MLB Timeline

The 1983 World Series matched the American League champion Baltimore Orioles against the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, with the Orioles winning four games to one. "The I...

The Detroit Tigers were World Series bound right from the start of the regular season, winning thirty-five of their first forty games and finishing with one-hundred four wins (a fifteen g...

After winning seven West Division Titles, two American League pennants and participating in five out of the last ten Championship Series (76, 77, 78, 80, 85) the Kansas City Royals were s...

The 1986 World Series pitted the New York Mets against the Boston Red Sox. It was cited in the legend of the "Curse of the Bambino" to explain the error by Bill Buckner in Game 6 that all...

The 1987 World Series, in which the Minnesota Twins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, was the first World Series in which the home team won all seven games. This also happened in 1991 and...

The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five games (the exact opposite...

The 1989 World Series was played between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants. The Series ran from October 14 through October 28, with the A's sweeping the Giants in four ga...

The 1990 World Series matched the defending champions and heavily-favored Oakland Athletics against the Cincinnati Reds, with the Reds sweeping the Series in four games. It was the most r...

The winningest Hispanic pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball topped off his hall of fame career with this perfect game against the first place Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Mike M...

The 1991 World Series was played between the Minnesota Twins (95–67) of the American League and the Atlanta Braves (94–68) of the National League between October 19 and October 27, 1991. ...

The 1992 World Series was the first Series ever with games played outside the United States of America. It pitted the American League champion Toronto Blue Jays against the National Leagu...

Carey Schueler, daughter of then Chicago White Sox General Manager Ron Schueler, was the first woman ever drafted by a Major League Baseball team when the White Sox picked the 18-year old...

The 1993 World Series was the second Series in a row with games played in Canada as well as the second Series to be won by a Canadian team. It pitted the defending champion Toronto Blue ...

The 1994 World Series was canceled on September 14 of that year due to an ongoing strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association, which had begun on August 12. It was only the se...

Robinson's jersey number, 42, was retired by Major League Baseball; no future player on any major league team can wear it. The number was retired in ceremonies at Shea Stadium to mark the...

Caray maintained a winter home in Palm Springs, California, along with his primary residence in Chicago. As discussed in Steve Stone's 1999 book, Where's Harry?, Caray was at a Rancho Mir...

The 1998 Major League Baseball home run chase in Major League Baseball was the race between first baseman Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and right fielder Sammy Sosa of the Chica...

1999 World Series As baseball prepared to close its books on the twentieth century, it seemed fitting that the team who had dominated most of it was returning for their thirty-sixth Fa...

Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record of 60 lasted 34 years. Roger Maris' mark of 61 stood for 37 seasons. When Mark McGwire set his record with 70 in 1998, it was expected the record...

2002 World Series It was no surprise that an American League team had once again dominated the 2002 race with powerful hitting, great defense and outstanding pitching on the mound. It ...

BALTIMORE -- Blame it on the cold? It would be easy enough since the game-time temperature at Camden Yards last night was 43 degrees, matching the coldest opener for the Orioles since 198...

BALTIMORE -- Good thing Johnny Damon could joke about it after he was involved in yet another scary outfield collision. This time Damon, who was whacked violently against the Wall at Fenw...

BALTIMORE -- Some pitchers (hello, Curt Schilling) approach their starts as if they were planning SWAT raids. No problem at all, especially when they shine like Schilling. Then there a...

BALTIMORE -- In Terry Francona's view, he had no choice last night but to stick with Bobby Jones while the lefthander struggled to find the plate and walked four Orioles to force in the w...

Sleep an hour or two and go to work. Chances are, there's no employee of the day trophy waiting at the end of the shift. Heck, if you were an airline pilot or truck driver, there might ev...

Dave Dombrowski, the architect of a World Series winner in Florida, has had few reasons to smile since coming to Detroit as president/general manager. Last week was one of them. How re...

One of the new kids in town, Mark Malaska watched in awe as David Ortiz took batting practice one day early in spring training and began asking his fellow Red Sox pitchers how on earth th...

Counting on the pitcher with the best winning percentage in Red Sox history turned out to be a dangerous proposition last night. Trying to improve on his unparalleled percentage of .779 (...

We'll never know, of course, how much compassion Red Sox fans would have shown Tim Wakefield if they didn't have Grady Little to kick around. (And you may never hear a better summation...

Leave it to the quiet slugger in the powder blue leather coat and Allen Iverson cap to put it in perspective. Yes, the Red Sox mauled the once-mighty Yankees for the second time in as man...

If they were all as devoid of drama as this one, the market for books, movies, musicals, T-shirts, and commemorative pins about the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry would dry up overnight. Few ...

Consider the mismatch. Facing the undefeated ace of the defending American League champions, the Red Sox yesterday had little choice but to send out their third-string first baseman (Davi...

TORONTO -- Pedro Martinez's present-day value to the Red Sox? Last night, the going rate was two bits -- or more accurately, two loonies -- the discounted price of an upper-deck ticket...

TORONTO -- Doug Mirabelli seemed to see it coming. Three hours before last night's game against the Blue Jays, Tim Wakefield's personal catcher playfully cajoled reporters to pepper manag...

TORONTO -- Nothing like riveting footage of police chases ending with one suspect's vehicle after another cartwheeling or fishtailing into mangled pieces of metal as a diversion from the ...

NEW YORK -- Jose Contreras was fortunate that the Yankees pumped some music through the public address system while he was trudging off the mound in the fourth inning last night because t...

NEW YORK -- If the Red Sox and Yankees had played this game in October, we would have called it a classic. Red Sox 3, Yankees 2 in 12 innings, at a sold-out Yankee Stadium. This was no...

Curt Schilling is the leading man on the day he pitches. Virtually every camera shot is recording his every emotion. Between innings, the lens focuses on him in deep thought, or when he's...

Just when you think it can't get any better than this -- a doubleheader sweep, a lights-out return by Byung Hyun Kim, the biggest crowd in 14 years showing up on an April afternoon for a ...

He used to throw hard as a lefthanded reliever at Dartmouth College, but Dan Godfrey demonstrated he was quite adept at throwing around the leather as well when the 28-year-old Red Sox ba...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The schedule game we all play at the beginning of the season has thrown us for a loop. When we saw this three-game series in Texas, one word came to mind: Sweep. We we...

CLEVELAND -- Hall of Famer Eddie Murray has a novel approach to slump-breaking: The Indians hitting coach lights incense in the clubhouse before a game. Maybe the Red Sox should try th...

CLEVELAND -- So how did the new Red Sox manager handle the strain of his first five-game losing streak? Did he lock himself in his office, leave a dent in the dugout water cooler, snap...

CLEVELAND -- Manny Ramirez, holding court in the Red Sox clubhouse, broke away from a gaggle of reporters when Pedro Martinez arrived before the game wearing a fancy suit, designer shades...

This one resembled some of the Red Sox' games of a year ago. The late-inning rally. Snatching victory when it appeared they were done. Last night they trailed, 6-2, then, 6-4, before t...

Theo Epstein's vision for the Red Sox seemed to crystallize yesterday on a pristine afternoon at Fenway Park. One could see what the general manager was thinking in bringing in another...