World Series Notes

In the recently completed World Series in which the 1969 expansion team, the Kansas City Royals defeated the 1969 World champions and fellow expansion team, New York Mets, some notes manifested.

The team opening the World Series at home is now (24-6) starting with the advent of the best of 7 LCS in each league in 1985.

The Royals won the first of those titles in 1985, the Mets followed winning in 1986. The 1969 Mets were the first expansion team to both make and win the World Series. The 1985 Royals were the next expansion team to do so.

The team opening the World Series at home with a win is now (19-1) since 1981 with the Minnesota Twins in 1987 being the first, the 1992 Atlanta Braves, who won the World Series opener but lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, being the lone exception.

The obscure, “only me” note is the team with the better record in the Saturday game(s) in the World Series is now (25-2) in World Series from (1983-2015).

The two exceptions were recent ones, the St. Louis Cardinals winning the Saturday game but losing to the Boston Red Sox in 2013, ditto the Texas Rangers, who lost the 2010 World Series to the S.F. Giants despite winning the lone Saturday game.

During that time the World Series opponents split two Saturday games five times while the eventual World Series winner also swept the two Saturday games seven times. With the Saturday night loss in the recently completed World Series, the Mets fell to (1-6) in Saturday World Series games.