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1) Yadier Molina - St. Louis Cardinals in 2004, 2006, and 2011.

2) Bengie Molina - Anaheim Angels in 2002 and Texas Rangers in 2010.

3) Jose Molina - Anaheim Angels in 2002 and New York Yankees in 2009.

Kirby Puckett won one American League batting title. That was 1989 when he hit .339.

Billy Hatcher of the Cincinnati Reds had seven consecutive hits in the 1990 World Series versus the Oakland A's. The Reds swept the A's four games to zero.

Hatcher also has a World Series record .750 batting average, (9 for 12).

In the 1990 World Series, Cincinnati Reds outfielder Billy Hatcher tied New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's record of seven consecutive hits over the first two Series games. Munson's pulled off the feat in the 1976 World Series.

The once proud Pirates franchise has won the World Series 5 times, the last time in 1979. The last time the Pirates were in the postseason was a 3 year stretch from 1990-1992 where they lost the NLCS in all three years. They have not had a winning season for 17 years.

26 The World Series ended in 5 games in 1905, 1907*, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1922*, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1961, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1988, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010

The World Series ended in 4 games in 1914, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1938, 1939, 1950, 1954, 1963, 1966, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

*there was a tied game

the 1994 World Series were cancelled because the players were on strike

The Texas Rangers made back-to-back World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011. They lost the 2010 World Series in five games to the San Francisco Giants. A year later, they lost the 2011 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Keith Foulke was the winning pitcher for the Red Sox in Game One of the 2004 World Series, an 11-9 slugfest. Foulke allowed the tying run to score in the 8th (charged to Alan Embree) but the Sox scored two in the bottom of the 8th on homer by Mark Bellhorn to reclaim the lead. Foulke pitched a scoreless 9th as the Sox took a 1-0 Series lead.

Larsen started Game 2 and pitched 1 2/3 innings before being replaced by Johnny Kucks as the Dodgers scored 6 runs in the second inning. Larsen was charged with four of those runs although all were unearned due to an error by Yankees first baseman Joe Collins.

Yes, the Boston Red Sox won the 2007 World Series 4 games to none over the Colorado Rockies.

Oregon State won the 2006 College World Series defeating the University of North Carolina 2 games to 1.

April 8, 1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron Hit home run number 715 to move ahead of Babe Ruth (714) on the all time home run list.

Joe Carter

The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Yankees 4 games to 3. Click on the '1960 World Series' link on this page to see a game by game breakdown.

And also click on the 'Bill Mazeroski's Game 7 Walk Off Home Run' link to see a tape of the story of his home run in the bottom of the 9th inning in game 7 that won the World Series for the Pirates.

The New York Yankees of the American League and the New York Mets of the National League were the 2 Major League Baseball teams that played in the World Series in the year 2000. The New York Yankees won the World Series in 5 games, the only game in which they lost was in Game 3 in which the Final Score was 4-2 and was played in Shea Stadium. Orlando Hernandez, a Starting Pitcher was given the Loss while John Franco, a Relief Pitcher was awarded the Win. In Game 5, the Yankees' Winning Pitcher was Mike Stanton, a Relief Pitcher and the Mets' Starting Pitcher, Al Leiter was awarded the Loss.

Bruce Kison, John Rooker, Enrique Romo, Don Robinson, Grant Jackson, Bert Blyleven, Kent Tekulve, John Candelaria and Jim Bibby.

In the entire history of MLB, that is the Giants.

1) Casey Stengel - played for the New York Giants in 1922 and managed the New York Yankees in 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, and 1958.
2) Billy Southworth - played for the 1926 St. Louis Cardinals and managed the Cardinals in 1942 and 1944.
3) Bucky Harris - played for (and managed) the 1924 Washington Senators and managed the New York Yankees in 1947.
4) Ralph Houk - played in the 1947 and 1952 WS for the Yankees and managed the Yankees in 1961 and 1962.
5) Leo Durocher - played for the 1928 New York Yankees and 1934 St. Louis Cardinals and managed the 1954 New York Giants.
6) Red Schoendienst - played for the 1946 St. Louis Cardinals and 1957 Milwaukee Braves and managed the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals.
7) Mickey Cochrane - played for the 1929 and 1930 Philadelphia Athletics and was player/manager of the 1935 Detroit Tigers.
8) Pat Moran - played for the 1907 Chicago Cubs and managed the 1919 Cincinnati Reds.
9) Bob Lemon - played for the 1948 Cleveland Indians and managed the 1978 New York Yankees.
10) Billy Martin - played for the 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1956 New York Yankees and managed the 1977 New York Yankees.
11) Frankie Frisch - played for the New York Giants in 1921 and 1922 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1931 and was the player/manager of the Cardinals in 1934.
12) Davey Johnson - played for the Baltimore Orioles in 1966 and 1970 and managed the New York Mets in 1986.
13) Mike Scioscia - played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981 and 1988 and managed the Los Angeles Angels in 2002.
14) Gil Hodges - played for the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers and 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers and managed the 1969 New York Mets.
15) Al Dark - played for the 1954 New York Giants and managed the 1974 Oakland Athletics.
16) Hank Bauer - played for the 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, and 1958 New York Yankees and managed the 1966 Baltimore Orioles.
17) Lou Piniella - played for the 1977 and 1978 New York Yankees and managed the 1990 Cincinnati Reds.
18) Steve O'Neill - played for the 1920 Cleveland Indians and managed the 1945 Detroit Tigers.


Players that served as player/manager for their World Series winning team:

1) Frank Chance - 1907 and 1908 Chicago Cubs.
2) Bill Terry - 1933 New York Giants.
3) Fred Clarke - 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates.
4) Jimmy Collins - 1903 Boston Americans.
5) Tris Speaker - 1920 Cleveland Indians.
6) Rogers Hornsby - 1926 St. Louis Cardinals.
7) Jake Stahl - 1912 Boston Red Sox.
8) Fielder Jones - 1906 Chicago White Sox.
9) Lou Boudreau - 1948 Cleveland Indians.
10) Bill Carrigan - 1915 and 1916 Boston Red Sox.

The most home runs hit by one player in a playoff game is three and has been done by 6 players ...

Babe Ruth of the Yankees did it twice (Game 4 of the 1926 World Series and Game 4 of the 1928 World Series), Bob Robertson of the Pirates (Game 2 of the 1971 NLCS), Reggie Jackson of the Yankees (Game 6 of the 1977 World Series), George Brett of the Royals (Game 3 of the 1978 ALCS), Adam Kennedy of the Angels (Game 5 of the 2002 ALCS), and Adrian Beltre of the Rangers (Game 4 of the 2011 ALDS).

In 2020 the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World Series 7 Times out of 19 appearances as of 2020

2020, 1988, 1981, 1965, 1963, 1959, 1955

The World Series champions from 2002 to 2011 are listed as follows:

2011 St. Louis Cardinals

2010 San Francisco Giants

2009 New York Yankees

2008 Philadelphia Phillies

2007 Boston Red Sox

2006 St. Louis Cardinals

2005 Chicago White Sox

2004 Boston Red Sox

2003 Florida Marlins

2002 Anaheim Angels

Babe Ruth was the first player to hit three home runs in a World Series game in Game 4 of the 1926 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. In addition, Ruth hit three home runs in Game 4 of the 1928 World Series, also against the St. Louis Cardinals. Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

On October 22, 2011, Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals added his name to the list with three home runs in Game 3 of the World Series at Arlington, Texas. The St. Louis Cardinals first baseman hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning, a two-run shot in the seventh and a solo dinger in the ninth to pace the Cards to a 16-7 victory over the Texas Rangers.

The New York Yankees have won 27 World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals have won 17, the Oakland Athletics have won 9, and Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers have each won 6. It's nice to remember the large market teams but you seemed to leave out the 10 world titles by the big red machine in cincinatti