1996 World Series

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The 1996 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves to win their first title since 1978.

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1996 World Series canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series
World Series
ALChampion New York Yankees
champion New York Yankees
championPreviousTitleYear 1978
championTitleCount 23
cityOfVenue Atlanta
New York City
defendingChampion Atlanta Braves
editionNumber 92
endDate 1996-10-26
finalGameScoreGame6 3–2 New York Yankees
followedBy 1997 World Series
game1Venue Yankee Stadium
game2Venue Yankee Stadium
game3Venue Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
game4Venue Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
game5Venue Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
game6Venue Yankee Stadium
homeFieldForALChampion Yankee Stadium
homeFieldForNLChampion Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
league American League
National League
losingGame6Pitcher Greg Maddux
managerOfChampion Joe Torre
managerOfRunnerUp Bobby Cox
MVP John Wetteland
MVPTeam New York Yankees
NLChampion Atlanta Braves
notableGame Game 4 comeback by New York Yankees from 6–0 deficit
notablePlayer Andruw Jones
Chipper Jones
Derek Jeter
Greg Maddux
Mariano Rivera
Tom Glavine
numberOfGames 6
precededBy 1995 World Series
radioNetworkUS CBS Radio
runnerUp Atlanta Braves
season 1996 MLB season
seriesResult New York Yankees won 4–2
sport baseball
startDate 1996-10-20
televisionNetworkUS Fox
NBC
umpireCrewChief John Hirschbeck
winningGame6Pitcher Jimmy Key
year 1996

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1995 World Series followedBy 1996 World Series
The Captain relatedEvent 1996 World Series
John Smoltz playedIn 1996 World Series
1997 World Series previousWorldSeries 1996 World Series
Bernie Williams worldSeriesChampion 1996 World Series