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World Series
This category is for the final round of the Major League Baseball season and postseason which is called the World Series. Here you can ask questions about previous World Series, World Series games, the teams, the players, the records and much more.
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What team did the New York Yankees win against in the 2009 World Series?
The Yankees first defeated the Minnesota Twins in the ALDS, 3 games to 0. Then they defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALCS, 4 games to 2. The Yankees then defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2, to win the 2009 World Series.
What pitcher holds the record for most World Series games won?
Lefty Williams and George Frazier with 3 each.
Williams, of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, was one of the players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The 1919 World Series was a best 5 of 9 instead of a best 4 of 7 like is played today.
Frazier, of the 1981 New York Yankees, is the only pitcher to lose 3 games in a best 4 of 7 World Series.
How many pitchers have hit at least two home runs in one game?
I can't say that I know the answer but I do know that there has been only one pitcher to hit two grand slams in the same game. That was Tony Cloninger of the Atlanta Braves against the San Francisco Giants on July 3, 1966. He was the first player in the history of the National League to do it. Cloninger also had an RBI single in the game to end up with 9 RBIs which is also an MLB record for a pitcher. The Braves won that game 17-3.
Micah Owings of the Arizona Diamondbacks did it on August 18, 2007 against the Atlanta Braves.
Wes Farrell did it 4 times. With the Cleveland Indians against the Chicago White Sox on August 31, 1931 ... with the Red Sox against the St. Louis Browns on July 13, 1934 ... with the Red Sox against the Washington Senators on July 31, 1935 ... with the Red Sox against the Philadelphia Athletics on August 12, 1936.
Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Milwaukee Braves on August 23, 1958.
Has Detroit Tigers ever won the world series?
Batting Triple Crown winners: Two
- Ty Cobb (1909) and Miguel Cabrera (2012)
Pitching Triple Crown winners: Two
- Hal Newhouser (1945) and Justin Verlander (2011)
How many times have the Mets won the World Series?
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
How many times have the Baltimore Orioles won the World Series?
The Orioles have won the World Series three times:
- 1966 against the Los Angeles Dodgers
- 1970 against the Cincinnati Reds
- 1983 against the Philadelphia Phillies
How many World Series did the New York Yankees lose?
The Yankees won 5 world series in a row, 1949-1953, under Casey Stengel. They have won 26 world series so far, working on #27 this year. They won 4 in a row, 1936-1939, under Joe McCarthy. 2nd best was Oakland Athletics, who won 3 in a row 1972-1974, tying the Yanks who won 3 in a row 1998-2000 under Joe Torre.
Which MLB team won the World Series in 2008?
The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2, in the 2009 World Series.
The World Series MVP: Hideki Matsui
When was the last year the Florida Marlins won the world series?
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/marlins.shtml
The Florida Marlins may be a new franchise, but they already have a wild and wickedly successful post season record that would make many more established teams envious. The Marlins have been to the playoffs twice, both times as a wild card. They are a perfect 6-0 in post-season series and they have been involved in three of the most exciting and extraordinary plays in baseball post-season history.
There was little hint of the Marlins flair for post-season dramatics when they began play in 1993. The National League awarded the Florida franchise in 1991 to Wayne Huizenga, CEO of the movie rental giant Blockbuster. Huizenga already owned both the Miami Dolphins of the NFL and Florida Panthers of the NHL.
The Marlins opened play in 1993 with a 6-3 win over the Dodgers. The rest of the season was a good news / bad news scenario. The bad news was the team finished 64-98. The good news is they avoided the National League East cellar finishing five games ahead of the Mets.
The next few years did not go much better, but by the time Jim Leyland became manager in 1997, Huizenga's free agent money had added Bobby Bonilla (.297, 17 HR, 96 RBI), Gary Sheffield (.250, 21HR 71RBI), and Moises Alou (.292, 23 HR 115 RBI) to the offense and Kevin Brown (16-8), Livan Hernandez (9-3), Alex Fernandez (17-12) and Rob Nenn (35 saves) to the pitching staff, all of them handled by the league's best defensive catcher in Charles Johnson.
The Marlins won the wild card with a 92-70 record and then took out the Giants and the Braves in the N.L. Playoffs. They defeated Cleveland's Indians in the World Series, winning on the first of their extraordinary post-season plays. The seventh and deciding game went to an eleventh inning when Marlin shortstop Edgar Renteria whacked an RBI single just past the glove of Indian pitcher Charles Nagy to score Craig Counsell with the series-winning run.
Florida became the youngest franchise to win a World Championship (fifth season). They were also the first Wild Card team in Major League history to win it all.
Huizenga began peeling off the layers of his championship team almost as soon as Bud Selig handed him the World Series trophy. Claiming expenses were too high, Huizenga held a fire sale over the next year, selling most of his star players and leaving a devastated hulk of a team which plummeted to a 54-108 season. The Marlins became the first team to lose one-hundred games the season after winning the World Series.
Leyland resigned after the 1998 debacle, and Huzienga sold the team to businessman John Henry shortly thereafter. But the damage was done. The Florida fans felt betrayed by Huzienga's fire sale and they showed their anger by staying away from Marlins' games in droves. By 2002, the Marlins only averaged about ten thousand fans per game.
To their credit, the Marlins continued to cultivate or trade for young talent, such as Luis Castillo, Mike Lowell and Juan Pierre, plus pitchers Brad Penny and Josh Beckett. Adding free agent catcher Ivan Rodriguez was the final piece of the puzzle for the 2003 season.
Due to injuries, the team started poorly - so poor in fact they had baseball's worst record on May 11 (19-29). Things began to turn when the Marlins brought in seventy-two year old Jack McKeon to manage and brought up feisty pitching prospect Dontrelle Willis. Willis went 9-1 in his first thirteen starts, and as the pitching staff got progressively healthy, it got progressively stronger. A 91-71 mark earned them their second Wild Card berth.
Demonstrating that they had not lost their post-season magic, the Marlins defeated the Giants 3-1 in the best-of-five first round, ending the series with another of their signature extraordinary plays. The Marlins had a two-run lead going into the ninth inning of the fourth game. The Giants got one run back and were bidding to tie the game when Marlin outfielder Jeff Conine threw out J.T. Snow at the plate. It was the first time in baseball history that a post season series ended with a game's tying run being thrown out at the plate.
That play was only a sample of what was to come in the next series. Trailing the Cubs three games to two, and trailing 3-0 in Game Six, the Marlins became beneficiaries of the infamous (at least in Chicago) Bartman incident.
A lifelong Cub fan, Steve Bartman prevented Cubs outfielder Moises Alou from catching a foul ball near the stands which would have been the second out of the eighth inning. Inexplicably, the play changed the karma of the game and the Marlins rallied to score eight times before the Cubs got the third out. The Marlins won 8-3 and Game Seven the next night.
The Marlins capped the season with a six-game win over the Yankees in the World Series, behind the pitching of Beckett and Penny.
One thing you have to say about the Marlins and their brief history. They may have had up and down seasons, but when they make the post season, they have been flawless and they have been extraordinary.
The Florida Marlins were 1 of 2 expansion teams created for the 1993 season.The Florida Marlins were 1 of 2 expansion teams created for the 1993 season.
The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins play their home games at Sun Life Stadium, also home to the Miami Dolphins and the Miami Hurricanes.
The Marlins are notable for winning the World Series twice (1997, 2003), in the only two times they've made it to the postseason. They have never won first place in their division, advancing to the playoffs both times as the National League Wild Card winner. They are the only team to date to have won all of their postseason series.
What pitcher holds the World Series record for most consecutive scoreless innings?
The star lefty handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth, established the record of 29 and 2 thirds consecutive scoreless World Series innings pitched.
It was not till 1961 that Whitey Ford broke Babe Ruth's World Series record, at 33 innings.
Who holds the recored for the most home runs by a player who was never in the World Series?
Through the 2008 season, for a player that played his entire career in the National League that would be Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals who had 475 career home runs but never led the National League in home runs for a season. His highest season ranking was a 2nd place in 1949 when he hit 36 home runs. Ralph Kiner of the Pirates led the NL that season with 54.
Where in pa is the little league world series played?
South Williamsport where the Little League World Series is held.
Which years did the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series?
Through the 2009 season, the Padres have never won the World Series.
They have played in two, in 1998 against the New York Yankees and 1984 against the Detroit Tigers. They lost to the Yankees 4 games to 0 and lost to the Tigers 4 games to 1.
How many baseball players have 4 world series rings and are not in the hall of fame?
Through the 2009 season, 72, most of whom played for the New York Yankees for most or part of their career.
Frank Crosetti played for 8 Yankees teams that won the World Series. Hank Bauer, Johnny Murphy, and Tommy Heinrich played for 7 Yankees teams that won the World Series.
The players who won the most rings that are not in the Hall of Fame and did not play for the Yankees are Jack Barry, Dal Maxvill, and Stuffy McInnis with 5 each.
There are 4 active players with 4 or more rings; Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, and Jorge Posada. Each has 5 rings and all were won with the Yankees.
How many World Series championships have the New York Yankees won in the 2000s?
During the 1920's the New York Yankees won 6 American League pennants. 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, and 1928.
Who did the New York Yankees last play in the World Series?
It was left field by committee for the 1961 Yankees as Yogi Berra (78 starts), Hector Lopez (54 starts), and Bob Cerv (24 starts) all saw action.
In the 1961 World Series, won by the Yankees in 5 games over the Cincinnati Reds, Berra started Games 1-4 and Lopez started Game 5.
When did the Washington senators win the World Series?
Before becoming the Minnesota Twins, the Washington Senators won the American League Pennant in 1924, 1925, and 1933.
Did Ted Williams play for the Padres?
Yes, but only when they were a minor league team. I.E. before 1969
Who was the MVP of the 1960 World Series?
The 1960 American League's Most Valuable Player was Phil Rizzuto, shortstop for the New York Yankees.
Correction, Rizzuto was the MVP in 1950. The AL MVP in 1960 was Roger Maris, right fielder for the Yankees.
What years did Babe Ruth win the World Series?
He didn't.
Ruth was on the Red Sox for three World Series (1915, 1916, 1918) and the Red Sox won all three. They beat the Philadelphia Phillies in 1915, Brooklyn Robins in 1916, and Chicago Cubs in 1918.
Who won the world cup 3 times first?
Brazil were the first team to win the World Cup three times. They won in 1958, 1962 and 1970. In 1970 there were three teams who had won twice, Brazil Uruguay and Italy. The 1970 final between Brazil and Italy saw winners Brazil keep the Jules Rimet trophy for good and a new trophy was made for the next World Cup in 1974.
How many home runs did Bernie Williams hit in a single World Series game?
Babe Ruth hit three home runs in a single World Series game, twice. The first time was on October 6, 1926 against the St. Louis Cardinals and the second time was also against the Cardinals, on October 9, 1928.
