*World Series Appearances:
*Pirates - 7 (5 wins, 2 losses)
*Giants - 18 (6 wins, 12 losses)
* Athletics - 14 (9 wins, 5 losses)
*White Sox - 4 (3 wins, 1 loss)
*Cubs - 10 (2 wins, 8 losses)
* Tigers - 10 (4 wins, 6 losses)
* Red Sox - 11 (7 wins, 4 losses)
* Phillies - 7 (2 wins, 5 losses)
* Dodgers - 18 (5 wins, 13 losses)
* Braves - 8 (2 wins, 6 losses)
* Reds - 8 (4 wins, 4 losses)
* Indians - 5 (2 wins, 3 losses)
* Yankees - 40 (27 wins, 13 losses)
* Senators - 3 (1 win, 2 losses)
* Cardinals - 18 ( 12 wins, 6 losses)
* Twins - 3 (2 wins, 1 loss)
* Orioles - 6 (3 wins, 3 losses)
* Mets - 4 (2 wins, 2 losses)
* Royals - 2 (1 win, 1 loss)
* Brewers - 1 (loss)
* Padres - 2 (2 losses)
* Blue Jays - 2 (2 wins)
* Diamondbacks - 1 (win)
* Angels - 1 (win)
* Marlins - 2 (2 wins)
* Astros - 1 (loss)
* Rockies - 1 (loss)
* Devil Rays - 1 (loss)
* Rangers - 2 (2 losses)
*Total number of series - 107 (not held in 1904 or 1994)
*Total number of swept series - 19 (17.8% of all series held)
*swept means it was won in 4 straight games in a best of 7 series
*Total 7-game series - 32 (29.9% of all series held)
*Total games played - 633 (average of 6 games/series)
*Total number of shut-out games - 114 (18% of all games played)
*shut-out means that the loser of the game didn't score any runs
*Total number of games won by one-run - 196 (31% of all games played)
*Total number of games that ended in a tie - 3 (0.5% of all games played)
*Total number of games that went into extra innings - 50 (7.9% of all games played)
*a usual baseball game is played through 9 innings, if the game is tied after the ninth inning, the game is played until there's a winner, which adds innings to the game
*Total runs scored in all games of all series - 4,466 (avg. 42 runs/series; avg. 7 runs/game)
*total runs scored by the winning teams - 2,702 (avg. 25 runs/series; avg. 4 runs/game)
*total runs scored by the losing teams - 1,764 (avg. 17 runs/series; avg. 3 runs/game)
*there were 23 series in which the losing team scored more runs over the entire series than the
winning team (21.5% of all series played)
*Most Valuable Players award
*started in 1955
*total # of MVPs - 59
*awarded to 28 pitchers (47%)
*awarded to 24 infielders (41%)
*awarded to 7 outfielders (12%)
*1981 - awarded to 3 different players (all infielders)
*2001 - awarded to 2 different players (both pitchers)
*only 1 of all the 59 MVP's have been a player on the losing team (1960 - Bobby Richardson who played 2nd base for the Yankees when they lost to the Pirates)
*only 2 players have won the MVP in multiple series
*Sandy Koufax - 1963 & 1965 for Dodgers
*Reggie Jackson - 1973 for Athletics & 1977 for Yankees
