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Statistics World Series
World Series Statistics 1903 to 1999, American Baseball Heroes

Fans, if you believe greatness equals playing winning baseball check out these stats. Our all-time heroes rose to the occasion and led their teams to World Championships. These determined players are rated as the best as they excelled when mere players simply failed... Baseball Historian

Highest Batting Ave. World Series
Highest Batting Average in a World Series 1928

BA .625 - Babe Ruth holds the World Series record for the highest batting average in any WS. In 1928, Ruth blasted 10 hits in 16 at bats for a .625 pct. His totals include three doubles, three home runs with 22 total bases in a four game series. Ruth led the New York Yankees to a 4 game sweep over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Most Played World Series
Most World Series - 14 Different

14 World Series - Yogi Berra, New York Yankees leads all players by playing in a total of 14 different WS - 1947, 1949, 1950, 51, 52, 53,55,56,57,58, 1960,61,62,63. Yogi played in 75 games, 65 consecutive all with the New York Yankees.

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A look back at World Series History - by baseballhistorian.com

Slugging Pct World Series
Highest Slugging Pct. 1928 - Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig powered 1 double, 4 home runs with 9 RBI's In the 1928 four game WS for the highest Slugging Pct ever 1.727. Yankee great, Lou Gehrig lined 6 hits in 11 at bats a .545 batting average. He also walked 6 times and did not strike out, and scored 5 runs.

HR's Game World Series
Most Home Runs in a Single Game - Great Clutch HR Hitters

3 Home Runs One Game - Babe Ruth, Yankees Oct. 6, 1926 - 3 Home Runs One Game - Babe Ruth, Yankees Oct 9, 1928 - 3 Home Runs One Game - Reggie Jackson, Yanks, Oct 1977 - Babe Ruth hit two consecutive HR's in each game. Reggie Jackson hit 3 consecutive, each on the first ball pitched.

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Statistics from Baseball Historian Archives

Most RBI's World Series
Most Runs Batted In in World Series History

42 RBI's - Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees 1951, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 1960, 61, 62, 63, 1964. The 1950's were Mickey Mantle's greatest years. Mantle had 42 RBI's in World Series play still a baseball record.

Runs Scored World Series
Most Runs Scored - World Series - Baseball History

40 Runs Scored - Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee holds the World Series record; still unbroken after all these years. Mickey Mantle ranks as one of the top Runs Scored Players of all-time. Mantle played to win and was constantly starting late inning rallies leading the New York Yankees in the 1950's and early 1960's. Baseball Historian

Home Runs World Series
Mickey Mantle - Most Home Runs in World Series Play

18 Home Runs - Mickey Mantle holds this still unbroken record. Mantle played in 12 World Series ( 65 games ) and hit 18 homers.

Pinch Hitter World Series
Most RBI's by a Pinch Hitter in One World Series 1954

6 RBI's - Dusty Rhodes was a one man offensive show in the 1954 World Series. Rhodes, New York Giants, produced the game winning RBI's in three of the four games played as the Giants swept the Cleveland Indians... Baseball Historian

Home Runs Totals World Series
Kings of the Baseball Diamond - All-time Greats in Baseball History

These are the only players to power 10 or more home runs in World Series play. Mickey Mantle, N. Y. Yankees leads all players with 18 HR's in 12 different World Series. Legend Babe Ruth, N.Y. Yankees hit 15 HR's in only 10 World Series. Yogi Berra, N.Y. Yankees slugged 12 in 14 World Series. Duke Snider, Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers, hit 11 home runs in 6 World Series. Legend, Lou Gehrig whacked 10 Hr's in only 7 World Series. They all made baseball history by winning numerous World Series games throughout their careers... Baseball Historian

Pitching World Series
Most Games Pitched - World Series History

Ed 'Whitey' Ford, New York Yankees, holds the record for the Most Games Pitched in World Series Play with 22. Ford pitched in 11 World Series all with the Yankees. 'Whitey' Ford won numerous games for the New York Yankees in their pennant battles and rates as one of the top pitchers in baseball history.

Most Games Won World Series
Most Games Won - World Series Champion

10 Games Won - 'Whitey' Ford of the famed New York Yankees holds the still unbroken by winning 10 games in World Series Play. Yankee manager, Casey Stengel once stated, 'If you had one game to win and your life depended on it, you'd want 'Whitey' to pitch it'. baseballhistorian.com

Complete Games World Series
Most Complete Games in World Series Play

Christy Mathewson pitched 10 complete games in World Series play an all-time record. One of the greatest pitchers, Mathewson hurled in the 1905, 1911, 1912 and 1913 World Series all while pitching for the New York Giants.

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Scoreless Innings World Series 1905
One World Series, Consecutive Scoreless Innings

Christy Mathewson, New York Giants, performed the greatest World Series' feat by pitching three straight complete game shutouts in one WS - 1905. Hall of Famer, Christy Mathewson won 31 games in the regular season and hurled his three masterpieces against the Philadelphia Athletics on Oct. 9, 12, 14 in 1905. Mathewson hurled 27 scoreless innings... Baseball HIstorian

Consecutive Innings World Series
Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings, World Series

Ed 'Whitey' Ford pitched 33 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the 1960-62 World Series - an all-time WS record. 'Whitey' Ford broke Babe Ruth's 29 2/3 straight scoreless innings... Baseball Historian

Perfect Game World Series
No Hit - No Run Game - World Series 1956

On Oct. 8, 1956, Don Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the only no-hitter in World Series' history. In fact, Larsen pitched a perfect game allowing no Brooklyn Dodger to reach base.

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Consecutive Runs World Series
Most Consecutive Runs Scored - World Series Play

9 - Babe Ruth, New York Yankees holds the record by scoring at least one run in 9 consecutive games.

RBI's - Straight Games World Series
RBI's - Consecutive World Series Games

8 - Lou Gehrig, Yankees, batted in at least one run in eight consecutive games, an all-time record.

Consecutive Hits World Series
Hits - Most Consecutive Games - World Series

17 - Hank Bauer of the New York Yankees hit safety in 17 straight World Series games from 1956-1958.

Hits - Total World Series
Most Hits - World Series Record

71 - 'Yogi' Berra, New York Yankee cracked 71 hits in World Series play, the all-time record. 'Yogi' Berra played in 14 different WS.

1901-1913 Pennant Winners
The Chicago Cubs won a record 116 games in 1906

National League Pennant Winners:

Note: Teams played at least 20 fewer games than our current Era.

1901 Pittsburgh Pirates 90-49... 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates 103-36... 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates 91-49... 1904 New York Giants 106-47... 1905 New York Giants 105-48... 1906 Chicago Cubs 116-36... 1907 Chicago Cubs 107-45... 1908 Chicago Cubs 99-55... 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 110-42... 1910 Chicago Cubs 104-50... 1911 New York Giants 99-54... 1912 New York Giants 103-48... 1913 New York Giants 101-51

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The 1906 Chicago Cubs set a still unbroken record of the most wins in the regular season 116, and hold the major league record for the highest winning percentage - .763 pct. The Cubs featured the famous double-play trio of Joe Tinker to Johnny Evers to Frank Chance. Their pitching mound master was Mordecai 'Three Fingered' Brown, who was 26-6, 1.04 ERA in their record setting year of 1906. In '07, Mordecai was 20-6, 1.39 ERA and in 1908 29-9, 1.47 ERA - probably the best three years of pitching in history.

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American League Pennant Winners:

Note: The American League was established in 1901.

1901 Chicago White Sox 83-53... 1902 Philadelphia Athletics 83-53... 1903 Boston Red Sox 91-47... 1904 Boston Red Sox 95-59... 1905 Philadelphia Athletics 92-59... 1906 Chicago White Sox 93-58... 1907 Detroit Tigers 92-58... 1908 Detroit Tigers 90-63... 1909 Detroit Tigers 98-54... 1910 Philadelphia Athletics 102-48... 1911 Philadelphia Athletics 101-50... 1912 Boston Red Sox 105-47... 1913 Philadelphia Athletics 96-57

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1903-1904 Boston Red Sox were led by slugger Buck Freeman. In 1903 Freeman blasted 39 doubles, 20 triples, 13 home runs and collected 104 RBIs. And Chick Stahl, a fine defensive outfielder, who played from 1897-1906 and retired with a .305 career

'Vinegar Bend' Mizell

'Vinegar Bend' Mizell - Pitcher, Throws Left Bats Right - St. Louis Cardinals 1952-53, 1956-60; U.S. Military 1954-56; Pittsburgh Pirates 1961-62 - Born 8/13/1930 Leakesville, Mississippi

Wilmer Mizell hailed from the small Alabama town of Vinegar Bend, and gave lasting fame when the sports' writers dubbed him 'Vinegar Bend'. He made his pitching debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1952, going 10-8, 3.65 ERA. A fastball pitcher, 'Vinegar Bend' Mizell struck out 146 batters that year in 190 innings - an average of 7.6 per/9 innings. Traded to the Pirates in May of 1960, he helped his new team capture the pennant that year going 13-5. When he retired from baseball after the '62 season, he was elected to the United States Congress from North Carolina. 'Vinegar Bend' Mizell career: 90-88, .506 pct., 3.85 ERA, 286 Games, 230 GS, 61 GC and a .247 opponents batting average. Baseballhistorian.com Rotating Green Boxes

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