| 2012 World Series | ||||||||||
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 Official 2012 MLB World Series logo | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 24–28 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | AT&T Park (San Francisco) Comerica Park (Detroit) | |||||||||
| MVP | Pablo Sandoval (San Francisco) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Gerry Davis (crew chief), Dan Iassogna, Fieldin Culbreth, Brian O'Nora, Brian Gorman, Joe West | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Giants: None Tigers: Jim Leyland (manager) | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox (United States) MLB International (International) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews (Fox) Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International) | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN KNBR (SF) WXYT/WXYT-FM (DET) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser (ESPN) Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow (KNBR) Dan Dickerson and Jim Price (WXYT) | |||||||||
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| ALCS | Detroit Tigers over New York Yankees (4–0) | |||||||||
| NLCS | San Francisco Giants over St. Louis Cardinals (4–3) | |||||||||
| World Series program | ||||||||||
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The 2012 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2012 season.[1] The 108th edition of the World Series, the series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants and the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers; the Giants won in a four-game sweep. This marked the Giants' seventh World Series title in franchise history, their second in San Francisco (they won five in New York), and their second in a three-year period (2010–2012). Their World Series sweep was the first by an NL team since the Cincinnati Reds swept the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 series and the first NL sweep not by the Reds since 1963, when the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees. This was also the first World Series since 1988 to feature both of that year's League MVPs (Miguel Cabrera for the AL and Buster Posey for the NL). The Giants' Pablo Sandoval, who in Game 1 tied a record by hitting three home runs in one World Series game — two off Tigers' ace pitcher Justin Verlander — was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP).
The San Francisco Giants held home field advantage for the World Series due to the NL winning the 2012 MLB All-Star Game: San Francisco hosted Games 1 and 2, and would have hosted Games 6 and 7 if these had been necessary to decide the Series. The 2012 series began on Wednesday, October 24, at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California and ended on Sunday, October 28, at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, with the conclusion of the fourth game.
The Tigers advanced to the World Series after sweeping the Yankees in four games during the American League Championship Series. The Giants advanced to the World Series after winning the National League Championship Series four games to three over the St. Louis Cardinals, the 2011 World Series winners.
As of 2024[update], this is the most recent World Series to end in a sweep, 12 World Series have been played in this span.
- ^ "2012 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved January 6, 2014.