The first World Series in 1903 was held at Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts, where the Boston Pilgrims (now the Red Sox) faced the Pittsburgh Pirates. The series marked the beginning of the annual championship between the American League and National League champions. The Pilgrims won the best-of-nine series, taking five games to three. This historic event helped establish the tradition of the World Series in Major League Baseball.
1903, when the Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.
A baseball team!!! jkjk It was in 1903 and it was the Boston Americans (aka red sox) vs. the Pittsburg Pirates The Boston Americans won the 9 game series 5-3
1 - in 1903 against the Pittsburgh Pirates
No. In the 1903 World Series, the Boston Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three.
2011. The Pirates won the series 2-1
In 1903 the Pirates played in what amounted to be the first World Series of Baseball. The best of nine game series lasted 8 games leaving the Boston Pilgrims the winner, but giving Pittsburgh its first taste of playing in the championship games. In Pittsburgh the games were played on the North Side in Exposition Park (home of the Pirates from 1881 to 1909)
The first World Series was played in 1903. The Boston Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three.
Jimmy Collins led the 1903 Boston Americans (later to be known as the Red Sox, aka the Boston Pilgrims & the Boston Beaneaters) to the first World Series title. The Red Sox defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5 games to 3.
The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates. Boston won.
Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three.
The Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates were the first teams to play in the World Series. The Americans (became the Red Sox) would win the series 5-3. This Series eventually produced 4 future Hall of Famers; Jimmy Collins and Cy Young for the Americans and Fred Clarke and Honus Wagner for the Pirates.