World Series: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League (AL) champion team and the National League (NL) champion team. Prior to 1969, the team with the best regular season win-loss record in each league automatically advanced to the World Series; since then each league has conducted a championship series (ALCS and NLCS) preceding the World Series to determine which teams will advance. As of 2015, the World Series has been contested 111 times, with the AL winning 64 and the NL winning 47. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff, and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy. As the series is played in October (and occasionally November), during the autumn season in North America, it is often referred to as the Fall Classic.

Series details

• Title: World Series
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1947-09-30
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 219 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20637

Cast and credited roles

• Tom Verducci — Reporter
• Ken Rosenthal — Reporter
• John Smoltz — MLB Analyst
• Joe D. Davis — Play-by-Play Announcer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1947: premiered 1947-09-30; final listed air date 1947-09-30; episode order: 7.
• Season 1948: premiered 1948-10-06; final listed air date 1948-10-06; episode order: 6.
• Season 1949: premiered 1949-10-05; final listed air date 1949-10-05; episode order: 5.
• Season 1950: premiered 1950-10-04; final listed air date 1950-10-04; episode order: 4.
• Season 1951: premiered 1951-10-04; final listed air date 1951-10-04; episode order: 6.
• Season 1952: premiered 1952-10-01; final listed air date 1952-10-01; episode order: 7.
• Season 1953: premiered 1953-09-29; final listed air date 1953-09-29; episode order: 6.
• Season 1954: premiered 1954-09-29; final listed air date 1954-09-29; episode order: 4.
• Season 1955: premiered 1955-09-28; final listed air date 1955-09-28; episode order: 7.
• Season 1956: premiered 1956-10-03; final listed air date 1956-10-03; episode order: 7.
• Season 1957: premiered 1957-10-02; final listed air date 1957-10-02; episode order: 7.
• Season 1958: premiered 1958-10-01; final listed air date 1958-10-01; episode order: 7.
• Season 1959: premiered 1959-10-01; final listed air date 1959-10-01; episode order: 6.
• Season 1960: premiered 1960-10-05; final listed air date 1960-10-05; episode order: 7.
• Season 1961: premiered 1969-10-11; final listed air date 1969-10-11; episode order: 5.
• Season 1962: premiered 1962-10-04; final listed air date 1962-10-04; episode order: 7.
• Season 1963: premiered 1963-10-02; final listed air date 1963-10-02; episode order: 4.
• Season 1964: premiered 1964-10-07; final listed air date 1964-10-07; episode order: 7.
• Season 1965: premiered 1965-10-06; final listed air date 1965-10-06; episode order: 7.
• Season 1966: premiered 1966-10-05; final listed air date 1966-10-09; episode order: 4.
• Season 1967: premiered 1967-10-04; final listed air date 1967-10-04; episode order: 7.
• Season 1968: premiered 1968-10-02; final listed air date 1968-10-02; episode order: 7.
• Season 1969: premiered 1969-10-11; final listed air date 1969-10-11; episode order: 5.
• Season 1970: premiered 1970-10-10; final listed air date 1970-10-10; episode order: 5.
• Season 1971: premiered 1970-10-09; final listed air date 1970-10-09; episode order: 7.
• Season 1972: premiered 1972-10-14; final listed air date 1972-10-14; episode order: 7.
• Season 1973: premiered 1973-10-13; final listed air date 1973-10-13; episode order: 7.
• Season 1974: premiered 1974-10-12; final listed air date 1974-10-12; episode order: 5.
• Season 1975: premiered 1975-10-11; final listed air date 1975-10-11; episode order: 7.
• Season 1976: premiered 1976-10-16; final listed air date 1976-10-16; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from World Series on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.