1927 World Series

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The 1927 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1927 season. The 24th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that pitted the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Yankees won in four games. This was the first sweep of a National League team by an American League team. This was the first World Series matchup between the Pirates and Yankees. The 1927 Yankees led the American League in runs scored, hits, triples, home runs, base on balls, batting average, slugging average and on-base percentage. It featured legends Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig at their peaks. The team won a then-league record 110 games, finished with a 19-game lead over the second place Philadelphia Athletics, and are considered by many to be the greatest team in the history of baseball. The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates, with MVP Paul Waner, led the National League in runs, hits, batting average and on...

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