1979 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 1979 World Series was Major League Baseball's championship series in which the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles in seven games.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series ⓘ
World Series ⓘ
ALChampion Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
ALHomeBallpark Memorial Stadium ⓘ
champion Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
cityOfALHomeGames Baltimore ⓘ
cityOfNLHomeGames Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
endDate 1979-10-17 ⓘ
finalSeriesResult Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Baltimore Orioles 4–3 ⓘ
game1Winner Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
game2Winner Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
game3Winner Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
game4Winner Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
game5Winner Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
game6Winner Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
game7Location Memorial Stadium ⓘ
game7Score Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
surface form: 4–1 Pittsburgh Pirates
game7Winner Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
losingManager Earl Weaver ⓘ
losingTeamLeague American League ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Willie Stargell ⓘ
MVPTeam Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
nextWorldSeries 1980 World Series ⓘ
NLChampion Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
NLHomeBallpark Three Rivers Stadium ⓘ
notablePlayer Dave Parker ⓘ
Kent Tekulve ⓘ
Willie Stargell ⓘ
notableSlogan We Are Family ⓘ
numberOfGames 7 ⓘ
previousWorldSeries 1978 World Series ⓘ
radioAnnouncer Bill White ⓘ
Jack Buck ⓘ
Marty Brennaman ⓘ
Richie Ashburn ⓘ
radioNetworkUS CBS Radio ⓘ
runnerUp Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
seasonOf 1979 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
startDate 1979-10-10 ⓘ
televisionAnnouncer Don Drysdale ⓘ
Howard Cosell ⓘ
Keith Jackson ⓘ
televisionNetworkUS ABC ⓘ
umpireCrewChief Doug Harvey ⓘ
winningFranchiseTitleNumber 5 ⓘ
winningManager Chuck Tanner ⓘ
winningTeamLeague National League ⓘ
year 1979 ⓘ

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Three Rivers Stadium → hostedWorldSeriesGames → 1979 World Series ⓘ
1980 World Series → precededBy → 1979 World Series ⓘ