WORLD SERIES HISTORY

YEAR A.L.
CHAMPION N.L.
CHAMPION WORLD
CHAMPION

1903 Boston Pittsburgh Boston

1904 ** SEE FOOTNOTE

1905 Philadelphia New York New York

1906 Chicago Chicago Chicago AL

1907 Detroit Chicago Chicago

1908 Detroit Chicago Chicago

1909 Detroit Pittsburgh Pittsburgh

1910 Philadelphia Chicago Philadelphia

1911 Philadelphia New York Philadelphia

1912 Boston New York Boston

1913 Philadelphia New York Philadelphia

1914 Philadelphia Boston Boston

1915 Boston Philadephia Boston

1916 Boston Brooklyn Boston

1917 Chicago New York Chicago

1918 Boston Chicago Boston

1919 Chicago Cincinnati Cincinnati

1920 Cleveland Brooklyn Cleveland

1921 New York New York New York NL

1922 New York New York New York NL

1923 New York New York New York AL

1924 Washington New York Washington

1925 Washington Pittsburgh Pittsburgh

1926 New York St Louis St Louis

1927 New York Pittsburgh New York

1928 New York St Louis New York

1929 Philadelphia Chicago Philadelphia

1930 Philadelphia St Louis Philadelphia

1931 Philadelphia St Louis St Louis

1932 New York Chicago New York

1933 Washington New York New York

1934 Detroit St Louis St Louis

1935 Detroit Chicago Detroit

1936 New York New York New York AL

1937 New York New York New York AL

1938 New York Chicago New York

1939 New York Cincinnati New York

1940 Detroit Cincinnati Cincinnati

1941 New York Brooklyn New York

1942 New York St Louis St Louis

1943 New York St Louis New York

1944 St Louis St Louis St Louis NL

1945 Detroit Chicago Detroit

1946 Boston St Louis St Louis

1947 New York Brooklyn New York

1948 Cleveland Boston Cleveland

1949 New York Brooklyn New York

1950 New York Philadelphia New York

1951 New York New York New York AL

1952 New York Brooklyn New York

1953 New York Brooklyn New York

1954 Cleveland New York New York

1955 New York Brooklyn Brooklyn

1956 New York Brooklyn New York

1957 New York Milwaukee Milwaukee

1958 New York Milwaukee New York

1959 Chicago Los Angeles Los Angeles

1960 New York Pittsburgh Pittsburgh

1961 New York Cincinnati New York

1962 New York San Fransisco New York

1963 New York Los Angeles Los Angeles

1964 New York St Louis St Louis

1965 Minnesota Los Angeles Los Angeles

1966 Baltimore Los Angeles Baltimore

1967 Boston St Louis St Louis

1968 Detroit St Louis Detroit

1969 Baltimore New York New York

1970 Baltimore Cincinnati Baltimore

1971 Baltimore Pittsburgh Pittsburgh

1972 Oakland Cincinnati Oakland

1973 Oakland New York Oakland

1974 Oakland Los Angeles Oakland

1975 Boston Cincinnati Cincinnati

1976 New York Cincinnati Cincinnati

1977 New York Los Angeles New York

1978 New York Los Angeles New York

1979 Baltimore Pittsburgh Pittsburgh

1980 Kansas City Philadelphia Philadelphia

1981 New York Los Angeles Los Angeles

1982 Milwaukee St Louis St Louis

1983 Baltimore Philadelphia Baltimore

1984 Detroit San Diego Detroit

1985 Kansas City St Louis Kansas City

1986 Boston New York New York

1987 Minnesota St Louis Minnesota

1988 Oakland Los Angeles Los Angeles

1989 Oakland San Fransisco Oakland

1990 Oakland Cincinnati Cincinnati

1991 Minnesota Atlanta Minnesota

1992 Toronto Atlanta Toronto

1993 Toronto Philadelphia Toronto

1994 ** STRIKE SHORTENED SEASON

1995 Cleveland Atlanta Atlanta

1996 New York Atlanta New York

1997 Cleveland Florida Florida

1998 New York San Diego New York

1999 New York Atlanta New York

There was no World Series in 1904 because John T. Brush, president of the National League champion New York Giants, refused to allow his team to compete against Boston, the representative of the "inferior" American League.
At least, that's the official reason.
However, the fact that the teams did not meet probably had to do more with Giants manager John McGraw's personal hatred for American League president Ban Johnson than any National League sense of superiority.

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