1990 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 1990 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the underdog Cincinnati Reds swept the heavily favored Oakland Athletics in four games.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball championship series → World Series →
champion	Cincinnati Reds →
championDivision	National League West →
championFranchiseTitleNumber	5 →
championLeague	National League →
championRegularSeasonRecord	91–71 →
cityOfGame1And2	Cincinnati →
cityOfGame3And4	Oakland →
country	United States →
endDate	1990-10-20 →
format	best-of-seven →
game1Venue	Riverfront Stadium →
game2Venue	Riverfront Stadium →
game3Venue	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum →
game4Venue	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum →
leagueChampionAL	Oakland Athletics →
leagueChampionNL	Cincinnati Reds →
managerOfChampion	Lou Piniella →
managerOfRunnerUp	Tony La Russa →
mostValuablePlayer	José Rijo →
mostValuablePlayerTeam	Cincinnati Reds →
nextEdition	1991 World Series →
nicknameOfChampionTeam	Nasty Boys-era Reds →
notableFact	Cincinnati Reds swept the heavily favored Oakland Athletics in four games →
notablePlayerChampion	Barry Larkin → Chris Sabo → Eric Davis →
notablePlayerRunnerUp	Jose Canseco → Mark McGwire → Rickey Henderson →
numberOfGames	4 →
previousEdition	1989 World Series →
radioNetworkUS	CBS Radio →
reliefPitcherTrioChampion	Norm Charlton → Randy Myers → Rob Dibble →
runnerUp	Oakland Athletics →
runnerUpConsecutiveALTitlesNumber	3 →
runnerUpDefendingChampion	true →
runnerUpDivision	American League West →
runnerUpLeague	American League →
runnerUpRegularSeasonRecord	103–59 →
season	1990 Major League Baseball season →
seriesResult	Cincinnati Reds 4–0 Oakland Athletics →
sport	baseball →
startDate	1990-10-16 →
televisionNetworkUS	CBS →
umpireCrewChief	Eric Gregg →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1989 World Series →	followedBy
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum →	hostedEvent