There have been 40 world series game 7s, and we ranked them all. He is best remembered for his dramatic and decisive role in helping the tigers win the 1968 world series. The diamondbacks defeated the yankees, four games to three to win. Since 1922 the world series has followed a bestofsevengames format. In world series, everything is a bit slower than f1. Each year, the primary focus in any professional sport is the race for a championship. Every sport has their pinnacle trophy, but none is as coveted as baseballs world series. Rivera, the surest thing in baseball the past four years, committed a key error and allowed two runs in the ninth, losing 32 to the arizona.
After a series of impossible ups and downs arizona taking the first two games at. Luis gonzalez gives the dbacks the world series title. Denny mclain, who had won 31 games during the regular season that year, lost the series opener against the cardinals. Why didnt starstudded mariners from 19952001 reach. Why didnt starstudded mariners from 1995 2001 reach world series. In the bottom of the ninth inning against mariano rivera, luiz gonzalez hit a bloop single that barely went over derek jeters head and the runner on third, jay bell, came in to score making the arizona diamondbacks win the world series in front of the home fans at bank one ballpark, pheinox, arizona. In the 2001 nlds, the diamondbacks won the series 32 when in game 5, tony womack hit a double driving in danny bautista. Luis gonzalez celebrates his gamewinning rbi single which won game 7 of the world series for the diamonbacks on nov. The 2001 yankees won 95 games, taking the al east by a whopping. The game 7 walkoff finish to the 2001 world series needs a deep.
The marlins won the series when edgar renteria singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eleventh inning the indians, who were making their second world series appearance in the last three years, were two outs away from the title in the bottom of the ninth before rookie craig counsell tied the game with a sacrifice fly. You can see that the run differential in many of these series was not large. In its fourth season arizona became only the sixth team to win a winnertakeall world series game on the last swing, the first to knock out a defending champion that way. The diamondbacks won dramatically, coming from behind to win game 7 in the bottom of the 9th. World series champions mlb final standings 20012018. Firemen recreate the raising of the the us flag at the world trade center during pregame ceremonies of game 1 the 2001 world series at what was then called bank one ballpark in. Cora won a world series title with boston as a player in 07.
Rivera walked off, head down, after allowing a gametying double to tony womack and a gamewinning single to gonzalez with the bases loaded and one out. The table shows that one quarter of the world series winners since 1961 have won with a negative run differential. Desert classic in a scintillating world series, marked by. Arizona diamondbacks defeat new york yankees 32 in seventh game of.
Arizona won game 7 with a stunning 32 victory, ending a world series filled with stunners. The 2001 world series was between the new york yankees and the arizona diamondbacks. The series featured two extrainning games and three lateinning comebacks. T the 1907, 1912, and 1922 world series each included one tied game. World series winners a complete championship history. Driven by the tragedy of 911, the defending world champion new york yankees squared off against the arizona diamondbacks in what will be remembered as one of the greatest world series in history. Run differential in the world series beyond the box score. The year mickey lolich won the world series michigan.
Mlb franchises to have never reached the world series but the nationals are headed for. The 2001 world series the november series took place between the arizona diamondbacks and the new york yankees. The world series is major league baseballs mlb postseason playoff series between the champions of its two leagues. Bonds homered in the first world series atbat of his career and the giants took the opener, 43. Why didnt the 2001 seattle mariners win the world series. During this span, the team won nine consecutive games, and johnson tied. I dont have to physically drive it to remember what it is doing.
New york, managed by joe torre, won the al east with a 9565 record and knocked off oakland and seattle en route to the fall classic. With brian anderson, rod barajas, miguel batista, danny bautista. Most games won series 6 iron area, nj, 1995 satsuma, al, 1997 san gabriel, ca, 2001, 2005 syracuse, ny, 2004. The bestof7 series or worse, best of 5, or singlegame elimination essentially exists to introduce randomness. In what is being hailed as one of the most exciting world series of all time, luis gonzalez left hit an rbi single with one out in the bottom of the ninth to give the arizona diamondbacks a 32, game 7 victory over the new york yankees. World series history every world series in major league baseball history. V the 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 world series were in a bestofnine format carried by the first team to win five games. Arizona diamondbacks, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 3, 11, 0. Baseball in 2001 will always be remembered not for the games that took place during the regular season, but for the patriotism and heroic tributes that took place in the wake of the 911 terrorists attacks. The winning run scored on a basesloaded, 140foot, brokenbat, chilidipped single by luis gonzalez. With the yankees losing 20 in the bottom of the ninth inning a familiar story once again played out. Mlb world series champions major league baseball espn.
The 2001 world series by baseball almanac with a detailed description. But each time i sit in the car, whether it is world series or f1, once i am in the cockpit, i am mentally prepared for what the car is. The arizona diamondbacks won the 2001 world series in 7 games. The 162game baseball season is a fantastic tool for identifying the best teams.
W indicates a team that made the playoffs as a wild card team rather than by winning a division. Each team boasted a 2001 cy young winner arizonas randy johnson and new yorks roger clemens though neither got the start in game 1. A comprehensive list of mlb world series champions from 1903 to the present. The arizona diamondbacks rallied with two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the new york yankees 32 and win the 97th world series, becoming the fastest expansion club to take the title by doing so in only their fourth season of existence. Taking a look at what some of the key members of the diamondbacks 2001 world series championship team are doing now. Idaho and north dakota to play in legion world series title on espnews idaho falls, idaho post 56 faces fargo, n. New york yankees 2 at arizona diamondbacks 3, f a fitting finale to one of the best world series ever. The 2001 world series was a strange championship for a lot of.
A complete season by season list of the winners of each world series since the first world series in 1903. New york yankees 2 at arizona diamondbacks 3, f a fitting finale to one of the best world. The 2001 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2001 season. Also including a complete list of alcs and nlcs losers, world series winning coaches and world series mvps. The world series is played between the champion clubs of the american and the national leagues, which collectively includes 29 clubs based in the united states and one club from canada. In fact, the diamondbacks starting lineup for the world series did not include a. There have been 40 world series game 7s, and we ranked. The diamondbacks won the bestofseven series four games to three. Luis gonzalez gives the dbacks the world series title with a walkoff single off mariano rivera in the ninth inning. Game 5, the final game of the 2001 world series to be played at yankee stadium saw more heroics. Game 2 at anaheim was a slugfest, won by the angels, 1110, as tim salmon went 4for4 with two.
Most championships 4 san gabriel, ca, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005. Unfortunately, in 2002, the diamondbacks got swept by the cardinals 30. Bob brenly, 2001 dbacks a big league catcher for nine seasons, brenly spent time as a coach with the giants and then shifted into a role as a dbacks television analyst. Pittsburgh rookie babe adams tossed a shutout for his third win of the series, as the pirates sent ty cobb home with his third straight world series loss.