23 times 1906- White Sox 4, Cubs 2
1911- A's 4, Giants 2
1917- White Sox 4, Giants 2
1918- Red Sox 4, Cubs 2
1923- Yankees 4, Giants 2
1930- A's 4, Cardinals 2
1935- Tigers 4, Cubs 2
1936- Yankees 4, Giants 2
1944- Cardinals 4, Browns 2
1948- Indians 4, Braves 2
1951- Yankees 4, Giants 2
1953- Yankees 4, Dodgers 2
1959- Dodgers 4, White Sox 2
1977- Yankees 4, Dodgers 2
1978- Yankees 4, Dodgers 2
1980- Philies 4, Royals 2
1981- Dodgers 4, Yankees 2
1992- Blue Jays 4, Braves 2
1993- Blue Jays 4, Philies 2
1995- Braves 4, Indians 2
1996- Yankees 4, Braves 2
2003- Marlins 4, Yankees 2
2009- Yankees 4, Philies 2
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It didn't, the World Series in 1919 went eight games with the Cincinnati Reds defeating the Chicago White Sox 5 games to 3. Of course, that was the famous "Black Sox Scandal" after it was discovered that seven White Sox players were bribed to throw the series. The number of games in the World Series varied in the early years and didn't settle in to a best of seven series until 1922.
The Cincinnati Reds' first World Series appearance was in 1919. They beat the Chicago White Sox, 5 games to 3.
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.
The Texas Rangers made back-to-back World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011. They lost the 2010 World Series in five games to the San Francisco Giants. A year later, they lost the 2011 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals.
As of the beginning of the 2007 playoffs, since MLB when to three levels of playoffs (Divisional Series, Championship Series, World Series) the answer is no. When there was only two levels (Championship Series, World Series), the 1976 Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3 games to 0 in the NLCS and the New York Yankees 4 games to 0 in the World Series. They are the only team to go undefeated in the playoffs since MLB went to the divisional format in 1969.