World Series History

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World Series History
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The First World Series - 1903

• After two years of battling each other over
  players, the established National League and
  upstart American League signed a peace agreement
  before the '03 season.
• It wasn't until August, with the Pilgrims and
  Pirates well in front of their respective
  leagues, that their owners agreed on a so-called
  "World's Championship Series," best-of-nine
  format.

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Boston Pilgrims vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston won 5 3 in 9 games
Players from Pittsburgh lost the series yet
received 1,316.25 each - thanks to the team
owner giving his share of the gate receipts to
the players.

• Players from Boston received 1,182.00 each
  for the series.

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• The Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds was the
  scene of the first ever modern World Series and a
  plaque at Northeastern University now
  commemorates the location of the site that was
  once home of the first American League Boston
  franchise.

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A Baseball Tradition?

• There was no World Series in 1904 because John
  T. Brush, president of the National League
  champion New York Giants, refused to allow his
  team to compete against Boston, the
  representative of the "inferior" American League

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This time it stuck

• But 1905 was a different story. With the
  public expressing its indignation over the
  Giants' "thanks, but no thanks" Series attitude
  of the previous season, Brush, McGraw and company
  were ready to take on the American League
  champion Philadelphia Athletics after an NL race
  in which the Giants won 105 games. The Series
  would be contested under guidelines drawn up by
  the Giants' owner, the John T. Brush Rules called
  for -- among other things -- a best-of-seven
  format.

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Top Teams

• The top teams when it comes to winning World
  Series championships
• Yankees (26)
• Cardinals Athletics (9)
• Dodgers (6)

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First Night Game

• Game Four of the 1971 World Series between the
  Pirates and the Orioles.
• Since then every WS had at least one game played
  at night.
• Staring in 1985 every WS game was played in the
  evening.

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Hitting Records (cumulative)
Category Record Player
Games 75 Yogi Berra
At Bats 259 Yogi Berra
Hits 71 Yogi Berra
Runs 42 Mickey Mantle
Doubles 10 Yogi Berra
Triples 4 Billy Johnson Tommy Leach, Tris Speaker
Strike Outs 54 Mickey Mantle
Walks 43 Mickey Mantle
RBIs 40 Mickey Mantle
Home Runs 18 Mickey Mantle
Stolen Bases 14 Lou Brock, Eddie Collins
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Pitching Records (cumulative)
Category Record Player
Games 22 Whitey Ford
Complete Games 10 Christy Mattewson
Innings Pitched 146 Whitey Ford
ERA 0.83 Harry Brecheen
Wins 10 Whitey Ford
Losses 8 Whitey Ford
Strikeouts 94 Whitey Ford
Walks 34 Whitey Ford
Saves 7 Mariano Rivera
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A few other firsts

• 1947 First integrated World Series
• 1970 First game played on artificial turf
• 1976 First year they used the designated hitter
  rule
• 1997 First Wild Card Team appeared in World
  Series (and also won)
• 2003 All Star game winner determined home field
  advantage