Starting with the first expansion in 1961 (omitting the first 7 years of the Series (1903, 1905-1910) since all of the American League teams would qualify) AND omitting teams that moved from one city to another:
1) 1969 New York Mets - won the Series over the Baltimore Orioles in their 8th year of existence.
2) 1997 Florida Marlins - won the Series over the Cleveland Indians in their 5th year of existence.
3) 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks - won the Series over the New York Yankees in their 4th year of existence.
Almost Made It:
1) 2008 Tampa Bay Rays - lost the Series to the Philadelphia Phillies in their 11th year of existence.
2) 1980 Kansas City Royals - lost the Series to the Philadelphia Phillies in their 12th year of existence.
In 1905.
The 2010 World Series was the first for the Texas Rangers franchise.
The First World Series the Oakland Athletics won was in 1972, but it was not the Athletic's franchise first World Series. From 1901 -1954 the Athletics played in Philadelphia, and from 1955 - 1967 they played in Kansas City. The Athletic franchise won 9 World Series titles starting in 1910.
Yes. 2019 the Washington nationals won the MLB World Series for the first time in franchise history.
The Boston Red Sox franchise was the first to win five World Series: 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, and 1918.
Rangers. Yesterday.
The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original expansion from six to twelve teams.
The 2010 World Series was the first for the Texas Rangers franchise. They were defeated by the San Francisco Giants in five games.
Two teams play a 7 games series. The first team to win 4 games is the World Champion.
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The Washington Nationals have one 1 World series championship which was in 2019. This was the first time in franchise history. However, Washington did win the World Series in 1924 as the Washington Senators.