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The NL has the longest winning streak of 11 games from 1972 to 1982; the AL held a 13-game unbeaten streak from 1997 to 2009 (including a tie in 2002). The AL previously dominated from 1933 to 1949, winning 12 of the first 16. The NL dominated from 1950 to 1987, going 33–8–1, including a stretch from 1963 to 1982 when they won 19 of 20.
A total of 119 World Series have been contested through 2023, with the AL champion winning 68 and the NL champion winning 51. The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 40 World Series, winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any team amongst the major North American professional sports leagues.
1975 World Series. The 1975 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1975 season. The 72nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds won the series, four games to three.
Runs batted in: Ted Williams 12. Runs: Willie Mays 20. Hits: Willie Mays 23. Extra base hits: Willie Mays, Stan Musial 8. Home runs: Stan Musial 6. Inside-the-park home runs: Ichiro Suzuki 1. Grand slams: Fred Lynn 1. Doubles: Dave Winfield 7. Triples: Willie Mays, Brooks Robinson 3.
Game score. Game score is a metric devised by Bill James as a rough overall gauge of a starting pitcher 's performance in a baseball game. It is designed such that scores tend to range from 0–100, with an average performance being around 50 points. [ 1]
Over the 154 years of Major League Baseball history, and over 238,500 games played, [ 1] there have been 24 official perfect games by the current definition. [ 2] No pitcher has thrown more than one. The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series is the only postseason perfect game in major league history and one of ...
The following is a list of single-game baseball records and unusual events. The following criteria are used for inclusion: The following criteria are used for inclusion: Only events occurring within a single plate appearance , inning , or game are included; cumulative or aggregate records achieved over more than one game are not listed.
MLB timeline. The first line is the formation of the National League in 1876, and the second is the transformation of the American League to a major league in 1901. The third line is the beginning of the expansion era in 1961. The fourth line marks the legal merger of the American and National Leagues into a single Major League Baseball .