List of World Series
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This is a list of all the World Series matches, and the recognized champions of Major League Baseball and its predecessors.
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[edit] Champions Prior to and Precursors to the modern World Series (1857-1902)
These teams played an earlier version of the "World's Championship Series" or otherwise claimed the national championship "pennant".
[edit] Before the American Association
Prior to the formation of the American Association, there were no playoff rounds -- all championships went to whoever had the best record at the end of the season.
[edit] National Association of Base Ball Players (Amateur → Professional)
- 1857 Brooklyn Atlantics
- 1858 New York Mutuals
- 1859 Brooklyn Atlantics
- 1860 Brooklyn Atlantics
- 1861 Brooklyn Atlantics
- 1862 Brooklyn Eckfords
- 1863 Brooklyn Eckfords
- 1864 Brooklyn Atlantics
- 1865 Brooklyn Atlantics
- 1866 Brooklyn Atlantics
- 1867 Morrisania Unions
- 1868 New York Mutuals
- 1869 Brooklyn Atlantics
- 1870 Chicago White Stockings
[edit] National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
- 1871 Philadelphia Athletics
- 1872 Boston Red Stockings
- 1873 Boston Red Stockings
- 1874 Boston Red Stockings
- 1875 Boston Red Stockings
[edit] National League
- In this first year of the National League, there was controversy as to which team was the champion - the White Stockings (52-14), who had the best overall record; or the Brown Stockings (45-19), who were the only team to have a winning record against every other franchise in the league. The teams agreed to play a "Championship of the West" five-game series in which St. Louis won 4 games to 1.[1]
- 1877 Boston Red Caps
- 1878 Boston Red Caps
- 1879 Providence Grays
- 1880 Chicago White Stockings
- 1881 Chicago White Stockings
[edit] Exhibition series — National League vs. American Association
- 1882 A 2 game series; Chicago White Stockings NL wins 1, Cincinnati Reds AA wins 1
- 1883 Series planned between the Boston Beaneaters of the NL and the Philadelphia Athletics of the AA; Philadelphia cancels the series after losing the "City Series" to the Phillies.
[edit] The original World Series
Although these series were promoted and referred to as the "World's Championship Series", or "World's Series" for short, they are not officially recognized as part of World Series history by Major League Baseball.[2]
Major League Baseball, in general, regards 19th century events as a prologue to the Modern Era of baseball, which is defined by the two current major leagues.
[edit] National League vs. American Association
- 1884 Providence Grays NL win 3, New York Metropolitans AA win 0 - 3 game series; 60-game winner Old Hoss Radbourn pitches every inning for Providence
- 1885 Chicago White Stockings NL win 3, St. Louis Browns AA win 3, 1 tie - seven-game series ends in dispute
- 1886 St. Louis Browns AA win 4, Chicago White Stockings NL win 2
- 1887 Detroit Wolverines NL win 10, St. Louis Browns AA win 5
- 1888 New York Giants NL win 6, St. Louis Browns AA win 2
- 1889 New York Giants NL win 6, Brooklyn Bridegrooms AA win 3
- 1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL win 3, Louisville Colonels AA win 3, 1 tie - ends in cold, wind, and declining attendance
- 1891 Boston Beaneaters NL, Boston Reds AA - NL instructs Beaneaters not to play series as leagues discuss restructuring; AA subsequently folds
The dispute in 1885 concerned Game 2, which was forfeited by St. Louis when they pulled their team off the field protesting an umpiring decision. The managers, Cap Anson and Charles Comiskey, initially agreed to disregard the game. When St. Louis won the final game and an apparent 3-2 Series championship, Chicago owner Albert Spalding overruled his manager and declared that he wanted the forfeit counted. The result of a tied Series was that neither team got the prize money that had been posted by the owners before the Series (and was returned to them after they both agreed it was a tie).
[edit] 1892-1900: "The Monopoly Years"
Following the collapse of the American Association, four of its clubs were admitted to the National League. The league championship was awarded in 1892 by a playoff between half-season champions. This scheme was abandoned after one season. Beginning in 1893 — and continuing until divisional play was introduced in 1969 — the pennant was awarded to the first-place club in the standings at the end of the season. For four seasons, the league champions played the runners-up in the post season championship series called the Temple Cup. A second attempt at this format was the Chronicle-Telegraph Cup series in 1900.
[edit] 1892-1893
- 1892 Boston Beaneaters win 5, Cleveland Spiders win 0, 1 tie - split-season championship
- 1893 Boston Beaneaters - no Series
[edit] 1894-1897: Temple Cup
- 1894 New York Giants win 4, Baltimore Orioles win 0
- 1895 Cleveland Spiders win 4, Baltimore Orioles win 1
- 1896 Baltimore Orioles win 4, Cleveland Spiders win 0
- 1897 Baltimore Orioles win 4, Boston Beaneaters win 1
[edit] 1898-1899
- 1898 Boston Beaneaters - no Series
- 1899 Brooklyn Superbas - no Series
[edit] 1900: Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
- 1900 Brooklyn Superbas win 4, Pittsburgh Pirates win 1
[edit] National League - American League
- 1901 Pittsburgh Pirates NL, Chicago White Sox AL - no Series
- 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates NL, Philadelphia Athletics AL - no Series
[edit] The modern World Series
◊ Denotes wild-card team (since 1995).
[edit] World Series (modern) appearances by franchise
| Num | Team(Last win) | W | L | PCT | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | New York Yankees (2000) | 26 | 13 | .667 | |
| 18 | Los Angeles Dodgers (1988) | 6 | 12 | .333 | 1-8 as Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 17 | St. Louis Cardinals (2006) | 10 | 7 | .588 | |
| 17 | San Francisco Giants (1954) | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5-9 as New York Giants |
| 14 | Oakland Athletics (1989) | 9 | 5 | .642 | 5-3 as Philadelphia Athletics |
| 10 | Boston Red Sox (2004) | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1-0 as Boston Americans |
| 10 | Chicago Cubs (1908) | 2 | 8 | .200 | |
| 10 | Detroit Tigers (1984) | 4 | 6 | .400 | |
| 9 | Cincinnati Reds (1990) | 5 | 4 | .556 | |
| 9 | Atlanta Braves (1995) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 1-1 as Boston Braves; 1-1 as Milwaukee Braves |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Pirates (1979) | 5 | 2 | .714 | |
| 7 | Baltimore Orioles (1983) | 3 | 4 | .428 | 0-1 as St. Louis Browns |
| 6 | Minnesota Twins (1991) | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1-2 as Washington Senators |
| 5 | Chicago White Sox (2005) | 3 | 2 | .600 | |
| 5 | Cleveland Indians (1948) | 2 | 3 | .400 | |
| 5 | Philadelphia Phillies (1980) | 1 | 4 | .200 | |
| 4 | New York Mets (1986) | 2 | 2 | .500 | |
| 2 | Florida Marlins (2003) | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | Toronto Blue Jays (1993) | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | Kansas City Royals (1985) | 1 | 1 | .500 | |
| 2 | San Diego Padres | 0 | 2 | .000 | Only team with multiple pennants and no World Series title. |
| 1 | Arizona Diamondbacks (2001) | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2002) | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1-0 as Anaheim Angels |
| 1 | Houston Astros | 0 | 1 | .000 | Only team to win a NL pennant and not face the Yankees in a World Series |
| 1 | Milwaukee Brewers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-1 while in the American League (1982); team currently in the National League |
| 0 | Colorado Rockies | 0 | 0 | ---- | one NLDS (wild card) appearance (1995) |
| 0 | Seattle Mariners | 0 | 0 | ---- | four ALDS appearances (1995, 1997, 2000, 2001); three ALCS appearances (1995, 2000, 2001), |
| 0 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 0 | 0 | ---- | no playoff appearances |
| 0 | Texas Rangers | 0 | 0 | ---- | three ALDS appearances (1996, 1998, 1999) |
| 0 | Washington Nationals | 0 | 0 | ---- | one NLCS appearance (1981) as Montreal Expos |
[edit] References
- ^ Cash, John D. (2002). Before They Were Cardinals: Major League Baseball in Nineteenth-Century St. Louis. University of Missouri Press, 32-37.
- ^ World Series Summary, Major League Baseball website, accessed 24 October 2006
