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The 1985 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1985 season. The 82nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Royals upset the heavily favored Cardinals in ...
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 Royals became the fifth team in World Series history to come back from a 3–1 series deficit to win the championship, and only the second expansion team to win a World Series after the New York Mets. The Royals also became the first team in MLB history to win both the ALCS and the World Series after trailing three games to one in both rounds.
The 1985 Major League Baseball season ended with the Kansas City Royals defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh game of the I-70 World Series. Bret Saberhagen, the regular season Cy Young Award winner, was named MVP of the Series. The National League won the All-Star Game for the second straight year.
December 8 – Bill Wambsganss, 91, second baseman for the Cleveland Indians (1914–1923) and member of their 1920 World Series champions, who made the only unassisted triple play in World Series history; also played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics (1924–1926); later became a manager in the All-American Girls Professional ...
NY regains lead on sacrifice fly: Yankees 6, Dodgers 5. NEW YORK - Giancarlo Stanton restored order in Game 5 of the World Series, putting the New York Yankees back on top with a sacrifice fly.
The 1985 Kansas City Royals season was the 17th season in Royals franchise history. It ended with the Royals' first World Series championship over their intra-state rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals . The Royals won the American League West for the second consecutive season and the sixth time in ten years.
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