Pre-World Series Results

From SoSH

The following are teams that played an earlier version of the "World's Championship Series" or otherwise claimed the national championship "Pennant".

1 Pre American-Association
2 The Original World Series

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Pre American-Association

Prior to the formation of the American Association, all championships went to whoever had the best record at the end of the season. National Association of Baseball Players (Amateur -> Professional)

1857 Brooklyn Atlantics
1858 New York Mutuals
1859 Brooklyn Atlantics
1860 Brooklyn Atlantics
1861 Brooklyn Atlantics
1862 Brooklyn Eckfords
1863 Brooklyn Eckfords
1864 Brooklyn Atlantics
1865 Brooklyn Atlantics
1866 Brooklyn Atlantics
1867 Morrisania Unions
1868 New York Mutuals
1869 Brooklyn Atlantics
1870 Chicago White Stockings

National Association of Professional Baseball Players

1871 Philadelphia Athletics
1872 Boston Red Stockings
1873 Boston Red Stockings
1874 Boston Red Stockings
1875 Boston Red Stockings

National League

1876 Chicago White Stockings
1877 Boston Red Caps
1878 Boston Red Caps
1879 Providence Grays
1880 Chicago White Stockings
1881 Chicago White Stockings

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The Original World Series

These games were later considered by Major League Baseball to be exhibition games in order to put the National League and American League on equal footing. National League vs. American Association

1882 Chicago White Stockings NL, Cincinnati Reds AA - 2 game Series, each club wins 1
1883 Boston Beaneaters NL, Philadelphia AA - Philadelphia cancels scheduled Series after losing "City Series" to Phillies.
1884 Providence Grays NL, Metropolitan [New York] AA - 3 game series, Providence wins all 3, 60-game winner Old Hoss Radbourn pitches every inning
1885 Chicago White Stockings NL, St. Louis Browns AA - 6 game Series, ends in dispute
1886 St. Louis Browns AA win 4, Chicago White Stockings NL win 2
1887 Detroit Wolverines NL win 10, St. Louis Browns AA win 5
1888 New York Giants NL win 6, St. Louis Browns AA win 2
1889 New York Giants NL win 6, Brooklyn Bridegrooms AA win 3
1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms NL, Louisville Colonels AA - each win 3, no resolution
1891 Boston Beaneaters NL, Boston Reds AA - NL instructs Beaneaters not to play Series as leagues discuss restructuring

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1892-1900

Between the collapse of the American Association and the birth of the American League, the National League went through several formats to determine their champion, including the Temple Cup from 1894-1897, modeled after the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup

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1892-1893

1892 Boston Beaneaters win 5, Cleveland Spiders win 0 - split-season championship
1893 Boston Beaneaters - no Series

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Temple Cup

1894 New York Giants win 4, Baltimore Orioles win 0
1895 Cleveland Spiders win 4, Baltimore Orioles win 1
1896 Baltimore Orioles win 4, Cleveland Spiders win 0
1897 Baltimore Orioles win 4, Boston Beaneaters win 1

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1898-1900

1898 Boston Beaneaters - no Series
1899 Brooklyn Superbas - no Series
1900 Brooklyn Superbas win 4, Pittsburgh Pirates win 1 - Chronicle-Telegraph Cup Series

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