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The World Series win earned the team the sobriquet "The Miracle Mets". This was the first World Series of MLB's divisional era. The Mets became the first expansion team to win a division title, a pennant, and the World Series, winning in their eighth year of existence, becoming the fastest expansion team to win a World Series up to that point. [2]
V The 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were in a best-of-nine format (carried by the first team to win five games). T The 1907, 1912, and 1922 World Series each included one tied game. A The Brewers were in the American League from 1969 to 1997, after which they moved to the National League. [8]
The 1969 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in North America's Major League Baseball (MLB). In the first season after the American League was split into two divisions, the Orioles won the first-ever American League East title, finishing first with a record of 109 wins and 53 losses, 19 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers, who had won the World Series in the previous season.
Art Shamsky shows 9-year-old Noah Herndon his 1969 World Series ring Sunday at the Marlins-Mets spring training game in Port St. Lucie. ... “One of the few teams in the history of baseball ...
Considered by many to be the biggest upset in World Series history, the Mets shocked the 109-win Orioles in five games to win their first championship in franchise history, becoming the first expansion team to win a World Series. While the Orioles took Game 1, the Mets narrowly won Game 2 in Baltimore to gain the home-field advantage.
Koosman was the pitching star of the 1969 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles. After Seaver was defeated in Game One, Koosman, leading 1–0, held the Orioles hitless until Paul Blair singled to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning, eventually scoring on Brooks Robinson's only hit in 19 Series' at-bats. The Mets regained the lead in ...
Art Shamsky, a part of the 1969 World Series champion New York Mets, joins "The *State* of Florida Sports Podcast" to discuss spring training, more."
Kranepool is the fourth member of the 1969 World Series team that has died this year. Shortstop Buddy Harrelson, pitcher Jim McAndrew and catcher Jerry Grote all died in the first four months of 2024.