World Series appeared in 9 and won 5. As of 2018, no team has won consecutive World Series championships since the New York Yankees in , , and —the longest such drought in Major League Baseball history. Until the formation of the American Association in 1882 as a second major league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871–1875) and then the National League (founded 1876) represented the top level of organized baseball in the United States. All championships were awarded to the team with the best record at the end of the season, without a postseason series being played. From
World Series Baseball '96 World Series Baseball '96 World Series Baseball '96 is a video game developed by Blue Sky Software and published by Sega for the Genesis in 1996. "World Series Baseball '96" is a baseball game featuring Blue Sky's engine and updates of the players. "Next Generation" reviewed the Genesis version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "What's certain is that Genesis isn't likely to have another baseball game of this quality ever. At the very least, this is a must have for baseball fans who are saddled with a Genesis and a long summer