Temple Cup

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Major League Baseball postseason postseason baseball championship series

The Temple Cup was a late 19th-century postseason championship series in Major League Baseball contested between the National League's first- and second-place teams.

Aliases (2)

Chronicle-Telegraph Cup ×1
Temple Cup Series ×1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball postseason → postseason baseball championship series →
alsoKnownAs	Temple Cup Series → World’s Championship Series →
competitionFormat	best-of-seven series →
country	United States →
dissolved	1897 →
era	19th-century baseball →
firstChampion	New York Giants →
firstEditionYear	1894 →
inception	1894 →
influenced	early development of MLB postseason championships →
lastChampion	Baltimore Orioles (NL) →
lastEditionYear	1897 →
league	National League →
mostTitles	Baltimore Orioles (NL) →
mostTitlesCount	3 →
namedAfter	William Chase Temple →
numberOfEditions	4 →
organizer	National League →
participants	National League first-place team → National League second-place team →
playedAfter	National League regular season →
precededBy	National League regular season pennant race →
purpose	postseason championship between NL pennant winner and runner-up →
relatedTo	Chronicle-Telegraph Cup → World Series →
sport	baseball →
status	defunct →
trophyDonor	William Chase Temple →
typeOfTrophy	silver cup →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Temple Cup ("Temple Cup Series") → World’s Championship Series →	alsoKnownAs
William Chase Temple →	hasHonor
1903 World Series →	precededBy
Temple Cup ("Chronicle-Telegraph Cup") →	relatedTo
World’s Championship Series →	trophy