The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL).
Commissioner’s Trophy is awarded to the club that wins a best-of-seven playoff for the World Series championship. In North America, the series is known as the “Fall Classic” because it is played during the fall season. For sponsorship reasons, the event was dubbed the “World Series presented by YouTube TV” from 2017 to 2019.
If a team had the best regular-season win-loss record in each league prior to 1969, they were guaranteed a spot in the World Series, save in the event of a tie that necessitated the need for a playoff.
Each league has held a championship series prior to the World Series since 1995, while those series have in turn been preceded by divisional series (ALDS and NLDS) since 1995 and wild card games in each league starting in 2012 to determine which teams progress. There have been 117 World Series contests since 2021, with the American League winning 66 and the National League winning 51.
Who Has Won The Most World Series?
The New York Yankees of the American League have participated in 40 World Series and won 27 of them, making them the team with the most championship appearances and the most triumphs across all of the major professional sports leagues in North America.
When it comes to World Series championships, there is no other team like the Yankees. Yankees won four consecutive World Series championships from 1936-39, and five consecutive championships from 1949-53. This is the only time a team has won four consecutive World Series championships.
In addition to the most World Series appearances, New York holds the record for most World Series wins (40).