Facts about the World Series

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   Reggie Jackson's three home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series earned him the nickname Mr. October and cemented the Yankees' championship over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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   Barry Bonds holds the record for most home runs in a single World Series with eight across the 2002 postseason when the San Francisco Giants lost to the Anaheim Angels.

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   The New York Yankees won 27 World Series championships through 2023, more than any other franchise in baseball history.

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   Perfect games have been thrown just three times in World Series history, most recently by Don Larsen for the Yankees on October 8, 1956.

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   Babe Ruth hit three home runs in a single World Series game on October 6, 1926, a feat that remained unmatched for nearly a century.

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   Twenty-three consecutive World Series were played between 1903 and 1994 without a cancellation due to labor strikes or other disruptions.

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   In 1903, the first modern World Series between the Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates drew approximately 100,000 total attendance across eight games.

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