World Series Betting History
Kevin Rogers Sports Betting Expert
The World Series is the pro baseball championship of Major League Baseball. The game pits the winner of the American League versus the National League. The World Series begins in late October as the two teams square off in a best-of-seven series.
The Texas Rangers captured the 2023 World Series by defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks in 4-1 of the best-of-seven series.
The World Series Odds had the Texas Rangers installed as -178 favorites to win the series.
Prior to the start of the regular season, the Texas Rangers were listed as high as a 50/1 betting choice to win the 2023 World Series.
WORLD SERIES HISTORY (1903-2023)
Listed below are the MLB World Series Champions and Most Valuable Players (MVP) for each of the series.
| Year | Champion | Opponent | Series Result | MVP |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers | Arizona Diamondbacks | 4-1 | Corey Seager |
| 2022 | Houston Astros | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-2 | Jeremy Pena |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves | Houston Astros | 4-2 | Jorge Soler |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Tampa Bay Rays | 4-2 | Corey Seager |
| 2019 | Washington Nationals | Houston Astros | 4-3 | Stephen Strasburg |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-1 | Steve Pearce |
| 2017 | Houston Astros | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-3 | George Springer |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs | Cleveland Indians | 4-3 | Ben Zobrist |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals | New York Mets | 4-1 | Salvador Perez |
| 2014 | San Francisco Giants | Kansas City Royals | 4-3 | Madison Bumgarner |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-2 | David Ortiz |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants | Detroit Tigers | 4-0 | Pablo Sandoval |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals | Texas Rangers | 4-3 | David Freese |
| 2010 | San Francisco Giants | Texas Rangers | 4-1 | Edgar Renteria |
| 2009 | New York Yankees | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-2 | Hideki Matsui |
| 2008 | Philadelphia Phillies | Tampa Bay Rays | 4-1 | Cole Hamels |
| 2007 | Boston Red Sox | Colorado Rockies | 4-0 | Mike Lowell |
| 2006 | St. Louis Cardinals | Detroit Tigers | 4-1 | David Eckstein |
| 2005 | Chicago White Sox | Houston Astros | 4-0 | Jermaine Dye |
| 2004 | Boston Red Sox | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-0 | Manny Ramirez |
| 2003 | Florida Marlins | New York Yankees | 4-2 | Josh Beckett |
| 2002 | Anaheim Angels | San Francisco Giants | 4-3 | Troy Glaus |
| 2001 | Arizona Diamondbacks | New York Yankees | 4-3 | Curt Schilling/Randy Johnson |
| 2000 | New York Yankees | New York Mets | 4-1 | Derek Jeter |
| 1999 | New York Yankees | Atlanta Braves | 4-0 | Mariano Rivera |
| 1998 | New York Yankees | San Diego Padres | 4-0 | Scott Brosius |
| 1997 | Florida Marlins | Cleveland Indians | 4-3 | Livan Hernandez |
| 1996 | New York Yankees | Atlanta Braves | 4-2 | John Wetteland |
| 1995 | Atlanta Braves | Cleveland Indians | 4-2 | Tom Glavine |
| 1993 | Toronto Blue Jays | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-2 | Paul Molitor |
| 1992 | Toronto Blue Jays | Atlanta Braves | 4-2 | Pat Borders |
| 1991 | Minnesota Twins | Atlanta Braves | 4-3 | Jack Morris |
| 1990 | Cincinnati Reds | Oakland Athletics | 4-0 | Jose Rijo |
| 1989 | Oakland Athletics | San Francisco Giants | 4-0 | Dave Stewart |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Oakland Athletics | 4-1 | Orel Hershiser |
| 1987 | Minnesota Twins | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Frank Viola |
| 1986 | New York Mets | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 | Ray Knight |
| 1985 | Kansas City Royals | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Bret Saberhagen |
| 1984 | Detroit Tigers | San Diego Padres | 4-1 | Alan Trammell |
| 1983 | Baltimore Orioles | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-1 | Rick Dempsey |
| 1982 | St. Louis Cardinals | Milwaukee Brewers | 4-3 | Darrell Porter |
| 1981 | Los Angeles Dodgers | New York Yankees | 4-2 | Guerrero/Cey/Yeager |
| 1980 | Philadelphia Phillies | Kansas City Royals | 4-2 | Mike Schmidt |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Baltimore Orioles | 4-3 | Willie Stargell |
| 1978 | New York Yankees | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 | Bucky Dent |
| 1977 | New York Yankees | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 | Reggie Jackson |
| 1976 | Cincinnati Reds | New York Yankees | 4-0 | Johnny Bench |
| 1975 | Cincinnati Reds | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 | Pete Rose |
| 1974 | Oakland Athletics | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-1 | Rollie Fingers |
| 1973 | Oakland Athletics | New York Mets | 4-3 | Reggie Jackson |
| 1972 | Oakland Athletics | Cincinnati Reds | 4-3 | Gene Tenace |
| 1971 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Baltimore Orioles | 4-3 | Roberto Clemente |
| 1970 | Baltimore Orioles | Cincinnati Reds | 4-1 | Brooks Robinson |
| 1969 | New York Mets | Baltimore Orioles | 4-1 | Donn Clendenon |
| 1968 | Detroit Tigers | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Mickey Lolich |
| 1967 | St. Louis Cardinals | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 | Bob Gibson |
| 1966 | Baltimore Orioles | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-0 | Frank Robinson |
| 1965 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Minnesota Twins | 4-3 | Sandy Koufax |
| 1964 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Yankees | 4-3 | Bob Gibson |
| 1963 | Los Angeles Dodgers | New York Yankees | 4-0 | Sandy Koufax |
| 1962 | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | 4-3 | Ralph Terry |
| 1961 | New York Yankees | Cincinnati Reds | 4-1 | Whitey Ford |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | New York Yankees | 4-3 | Bobby Richardson |
| 1959 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Chicago White Sox | 4-2 | Larry Sherry |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | Milwaukee Braves | 4-3 | Bob Turley |
| 1957 | Milwaukee Braves | New York Yankees | 4-3 | Lew Burdette |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-3 | Don Larsen |
| 1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers | New York Yankees | 4-3 | Johnny Podres |
| 1954 | New York Giants | Cleveland Indians | 4-0 | - |
| 1953 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-2 | - |
| 1952 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-3 | - |
| 1951 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-2 | - |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-0 | - |
| 1949 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-1 | - |
| 1948 | Cleveland Indians | Boston Braves | 4-2 | - |
| 1947 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-3 | - |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 | - |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | Chicago Cubs | 4-3 | - |
| 1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | St. Louis Browns | 4-2 | - |
| 1943 | New York Yankees | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-1 | - |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Yankees | 4-1 | - |
| 1941 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-1 | - |
| 1940 | Cincinnati Reds | Detroit Tigers | 4-3 | - |
| 1939 | New York Yankees | Cincinnati Reds | 4-0 | - |
| 1938 | New York Yankees | Chicago Cubs | 4-0 | - |
| 1937 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-1 | - |
| 1936 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-2 | - |
| 1935 | Detroit Tigers | Chicago Cubs | 4-2 | - |
| 1934 | St. Louis Cardinals | Detroit Tigers | 4-3 | - |
| 1933 | New York Giants | Washington Senators | 4-1 | - |
| 1932 | New York Yankees | Chicago Cubs | 4-0 | - |
| 1931 | St. Louis Cardinals | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-3 | - |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-2 | - |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | Chicago Cubs | 4-1 | - |
| 1928 | New York Yankees | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-0 | - |
| 1927 | New York Yankees | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4-0 | - |
| 1926 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Yankees | 4-3 | - |
| 1925 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Washington Senators | 4-3 | - |
| 1924 | Washington Senators | New York Giants | 4-3 | - |
| 1923 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-2 | - |
| 1922 | New York Giants | New York Yankees | 4-0 | - |
| 1921 | New York Giants | New York Yankees | 5-3 | - |
| 1920 | Cleveland Indians | Brooklyn Robins | 5-2 | - |
| 1919 | Cincinnati Reds | Chicago White Sox | 5-3 | - |
| 1918 | Boston Red Sox | Chicago Cubs | 4-2 | - |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | New York Giants | 4-2 | - |
| 1916 | Boston Red Sox | Brooklyn Robins | 4-1 | - |
| 1915 | Boston Red Sox | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-1 | - |
| 1914 | Boston Braves | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-0 | - |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | New York Giants | 4-1 | - |
| 1912 | Boston Red Sox | New York Giants | 4-3 | - |
| 1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | New York Giants | 4-2 | - |
| 1910 | Philadelphia Athletics | Chicago Cubs | 4-1 | - |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Detroit Tigers | 4-3 | - |
| 1908 | Chicago Cubs | Detroit Tigers | 4-1 | - |
| 1907 | Chicago Cubs | Detroit Tigers | 4-0 | - |
| 1906 | Chicago White Sox | Chicago Cubs | 4-2 | - |
| 1905 | New York Giants | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-1 | - |
| 1903 | Boston Americans | Pittsburgh Pirates | 5-3 | - |
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