World Series Datafile Datafile Name: World Series Datafile Subjects: Sports Story Names: Home Field Advantage Reference: Data available in several books. (e.g. Bill James' Baseball Abstracts) Authorization: free use Description: The dataset contains information on the year, the two teams in the world series (an American and National League Champion), whether the American League (AL) or National League (NL) won the game, and the AL and NL winning at home or away percentage. Number of cases: 125 Variable Names: year: Year AmerTeam: Name of the American League team NatlTeam: Name of the National League team Game1: 1 = AL won at home, 2 = NL won at home, 3 = AL won away, 4 = NL won away Game2: see code for Game1 Game3: see code for Game1 Game4: see code for Game1 Game5: see code for Game1 Game6: see code for Game1 Game7: see code for Game1 amer.home: Home winning percentage for the American League team amer.away: Away winning percentage for the American League team natl.home: Home winning percentage for the National League team natl.away: Away winning percentage for the National League team The Data: year AmerTeam NatlTeam Game1 Game2 Game3 Game4 Game5 Game6 Game7 amer.home amer.away natl.home natl.away 1992 Toronto Blue Jays Atlanta Braves 4 3 1 1 2 3 ?.654 .531 .630 .580 1991 Minnesota Atlanta Braves 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 .630 .543 .593 .568 1990 Oakland A's Cincinnati Reds 4 4 2 2 ???.630 .642 .568 .556 1989 Oakland A's San Francisco Giants 1 1 3 3 ???.667 .556 .654 .481 1988 Oakland A's LA Dodgers 4 4 1 2 2 ??.667 .617 .556 .613 1987 Minnesota Twins St. Louis Cardinals 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 .691 .358 .605 .568 1986 Boston Red Sox NY Mets 3 3 2 2 1 4 4 .630 .550 .679 .654 1985 Kansas City Royals St. Louis Cardinals 2 2 3 4 3 1 1 .610 .513 .667 .580 1984 Detroit Tigers SD Padres 3 4 1 1 1 ??.646 .638 .593 .543 1983 Baltimore Orioles Philadelphia Phillies 2 1 3 3 3 ??.617 .593 .617 .494 1982 Milwaukee Brewers St. Louis Cardinals 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 .585 .588 .568 .568 1981 NY Yankees LA Dodgers 1 1 4 4 4 2 ?.627 .482 .589 .556 1980 Kansas City Royals Philadelphia Phillies 4 4 1 1 2 4 ?.605 .593 .605 .519 1979 Baltimore Orioles Pittsburg Pirates 1 2 3 3 4 2 2 .696 .588 .593 .617 1978 NY Yankees LA Dodgers 4 4 1 1 1 3 ?.679 .549 .667 .506 1977 NY Yankees LA Dodgers 1 2 3 3 4 1 ?.679 .556 .630 .580 1976 NY Yankees Cincinnati Reds 4 4 2 2 ???.563 .658 .605 .654 1975 Boston Red Sox Cincinnati Reds 1 2 4 3 4 1 2 .580 .608 .790 .543 1974 Oakland A's LA Dodgers 3 4 1 1 1 ??.605 .506 .642 .617 1973 Oakland A's NY Mets 1 2 3 4 4 1 1 .617 .543 .531 .488 1972 Oakland A's Cincinnati Reds 3 3 2 1 2 4 3 .623 .577 .553 .679 1971 Baltimore Orioles Pittsburg Pirates 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 .688 .593 .650 .549 1970 Baltimore Orioles Cincinnati Reds 3 3 1 2 1 ??.728 .605 .704 .556 1969 Baltimore Orioles NY Mets 1 2 4 4 4 ??.741 .605 .634 .600 1968 Detroit Tigers St. Louis Cardinals 4 3 2 2 1 3 3 .691 .580 .580 .617 1967 Boston Red Sox St. Louis Cardinals 2 1 4 4 3 1 2 .605 .531 .605 .650 1966 Baltimore Orioles LA Dodgers 3 3 1 1 ???.608 .605 .654 .519 1965 Minnesota Twins LA Dodgers 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 .630 .630 .617 .580 1964 NY Yankees St. Louis Cardinals 4 3 1 2 2 3 4 .617 .605 .593 .556 1963 NY Yankees LA Dodgers 2 2 4 4 ???.725 .568 .654 .568 1962 NY Yankees San Francisco Giants 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 .625 .561 .744 .506 1961 NY Yankees Cincinnati Reds 1 2 3 3 3 ??.802 .543 .610 .597 1960 NY Yankees Pittsburg Pirates 4 3 1 2 2 3 4 .714 .545 .675 .558 1959 Chicago White Sox LA Dodgers 1 2 4 4 3 2 ?.610 .610 .590 .538 1958 NY Yankees Milwaukee Braves 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 .571 .623 .623 .571 1957 NY Yankees Milwaukee Braves 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 .623 .649 .584 .649 1956 NY Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 .636 .623 .675 .532 1955 NY Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 .675 .571 .727 .553 1954 Cleveland Indians NY Giants 4 4 2 2 ???.766 .675 .697 .564 1953 NY Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers 1 1 4 4 3 1 ?.649 .662 .779 .584 1952 NY Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers 4 3 2 1 2 3 3 .636 .597 .577 .680 1951 NY Yankees NY Giants 2 1 4 3 3 1 ?.718 .553 .641 .608 1950 NY Yankees Philadelphia Phillies 3 3 1 1 ???.688 .584 .610 .571 1949 NY Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers 1 2 3 3 3 ??.701 .558 .623 .636 1948 Cleveland Indians Boston Braves 4 3 1 1 2 3 ?.615 .636 .592 .597 1947 NY Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers 1 1 4 4 3 2 1 .714 .545 .675 .545 1946 Boston Red Sox St. Louis Cardinals 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 .792 .558 .628 .628 1945 Detroit Tigers Chicago Cubs 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 .658 .494 .653 .620 1944 St. Louis Browns St. Louis Cardinals 3 4 1 2 2 4 ?.701 .455 .711 .654 1943 NY Yankees St. Louis Cardinals 1 2 1 3 3 ??.701 .571 .734 .627 1942 NY Yankees St. Louis Cardinals 3 4 2 2 2 ??.753 .584 .779 .597 1941 NY Yankees Brooklyn Dodgers 1 2 3 3 3 ??.662 .649 .675 .623 1940 Detroit Tigers Cincinnati Reds 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 .633 .533 .724 .584 1939 NY Yankees Cincinnati Reds 1 1 3 3 ???.675 .730 .688 .568 1938 NY Yankees Chicago Cubs 3 3 1 1 ???.714 .587 .571 .600 1937 NY Yankees NY Giants 1 1 3 4 3 ??.740 .584 .667 .584 1936 NY Yankees NY Giants 4 3 1 1 2 3 ?.727 .605 .667 .526 1935 Detroit Tigers Chicago Cubs 2 1 3 3 4 3 ?.679 .548 .727 .571 1934 Detroit Tigers St. Louis Cardinals 2 1 4 3 3 2 2 .675 .635 .623 .618 1933 Washington Senators NY Giants 4 4 1 2 2 ??.605 .697 .640 .558 1932 NY Yankees Chicago Cubs 1 1 3 3 ???.805 .584 .688 .481 1931 Philadelphia A's St. Louis Cardinals 3 4 2 1 2 3 4 .800 .610 .692 .618 1930 Philadelphia A's St. Louis Cardinals 1 1 4 4 3 1 ?.763 .564 .688 .506 1929 Philadelphia A's Chicago Cubs 3 3 2 1 1 ??.781 .610 .675 .613 1928 NY Yankees St. Louis Cardinals 1 1 3 3 ???.675 .636 .545 .688 1927 NY Yankees Pittsburg Pirates 3 3 1 1 ???.750 .679 .608 .613 1926 NY Yankees St. Louis Cardinals 1 2 4 3 3 2 2 .667 .519 .610 .545 1925 Washington Senators Pittsburg Pirates 3 4 1 1 2 4 4 .707 .566 .675 .566 1924 Washington Senators NY Giants 2 1 4 3 4 1 1 .610 .584 .662 .553 1923 NY Yankees NY Giants 2 3 4 3 1 3 ?.605 .684 .610 .632 1922 NY Yankees NY Giants 4 2 4 2 ???.649 .571 .654 .553