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| 1947
News and Highlights On April 15, Jackie Robinson became the first black to play in a Major League Baseball game. For the first time in history, every National League club drew more than a million spectators on the road. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers 4 games to 3 to win the World Series. |
| 1956 News and Highlights The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 3, to win the World Series, which was marked by the first perfect game in Series history. |
| 1957
News and Highlights The Giants moved from New York to San Francisco and the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1957. The American League defeated the National League 6-5 in the 24th annual All-Star Game. Lew Burdette pitched Milwaukee to the World Championship by beating New York in three complete games. |
| 1958
News and Highlights The 1958 Major League season was marked by the National League's abandonment of New York The New York Yankees beat the Milwaukee Braves 4 games to 3 to win the World Series. |
| 1959
News and Highlights The Washington Senators beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-2 in the opening game of the 1959 season, on April 9. Between October 1 and 8, the Dodgers won the World Series 4 games to 2 over the White Sox. |
| 1960 News and Highlights Pittsburgh won its first world championship in 35 years to cap a season of unpredictability in Major League Baseball. |
| 1961
News and Highlights The New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds, four games to one, to win their 19th World Series. |
| 1967
News and Highlights The St. Louis Cardinals went from finishing sixth in the National League in 1966 to running away with the pennant in 1967. As if that wasn't amazing enough, their ultimate World Series rivals, the Boston Red Sox, had finished ninth (26 games out) in 1966. |
| 1969
News and Highlights Both the American and National Leagues added teams in 1969: the Seattle Pilots and Kansas City Royals in the American League; the San Diego Padres and Montreal Expos, the first Major League team from outside the United States, in the National League. |
| 1979 News and Highlights Lou Brock and Carl Yastrzemski each joined the 3,000 Career Hits club in 1979. The Pittsburgh Pirates came from a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles, October 10-17. |
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