2005 World Series

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The 2005 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series in which the Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win their first title since 1917.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series
World Series
broadcasterUnitedStates Fox
champion Chicago White Sox
championDivision American League Central
championFranchiseTitleNumber 3
championLeague American League
championPreviousTitleYear 1917
cityOfGame1And2 City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago
cityOfGame3And4 Houston NERFINISHED
clinchingGame Game 4
clinchingVenue Minute Maid Park
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 2005-10-26
format best-of-seven
game1Venue U.S. Cellular Field
game2NotableEvent Scott Podsednik hit a walk-off home run in Game 2
game2Venue U.S. Cellular Field
game3Duration 5 hours 41 minutes
game3Innings 14
game3Venue Minute Maid Park
game4FinalScore 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series championship
surface form: 1–0 Chicago White Sox
game4Venue Minute Maid Park
league Major League Baseball
loser Houston Astros
managerOfChampionTeam Ozzie Guillén
managerOfRunnerUpTeam Phil Garner
mostValuablePlayer Jermaine Dye
mvp Jermaine Dye
mvpTeam Chicago White Sox
nextEdition 2006 World Series
notableFact Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros in four games
Chicago White Sox won their first World Series title since 1917
Houston Astros
surface form: Houston Astros appeared in their first World Series
numberOfGames 4
previousEdition 2004 World Series
radioNetworkUnitedStates ESPN Radio
runnerUp Houston Astros
runnerUpDivision National League Central
runnerUpLeague National League
seasonOfLeague 2005 Major League Baseball season
seriesResult 4–0
sport baseball
startDate 2005-10-22
surfaceGame1And2 natural grass
surfaceGame3And4 artificial turf
umpireCrewChief Jerry Crawford
winner Chicago White Sox
year 2005

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Paul Konerko championship 2005 World Series
2005 National League pennant sentTeamTo 2005 World Series
Ozzie Guillén won 2005 World Series