World Series facts for kids

The World Series in Major League Baseball, is when the best team from the American League (the winner of the American League Championship Series) and the best team from the National League (the winner of the National League Championship Series) keep playing games of baseball until one of the two teams wins four games total. The winners of the most recent World Series in 2019 were the Washington Nationals. They defeated the Houston Astros four games to three.

The New York Yankees have 27 World Series championships, the most of any team. The Cleveland Indians currently hold the longest active drought, having last won the Series before expansion teams were formed. Recently, the three longest championship droughts were ended by the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and the Chicago Cubs.

Images for kids

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  The 1919 Chicago White Sox outfield

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  Game 1 of the 1955 World Series between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers

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  President Ronald Reagan congratulating the 1987 Minnesota Twins on their World Series victory

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  Chicago Cubs celebrate their 2016 World Series victory

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  Rooftop view of a 1903 World Series game in Boston

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  Game action in the 1906 Series in Chicago (the only all-Chicago World Series to date)

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  Bill Wambsganss completes his unassisted triple play in 1920

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  Washington's Bucky Harris scores his home run in the fourth inning of Game 7 (October 10, 1924)

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  The Chicago Cubs celebrate winning the 2016 World Series, which ended the club's 108-year championship drought.

See also

In Spanish: Serie Mundial para niños