1947 World Series 1947 World Series The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees won the Series in seven games for their first title since , and their eleventh World Series championship in team history. Yankees manager Bucky Harris won the Series for the first time since managing the Washington Senators to their only title in . In 1947, Jackie Robinson, a Brooklyn Dodger, desegregated major league baseball. For the first time in World Series history, a racially integrated team played. There were 73,365 in the house for Game 1. Brooklyn struck first in the first
World Series Most Valuable Player Award to be named MVP despite being on the losing team. The most recent winner was Steve Pearce of the Boston Red Sox, who won the award in 2018. World Series Most Valuable Player Award The Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series, which is the final round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason. The award was first presented in 1955 as the "SPORT" Magazine Award, but is now decided during the final game of the Series by a