Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series MVP award in 1979. He also won the regular season MVP and NLCS MVP awards that year. He is the only player to have won the regular season league MVP, championship series MVP and World Series MVP awards in the same season.
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In the 1983 World Series, the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, four games to one.
Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds won the World Series MVP award in 1976.
The Cincinnati Reds swept the New York Yankees in four games.
There was no World Series in 1876. The first World Series was played in 1903.
Game 3 of the 1976 World Series, which took place between the New York Yankees and the defending champions, the Cincinnati Reds, on October 19, 1976, saw the Reds achieve their third win of a 4 - 0 World Series sweep - becoming the first National League team to repeat as World Champions since the New York Giants in 1921-22. Johnny Bench was the series MVP.
The Cincinnati Reds won 5 World Series titles. 1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, and 1990