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World Series by the numbers
World Series by the numbers
World Series by the numbers
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
8: Houston is the eighth largest U.S. media market, according to Nielsen.
2: Los Angeles, meanwhile, is second only to New York in Nielsen's rankings of the largest U.S. media markets.
$265.1 million: Los Angeles Dodgers' MLB-leading team payroll for 2017, according to Spotrac.com, an online sports system for professional sports team payrolls, salary cap breakdowns, and player contracts.
$35.6 million: The 2017 salary for the Dodgers' highest-paid player, starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
$2.55 million: The price the Dodgers paid per regular season victory.
$149.9 million: Houston Astros' team payroll for 2017, according to Spotrac.
$16 million: The 2017 salary for the Astros' highest-paid player, designated hitter Carlos Beltran.
$1.48 million: The price the Astros paid per regular season victory.
$15,000: Cost of the silver and gold Commissioner's Trophy, made by Tiffany and Co.
$368,871.59: The amount of the per-person playoff bonus earned by members of the 2016 champion Chicago Cubs, down slightly from the $370,069.03 earned in 2015 by the Kansas City Royals.
$261,804.65: The share earned by the players on the losing Cleveland Indians in 2016.
$388,605.94: The record per-person bonus won by the 2014 champion San Francisco Giants.
22.8 million: The TV viewers per game for the 2016 World Series -- a 57 percent increase from the 2015 average and and the biggest average audience since the 2004 World Series when the Red Sox swept the Cardinals for their first championship in 86 years.
$8 billion: The fees paid by Fox to Major League Baseball for the rights to show the World Series and other playoff and regular season games from 2012 to 2021.
1903: The year the first World Series was played. The Boston Pilgrims beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three.
27: The record number of World Series titles won by the New York Yankees. The St. Louis Cardinals rank second with 11.
64: The number of World Series championships won by the American League (most recently by the Kansas City Royals in 2015), compared to 48 for the National League.
2: The number of current MLB franchises that have never appeared in the World Series: the Seattle Mariners and the Washington Nationals (formerly the Montreal Expos).
1: The number of no-hitters pitched in World Series history, with New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitching a perfect game in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
8: Houston is the eighth largest U.S. media market, according to Nielsen.
2: Los Angeles, meanwhile, is second only to New York in Nielsen's rankings of the largest U.S. media markets.
$265.1 million: Los Angeles Dodgers' MLB-leading team payroll for 2017, according to Spotrac.com, an online sports system for professional sports team payrolls, salary cap breakdowns, and player contracts.
$35.6 million: The 2017 salary for the Dodgers' highest-paid player, starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
$2.55 million: The price the Dodgers paid per regular season victory.
$149.9 million: Houston Astros' team payroll for 2017, according to Spotrac.
$16 million: The 2017 salary for the Astros' highest-paid player, designated hitter Carlos Beltran.
$1.48 million: The price the Astros paid per regular season victory.
$15,000: Cost of the silver and gold Commissioner's Trophy, made by Tiffany and Co.
$368,871.59: The amount of the per-person playoff bonus earned by members of the 2016 champion Chicago Cubs, down slightly from the $370,069.03 earned in 2015 by the Kansas City Royals.
$261,804.65: The share earned by the players on the losing Cleveland Indians in 2016.
$388,605.94: The record per-person bonus won by the 2014 champion San Francisco Giants.
22.8 million: The TV viewers per game for the 2016 World Series -- a 57 percent increase from the 2015 average and and the biggest average audience since the 2004 World Series when the Red Sox swept the Cardinals for their first championship in 86 years.
$8 billion: The fees paid by Fox to Major League Baseball for the rights to show the World Series and other playoff and regular season games from 2012 to 2021.
1903: The year the first World Series was played. The Boston Pilgrims beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three.
27: The record number of World Series titles won by the New York Yankees. The St. Louis Cardinals rank second with 11.
64: The number of World Series championships won by the American League (most recently by the Kansas City Royals in 2015), compared to 48 for the National League.
2: The number of current MLB franchises that have never appeared in the World Series: the Seattle Mariners and the Washington Nationals (formerly the Montreal Expos).
1: The number of no-hitters pitched in World Series history, with New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitching a perfect game in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
With the 2017 World Series kicking off with Game 1 in at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, check out the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros as well as some World Series history by the numbers.
8: Houston is the eighth largest U.S. media market, according to Nielsen.
2: Los Angeles, meanwhile, is second only to New York in Nielsen's rankings of the largest U.S. media markets.
$265.1 million: Los Angeles Dodgers' MLB-leading team payroll for 2017, according to Spotrac.com, an online sports system for professional sports team payrolls, salary cap breakdowns, and player contracts.
$35.6 million: The 2017 salary for the Dodgers' highest-paid player, starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
$2.55 million: The price the Dodgers paid per regular season victory.
$149.9 million: Houston Astros' team payroll for 2017, according to Spotrac.
$16 million: The 2017 salary for the Astros' highest-paid player, designated hitter Carlos Beltran.
$1.48 million: The price the Astros paid per regular season victory.
$15,000: Cost of the silver and gold Commissioner's Trophy, made by Tiffany and Co.
$368,871.59: The amount of the per-person playoff bonus earned by members of the 2016 champion Chicago Cubs, down slightly from the $370,069.03 earned in 2015 by the Kansas City Royals.
$261,804.65: The share earned by the players on the losing Cleveland Indians in 2016.
$388,605.94: The record per-person bonus won by the 2014 champion San Francisco Giants.
22.8 million: The TV viewers per game for the 2016 World Series -- a 57 percent increase from the 2015 average and and the biggest average audience since the 2004 World Series when the Red Sox swept the Cardinals for their first championship in 86 years.
$8 billion: The fees paid by Fox to Major League Baseball for the rights to show the World Series and other playoff and regular season games from 2012 to 2021.
1903: The year the first World Series was played. The Boston Pilgrims beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three.
27: The record number of World Series titles won by the New York Yankees. The St. Louis Cardinals rank second with 11.
64: The number of World Series championships won by the American League (most recently by the Kansas City Royals in 2015), compared to 48 for the National League.
2: The number of current MLB franchises that have never appeared in the World Series: the Seattle Mariners and the Washington Nationals (formerly the Montreal Expos).
1: The number of no-hitters pitched in World Series history, with New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitching a perfect game in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.