Sport and Leisure/Major League Baseball - Revision history

QRNeditor: Added 2025 World Series winners

2025-11-04T18:18:06Z

Added 2025 World Series winners

QRNeditor: Updated list of stadiums

2025-07-17T20:26:04Z

Updated list of stadiums

QRNeditor: Added 2023 World Series, won by Texas Rangers

2023-11-02T12:41:11Z

Added 2023 World Series, won by Texas Rangers

QRNeditor: Brought up to date

2023-03-05T15:57:45Z

Brought up to date

QRNeditor: Added Cleveland Guardians

2022-05-03T09:22:15Z

Added Cleveland Guardians

QRNeditor: Formatting edits

2021-10-15T15:23:21Z

Formatting edits

Show changes

QRNeditor: Minor formatting

2021-05-11T15:54:30Z

Minor formatting

QRNeditor: Formatting edits

2021-05-04T14:43:23Z

Formatting edits

QRNeditor: Corrected Angels name

2021-04-24T14:45:14Z

Corrected Angels name

QRNeditor: Updated for 2021

2021-04-24T13:52:14Z

Updated for 2021

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 Stadium – Dodger Stadium
-World Series wins – 8 (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2024)
+World Series wins – 9 (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020, 2024, 2025)
 Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played for four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium, which is the largest MLB stadium by seat capacity
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 Barry Bonds holds many MLB hitting records, including most career home runs (762), most home runs in a single season (73, set in 2001) and most career walks. Bonds led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. He has not been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
-== MLB statistics (at end of 2022 season) ==
+== MLB statistics (at end of 2025 season) ==
 Most home runs:
 {| class="wikitable"
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 |-
 |Athletics
 |9
 |}

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 ==== Tampa Bay Rays ====
-Stadium – Tropicana Field (St. Petersburg)
+Stadium – George M. Steinbrenner Field, formerly known as Legends Field
 World Series wins – 0
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 ==== Cleveland Guardians ====
-Stadium – Progressive Field
+Stadium – Rate Field
 World Series wins – 2 (1920, 1948)
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 === American League West ===
 ==== Houston Astros ====
-Stadium – Minute Maid Park
+Stadium – Daikin Park (originally Enron Field and formerly Astros Field and Minute Maid Park
 World Series wins – 2 (2017, 2022)
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 ==== Los Angeles Angels ====
-Stadium – Angel Stadium of Anaheim
+Stadium – Angel Stadium (Anaheim)
 World Series wins – 1 (2002)
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 The current Major League franchise was established as an expansion team in 1961 by Gene Autry, the team's first owner, who bought the rights to the Angels name from Walter O'Malley, the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner
-Known as Los Angeles Angels from 1961 to 1965, California Angels from 1966 to 1996, and Anaheim Angels from 1977 to 2004
+Known as Los Angeles Angels from 1961 to 1965, California Angels from 1966 to 1996, Anaheim Angels from 1977 to 2004, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2005 to 2015
 Angels won the 2002 World Series (as Anaheim Angels) against the San Francisco Giants
 No. 26 was retired for Gene Autry to indicate he was the team's "26th Man"
 ==== Seattle Mariners ====
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 ==== Texas Rangers ====
-Stadium – Globe Life Park in Arlington
+Stadium – Globe Life Park (Arlington)
 World Series wins – 1 (2023)
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 ==== Miami Marlins ====
-Stadium – Marlins Park
+Stadium – LoanDepot Park
 World Series wins – 2 (1997, 2003)
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 Stadium – Dodger Stadium
-World Series wins – 7 (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020)
+World Series wins – 8 (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2024)
 Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played for four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium, which is the largest MLB stadium by seat capacity
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 |-
 |Alex Rodriguez
-|687
+|696
 |}
 Most strikeouts:
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 |9
 |-
-|Oakland  Athletics
+|Athletics
 |9
 |}

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 Stadium – Globe Life Park in Arlington
-World Series wins – 0
+World Series wins – 1 (2023)
 The franchise was established in 1961 as the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C. After the 1971 season, the new Senators moved to Arlington and debuted as the Rangers the following season
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 The club lost in both the 2010 and 2011 World Series championships
 === National League East ===

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 Derek Jeter is the Yankees' all-time career leader in hits, games played, stolen bases, and at bats
 Alex Rodriguez, nicknamed "A-Rod”, previously played for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez has amassed a .297 batting average, 687 home runs, over 2000 runs batted in, and over 3,000 hits. He has won ten Silver Slugger Awards and two Gold Glove Awards
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 Stadium – Minute Maid Park
-World Series wins – 1 (2017)
+World Series wins – 2 (2017, 2022)
 The Astros were established as the Houston Colt .45s and entered the National League in 1962. The current name was adopted three years later, when they moved into the Astrodome, the world's first domed sports stadium
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 The Astros won the World Series for the first time in 2017. MVP George Springer became the first man to hit home runs in four successive World Series games
 ==== Los Angeles Angels ====
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 Barry Bonds holds many MLB hitting records, including most career home runs (762), most home runs in a single season (73, set in 2001) and most career walks. Bonds led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. He has not been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
-== MLB statistics (at end of 2020 season) ==
+== MLB statistics (at end of 2022 season) ==
 Most home runs:
 {| class="wikitable"
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 |Babe Ruth
 |714
 |-
 |Alex Rodriguez
 |687
 |}
 Most strikeouts:

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 The Black Sox Scandal refers to a number of events that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. The name Black Sox also refers to the Chicago White Sox team from that year. Eight members of the Chicago franchise, including "Shoeless Joe” Jackson, were banned from baseball for throwing games
-==== Cleveland Indians ====
+==== Cleveland Guardians ====
 Stadium – Progressive Field
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 Since their establishment as a Major League franchise in 1901, the Indians have won two World Series championships, in 1920 and 1948
-Chief Wahoo is a logo of the Cleveland Indians. The logo is a controversial cartoon caricature of a Native American face
+Chief Wahoo was a logo of the Cleveland Indians. The logo was a controversial cartoon caricature of a Native American face. The team ceased using the name Indians following the 2021 season, officially becoming the Cleveland Guardians in November 2021
 ==== Detroit Tigers ====
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 Stadium – Truist Park
-World Series wins – 3 (1914, 1947, 1995)
+World Series wins – 4 (1914, 1947, 1995, 2021)
 The club is one of the National League's two remaining charter franchises (the other being the Chicago Cubs) and was founded in Boston in 1871 as the Boston Red Stockings. After various name changes, the team eventually began operating as the Boston Braves, which lasted for most of the first half of the 20th century. Then, in 1953, the team moved to Milwaukee and became the Milwaukee Braves, followed by the final move to Atlanta in 1966

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-== '''Teams''' ==
+== Teams ==
-=== '''American League East''' ===
+=== American League East ===
 '''Baltimore Orioles'''
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 The Blue Jays name originates from the bird of the same name
-=== '''American League Central''' ===
+=== American League Central ===
 '''Chicago White Sox'''
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 The team is named after the Twin Cities area comprising Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. They played their inaugural game at the newly completed Target Field in 2010
-=== '''American League West''' ===
+=== American League West ===
 '''Houston Astros'''
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 The club lost in both the 2010 and 2011 World Series championships
-=== '''National League East''' ===
+=== National League East ===
 '''Atlanta Braves'''
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 The Nationals won their first World Series in 2019, beating the Houston Astros. All seven games were won by the away team
-=== '''National League Central''' ===
+=== National League Central ===
 '''Chicago Cubs'''
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 The name ‘cardinals’ comes from the red trim on the team jersey
-=== '''National League West''' ===
+=== National League West ===
 '''Arizona Diamondbacks'''
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 Barry Bonds holds many MLB hitting records, including most career home runs (762), most home runs in a single season (73, set in 2001) and most career walks. Bonds led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. He has not been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
-== '''MLB statistics (at end of 2020 season)''' ==
+== MLB statistics (at end of 2020 season) ==
 Most home runs:
 {| class="wikitable"
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 Seattle Mariners are the only team to have never played in the World Series
-== '''Awards''' ==
+== Awards ==
 '''Most Valuable Player'''
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 Barry Bonds won twelve Silver Slugger Awards in his career as an outfielder, the most of any player
-== '''Ten leading players''' ==
+== Ten leading players ==
 '''Hank Aaron'''

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 The Astros won the World Series for the first time in 2017. MVP George Springer became the first man to hit home runs in four successive World Series games
-'''Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim'''
+'''Los Angeles Angels'''
 Stadium – Angel Stadium of Anaheim

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 Stadium – Fenway Park
-World Series wins – 8 (1902, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013)
+World Series wins – 9 (1902, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018)
 Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, Boston Americans changed their name to Boston Red Sox in 1908
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 The Red Sox' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The Green Monster is a popular nickname for the 11m high left field wall at Fenway Park
 '''New York Yankees'''
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 '''Chicago White Sox'''
-Stadium – U.S. Cellular Field
+Stadium – Guaranteed Rate Field
 World Series wins – 3 (1906, 1917, 2005)
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 Stadium – Minute Maid Park
-World Series wins – 0
+World Series wins – 1 (2017)
 The Astros were established as the Houston Colt .45s and entered the National League in 1962. The current name was adopted three years later, when they moved into the Astrodome, the world's first domed sports stadium
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 Following the move of the Houston Astros to the American League in 2013, both leagues now consist of 15 teams
-The Astros have played in one World Series (while a member of the National League) in 2005 against the Chicago White Sox
+The Astros won the World Series for the first time in 2017. MVP George Springer became the first man to hit home runs in four successive World Series games
 '''Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim'''
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 '''Seattle Mariners'''
-Stadium – Safeco Park
+Stadium – T-Mobile Park
 World Series wins – 0
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 The "Mariners" name originates from the prominence of marine culture in the city of Seattle. They are nicknamed "the M's"
-The Mariners are one of two (along with the Washington Nationals) MLB teams to never have played in a World Series. They are owned by Nintendo of America
+The Mariners are the only MLB team to never have played in a World Series. They are owned by Nintendo of America
 '''Texas Rangers'''
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 '''Atlanta Braves'''
-Stadium – Turner Field
+Stadium – Truist Park
 World Series wins – 3 (1914, 1947, 1995)
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 The "Miracle Mets" beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in World Series history. Their second World Series win came in 1986 over the Boston Red Sox
-Citi Field is located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the borough of Queens. Citi Field was built as a replacement for the formerly adjacent Shea Stadium, which opened in 1964. It is named after Citigroup
+Citi Field is located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the borough of Queens. Citi Field was built as a replacement for the formerly adjacent Shea Stadium, which opened in 1964 and was demolished in 2009. It is named after Citigroup
 '''Philadelphia Phillies'''
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 Stadium – Nationals Park
-World Series wins – 0
+World Series wins – 1 (2019)
 The Nationals' name derives from the former Washington baseball team that had the same name (used interchangeably with Senators)
 An expansion franchise, the club was founded in 1969 as the Montreal Expos, the first major league team in Canada. After being purchased by MLB in 2002, the team was moved before the 2005 season to Washington, D.C. and renamed the Nationals
 '''National League Central'''
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 Stadium – Dodger Stadium
-World Series wins – 6 (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988)
+World Series wins – 7 (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020)
 Established in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team moved to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. They played for four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to their current home of Dodger Stadium, which is the largest MLB stadium by seat capacity
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 The Giants faced the Oakland Athletics in the "Bay Bridge Series", best remembered by the 17 October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake which struck just before the scheduled Game 3 at Candlestick Park
 Barry Bonds holds many MLB hitting records, including most career home runs (762), most home runs in a single season (73, set in 2001) and most career walks. Bonds led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. He has not been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
-'''MLB statistics (at end of 2015 season)'''
+'''MLB statistics (at end of 2020 season)'''
 Most home runs:
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 |687
 |-
-|Willie Mays
+|Albert Pujols
-|660
+|662
 |}
 Most strikeouts:
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 |St Louis  Cardinals
 |11
 |-
 |Oakland  Athletics
 |9
 |}
-'''Seattle Mariners''' and '''Washington Nationals''' are the only teams to have '''never played in the World Series'''
+Seattle Mariners are the only team to have never played in the World Series
 '''Awards'''
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 The Silver Slugger Award is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League, as determined by Major League Baseball's coaches and managers
 Barry Bonds won twelve Silver Slugger Awards in his career as an outfielder, the most of any player
 '''Ten leading players'''