The baseball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games was also considered a major world championship while baseball was an Olympic sport.
In the "Season(s)" column, In the table below, teams are ordered by number of appearances. The Toronto Blue Jays are the only franchise from outside the United States to appear in and win a World Series, winning in 1992 and 1993.
The current World Series champions are the Washington Nationals
For earlier league and inter-league championships, see
The best-of-seven style has been the format of all World Series except in A total of 115 Series have been contested, with the AL champion winning 66 and the NL champion winning 49. Along with the World Baseball Classic, it was one of two active tournaments considered by the IBAF to be a major world championship.
The Pittsburgh Pirates won all five of their World Series championships (1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, and 1979) in seven games. The New York Yankees of the American League have played in 40 of the 105 … The Numbers in parentheses in the table are World Series appearances as of the date of that World Series, and are used as follows:
The World Series began in 1903 after the cessation of hostilities between the NL and the newly formed AL.
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All teams that have participated in these were "Classic Eight" members of either the American or National League; no expansion team (created in 1961 or later) has faced an opponent more than once in a World Series.
This article is about winners of the World Series of Major League Baseball that began in 1903.
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It was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF).
World Series, in baseball, a postseason play-off series between champions of the two major professional baseball leagues of North America: the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), which together constitute Major League Baseball.
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A comprehensive list of MLB World Series Champions from 1903 to the present. In the sortable table below, teams are ordered by number of wins, then by year of first appearance.
The Baseball World Cup was an international tournament where national baseball teams from around the world competed. The following are the 20 matchups of teams that have occurred two or more times in the World Series.
Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. The Minnesota Twins/Washington Senators won all three of their World Series championships (1924, 1987, and 1991) in seven games. The Houston Astros are the only franchise to have represented both the NL (2005) and the AL (2017 and 2019), winning the Series in 2017.