2023 World Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Texas Rangers (4) Bruce Bochy 90–72 (.556), GB: 0 Arizona Diamondbacks (1) Torey Lovullo 84–78 (.519), GB: 16
Dates	October 27 – November 1
Venue(s)	Globe Life Field (Arlington, Texas) Chase Field (Phoenix, Arizona)
MVP	Corey Seager (Texas)
Umpires	Vic Carapazza,Brian Knight,Alfonso Márquez,Bill Miller (crew chief),David Rackley,D. J. Reyburn,Quinn Wolcott
Broadcast
Television	Fox (United States – English) Fox Deportes (United States – Spanish) MLB International (International)
TV announcers	Joe Davis,John Smoltz,Ken Rosenthal, andTom Verducci (Fox) Adrian Garcia Marquez,Edgar Gonzalez, Carlos Alvarez, and Jaime Motta (Fox Deportes) Dave Flemming andRyan Spilborghs (MLB International – English)
Radio	ESPN (United States – English) TUDN (United States – Spanish) KRLD (TEX – English) KFLC (TEX – Spanish) KMVP (AZ – English) KHOV (AZ – Spanish)
Radio announcers	Jon Sciambi,Jessica Mendoza,Eduardo Pérez, andBuster Olney (ESPN) Jesus Acosta, Alberto Ferreiro, Jose Napoles, andLuis Quiñones (TUDN) Eric Nadel andMatt Hicks (KRLD) Eleno Ornelas andJosé Guzmán (KFLC) Greg Schulte, Chris Garagiola, andTom Candiotti (KMVP) Oscar Soria andRodrigo López (KHOV)
ALCS	Texas Rangers overHouston Astros (4–3)
NLCS	Arizona Diamondbacks overPhiladelphia Phillies (4–3)
World Series program
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The2023 World Series was thechampionship series ofMajor League Baseball's (MLB)2023 season, and the 119th edition of the World Series. It was abest-of-seven playoff played between theNational League (NL)championArizona Diamondbacks and theAmerican League (AL)championTexas Rangers. The series began on October 27 and ended on November 1 with Texas winning in five games. The Rangers won their first World Series title since their founding in 1961 and relocation to the DFW metroplex in 1971. This marked the first time since1989 in which consecutive championships were won by different teams from the same state.

The Diamondbacks and Rangers entered the2023 MLB postseason aswild cards, making this the third World Series meeting between two wild cards following2002 and2014. The Rangers had home-field advantage in the series due to their better regular season record. The Rangers and Diamondbacks split the first two games in Texas before the Rangers won three consecutive games in Arizona to win the series.Corey Seager won theWorld Series Most Valuable Player Award for the second time in his career.^[1]

This was the first postseason meeting between theTexas Rangers and theArizona Diamondbacks. Both teams lost over 100 games in2021.^[2] The teams' 174 combined wins is the lowest ever total for a non-shortened season World Series.^[3] This was the first World Series between one team that has never won in any prior appearances and another team that has never lost in any prior appearances. MLB has paired Arizona and Texas asinterleague rivals from 1998 to 2000 and in 2013, 2019, and since 2023. As such, this was just the second World Series since the invention of interleague to feature natural rivals, joining the2000 World Series between theNew York Mets andNew York Yankees. This was the fifth straight World Series to have games played in a venue in Texas, withHouston co-hosting in2019,2021, and2022, andArlington hosting in2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, this was the only World Series from 2017-2025 to not feature either theHouston Astros orLos Angeles Dodgers.^[4]

The Diamondbacks won the regular season series 3–1, splitting a two-game series in May atGlobe Life Field, and sweeping the Rangers atChase Field in August.^[5]This was the third time in World Series history that the two teams that faced each other were both from the Expansion era, the first coming in2015^[6] and the second in2019.^[7]

This was the sixth World Series overall to be played entirely on artificial turf. Before 2023, the most recent of the six to be played in the two home team's stadiums was the1993 World Series. However, the last "all-artificial turf" overall before 2023 had been at the neutrally located 2020 World Series, with all games played atGlobe Life Field, in which the first two games of 2023 were also played. The 2023 Series is the second World Series to be played entirely on the second generation artificial turf (with 2020 being the first).^[8] Finally, this was the second World Series ever to be played entirely in domed stadiums after the neutral site 2020 World Series. It was the first to be played between two domed stadium teams with each hosting games.

The Diamondbacks were just two seasons removed from a 110–loss season, which included an MLB-record 24 straight road losses.^[9] They had an uneven regular season in 2023, which included extreme highs and lows. At their peak in mid-June, they were 41–25 and leading theNL West. At their lowest, they had a 32-game stretch, where from early–July to mid–August, they went 7–25, a .219 win percentage, and had fallen to 57–59.^[10] They were led by a young core consisting ofCorbin Carroll,Zac Gallen,Gabriel Moreno,Alek Thomas, andGeraldo Perdomo, along with veteransKetel Marte,Merrill Kelly,Christian Walker,Lourdes Gurriel Jr.,Tommy Pham, andEvan Longoria.^[11] The Diamondbacks team finished second in MLB in stolen bases behind theCincinnati Reds, including 56 from Carroll.^[12] They were also the best defensive team during the season, committing the fewest errors in the regular season with 56 and tied for first with the Rangers with the best fielding percentage at .990.^[13]

The Diamondbacks qualified for the postseason as the sixth seedwild card entrant in theNational League. In theWild Card Series, they swept the third-seeded and National League Central division winnerMilwaukee Brewers. In theDivision Series, they swept and upset the National League West division winner, second-seeded, and 100-winLos Angeles Dodgers. In theNational League Championship Series, they defeated the fourth-seeded and defending National League championPhiladelphia Phillies in seven games to win their second National League pennant and make it to the World Series for the first time since2001.^[14] The 2023 Diamondbacks’ 84 wins were the fewest of any pennant winner since the2006 St. Louis Cardinals, whowon the pennant (and eventually theWorld Series) with only 83 wins, and became just the fourth team to win a league pennant with 85 or fewer wins (1973 New York Mets,1987 Minnesota Twins, 2006 St. Louis Cardinals).^[15] The Diamondbacks also joined the 1987 Twins as the only two teams to win a pennant with a negative run differential.^[16] Arizona's revamped bullpen ofRyan Thompson, rookieAndrew Saalfrank, setup manKevin Ginkel, and closerPaul Sewald, had a combined 1.45 ERA in 31 innings of work in the postseason entering the World Series.^[17]

At 125–1 preseason odds, Arizona had the third-longest odds to make a World Series since 1985 and longest since theTampa Bay Rays in2008, which Diamondbacks playerEvan Longoria was also part of during his rookie season.^[18] Additionally, the 15-year gap between Longoria's first and secondWorld Series appearances from 2008 to 2023 is the longest for a position player in MLB history.^[19]

During the regular season, theTexas Rangers were led by an AL-best offense in runs scored and were tied with theMinnesota Twins in home runs.^[20] The Rangers led the AL at the All-Star Game with six players inAdolis García,Jonah Heim,Josh Jung,Corey Seager,Marcus Semien, andNathan Eovaldi.^[21] Mid-season injuries to staff-acesJacob deGrom and Eovaldi and subpar performance in the bullpen led the Rangers to acquire closerAroldis Chapman, middle relieverChris Stratton, and starting pitchersJordan Montgomery andMax Scherzer.^[22][23][24] Despite leading theAL West for most of the season, poor play late in the year saw the team finish second in the division behind theHouston Astros; the teams had identical win-loss records, but Houston owned a better head-to-head record.^[25]

The Rangers qualified for the postseason as the fifth seedwild card entrant in theAmerican League just two years removed from a 102-loss season. In theWild Card Series, they swept the fourth-seededTampa Bay Rays. In theDivision Series, they swept the American League East division winner and top-seededBaltimore Orioles. In theAmerican League Championship Series, they defeated theirdivision rival and defending World Series championHouston Astros in seven games to win their third American League pennant in franchise history.^[26] The Rangers made it to the World Series for the first time since2011, where they lost to theSt. Louis Cardinals in seven games. The Rangers were heading in as the favorites to win the series for the first time all postseason while also seeking their first World Series title in franchise history, which would put an end to theirWorld Series championship title drought of 62 seasons since their franchise began, the second-longest active championship drought in Major League Baseball behind theCleveland Guardians, and the oldest active franchise without a World Series title.^[27] This also marked a return to the World Series for three-time World ChampionBruce Bochy, who was looking to tieWalter Alston andJoe Torre for fourth on the list of World Series victories for managers.^[28]

Texas came into the season with 50–1betting odds, which was tied for the seventh-longest odds to make a World Series since 1985.^[18]

Texas won the series, 4–1.

R&B singerH.E.R. sang the national anthem.^[34] Former President of the United States and former Rangers part-ownerGeorge W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch to former RangersHall of Fame catcherIván Rodríguez.^[35]Nathan Eovaldi was thestarting pitcher for Texas, whileZac Gallen started for Arizona.^[36]

Texas'sEvan Carter hit a double off the base of the right field wall to scoreCorey Seager.Adolis García scored Carter with a single, making it 2–0 Texas. In the top of the third, with runners on second and third,Corbin Carroll tripled, scoring both runners and tying the game.Ketel Marte scored Carroll on a fielder's choice, giving Arizona a one-run lead. The Rangers loaded the bases in the bottom of the third, where Gallen walkedMitch Garver to tie the game at three. Gallen limited the damage asJonah Heim flied out to end the inning. In the top of the fourth,Tommy Pham hit a solo home run, which gave Arizona a lead they would not give up until the bottom of the ninth. In the fifth, Marte added on a run for Arizona with a double that scoredGeraldo Perdomo and took Eovaldi out of the game. In the bottom of the sixth, Gallen was replaced withRyan Thompson. After Thompson walked Heim,Nathaniel Lowe hit a towering fly ball that was caught by Carroll on the warning track. If the ball had been hit out, it would have tied the game. Thompson was able to get out of the jam by striking outLeody Taveras. Arizona relieversJoe Mantiply andKevin Ginkel kept the seventh and the eighth innings scoreless.^[37]

Will Smith retired the side in the top of the ninth, sending the game to the bottom of the ninth, where closerPaul Sewald was sent in to record the final three outs for Arizona. With Arizona still leading 5–3, Sewald gave up a leadoff walk to Taveras before striking outMarcus Semien. The next batter, Seager, hit a towering two-run home run to right field to tie the game at five. It was Sewald's first blown save of this postseason in seven opportunities; however, he then struck out Carter andAustin Hedges to send the game to extra innings.José Leclerc retired the side in the top of the tenth. The bottom of the tenth started well for Texas, withKyle Nelson giving up a leadoff walk to Lowe. However,Josh Jung grounded into a double play. Nelson then walked Taveras and gave up a single to Semien, but got the hero of the ninth inning, Seager, to ground out, ending the inning. Leclerc once again retired the side in the top of the eleventh, giving Texas another chance to walk it off. After getting Carter to fly out in the bottom of the inning, Nelson was replaced withMiguel Castro, who was sent in to face García. On a 3–1 count, Garcia hit a walk-off home run to right field to win the game for Texas.^[37] With the home run, García recorded his 22nd RBI of the postseason, breaking the record for RBIs in a postseason, previously held byDavid Freese, who recorded 21 RBIs in the2011 postseason.^[38]

The national anthem was sung by 18-year-old Pearle Peterson.^[34] Former Rangers Hall of Fame^[39] third basemanAdrián Beltré threw out the ceremonial first pitch to former Rangers Hall of Fame pitcherFerguson Jenkins.^[35]Merrill Kelly started Game 2 for Arizona^[40] whileJordan Montgomery started for Texas.^[41]

Arizona opened the scoring in the fourth inning, whenGabriel Moreno hit a solo home run followed by a double byTommy Pham and an RBI single byLourdes Gurriel Jr.Mitch Garver hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth to put the Rangers on the board at 2–1, thereby cutting their deficit to one run. Arizona added twoinsurance runs in the seventh inning when an RBI single byEvan Longoria scoredAlek Thomas, and another RBI single byCorbin Carroll scored Longoria. With the bases loaded in the eighth inning,Ketel Marte hit a two-run RBI single, and then Carroll hit an RBI single to expand the lead to 7–1.^[42] With his hit, Marte extended his postseasonhitting streak to 18 games, setting a major league record.^[43] In the top of the ninth,Emmanuel Rivera hit a two-out two-run RBI single to scoreJace Peterson and Gurriel Jr. to extend the Diamondbacks' lead to 9–1 before Rivera was out on a throw to second to end the inning. The Diamondbacks evened the series at one game apiece.^[44] Game 2 was the Diamondbacks’ first World Series road win, as even though they won the2001 World Series, they dropped the three road games in that series.

American Idol winner and Arizona nativeJordin Sparks performed the national anthem before Game 3.^[45] Former Diamondback Hall of Fame pitcherRandy Johnson threw out the ceremonial first pitch to former Diamondback outfielderLuis Gonzalez.^[46]Brandon Pfaadt was the Game 3 starter for Arizona^[40] whileMax Scherzer started for Texas.^[47]

Arizona threatened to score first in the second inning, butChristian Walker was thrown out athome plate byAdolis García. In the third inning,Marcus Semien hit an RBI single for Texas, followed by a two-run home run byCorey Seager, giving the Rangers a 3–0 lead. Scherzer exited the game in the middle of the fourth inning with back tightness;Jon Gray entered in relief.Ketel Marte extended his post-season record hitting streak to 19 straight games with a single in the sixth inning. Gray exited the game after three innings, giving up only one hit and striking out three, preserving the Rangers lead.Emmanuel Rivera doubled to lead off the eighth inning and later put the Diamondbacks on the board with an RBI single byGeraldo Perdomo, cutting their deficit to 3–1, butAroldis Chapman forced Marte, representing the potential tying run at the plate, to ground into an inning-ending double play.José Leclerc came in to pitch a scoreless ninth inning for the save, giving the Rangers a 2–1 series lead. García left the game early with a side strain.^[48][49] With the win, Texas remained unbeaten (9–0) in road games this postseason.^[50]

The national anthem was performed by country music artistMickey Guyton.^[51]Arizona State University alumnus and formerMasters ChampionJon Rahm threw out the ceremonial first pitch.^[46]Andrew Heaney started Game 4 for Texas while Arizona startedJoe Mantiply as anopener.^[52] Before the start of Game 4, the Rangers replacedAdolis García andMax Scherzer on their World Series roster following their respective injuries in Game 3 with infielderEzequiel Durán and relief pitcherBrock Burke.^[53]

Josh Jung led off the second inning for Texas with a double. After he advanced to third base, he scored the first run of the game off of awild pitch byMiguel Castro, who relieved Mantiply.Leody Taveras drew a walk andTravis Jankowski hit a single, followed by a two-RBItriple byMarcus Semien.Kyle Nelson relieved Castro, and allowed a two-run home run toCorey Seager. Texas scored another five runs in the third inning after Jung andNathaniel Lowe hit singles,Jonah Heim reached base on afielder's choice to load the bases, Jankowski hit a two-RBI double, and Semien hit a three-run home run. All ten runs for Texas came with two outs.^[54] Arizona scored their first run on asacrifice fly byLourdes Gurriel Jr. in the fourth inning. Heim's home run leading off the top of the eighth inning extended the Rangers lead to 11–1. In the bottom half of the eighth inning,Tommy Pham hit an RBI sacrifice fly for Arizona, scoringCorbin Carroll, and Gurriel hit a three-run home run to reduce their deficit to 11–5. In the ninth inning,Will Smith recorded two outs, but the Diamondbacks put two men on base.José Leclerc entered the game and gave up a two-run RBI single toGabriel Moreno, but finished the game with apop-up byChristian Walker.^[55] With the win, the Rangers put themselves one win away from their first-ever World Series championship. This also extended the Rangers' 2023 postseason road win streak to ten games.^[56]

The national anthem was performed by pop singer andFifth Harmony memberDinah Jane.^[57] Tyler Moldovan, an officer in thePhoenix Police Department who was injured on duty, threw out the ceremonial first pitch.^[58] Game 5 featured a pitching rematch of Game 1 betweenZac Gallen for the Diamondbacks andNathan Eovaldi for the Rangers.^[59]

In apitcher's duel, Gallen did not allow a hit in six innings. Meanwhile, Arizona had a scoring opportunity with runners on second and third base in the third inning, but Eovaldi retiredTommy Pham on a groundout. The Diamondbacks loaded the bases in the fifth inning but again failed to score. The Rangers ended Gallen's no-hit bid in the seventh inning onCorey Seager's single in left field; Seager scored on an RBI single byMitch Garver. In the top of the eighth,Kevin Ginkel escaped the one-out bases-loaded jam to end the Rangers threat of another scoring opportunity. A single byJonah Heim in the ninth inning combined with a fielding error byAlek Thomas scored two more runs for Texas, and thenMarcus Semien hit a two-run home run to expand the lead to 5–0.Josh Sborz recorded the final outs, withKetel Marte striking out to conclude the season and his first save as the Rangers won the game and the first World Series championship in franchise history, ending a 63-year drought. Seager won theWorld Series Most Valuable Player Award and was the first player ever to win the award in two different leagues.^[60]

Ketel Marte's 20-game postseason hit streak ended in Game 5, having walked three times and struck out once to end the World Series.

Texas manager Bruce Bochy won his fourth World Series championship; he also became the third manager ever to win World Series championships in both leagues, afterSparky Anderson andTony LaRussa.^[61]Corey Seager,Nathan Eovaldi,Max Scherzer, andAroldis Chapman all won their second World Series championship, whileWill Smith won his third straight, becoming the first player in MLB history to win three straight on three different teams.

Texas finished the postseason with a perfect 11–0 record in road games, which was also the most road wins in a postseason in MLB history.

2023 World Series (4–1):Texas Rangers beatArizona Diamondbacks

For the 24th consecutive year, the World Series was televised in the United States byFox, including the local affiliatesKSAZ-TV serving Phoenix andKDFW serving the Dallas metropolitan area.Play-by-play announcerJoe Davis called the event with Baseball Hall of FamerJohn Smoltz ascolor analyst, andKen Rosenthal andTom Verducci asfield reporters.Kevin Burkhardt hosted the pregame and postgame shows, joined by analystsDerek Jeter,Alex Rodriguez, andDavid Ortiz.^[63]Fox Deportes aired the Spanish language telecast, with play-by-play announcerAdrian Garcia Marquez, analystEdgar Gonzalez, and reporters Carlos Alvarez and Jaime Motta.^[64]

MLB International provided television coverage outside of the United States, using feeds remotely produced byMLB Network. The English-language world feed featuredDave Flemming on play-by-play andRyan Spilborghs as an analyst.^[65]

Viewership numbers include Fox andFox Deportes.

The 2023 World Series was the least-watched World Series in television history, and Game 3 of the series was the least watched game in World Series television history. Analysts suggested that the relatively low national appeals for the Rangers and Diamondbacks affected the low viewership. Bob Thompson, the retired president ofFox Sports Networks, suggested that the Friday night start, atraditionally poor night for television viewing, also lowered viewership. Despite the low viewership, the World Series was the most watched television program in four of the five nights it was played. AMonday Night Football game onESPN andABC on October 30 was the only television program during the World Series to average more viewers.^[71][68] The subsequent2024 World Series, which featured the Dodgers and Yankees and a much larger national appeal, but also started on a Friday night, was the most watched World Series since2017.^[72]

For the 26th consecutive year,ESPN Radio aired the series in the United States.Jon Sciambi called the network's play-by-play of the event for the first time (taking over fromDan Shulman),^[73] withJessica Mendoza andEduardo Pérez as color analysts andBuster Olney as a field reporter.^[74]

TUDN Radio broadcast the series in Spanish, with an announcing crew including Jesus Acosta, Alberto Ferreiro, Jose Napoles, and Luís Quiñones. Theflagship radio stations for both teams also broadcast the series locally. In Dallas,KRLD-FM andKFLC aired the games in English and Spanish respectively, whileKMVP-FM andKHOV-FM did the same in Phoenix.^[75]

The 2023 World Series was sponsored byCapital One, as part of a multi-year agreement. This sponsorship included logo branding in-stadium and on official digital properties on the field, as well as commercial inventory during Fox's telecasts of the games.^[76]

With Texas' World Series victory, they came off the list of MLB teams to have never won a World Series, with only five teams left to never accomplish this feat: theSan Diego Padres,Milwaukee Brewers,Seattle Mariners,Colorado Rockies, andTampa Bay Rays.^[77]

The Rangers held a victory parade in Arlington on November 3.^[78] Arlington's police department estimated a crowd of 250,000 to 300,000 prior to the parade, but an estimated crowd of 500,000 to 700,000 attended.^[79]

Jordan Montgomery would sign a free-agent contract with the Diamondbacks before the start of the2024 season.^[80] He was the first player to sign with the opposing World Series team sinceWill Harris, formerly with the Astros, joined the Nationals after the2019 World Series. Montgomery had a disastrous two-year tenure with the Diamondbacks, so much so that ownerKen Kendricks said he regretted the signing after Montgomery's first season with the club.^[81] He would end up missing the entirety of his second season due toTommy John Surgery, and was eventually traded to the Brewers in July 2025.^[82]

In the regular season the following season, the Diamondbacks and Rangers split four games, with the Rangers sweeping at their ballpark in late May and the Diamondbacks sweeping in Arizona in September.^[83][84] Neither the Rangers nor Diamondbacks qualified for the2024 postseason, marking the first time since2007 that both teams from theprevious year's World Series failed to make the playoffs the following year.^[85]

CatcherWill Smith (left) and relieverWill Smith (right)

Texas pitcherWill Smith became the first player in history to win three consecutive World Series championships with three different franchises, having previously won with the2021Atlanta Braves and the2022Houston Astros.^[86] His bid to win a fourth straight World Series came with Smith's homegrown club,the Kansas City Royals, as Smith signed there in the off-season. That bid ended when the Royals lost in the2024 American League Division Series to the Yankees. In a remarkable coincidence,Los Angeles Dodgers catcherWill Smith (no relation) would win the World Series in2024 and2025, extending the 'Will Smith' streak. The streak began to 2020, which is when catcher Will Smith won his firstWorld Series that season.^[87]

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