1992 World Series
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| Dates | October 17–24 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Pat Borders (Toronto) | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Jerry Crawford (NL), Mike Reilly (AL), Joe West (NL), Dan Morrison (AL), Bob Davidson (NL), John Shulock (AL) | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers |
Blue Jays: Pat Gillick (GM), Roberto Alomar, Dave Winfield. Braves: Bobby Cox (mgr), John Schuerholz (GM), Tom Glavine, John Smoltz. |
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| ALCS | Toronto Blue Jays over Oakland Athletics (4–2) | ||||||||||||
| NLCS | Atlanta Braves over Pittsburgh Pirates (4–3) | ||||||||||||
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| Television | CBS, simulcast in Canada on CTV | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Sean McDonough and Tim McCarver | ||||||||||||
| Radio |
CBS CJCL (Toronto) WGST (Atlanta) |
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| Radio announcers |
Vin Scully and Johnny Bench on CBS Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth on CJCL Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Ernie Johnson, Joe Simpson, and Don Sutton on WGST. |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Toronto Blue Jays (4) | Cito Gaston | 96–66, .593, GA: 4 | |
| Atlanta Braves (2) | Bobby Cox | 98–64, .605, GA: 8 |
The 1992 World Series was the first World Series in which games were played outside the United States, following the 1992 regular season. It pitted the American League champions Toronto Blue Jays against the National League champions Atlanta Braves.
Toronto defeated Atlanta four games to two, marking the first time a team based outside the United States won the World Series. The Blue Jays remain the only Canadian team to have appeared in, and won, a World Series (which they would do again the following year, in 1993).
The Blue Jays made it to the Series after beating the Oakland Athletics in six games in the American League Championship Series. The Braves were in their second consecutive series after again knocking off the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games in the National League Championship Series.
AL Toronto Blue Jays (4) vs. NL Atlanta Braves (2)
Braves fans had plenty to worry about in regard to both starting pitchers. Tom Glavine's post-season career had been less than stellar, including giving up eight runs in the second inning of Game 6 of the NLCS against Pittsburgh. Entering Game 1, Glavine's career post-season record was 1–5 despite two starts where he had pitched well and only given up one earned run each time. Glavine was 0–2 in those starts. In addition to Glavine's struggles in the postseason, the Braves would be facing their nemesis from the previous postseason. In the offseason, the Blue Jays signed free agent pitcher Jack Morris to be the ace of their staff. Morris was coming off a 1991 World Series performance that saw him win series MVP and two of his three starts for the Minnesota Twins against the Braves. One of those starts was the now-famous seventh game, where Morris pitched a rare ten inning complete game shutout as the Twins rallied to win 1-0.
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