No. A seven-game World Series can be rare. The last ones were in 2014, 2011 and 2002. World Series sweeps have been more frequent recently. There have been six since the 1998 Fall Classic.
Chat with our AI personalities
The New York Yankees have played in the most World Series games.
The New York Yankees have lost 88 World Series games. Of course, they have been in 39 World Series so it would only make sense that they have lost the most games. They have also won the most World Series games with 130.
Who cares about baseball
Joe McCarthy won the most games as Yankees manager with 1,460. Both Joe McCarthy and Casey Stengel have won the most World Series championships with seven.
It's easy to compute. The New York Yankees have appeared in more World Series (40) than any other team. It's simple to establish that they've won and lost the most games in Series history.