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First World Series

The first World Series was played in 1903. It was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball.

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The game saw the Boston American League club (now the Boston Red Sox) play against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Boston won five games to three, winning the last four.

Pittsburgh pitcher Sam Leever injured his shoulder while trap-shooting, so his teammate Deacon Phillippe had to pitch five complete games for Pittsburgh. He set a World Series record by striking out ten Boston batters. That record didn't last long, as Dinneen struck out eleven Pittsburgh batters in Game 2!

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In this, the very first World Series played, the Boston Americans came back behind to win the final four games. Don't forget this was a nine game match, not the now used seven game.

Barney Dreyfuss (The Pirates' owner) added his share of the gate receipts to the players' share. This ment that the losing team's players actually finished with a larger individual share than the winning team's!

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The very first Major League Baseball World Series proved the new American League could beat the best of the National League, increasing the demand for future World Series'.

Although the first world series wasn't played until 1903, there was a previous championship called "The Championship of the United States" and "World's Championship Series", which the winners of the National League and American Association had played from 1884 to 1891. The Series ended when the American Association folded in 1891.

In 1901, Ban Johnson formed the American League to take advantage of the National League's contraction from twelve teams to eight. Johnson and fellow owners raided the senior circuit and signed away many star players. This constant raiding formed the idea of a championship between the two leagues.

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The leagues finally called a truce in the winter of 1902–03. The following season, the Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates had secured their pennants by September. That August, Dreyfuss challenged the American League to an eleven game championship series but instead agreed to a best-of-nine championship, with the first three games played in Boston, the next four in Pittsburgh, and the remaining two in Boston.

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This was no formal arrangement between the two leagues though. In fact it was a voluntary arrangement between the two clubs. This resulted 1904 not having a World Series, but eventually lead to the formal establishment of the World Series as a compulsory event starting in 1905. Some people might class this as the first baseball World Series due to 1904 not having one...but the very first World Series was definetly in 1903!!

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