From 1884 through 1890, the National League and the American Association played a series of games at the end of the season to decide the overall champion. The series was marketed and dubbed "The Championship of the United States," "World's Championship Series," or simply "World's Series" for short. It is so called because both leagues claimed their champions represented the best baseball in America.
The first World's Series was actually a three-game series that took place in 1884 between the champion New York Metropolitans (Nationals) and the champion Chicago White Stockings (Astors). The Metropolitans won this series 2-1. It was not until 1887 that the two leagues decided to play each other in a full series with a winner being declared world champs. This series too was won by the National League team, the Brooklyn Grays. It would be another eight years before it happened again. In 1895, the National League team once more defeated the American Association team with the score of 6-5. This time however, no series was held due to the fact that both teams were still busy competing in the inaugural season of Major League Baseball.
In 1898, the National League and American Association agreed to play a single game at the end of the season to determine a new world champ. The game was played in Philadelphia and attended by 51,000 people. The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Braves by a score of 1-0.
In 1884, the National League's Providence Grays defeated the American Association's New York Metropolitan Club in a three-game series for what was initially dubbed "The Championship of the United States." The Grays were dubbed "World Champions" by several media, and the new moniker stuck. In 1903, after the National League and American Association merged to form the major league baseball division we know today, the term "World Series" became official.
The All-Star Game has been played every year since its creation in 1933, except for 1944 when it was canceled due to World War II. The game has always concluded with the traditional World Series matchup between the winners of the North American and Latin American Leagues.
The first World Series was played in 1904 between the National League's Chicago Cubs and the American League's Boston Americans. The Cubs won in seven games. The most recent World Series was in 2017 between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians.
Why do they call it the World Series? When the two leagues merged in 1903, they decided that instead of having separate championship series, they would have one overall champion. So the name "World Series" was created to describe this series. Even though both leagues are now part of the same organization (Major League Baseball), they still use this name for their championship series.
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs is an American professional baseball league. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, better known as the National League (NL), was founded on February 2, 1876. The American League (AL) was founded in 1901, and the first World Series was held in 1903. In 1960, after numerous disputes between the two leagues, they merged to form what is now today's AL and NL.
The current champions are the Chicago Cubs, who won their first title in 108 years by defeating the Cleveland Indians 7-6 in 14 innings. This is their only World Series victory so far.
The NL has had more recent success than its rival the AL, with five World Series titles to the AL's three. However, both leagues have a similar record when it comes to overall season win percentages (.542 for the AL,.537 for the NL).
In addition to the World Series, the NL also holds the advantage over the AL in terms of average game length. An NL game lasts 3 hours, 30 minutes on average while an AL game lasts 2 hours, 45 minutes. This is because there are more pitchers per team in the NL than in the AL. There are usually 13 pitchers per team in the NL while there are only 12 players total on a roster in the AL.
Another reason why the NL has the edge over the AL is due to attendance figures.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, which has been fought since 1903 between the winners of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The AL winner gets to play in Game 6 of the World Series if they are still alive. If they lose, then the NL winner gets to play in this game.
The world's most popular baseball league, MLB boasts a large and loyal fan base, with attendance at World Series games often reaching hundreds of thousands of people. The World Series is the only event that determines a champion for both the AL and the NL; the All-Star Game may give the appearance of a joint championship, but it has no actual bearing on who wins the real title. The World Series is also the only event during the regular season where two division champions from different leagues meet in the playoffs.
Since its inception, the World Series has used a best-of-seven format, except for the 1957 series which was won by the AL team 4 games to 3. From 1968 to 1979, there were five consecutive one-game playoff series decided by scores of 1-0. Since 1980, the number of games per series has been 7, with the exception of 1998 when it was reduced to 5 due to labor strife.
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