World’s Championship Series

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The World’s Championship Series, better known as the Temple Cup, was a late 19th-century postseason baseball series played between the National League’s first- and second-place teams.

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instanceOf championship series
defunct sporting event
postseason baseball series
alsoKnownAs Temple Cup
country United States
endYear 1897
firstChampion New York Giants
format postseason series between first- and second-place National League teams
lastChampion Baltimore Orioles (NL)
linked to: Baltimore Orioles
league National League
namedAfter William Chase Temple
numberOfEditions 4
sport baseball
startYear 1894
trophy Temple Cup

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Temple Cup alsoKnownAs World’s Championship Series