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October 23-25, 1884: The first “World Series”

John Clarkson (Public Domain)

October 18, 1886: Chicago’s John Clarkson ‘calcimines’ the Browns in World Series opener

October 23, 1886: Curt Welch’s winning slide

October 21, 1887: Sam Thompson’s triple trouble

October 16, 1888: Tim Keefe leads Giants to tense victory in Game One

October 18, 1889: Genesis of a rivalry: Brooklyn vs. New York

October 29, 1889: Giants win back-to-back World’s Series

October 1892: The Split-Season Playoff

Wilbert Robinson (TRADING CARD DB)

October 5, 1896: Baltimore’s Birds building to sweep the Temple Cup from Cleveland

Patsy Dougherty (TRADING CARD DB)

October 2, 1903: Patsy Dougherty hits a pair of home runs as Bill Dinneen shuts out Pirates in Game 2

Deacon Phillippe

October 1, 1903: Deacon Phillippe, Pirates beat Boston’s Cy Young in first ‘World’s Series’ game

October 3, 1903: ‘Police unable to control crowd,’ but Pirates prevail in Game 3

Deacon Phillippe (TRADING CARD DB)

October 6, 1903: Deacon Phillippe wins third World Series game for Pirates … and it’s only Game 4

Patsy Dougherty (TRADING CARD DB)

October 7, 1903: Boston breaks open Game 5 with back-to-back big innings

Bill Dineen (TRADING CARD DB)

October 8, 1903: Boston’s Bill Dinneen wins Game 6 to even World Series at three apiece

Lou Criger (TRADING CARD DB)

October 10, 1903: Pirates’ Deacon Phillippe finally proves mortal as Boston wins Game 7

October 13, 1903: Big Bill Dinneen leads Boston to a triumph in first modern World Series

October 14, 1908: Cubs win World Series for second year in a row

October 14, 1909: Tigers top Pirates in ‘most exciting’ Game Six

October 16, 1909: Pirates’ hopes rest in hands of a Babe

October 17, 1910: Charles Bender baffles Cubs in World Series opener

October 18, 1910: Jack Coombs, Eddie Collins lead Athletics over Cubs

October 16, 1911: Home Run Baker’s bash knots World Series in Game 2

Home Run Baker (TRADING CARD DB)

October 17, 1911: Home Run Baker, A’s get the best of Giants’ Christy Mathewson in Game 3

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