourth-seeded New York Yankees for the American League pennant and the right to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series. The Astros defeated the Yankees in seven ...
MLB AL West 3rd 86 76 .531 9 2022: MLB AL West 5th 60 102 .370 46 2023: MLB AL West 5th 50 112 .309 40 2024: MLB AL West 4th 69 93 .426 19½ Athletics: 2025: MLB AL West Regular season 9260 9766.488 29 Postseason Appearances; Playoff games 85 82.509 17 Division Titles, 15 League Pennants; Playoff series 18 17.514 9 World Series Championships
The series was a rematch of the 2016 NLCS, which Chicago won four games to two en route to their first World Series victory since 1908. This was just the 10th time two teams have met in at least two straight League Championship Series, which have existed since divisional play began in 1969. [1] The series was the 48th in league history.