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The Fall Classic has been a best-of-seven series except for 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the World Series was a best-of-nine game showdown between the National and American League pennant winners. Listed on these pages are World Series results and the Most Valuable Players of each Series. Note: The MVP Award was first presented in 1955.

 
Year   Winner                   Loser                  Games 
1903   Boston Red Sox           Pittsburgh Pirates         8 
1904   No World Series Played 
1905   New York Giants          Philadelphia A's           5 
1906   Chicago White Sox        Chicago Cubs               6 
1907   Chicago Cubs             Detroit Tigers             4 
1908   Chicago Cubs             Detroit Tigers             5 
1909   Pittsburgh Pirates       Detroit Tigers             7 
1910   Philadelphia A's         Chicago Cubs               5 
1911   Philadelphia A's         New York Giants            6 
1912   Boston Red Sox           New York Giants            7 
1913   Philadelphia A's         New York Giants            5 
1914   Boston Braves            Philadelphia A's           4 
1915   Boston Red Sox           Philadelphia Phillies      5 
1916   Boston Red Sox           Brooklyn Dodgers           5 
1917   Chicago White Sox        New York Giants            6 
1918   Boston Red Sox           Chicago Cubs               6 
1919   Cincinnati Reds          Chicago White Sox          8 
1920   Cleveland Indians        Brooklyn Dodgers           7 
1921   New York Giants          New York Yankees           8 
1922   New York Giants          New York Yankees           4 
1923   New York Yankees         New York Giants            6 
1924   Washington Senators      New York Giants            7 
1925   Pittsburgh Pirates       Washington Senators        7 
1926   St. Louis Cardinals      New York Yankees           7 
1927   New York Yankees         Pittsburgh Pirates         4 
1928   New York Yankees         St. Louis Cardinals        4 
1929   Philadelphia A's         Chicago Cubs               5 
1930   Philadelphia As          St. Louis Cardinals        6 
1931   St. Louis Cardinals      Philadelphia A's           7 
1932   New York Yankees         Chicago Cubs               4 
1933   New York Giants          Washington Senators        5 
1934   St. Louis Cardinals      Detroit Tigers             7 
1935   Detroit Tigers           Chicago Cubs               6 
1936   New York Yankees         New York Giants            6 
1937   New York Yankees         New York Giants            5 
1938   New York Yankees         Chicago Cubs               4 
1939   New York Yankees         Cincinnati Reds            4 
1940   Cincinnati Reds          Detroit Tigers             7 
1941   New York Yankees         Brooklyn Dodgers           5 
1942   St. Louis Cardinals      New York Yankees           5 
1943   New York Yankees         St. Louis Cardinals        5 
1944   St. Louis Cardinals      St. Louis Browns           6 
1945   Detroit Tigers           Chicago Cubs               7 
1946   St. Louis Cardinals      Boston Red Sox             7 
1947   New York Yankees         Brooklyn Dodgers           7 
1948   Cleveland Indians        Boston Braves              6 
1949   New York Yankees         Brooklyn Dodgers           5 
1950   New York Yankees         Philadelphia Phillies      4 
1951   New York Yankees         New York Giants            6 
1952   New York Yankees         Brooklyn Dodgers           7 
1953   New York Yankees         Brooklyn Dodgers           6 
1954   New York Giants          Cleveland Indians          4 
1955   Brooklyn Dodgers         New York Yankees           7 
1956   New York Yankees         Brooklyn Dodgers           7 
1957   Milwaukee Braves         New York Yankees           7 
1958   New York Yankees         Milwaukee Braves           7 
1959   Los Angeles Dodgers      Chicago White Sox          6 
1960   Pittsburgh Pirates       New York Yankees           7 
1961   New York Yankees         Cincinnati Reds            5 
1962   New York Yankees         San Francisco Giants       7 
1963   Los Angeles Dodgers      New York Yankees           4 
1964   St. Louis Cardinals      New York Yankees           7 
1965   Los Angeles Dodgers      Minnesota Twins            7 
1966   Baltimore Orioles        Los Angeles Dodgers        4 
1967   St. Louis Cardinals      Boston Red Sox             7 
1968   Detroit, Tigers          St. Louis Cardinals        7 
1969   New York Mets            Baltimore Orioles          5 
1970   Baltimore Orioles        Cincinnati Reds            5 
1971   Pittsburgh Pirates       Baltimore Orioles          7 
1972   Oakland A's              Cincinnati Reds            7 
1973   Oakland A's              New York Mets              7 
1974   Oakland A's              Los Angeles Dodgers        5 
1975   Cincinnati Reds          Boston Red Sox             7 
1976   Cincinnati Reds          New York Yankees           4 
1977   New York Yankees         Los Angeles Dodgers        6 
1978   New York Yankees         Los Angeles Dodgers        6 
1979   Pittsburgh Pirates       Baltimore Orioles          7 
1980   Philadelphia Phillies    Kansas City Royals         6 
1981   Los Angeles Dodgers      New York Yankees           6 
1982   St. Louis Cardinals      Milwaukee Brewers          7 
1983   Baltimore Orioles        Philadelphia Phillies      5 
1984   Detroit Tigers           San Diego Padres           5 
1985   Kansas City Royals       St. Louis Cardinals        7 
1986   New York Mets            Boston Red Sox             7 
1987   Minnesota Twins          St. Louis Cardinals        7 
1988   Los Angeles Dodgers      Oakland A's                5 
1989   Oakland A's              San Francisco Giants       4 
1990   Cincinnati Reds          Oakland A's                4 
1991   Minnesota Twins          Atlanta Braves             7 
1992   Toronto Blue Jays        Atlanta Braves             6 
1993   Toronto Blue Jays        Philadelphia Phillies      6 
1994   No World Series Played 
1995   Atlanta Braves           Cleveland Indians          6 
1996   New York Yankees         Atlanta Braves             6 
1997   Florida Marlins          Cleveland Indians          7 
1998   New York Yankees         San Diego Padres           4 
1999   New York Yankees         Atlanta Braves             4 
2000   New York Yankees         New York MetS              5 
2001   Arizona D'backs          New York Yankees           7 
2002   Anaheim Angels           San Francisco Giants       7 
2003   Florida Marlins          New York Yankees           6 
 
Through 203, there have been 99 World Series Played with A.L. 
teams winning 58 and N.L. clubs 41 
 
WORLD SERIES MVP WINNERS 
 
Year   Player             Team          Position 
1955   Johnny Podres      Dodgers        Pitcher 
1956   Don Larsen         Yankees        Pitcher 
1957   Lew Burdette       Braves         Pitcher 
1958   Bob Turley         Yankees        Pitcher 
1959   Larry Sherry       Dodgers        Pitcher 
1960   Bobby Richardson   Yankees     Second Base 
1961   Whitey Ford        Yankees        Pitcher 
1962   Ralph Terry        Yankees        Pitcher 
1963   Sandy Koufax       Dodgers        Pitcher 
1964   Bob Gibson         Cardinals      Pitcher 
1965   Sandy Koufax       Dodgers        Pitcher 
1966   Frank Robinson     Orioles       Outfield 
1967   Bob Gibson         Cardinals      Pitcher 
1968   Mickey Lolich      Tigers         Pitcher 
1969   Donn Clendenon     Mets          Outfield 
1970   Brooks Robinson    Orioles     Third Base 
1971   Roberto Clemente   Pirates       Outfield 
1972   Gene Tenace        A's         1B/Catcher 
1973   Reggie Jackson     A's           Outfield 
1974   Rollie Fingers     A's            Pitcher 
1975   Pete Rose          Reds        Third Base 
1976   Johnny Bench       Reds           Catcher 
1977   Reggie Jackson     Yankees       Outfield 
1978   Buckey Dent        Yankees      Shortstop 
1979   Willie Stargell    Pirates     First Base 
1980   Mike Schmidt       Phillies    Third Base 
1981   Ron Cey            Dodgers     Third Base 
       Pedro Guerrero     Dodgers       Outfield 
       Steve Yeager       Dodgers        Catcher 
1982   Darrell Porter     Cardinals      Catcher 
1983   Rick Dempsey       Orioles        Catcher 
1984   Alan Trammell      Tigers       Shortstop 
1985   Bret Saberhagen    Royals         Pitcher 
1986   Ray Knight         Mets        Third Base 
1987   Frank Viola        Twins          Pitcher 
1988   Orel Hershiser     Dodgers        Pitcher 
1989   Dave Stewart       A's            Pitcher 
1990   Jose Rijo          Reds           Pitcher 
1991   Jack Morris        Twins          Pitcher 
1992   Pat Borders        Blue Jays      Catcher 
1993   Paul Molitor       Blue Jays     DH/1B/3B 
1994   No Series Played 
1995   Tom Glavine        Braves         Pitcher 
1996   John Wetteland     Yankees        Pitcher 
1997   Livan Hernandez    Marlins        Pitcher 
1998   Scott Brosius      Yankees     Third Base 
1999   Mariano Rivera     Yankees        Pitcher 
2000   Derek Jeter        Yankees      Shortstop 
2001   Randy Johnson      D'backs        Pitcher 
       Curt Schilling     D'backs        Pitcher 
2002   Troy Glaus         Angels      Third Base 
2003   Josh Beckett       Madins         Pitcher 
 
Most World Series Victories 
26--New York Yankees 
 
Most World Series Defeats 
13--New York Yankees 
 
Most Consecutive World Series Appearances 
5--New York Yankees 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 
1953 and 1960-1964 
 
Most Consecutive World Series Victories 
5--New York Yankees 1949-1953 
 
Most Consecutive World Series Defeats 
3--Detroit Tigers 1907-09 
3--New York Giants 1911-13 
 
Most World Series Appearances 
39--New York Yankees 
 
Most consecutive Post-Season Appearances 
12--Atlanta Braves, 1991-2003 (excluding 1994 
strike-interrupted season). 
 
Most World Series By A Manager 
10--Casey Stengel, New York Yankees 
(1949-1953, 1955-1958, 1960) 
 
Most World Series Winners Managed 
7--Joe McCarthy, New York Yankees 
(1932, 1936-1939, 1941, 1943) 
 
7--Casey Stengel, New York Yankees 
(1949-1953, 1956, 1958) 
 
Most Consecutive World Series Wins Managed 
5--Casey Stengel, Yankees (1949-1953) 
4--Joe McCarthy, Yankees (1936-1939) 
3--Joe Torre, Yankees (1998-2000) 
 
Most Consecutive Years Managing Series Losers 
3--Hughey Jenninos, Detroit Tigers (1907-1909) 
3--John McGraw, New York Giants (1911-1913) 
 
Most Different Series Winners Managed 
2--Bill McKechnie, Pirates (1925), Reds (1940) 
2--Bucky Harris, Senators (1924), Yankees (1947) 
2--Sparky Anderson, Reds (1975-76), Tigers (1984) 
 
Most Different Series Clubs Managed 
3--Bill McKechnie, Pirates (1925), Cardinals 
(1928), Reds (1939, 1940) 
 
3--Dick Williams, Red Sex (1967), A's (1972, 
1973), Padres (1984) 
 
Youngest World Series Manager 
26 years, 11 months, 21 days--Joe Cronin, 
Washington Senators (1933) 
 
Youngest World Series Winning Manager 
27 years, 11 months, 2 days-Buck,/Harris, 
Washington Senators (1924) 
 
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RESULTS 
 
The League Championship Series began in 1969 with a best-of-five 
game series before moving to best-of-seven game format in 1985. 
Below are the results of each LCS by league. 
 
AMERICAN LEAGUE 
 
Year   Winner                  Loser                   Gms 
 
1969   Baltimore Orioles       Minnesota Twins           3 
1970   Baltimore Orioles       Minnesota Twins           3 
1971   Baltimore Orioles       Oakland A's               3 
1972   Oakland A's             Detroit Tigers            5 
1973   Oakland A's             Baltimore Orioles         5 
1974   Oakland A's             Baltimore Orioles         4 
1975   Boston Red Sox          Oakland A's               3 
1976   New York Yankees        Kansas City Royals        5 
1977   New York Yankees        Kansas City Royals        5 
1978   New York Yankees        Kansas City Royals        4 
1979   Baltimore Orioles       California Angels         4 
1980   Kansas City Royals      New York Yankees          3 
1981   New York Yankees        Oakland A's               3 
1982   Milwaukee Brewers       California Angels         5 
1983   Baltimore Orioles       Chicago White Sox         4 
1984   Detroit Tigers          Kansas City Royals        3 
1985   Kansas City Royals      Toronto Blue Jays         7 
1986   Boston Red Sox          California Angels         7 
1987   Minnesota Twins         Detroit Tigers            5 
1988   Oakland A's             Boston Red Sox            4 
1989   Oakland A's             Toronto Blue Jays         5 
1990   Oakland A's             Boston Red Sox            4 
1991   Minnesota Twins         Toronto Blue Jays         5 
1992   Toronto Blue Jays       Oakland A's               6 
1993   Toronto Blue Jays       Chicago White Sax         6 
1994   No League Championship Series played 
1995   Cleveland Indians       Seattle Mariners          5 
1996   New York Yankees        Baltimore Orioles         5 
1997   Cleveland Indians       Baltimore Orioles         6 
1998   New York Yankees        Cleveland Indians         6 
1999   New York Yankees        Boston Red Sox            5 
2000   New York Yankees        Seattle Mariners          6 
2001   New York Yankees        Seattle Mariners          5 
2002   Anaheim Angels          Minnesota Twins           5 
2003   New York Yankees        Boston Red Sox            7 
 
NATIONAL LEAGUE 
 
Year   Winner                  Loser                   Gms 
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Source: HighBeam Research, World Series results.

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