Boston Americans win inaugural World Series 110 years ago today (1903)


Video: '1903 World Series Game 1: Pirates vs Americans/Red Sox'

(Tuesday, October 13, 1903) — The Boston Americans (now Boston Red Sox) today won the 1903 World Series, the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston, in the eighth and deciding game. It would be the first of seven World Series victories by the Boston Red Sox organization (1903-2007).