Who Won The First Baseball World Series?
The Boston Americans (now the Red Sox) won the first World Series in 1903.
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox were the first team to win the baseball World Series. The series was held in 1903, and the Red Sox won it by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates.
New York Yankees
In 1903, the upstart American League challenged the established National League to a playoff for the first modern baseball championship. The two winners of each league met in a best-of-nine series, with the AL’s Boston Americans (now the Red Sox) facing off against the NL’s Pittsburgh Pirates. After Boston won the first game, Pittsburgh took three straight to take a 3–1 lead in the series. But Boston clawed its way back, winning three games in a row to set up a final, decisive Game 9. In front of more than 27,000 spectators at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Boston’s Cy Young pitched a complete game shutout as the Americans won 3–0, giving birth to baseball’s greatest rivalry and making them world champions for the first time.
Chicago Cubs
The first modern World Series was played in 1903. The Boston Americans (later the Red Sox) of the American League played the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series. The Americans won, five games to three.
Los Angeles Dodgers
The first modern World Series was played in 1903 between the Boston Americans (later the Red Sox) and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Boston Americans won the best-of-ten series five games to three.
Boston again played Pittsburgh in the 1909 World Series. Pittsburgh won the series, which was also best-of-ten, by a score of four games to three.
The first World Series played between teams from different cities was in 1910. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to two.
