1903 World Series

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The 1903 World Series was the first modern Major League Baseball championship series, contested between the Boston Americans (later known as the Red Sox) and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Aliases (2)

1903 World Series Game 2 ×1
1903 World Series Game 8 ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball championship series → World Series → baseball postseason series →
agreementName	National Agreement of 1903 →
ballparkInBoston	Huntington Avenue Grounds →
ballparkInPittsburgh	Exposition Park →
city1	Boston →
city2	Pittsburgh →
country	United States →
decidingGameNumber	8 →
decidingGameWinner	Boston Americans →
firstGameDate	1903-10-01 →
followedBy	1905 World Series →
format	best-of-nine →
game1Location	Huntington Avenue Grounds →
game1Winner	Pittsburgh Pirates →
game8Location	Huntington Avenue Grounds →
gameCountWonByBostonAmericans	5 →
gameCountWonByPittsburghPirates	3 →
gamesPlayed	8 →
isFirstModernWorldSeries	true →
lastGameDate	1903-10-13 →
league1	American League →
league2	National League →
leagueChampionAL	Boston Americans →
leagueChampionNL	Pittsburgh Pirates →
loser	Pittsburgh Pirates →
mostWinsByPitcher	Bill Dinneen → Deacon Phillippe →
notableFeature	first postseason meeting between champions of American League and National League → only World Series played as best-of-nine until 1919 →
notablePlayerTeam1	Cy Young →
notablePlayerTeam2	Honus Wagner →
precededBy	Temple Cup →
reasonForSeries	peace agreement between American League and National League →
seasonOfLeague	Major League Baseball →
seriesResult	Boston Americans 5–3 Pittsburgh Pirates →
sport	baseball →
team1	Boston Americans →
team1Franchise	Boston Red Sox franchise →
team1LaterKnownAs	Boston Red Sox →
team1Manager	Jimmy Collins →
team2	Pittsburgh Pirates →
team2Franchise	Pittsburgh Pirates franchise →
team2Manager	Fred Clarke →
winner	Boston Americans →
year	1903 →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bill Dinneen ("1903 World Series Game 2") → Bill Dinneen ("1903 World Series Game 8") →	pitchedShutoutIn
World Series →	firstEdition
Exposition Park →	hostedEvent
Huntington Avenue Grounds →	notableEvent
Charles Louis Phillippi →	notableWork
Charles Louis Phillippi →	participatedIn
Deacon Phillippe →	playedIn
1905 World Series →	precededBy
Jimmy Collins →	won
Bill Dinneen →	wonGamesIn
Boston Red Sox →	worldSeriesTitle