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Who Wins The 1938 World Series?

Who Wins The 1938 World Series?

The Homestead Grays or the New York Yankees

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The St. Louis Browns (and Milwaukee Brewers for one season in 1901) existed for 53 years before moving to Baltimore and becoming the Orioles. They won exactly one pennant in that time, and it took a war to do it.

For the dozen years before players started leaving to serve in World War II, the Browns’ average record was 60-94, a .390 winning percentage, g…

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