| 2019 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 22–30 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Minute Maid Park (Houston) Nationals Park (Washington) | |||||||||
| MVP | Stephen Strasburg (Washington) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Alan Porter (Games 1–2),[note 1] Doug Eddings, Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), James Hoye, Lance Barksdale, Sam Holbrook, Jim Wolf (Games 3–7)[note 1][1] | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox (United States – English) Fox Deportes (United States – Spanish) MLB International (International – English) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci (Fox) Rolando Nichols, Edgar Gonzalez and Carlos Álvarez (Fox Deportes) Matt Vasgersian and Buck Martinez (MLB International) | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN (English) Unanimo Deportes (Spanish) WJFK-FM (WAS) KBME (HOU) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman, Chris Singleton and Buster Olney (ESPN) Beto Ferreiro and Orlando Hernández (Unanimo Deportes) Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler (WJFK) Robert Ford and Steve Sparks (KBME) | |||||||||
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| ALCS | Houston Astros over New York Yankees (4–2) | |||||||||
| NLCS | Washington Nationals over St. Louis Cardinals (4–0) | |||||||||
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The 2019 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2019 season. The 115th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Houston Astros and the National League champion Washington Nationals. The series was played from October 22 to October 30.[2] Washington upset the favored Astros, four games to three, to secure its first title in franchise history[3] and first in the capital city since the 1924 series. Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after earning two wins in the series.[4][5]
The Astros had home-field advantage because they had the better regular-season record. It was the third World Series in which home-field advantage was decided by the regular-season records of the American and National league champions, a practice that started in the 2017 season. It was the first World Series in which the Houston Astros had home-field advantage. The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the Astros hosting Games 1, 2, 6, and 7; and the Nationals hosting Games 3, 4, and 5.
For the first time in any of the major North American sports leagues, the visiting team won all the games of a seven-game championship series,[6] surpassing the previous high of five.[7] The road team outscored the home team 49–14 in the seven games played. Washington won despite scoring only three runs at home. It was the sixth straight World Series in which the championship was clinched by the visiting team, and the fourth consecutive seventh game of a Series won by the visiting team.
With the Nationals being from the National League East, this marked the sixth World Series in a row to have been won by teams from separate divisions in Major League Baseball.[note 2]
For the third straight year, MLB sold presenting sponsorships to all of postseason series. As with the 2017 and 2018 World Series, this World Series was sponsored by YouTube TV and was officially known as the 2019 World Series presented by YouTube TV.[8]
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- ^ "Umpires For The 2019 World Series Announced". MLB.com (Press release). MLB Advanced Media. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "MLB Postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
- ^ Castrovince, Anthony (October 30, 2019). "Nats make road-win history, capture 1st WS title". MLB.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ Castrovince, Anthony (October 30, 2019). "Undefeated in October, Stras named WS MVP". MLB.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ Armstrong, Megan (October 31, 2019). "Strasburg wins 2019 World Series MVP". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ DiGangi, Diana (October 30, 2019). "This is the first-ever World Series where neither team won a home game". WJLA-TV. Retrieved October 31, 2019. The second time that the designated road team won every game in a series occurred during the 2020 NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals between Toronto and Boston, although COVID-19 restrictions caused all games to be played at the same venue.
- ^ Hoegler, Alex (October 30, 2019). "Nationals & Astros Set Record With Six Straight Road Wins In World Series". thesportster.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Creamer, Chris (August 5, 2019). "2019 World Series, Postseason Logos Officially Revealed by MLB". sportslogos.net. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
the Wild Card Game (in both leagues) will be presented by Hanook Tire [recte Hankook Tires]; the NLDS by Utz, the ALDS by Doosan, and the Series by YouTube TV.