1993 World Series

The 1993 World Series was the second Series in a row played outside the United States of America. (See 1992 World Series.) It pitted the defending champion Toronto Blue Jays of the American League against the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. With Toronto ahead 3 games to 2 in the series, Joe Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 6 to win the series for Toronto, giving them their second consecutive championship. This was only the second Series concluded by such a home run (the first was in the 1960 World Series on a Bill Mazeroski home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates), and the first such occasion where a come-from-behind walk-off home run won a World Series.

Trivia

• Game 4 set three (3) new World Series records: Longest World Series game ever at four hours fourteen minutes (4:14), most runs by both clubs with twenty-nine (29) and most runs scored by a losing team with fourteen (14).
• Phillies manager Jim Fregosi would go on to manage the Toronto Blue Jays.
• Both teams have never returned to the postseason after 1993.