1988 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 1988 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the underdog Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the heavily favored Oakland Athletics, famously highlighted by Kirk Gibson’s dramatic walk-off home run in Game 1.

Aliases (1)

1988 Major League Baseball season ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball championship series → World Series →
ALManager	Tony La Russa →
ALTeam	Oakland Athletics →
AthleticsPreviousWorldSeriesAppearance	1974 World Series →
awayFieldStadium	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum →
champion	Los Angeles Dodgers →
clinchingGame	Game 5 →
clinchingGameFinalScore	Dodgers 5, Athletics 2 →
clinchingGameWinningPitcher	Orel Hershiser →
DodgersPreviousWorldSeriesTitle	1981 World Series →
endDate	1988-10-20 →
finalSeriesResult	Dodgers won 4–1 →
game1FinalScore	Dodgers 5, Athletics 4 →
game1LosingPitcher	Dennis Eckersley →
game1LosingTeam	Oakland Athletics →
game1Venue	Dodger Stadium →
game1WalkOffHomeRunHitter	Kirk Gibson →
game1WalkOffHomeRunInning	bottom of the ninth inning →
game1WinningPitcher	Orel Hershiser →
game1WinningTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
game2Venue	Dodger Stadium →
game2WinningTeam	Oakland Athletics →
game3Venue	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum →
game3WinningTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
game4Venue	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum →
game4WinningTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
game5Venue	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum →
game5WinningTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
homeFieldStadium	Dodger Stadium →
homeFieldTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
leadTVAnnouncerUS	Vin Scully →
leadTVColorCommentatorUS	Joe Garagiola Sr. →
league	Major League Baseball →
mostValuablePlayer	Orel Hershiser →
MVPTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
NLManager	Tommy Lasorda →
NLTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
notableMoment	Kirk Gibson’s pinch-hit walk-off home run off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 → Orel Hershiser’s complete-game victory in the clinching Game 5 →
numberOfGames	5 →
radioAnalystUS	Marty Brennaman →
radioNetworkUS	CBS Radio →
radioPlayByPlayAnnouncerUS	Jack Buck →
runnerUp	Oakland Athletics →
season	1988 MLB season →
sequenceInHistory	85th World Series →
sport	baseball →
startDate	1988-10-15 →
televisionNetworkUS	NBC →
umpireCrewChief	Doug Harvey →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Orel Hershiser ("1988 Major League Baseball season") →	notableSeason
1989 World Series →	precededBy
Mike Scioscia →	wonChampionshipAsPlayer