2009 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 2009 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies to win their 27th title.

Aliases (1)

2009 Major League Baseball season ×2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball championship series → World Series →
ALPennantNumberForYankees	40 →
ALRepresentative	New York Yankees →
ALTeamBallpark	Yankee Stadium →
bestOf	7 games →
champion	New York Yankees →
cityOfALTeam	New York City →
cityOfNLTeam	Philadelphia →
clinchingCity	New York City →
clinchingGame	Game 6 →
clinchingVenue	Yankee Stadium →
defendingChampion	Philadelphia Phillies →
endDate	2009-11-04 →
followedBy	2010 World Series →
game1Venue	Yankee Stadium →
game1WinningPitcher	Cliff Lee →
game1WinningPitcherTeam	Philadelphia Phillies →
game2Venue	Yankee Stadium →
game2WinningPitcher	A. J. Burnett →
game2WinningPitcherTeam	New York Yankees →
game3Venue	Citizens Bank Park →
game3WinningPitcherTeam	New York Yankees →
game4Venue	Citizens Bank Park →
game4WinningPitcherTeam	New York Yankees →
game5Venue	Citizens Bank Park →
game5WinningPitcherTeam	Philadelphia Phillies →
game6Venue	Yankee Stadium →
game6WinningPitcherTeam	New York Yankees →
league	Major League Baseball →
MostValuablePlayer	Hideki Matsui →
MVPPosition	designated hitter → outfielder →
MVPTeam	New York Yankees →
NLRepresentative	Philadelphia Phillies →
NLTeamBallpark	Citizens Bank Park →
numberOfGames	6 →
PhilliesConsecutivePennants	2 →
PhilliesManager	Charlie Manuel →
precededBy	2008 World Series →
runnerUp	Philadelphia Phillies →
seasonOf	2009 Major League Baseball season →
seriesResult	New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–2 →
sport	baseball →
startDate	2009-10-28 →
televisionAnnouncerColorUS	Tim McCarver →
televisionAnnouncerPlayByPlayUS	Joe Buck →
televisionNetworkUS	Fox →
umpireCrewChief	Gerry Davis →
YankeesManager	Joe Girardi →
YankeesTitleNumber	27 →
year	2009 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2008 World Series →	nextWorldSeries
Cliff Lee →	pitchedIn
Chase Utley →	playedInWorldSeries
The Captain →	relatedEvent
2009 National League pennant ("2009 Major League Baseball season") →	season
2009 World Series ("2009 Major League Baseball season") →	seasonOf
Philadelphia Phillies →	worldSeriesAppearance