1966 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 1966 World Series was Major League Baseball's championship series in which the Baltimore Orioles swept the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers to win their first World Series title.

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball championship series → World Series →
ballparkUsed	Dodger Stadium → Memorial Stadium →
champion	Baltimore Orioles →
championFirstTitle	true →
championFranchise	Baltimore Orioles franchise →
championGamesWon	4 →
championshipOf	Major League Baseball →
cityOfDodgerStadium	Los Angeles →
cityOfMemorialStadium	Baltimore →
country	United States →
endDate	1966-10-09 →
followedBy	1967 World Series →
format	best-of-seven →
game1Location	Dodger Stadium →
game1LosingTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
game1Score	5–2 →
game1WinningTeam	Baltimore Orioles →
game2Location	Dodger Stadium →
game2LosingTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
game2Score	6–0 →
game2WinningTeam	Baltimore Orioles →
game3Location	Memorial Stadium →
game3LosingTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
game3Score	1–0 →
game3WinningTeam	Baltimore Orioles →
game4Location	Memorial Stadium →
game4LosingTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
game4Score	1–0 →
game4WinningTeam	Baltimore Orioles →
isSweep	true →
league	Major League Baseball →
losingLeague	National League →
losingManager	Walter Alston →
mostValuablePlayer	Frank Robinson →
MVPBats	right →
MVPHallOfFameInductee	Baseball Hall of Fame →
MVPLeague	American League →
MVPPosition	right fielder →
MVPTeam	Baltimore Orioles →
MVPThrows	right →
notableEvent	Baltimore pitchers held Los Angeles to two runs in four games → Sandy Koufax made his final major league appearance in 1966 season →
notableHitter	Boog Powell → Brooks Robinson → Frank Robinson → Lou Johnson →
notablePitcher	Dave McNally → Don Drysdale → Jim Palmer → Sandy Koufax → Wally Bunker →
numberOfGames	4 →
precededBy	1965 World Series →
radioNetworkUS	NBC Radio →
result	Baltimore Orioles defeated Los Angeles Dodgers 4–0 →
runnerUp	Los Angeles Dodgers →
runnerUpFranchise	Los Angeles Dodgers franchise →
runnerUpGamesWon	0 →
seasonOfLeague	1966 Major League Baseball season →
sport	baseball →
startDate	1966-10-05 →
televisionNetworkUS	NBC →
umpireCrewChief	Al Barlick →
winningLeague	American League →
winningManager	Hank Bauer →
year	1966 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sandy Koufax →	playedInWorldSeries
1967 World Series →	precededBy
Baltimore Orioles →	worldSeriesTitle