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The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season.As the 105th [1] edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National League (NL) and defending World Series champions, and the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL).
The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 41 World Series, winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any MLB team. The Dodgers and the Yankees are tied for the most losses with 14 each. The St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 championships, the most among NL clubs and second-most all-time behind the Yankees. [3]
A. J. Burnett of the New York Yankees won his 100th game on October 4. Tony La Russa passed John McGraw for second-most games managed in baseball with his 4,770th game managed (2,552–2,214–4) on October 1. La Russa gets three more games (October 4) to extend his managed games to 4,773 (2,552–2,217–4) by the end of 2009.
The LCS MVP was first awarded in 1977 for the National League and in 1980 for the American League. [125] To date, only one World Series MVP has also won the Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award in the same season: Derek Jeter in 2000. An All-Star Game MVP has been named since 1962. [126]
Adam Kennedy won the 2002 ALCS MVP when he hit 3 home runs in 1 game; [6] he had hit 7 during the regular season and hit 80 in his 14-year career. [7] From the pitcher's mound , Steve Avery threw 16 + 1 ⁄ 3 innings without giving up a run in the 1991 NLCS , [ 8 ] and John Smoltz amassed 19 strikeouts the following year. [ 9 ]
The 2009 National League Championship Series (NLCS) was a best-of-seven baseball game series in Major League Baseball’s 2009 postseason pitting the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers against the second-seeded Philadelphia Phillies for the National League Championship and the right to represent the National League in the 2009 World Series. The ...
October 10 – Larry Jansen, 89, two-time All-Star pitcher for the New York Giants (1947–1954) and Cincinnati Reds (1956), who won 21 games in his rookie season while leading the National League with a .808 winning percentage, and was the winning pitcher in the 1951 playoff game decided by Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World; later ...
The Most Valuable Player Award, commonly known as the "MVP", is the oldest individual award, given in its current format since 1931. [1] MVP awards are also presented for performances in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the League Championship Series, and the World Series. [1]