2022 MLB playoffs: World Series scores, full postseason bracket as Astros win title over Phillies (2024)

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What are the chances of the Phillies to win the World Series? ›

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They were +1500 to win it all in the spring after never being lower than +1800 during the regular season last year. For context, FanGraphs' latest playoff odds give the Phillies a 6.5% chance of winning the World Series.

The Phillies took a 2–1 lead after three games, before the Astros won the final three games to win the series. Jeremy Peña won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, the first position player to win the award as a rookie.

There they defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in five games to win the franchise's second World Series title.

Despite falling in the final two games of the 2023 NLCS at home to Arizona, the Phillies are 28-13 in home playoff games since the team began playing at Citizens Bank Park in 2004. That's a . 683 win percentage -- the best by any team in any stadium in postseason history (minimum 20 games).

Not surprisingly, the Dodgers remain the odd-on favorite to win the World Series, as they have all season. Let's take a look at every team's updated 2024 World Series odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of June 24. A big reason L.A. has been able to keep everything rolling smoothly?

The Yankees have won the World Series (27) more than any other team. There are five MLB teams that have never won a World Series — the San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, and Tampa Bay Rays.

Drafted first overall by Washington in 2010, Harper was 19 when he made his big league debut with the Nationals two years later. He still hasn't won a World Series title and realizes the current Phillies team may be his best chance with a core that also includes Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, J.T.

2022 World Series Champions: Houston Astros

The Houston Astros won the 2022 World Series after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 4–2 on November 5, 2022, at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.

According to additional sources, Hans had his hands in the name change. He thought that “Phils” sounded better. Plus, Phillies had become synonymous with losing baseball and he wanted to change the culture.

What was the original name of the Phillies? ›

The Phillies played their inaugural season in the National League in 1883, but according to the site they were known as the Quakers through '89. It is interesting then that the Phillies are sometimes called the “oldest, continuous, one-name, one-city franchise” in baseball.

The only player to be named the World Series MVP despite being on the losing team was infielder Bobby Richardson of the New York Yankees in 1960.

The Phillies have thrice surpassed the century mark for wins in a season: in 1976 with 101 wins, when they made their first playoff appearance in twenty-six seasons; again the next season when they matched that mark; and in 2011, when they set the franchise single-season record for wins with 102 victories and clinched ...

The Philadelphia Phillies have 6 series losses in the World Series all-time.

Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and Jayson Werth are tied for the most career homers for the Phillies in the postseason, with 11 home runs.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the current favorites to win the World Series at +260 odds. The New York Yankees have the next best World Series odds at +500, followed by the Philadelphia Phillies at +650.

The Phillies have won two World Series championships (against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008), eight National League pennants (the first of which came in 1915), and made 15 playoff appearances.

The 2024 NCAA DI baseball tournament ended in Omaha, Nebraska with Tennessee capturing its first Men's College World Series title in program history. The Vols defeated Texas A&M, 6-5, in Game 3 of the best-of-three final series.