First World Series

First World Series is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Allegheny County, dedicated 1998.

W General Robinson St, just W of Tony Dorsett Dr., North Shore (Pittsburgh)

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In October 1903, National League champion Pittsburgh played American League champion Boston in major league baseball's first modern World Series. Boston won the best-of-9 series, 5 games to 3; prominent players included Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner and Boston's Cy Young. Games 4 through 7 were played near this site at Exposition Park, Pittsburgh's home from 1891 to 1909.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1872 · Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1877 · Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Penna. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1889 · Pennsylvania (western portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Map of Pittsburg and Allegheny, Pa (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties, 1872, covering the location of First World Series, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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