1918 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 1918 World Series was the championship series in which the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs, marking the Red Sox’s last title before an 86-year championship drought often associated with the "Curse of the Bambino."

Aliases (1)

1918 World Series championship ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball championship series → World Series →
associatedCurse	Curse of the Bambino →
attendanceContext	affected by World War I and influenza pandemic →
babeRuthRole	outfielder → pitcher →
babeRuthScorelessInningsStreakEndedInGame	Game 4 →
babeRuthScorelessInningsStreakExtended	29 2⁄3 innings →
babeRuthScorelessInningsStreakRecordType	World Series record at the time →
bostonRedSoxNextTitle	2004 World Series →
bostonRedSoxPreviousTitle	1916 World Series →
bostonRedSoxTitleCountAfterSeries	5 →
champion	Boston Red Sox →
cityOfHomeTeam	Boston, Massachusetts → surface form: "Boston"
cityOfVisitingTeam	Chicago, Illinois, United States → surface form: "Chicago"
cubsNextWorldSeriesAppearance	1929 World Series →
cubsNextWorldSeriesTitle	2016 World Series →
endDate	1918-09-11 →
finalSeriesResult	Boston Red Sox 4–2 Chicago Cubs →
game1Venue	Comiskey Park →
game2Venue	Comiskey Park →
game3Venue	Fenway Park →
game4Venue	Fenway Park →
game5Venue	Fenway Park →
game6Venue	Fenway Park →
homeLeague	American League →
homeTeam	Boston Red Sox →
leagueFormat	best-of-seven series →
leaguePresidentAL	Ban Johnson →
leaguePresidentNL	John Heydler →
losingManager	Fred Mitchell →
notableEvent	players led a brief strike over World Series shares →
notablePlayer	Babe Ruth → Carl Mays → Hippo Vaughn →
numberOfGames	6 →
occursDuring	World War I →
reasonForNeutralSite	wartime travel restrictions →
redSoxChampionshipDroughtEndYear	2004 →
redSoxChampionshipDroughtLength	86 years →
redSoxChampionshipDroughtStartYear	1919 →
runnerUp	Chicago Cubs →
seasonOfLeague	1918 Major League Baseball season →
sport	baseball →
startDate	1918-09-05 →
teamOfBabeRuth	Boston Red Sox →
umpireCrewSize	4 →
visitingLeague	National League →
visitingTeam	Chicago Cubs →
winningManager	Ed Barrow →
year	1918 →

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1917 World Series → followedBy → 1918 World Series →

2004 World Series → previousRedSoxTitle → 1918 World Series →

Curse of the Bambino → teamTitleBeforeDrought → 1918 World Series →

this entity surface form: "1918 World Series championship"

Harry Hooper → worldSeriesChampion → 1918 World Series →

Boston Red Sox → worldSeriesTitle → 1918 World Series →