111 Years of World Series at a Glance

11 Years OF The World Series, At A Glance... How to read this graph.. The dark tan line background is a conglomeration of all team percent- ages and is used to gauge how one specific team compares to the whole. The dark tan lines are not Occasional World Series facts about an individual team or series or group TEAM includes used to be read individually. city or state where team is presently located, its nickname, the number of World Series wins, and the year the team entered the baseball league. 2013 Indicates winning O the World Series. Nearly everyone knows what the game of baseball is and how precious the World Series is to baseball fans. For fans having their team win the Series gives them a http:/lespn.go.com/mlb /history/teams/_/team/ which included a season certain amount of pride that "their team" won the big one. And every fan knows when their team has won the series in the pa st. But do you know how your team Information extracted from: OTeam (5) - Year 2013 Indicates losing the World Series. breakdown of each team's win /loss record, clicnching a division, clinching a wild card, and world series visits. Number of Games in a Series. Each circle represents games over the basic four games. 04 O5 stands up against all others in the series as a whole? In-depth information about ea ch team can be had there regarding each League Affiliation: National or American I know my home town team's record (Pitts burgh Pirates) but was unfamiliar with any World Series. other team's records. I was curious about the rest of the teams in the league. What's not incdluded on this chart? Lots of stuff is not included as every attempt to add more information just cluttered the charts and made them difficult to interpert. Adding the win/loss for each series became more and more dificult and detracted from the readability (i.e., look at the Yankees and imagine all those stats). Time line of Baseball leagues starting from 1876 continuing to the end of the 2013 seas on. Ó8/9 Some World Series were best out of nine. A center dot indicates thos e 193 154 2013 The blue line is a record of an indiv idual In the end, viewing a team's visits to the World Series on it's individual time line obtained the right amount of information and attractiveness. teams win/loss percentage from their entry into the league to 2013. series Atlanta Braves (4) - I876 Chicago Cubs (2) - 1876 Cincinnati Reds (5) - 1882 ®Pittsburgh Pirates (5) - 1882 Only original NL franchise to stay in the same oity L06 years without a ticle 1903 1909 Eirst nightgame 1907 1919 1910 1975 1918 1935 1929 1945 1970 1976 1957 1971 1992 1991 1948 O 195a A1938 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 OSt. Louis Cardinals (II) - 1882 Philadelphia Phillies (2) - 1883 San Francisco Giants (7) - 1883 All games played in same stadium ®LA Dodgers (6) - 1884 1905 1912 1953 1931 N1911 1913 1944 1946 1985 1937 1951 1954 1962 1949 1921 1923 1974 1977 1928 1934 1956 2013 1916 1920 1987 Ad1938 Ro1965 1978 1988 2010 012 First team to be in 4 straight series 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 OBaltimore Orioles (3) - 1901 OCleveland Indians (2) - 1901 OChicago White Sox (3) - 1901 ODetroit Tigers (4) - 1901 First night game Black Sox Scandal 1954 1934 1970 1979 1917 1935 1971 1983 1940 2012 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 Minnesota Twins (3) - 1901 New York Yankees (27) - 1901 @Oakland Athletics (9) - 1901 OBoston Red Sox (8) - 1901 Algames played in s ame stadium 1927 Eirst Perfect Game 1956 1942 1955 1953/1961 O 1963 1998 1939 2941 1931 1929 1912 1910 1911 1978 1981 1933 1921192 3e 1955 1903 2001 2009 1988 1990 1964 1977 e 2007 2013 1976 190 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 OLos Angeles Angels (1) - 1961 Texas Rangers (0) - 1961 @Houston Astros (0) - 1962 ONew York Mets (2) - 1962 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 OKansas City Royals (I) - 1969 ®San Diego Padres (0) - 1969 OMilwaukee Brewers (0) 1969 Washington Nationals (0) - 1969 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 @Seattle Mariners (0) - 1977 Toronto Bluejays (2) - 1977 ®Miami Marlins (2) - I993 Colorado Rockies (0) - 1993 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 ® Arizona Diamondbacks (1) - 1998 Tampa Bay Rays (0) - 1998 Fans of baseball get enjoyment out of comparing stats almost as much as they do watching the game. I enjoy taking those stats and turning them into pretty pictures. My hope is that the work I produce using these baseball stats can be of enjoyment, and perhaps some use, to fans of the game. dave columbus [email protected] 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 1876 1896 1916 1936 1956 1976 1996 2013 ©2014