1985 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 1985 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals, remembered for the Royals’ first title and a controversial umpiring call in Game 6.

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1985 World Series champion 1
1985 World Series games 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series ⓘ
World Series ⓘ
AmericanLeagueChampion Kansas City Royals ⓘ
champion Kansas City Royals ⓘ
championManager Dick Howser ⓘ
cityOfKansasCityGames Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
cityOfStLouisGames St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
endDate 1985-10-27 ⓘ
firstTitleForFranchise Kansas City Royals ⓘ
followedBy 1986 World Series ⓘ
game1Winner St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
game2Winner St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
game3Winner Kansas City Royals ⓘ
game4Winner St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
game5Winner Kansas City Royals ⓘ
game6ControversyPlayBatter Jorge Orta ⓘ
game6ControversyPlayFirstBaseman Jack Clark ⓘ
game6ControversyPlayPitcher Todd Worrell ⓘ
game6FinalScore Kansas City Royals 2–1 St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
game6NotableEvent controversial safe call at first base by umpire Don Denkinger ⓘ
game6Winner Kansas City Royals ⓘ
game7FinalScore Kansas City Royals 11–0 St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
game7Winner Kansas City Royals ⓘ
homeBallparkKansasCity Royals Stadium ⓘ
homeBallparkStLouis Busch Memorial Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Busch Stadium
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Bret Saberhagen ⓘ
MVPTeam Kansas City Royals ⓘ
namedFor Interstate 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NationalLeagueChampion St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
nickname I-70 Series ⓘ
Show Me State ⓘ
surface form: Show-Me Series
notablePlayerKansasCity Bret Saberhagen ⓘ
George Brett ⓘ
notablePlayerStLouis Ozzie Smith ⓘ
Willie McGee ⓘ
numberOfGames 7 ⓘ
precededBy 1984 World Series ⓘ
radioNetworkUS CBS Radio ⓘ
runnerUp St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
runnerUpManager Whitey Herzog ⓘ
seasonOf 1985 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
seriesResult Kansas City Royals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
startDate 1985-10-19 ⓘ
televisionAnnouncer Al Michaels ⓘ
Jim Palmer ⓘ
Tim McCarver ⓘ
televisionNetworkUS ABC ⓘ
umpireInGame6 Don Denkinger ⓘ
year 1985 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Willie Wilson → achievement → 1985 World Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1985 World Series champion
1984 World Series → chronologicalSuccessor → 1985 World Series ⓘ
Kauffman Stadium → hostedEvent → 1985 World Series ⓘ
The K → hostedEvent → 1985 World Series ⓘ
Busch Memorial Stadium → notableEvent → 1985 World Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1985 World Series games
1986 World Series → precededBy → 1985 World Series ⓘ