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A few years after the Civil War ended, the first professional baseball league was created. In 1876, the first group of teams officially became the National League.
In 1901, the American League was created. Other leagues had formed throughout the years, but only these two leagues survived. These are the same two leagues that play today.
For a few years, the National League and the American League never played baseball against each other. But, in 1903, things changed. Baseball officials decided to hold a series of games at the end of that year’s baseball season. They would call the event the World Series.
The best teams from the National League and the American League would play against each other. They would play nine games. The team who won the most games out of nine would win the series. Today, there are only seven games in the World Series.
The first World Series pitted the Boston Pilgrims (later the Red Sox) against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pittsburgh won the first game; Boston the second.