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Through 2006, the American League has won sixty World Championships, the National League has won forty-two World Championships. There have been three tie games, one-hundred eight shutouts and one perfect game.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WORLD SERIES
The "Fall Classic", as we know it today, didn't begin until 1903.
Major League Baseball did have post-season championship series beginning in 1884. In that year, the Providence Grays of the National League outplayed the New York Metropolitan Club of the American Association in a three game series for "The Championship of the United States." Several newspapers however, penned the Grays as "World Champions" and that title stuck. Over the next six years, series took place between the National League and American Association pennant-winners, ranging in length from six to fifteen games.
The American Association folded unexpectedly after the 1891 season and the series were suspended. In 1892, the National League absorbed four of the American Association's teams, expanded to twelve teams and made efforts to promote the growth of baseball and maintain the public's interest. They played a split season in which the first-half winner played the second-half winner for the league championship. This format was not well received by the fans and the split season was promptly dropped in 1893.
In 1894, Pittsburgh's owner William C. Temple offered a championship trophy to the winner of a best-of-seven-game series between the National League's first and second-place teams. In addition, he stated that the winning franchise would receive 65% of all ticket sales and the losing team would pocket 35%. Temple's idea would last for the three years and spawned the foundation of baseball's post-season popularity.
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Enter 1901 and the American League was established much to the dismay of the older teams. Baseball found itself engaged in a "civil war" as the rival leagues competed for the fan's loyalty and attention. After two years, a truce, previously known as the "National Agreement", was redefined outlining baseball's employment, salary and travel requirements. The 1903 compromise resultedd in a merger that has lasted to this day. Once again Boston and Pittsburgh, the top American and National League teams, found themselves competing against one another in the first official "World Series".
DID YOU KNOW: Joe DiMaggio holds the career World Series record for grounding into double plays with seven!
HISTORIC WORLD SERIES RESULTS
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A M E R I C A N L E A G U E
Gm 1 NYY 3, CLE 12
Gm 2 NYY 1, CLE 2
Gm 3 CLE 4, NYY 8
Gm 4 CLE 6, NYY 4
CLE wins series 3 - 1
Gm 1 LAA 1, BOS 4
Gm 2 LAA 3, BOS 6
Gm 3 BOS 9, LAA 1
BOS sweeps series 3 - 0
N A T I O N A L L E A G U E
Gm 1 CHC 1, ARI 3
Gm 2 CHC 4, ARI 8
Gm 3 ARI 5, CHC 1
ARI sweeps series 3 - 0
Gm 1 COL 4, PHI 2
Gm 2 COL 10, PHI 5
Gm 3 PHI 1, COL 2
COL sweeps series 3 - 0
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
NLCS
Game 1 COL 5, AZI 1
Game 2 COL 3, AZI 2
Game 3 AZI 1, COL 4
Game 4 AZI 4, COL 6
COL sweeps series 4 - 0
ALCS
Game 1 CLE 3, BOS 10
Game 2 CLE 13, BOS 6
Game 3 BOS 2, CLE 4
Game 4 BOS 3, CLE 7
Game 5 BOS 7, CLE 1
Game 6 CLE 2, BOS 12
Game 7 CLE 2, BOS 11
BOS wins series 4 - 3
WORLD SERIES
Game 1 COL 1, BOS 13
Game 2 COL 1, BOS 2
Game 3 BOS 10, COL 5
Game 4 BOS 4, COL 3
BOSTON sweeps series 4 - 0
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