World Series: Best of Seven WS. 5 of 9.

1. Sunday in the park

2. Nine game series, eight games and tie

3. Home sweet home

4. Travel

5. Best of Seven WS

6. Sweeps

7. Regular Season

8. Yankees
9. Yanks 1960

This file contain pertinent data:

World Series data.

5. Best of Seven WS:

39 best of seven WS went the distance, including 1912, which went eight games: 4-3-1.

Most WS won 4-3 (game seven home win in caps) by a team:

St. Louis Cardinals won eight 4-3:

Year	Loser	7
1926	New York Yankees	sln
1931	Philadelphia Athletics	SLN
1934	Detroit Tigers	sln
1946	Boston Red Sox	SLN
1964	New York Yankees	SLN
1967	Boston Red Sox	sln
1982	Milwaukee Brewers	SLN

  

St. Louis also beat Texas 4-3 in 2011.

Pittsburgh Pirates won five 4-3:

Year	Loser	7
1909	Detroit Tigers	pit
1925	Washington Senators	PIT
1960	New York Yankees	PIT
1971	Baltimore Orioles	pit
1979	Baltimore Orioles	pit

New York Yankees won five 4-3:

Year	Loser	7
1947	Brooklyn Dodgers	NYA
1952	Brooklyn Dodgers	nya
1956	Brooklyn Dodgers	nya
1958	Milwaukee Braves	nya
1962	San Francisco Giants	nya

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Most WS lost 4-3 (game seven home win in caps) by a team:

New York Yankees lost six 4-3:

Year	Winner	7
1926	St. Louis Cardinals	sln
1955	Brooklyn Dodgers	bro
1957	Milwaukee Braves	ml1
1960	Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT
1964	St. Louis Cardinals	SLN
2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	ARI

Boston Red Sox lost four 4-3:

Year	Winner	7
1946	St. Louis Cardinals	SLN
1967	St. Louis Cardinals	sln
1975	Cincinnati Reds	cin
1986	New York Mets	NYN

Giants lost four 4-3:

Year	Winner	7	8
1912	Boston Red Sox	ny1	BOS
1924	Washington Senators	WS1
1962	New York Yankees	nya
2002	Anaheim Angels	ANA

Dodgers lost four 4-3, losing the final three at home:

1947 New York Yankees NYA

1952 New York Yankees nya

1956 New York Yankees nya

2017 Houston Astros hou

These teams lost WS 4-3 three times each:

Detroit Tigers

St. Louis Cardinals.

Eighteen of the thirty-nine 4-3 WS were won by the home team, including the longest such streak: 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2011. In the most recent three, the visiting team won game seven: 2014, 2016, 2017.

There were two streaks of five consecutive 4-3 WS won by the road team:

- 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958

- 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972.

In three 4-3 WS the home team won the first six games but lost the seventh:

Year	Winner	Loser	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1955	Brooklyn Dodgers	New York Yankees	NYA	NYA	BRO	BRO	BRO	NYA	bro
1956	New York Yankees	Brooklyn Dodgers	BRO	BRO	NYA	NYA	NYA	BRO	nya
1965	Los Angeles Dodgers	Minnesota Twins	MIN	MIN	LAN	LAN	LAN	MIN	lan

In three 4-3 WS the home team won all seven games:

Year	Winner	Loser	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1987	Minnesota Twins	St. Louis Cardinals	MIN	MIN	SLN	SLN	SLN	MIN	MIN
1991	Minnesota Twins	Atlanta Braves	MIN	MIN	ATL	ATL	ATL	MIN	MIN
2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	New York Yankees	ARI	ARI	NYA	NYA	NYA	ARI	ARI

Five teams were down 1-3 but won the last three games:

Year	Winner	Loser	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1925	Pittsburgh Pirates	Washington Senators	ws1	PIT	WS1	WS1	pit	PIT	PIT
1958	New York Yankees	Milwaukee Braves	ML1	ML1	NYA	ml1	NYA	nya	nya
1968	Detroit Tigers	St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	det	sln	sln	DET	det	det
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	Baltimore Orioles	BAL	pit	bal	bal	PIT	pit	pit
1985	Kansas City Royals	St. Louis Cardinals	sln	sln	kca	SLN	kca	KCA	KCA

World Series: Sweeps. 6 of 9.