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1903 World Series
1903 World Series: first modern World Series, best-of-nine, Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 after trailing 3-1; 100,429 attendance, 70% player share, origin of Red Sox lineage.
1960 World Series
1960 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat New York Yankees 4-3, October 5-13, 1960, ending on Bill Mazeroski's Game 7 walk-off homer despite a 55-27 Yankees run advantage.
2013 World Series
2013 World Series: Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 (both 97-65), October 23-30, 2013. David Ortiz MVP; Game 3 ended on the first obstruction call to finish a World Series game; Boston's third title since 2004.
2019 World Series
2019 World Series: the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 4–3 (Oct 22–30) for their first title; the road team won all seven games, unprecedented; Strasburg was MVP.
2024 Major League Baseball postseason
2024 MLB postseason: 12-team playoff bracket from October 1 Wild Card Series to the World Series, where the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-1 for their eighth title; Freeman was MVP.
2024 National League Championship Series
2024 NLCS: Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Mets 4-2, October 13-20, for their 25th NL pennant; Tommy Edman MVP with 11 RBI; Dodgers went on to win the World Series over the Yankees in five games.
2024 World Series
The 2024 World Series: the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-1 for their eighth title, the 12th Dodgers-Yankees Fall Classic and first since 1981, with Freddie Freeman's historic walk-off grand slam and Game 5 comeback.
American League
The American League (AL) is one of MLB's two leagues, founded January 28, 1901 in Milwaukee by Ban Johnson from the Western League. Known for the 1973 designated hitter rule and the 1903 first World Series.
American League Championship Series
American League Championship Series (ALCS), MLB best-of-seven playoff since 1985 (best-of-five 1969-1984) deciding the AL pennant; 2-3-2 format; 2025 winner Blue Jays over Mariners 4-3.
Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB expansion franchise (1998) in Phoenix, NL West, playing at Chase Field. Won the 2001 World Series in their fourth season, fastest expansion team to do so; 2023 NL pennant, lost World Series to Texas.
Athletics (baseball)
Athletics (baseball): the physical characteristics, in-game demands, training, and injuries of baseball players, documented by MLB's HITS database; pitchers suffer 39% of injuries and UCL tears dominate surgery.
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves, MLB National League East franchise; began as Boston Red Stockings 1871, moved to Milwaukee 1953 and Atlanta 1966; only MLB team with World Series titles in three cities (1914, 1957, 1995, 2021).
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles, American League East MLB team at Oriole Park at Camden Yards since 1992; moved from St. Louis as the Browns in 1954; three World Series titles (1966, 1970, 1983), Earl Weaver era, Ripken's streak, Rubenstein ownership.
Big Red Machine
Big Red Machine: nickname for the 1970s Cincinnati Reds dynasty, 1970-1976, managed by Sparky Anderson; five division titles, four pennants, and back-to-back World Series titles in 1975 and 1976 behind Rose, Morgan, Bench, and Perez.
Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox, formerly Boston Americans, MLB American League East team founded 1901 in Boston. Nine World Series titles (1903-2018), home at Fenway Park since 1912, ended the 86-year Curse of the Bambino in 2004.
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers, also called Robins, Superbas, Bridegrooms, or Grooms: National League team 1890-1957 at Ebbets Field; signed Jackie Robinson in 1947, won the 1955 World Series, moved to Los Angeles in 1958.
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs: NL charter MLB franchise (1876, as White Stockings), Wrigley Field home since 1916; ended a 108-year title drought in 2016; Ricketts-owned, valued about $5B–5.25B.
Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox: American League MLB team on Chicago's South Side, founded 1894 in Sioux City. World Series titles 1906, 1917, 2005; 41-121 record-loss season in 2024; ALDS playoff return in 2026.
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Reds is an MLB franchise in the National League Central, tracing its name to baseball's first professional team. The club was founded in 1881 and began play in 1882.
Cleveland Guardians
Cleveland Guardians, formerly Cleveland Indians (until November 19, 2021), are MLB's American League Central franchise at Progressive Field, named for the Hope Memorial Bridge sculptures, with World Series titles in 1920 and 1948 and MLB's lowest 2026 payroll.
Cleveland Indians name and logo controversy
Cleveland Indians name and logo controversy, also called the Chief Wahoo dispute, covered MLB's Cleveland club, named Indians from 1915, whose caricature logo (1947-2018) drew Native American protests until the 2021 rebrand as the Guardians.
Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies, Denver MLB franchise in the NL West, 1993 expansion team playing at Coors Field since 1995; first NL wild card (1995), one World Series appearance (2007), record 4.48 million attendance in 1993.
Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers, Detroit MLB franchise in the AL Central, founded 1894 in the Western League; oldest AL team with one city and one name, four World Series titles (1935, 1945, 1968, 1984), home Comerica Park since 2000.
Dodgers–Yankees rivalry
Dodgers–Yankees rivalry: the most frequent World Series matchup, 12 meetings (Yankees 8, Dodgers 4) from 1941 to 2024, spanning Brooklyn Subway Series, Koufax's 1963 sweep, and Freeman's 2024 walk-off grand slam.
Houston Astros
Houston Astros, MLB American League West team founded 1962 as the Colt .45s, renamed Astros in 1964. Play at Daikin Park (formerly Minute Maid Park) since 2025; World Series champions 2017 and 2022.
Interleague play
Interleague play: regular-season MLB games between American League and National League clubs, adopted 1997 and expanded to 46 games per team under the 2023 balanced schedule; AL leads .529, rivalries include Subway Series and Cubs-White Sox.
Kansas City Athletics
Kansas City Athletics (1955–1967), the American League club between the Philadelphia and Oakland eras; owned by Arnold Johnson, accused of being a Yankees farm team, then Charles Finley, who moved it to Oakland.
Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals, MLB American League Central franchise founded as a 1969 expansion team owned by Ewing Kauffman; two-time World Series champions (1985, 2015), currently planning a downtown Crown Center ballpark opening in 2030.
List of first overall Major League Baseball draft picks
First overall picks in the MLB Rule 4 draft, held since 1965, from Rick Monday (Kansas City A's) to Roch Cholowsky (2026 White Sox, record $10.35M bonus), including notable hits, busts, and bonuses.
List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts
MLB franchise postseason droughts: streaks without playoffs, World Series appearances, titles, or series wins. Guardians lead title droughts since 1948; Angels lead berth droughts; Mariners never reached a World Series.