World Series
0 Buy/Sell
From WikiCollectables, Buy • Sell • Collect • Wiki
View the top articles!
The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball and the culmination of the sport's post season each October. Since the Series takes place in mid-autumn, sportswriters many years ago dubbed the event the Fall Classic; it is also sometimes known as the October Classic or simply "The Series."
The World Series is played between the champion clubs of the American League and the National League, which collectively include 29 clubs based in the United States and one club from Canada. The "modern" World Series has been an annual event since 1903, with the exceptions of 1904 and 1994. Baseball has employed various championship formulas since the 1860s. When the term "World Series" is used by itself, it is usually understood to refer to the "modern" World Series exclusively.
The World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff. Best-of-seven has been the format of all the modern World Series except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff. The Series winner is awarded the World Series Trophy, as well as individual World Series rings. The Series winner also receives a larger proportion of the gate receipts than does the Series loser.
The New York Yankees, of the American League, have played in 39 of the 103 Series through 2007 and have won 26 World Series championships, which is far more than any other Major League franchise. For the National League, the Dodgers have appeared in the Series the most at 18 times (9 each in Brooklyn and Los Angeles), but have won the Series only 6 times (once as Brooklyn, five times as Los Angeles). The St. Louis Cardinals have represented the National League 17 times and have won 10 championships, which is the most for any National League team.[1]
Contents |
[edit] See also
- List of baseball films
- World Series MVP Award
- AL Wildcard winners (since 1994)
- NL Wildcard winners (since 1994)
- List of Major League Baseball franchise post-season droughts
- List of most experienced baseball players never to play in a World Series
- List of World Series won
- List of World Series starting pitchers
- MLB Post-Season Representatives
- Caribbean World Series
- College World Series
- Negro League World Series
- Japan Series
- Korean Series
- Asia Series
- Baseball World Cup
- World Baseball Classic
[edit] References
[edit] Source books
- Ernest Lanigan, Baseball Cyclopedia, 1922, originally published by Baseball Magazine, available as a reprint from McFarland.
- Hy Turkin and S.C. Thompson, The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball, 1951, A.S. Barnes and Company.
- Lamont Buchanan, The World Series and Highlights of Baseball, 1951, E. P. Dutton & Company.
- Jordan A. Deutsch, Richard M. Cohen, David Neft, Roland T. Johnson, The Scrapbook History of Baseball, 1975, Bobbs-Merrill Company.
- Richard M. Cohen, David Neft, Roland T. Johnson, Jordan A. Deutsch, The World Series, 1976, Dial Press. Contains play-by-play accounts of all World Series from 1903 onward.
- The New York Times, The Complete Book of Baseball: A Scrapbook History, 1980, Bobbs_Merrill.
- Sporting News, Baseball Record Book and Baseball Guide, published annually since ca. 1941.
- Jerry Lansch, Glory Fades Away: The Nineteenth Century World Series Rediscovered, 1991, Taylor Publishing. ISBN 0-87833-726-1
[edit] Other sources
- 100 Years of the World Series, DVD published by Major League Baseball, 2002.
[edit] External links
- Baseball Reference "postseason" page, listing every World Series, with links to play-by-play summaries of every game
- World Series.com - official website
- Sporting News: History of the World Series
- Baseball Almanac: World Series
- Coolest World Series teams ever
- ESPN Classic - Who's #1?: Best World Series
