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1993 World Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Toronto Blue Jays (4) Cito Gaston 95–67 (.586), GA: 7 Philadelphia Phillies (2) Jim Fregosi 97–65 (.599), GA: 3
Dates	October 16–23
Venue(s)	SkyDome (Toronto) Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia)
MVP	Paul Molitor (Toronto)
Umpires	Dave Phillips (AL, crew chief),Paul Runge (NL),Tim McClelland (AL),Charlie Williams (NL),Mark Johnson (AL),Dana DeMuth (NL)
Hall of Famers	Blue Jays: Pat Gillick (GM) Roberto Alomar Rickey Henderson Paul Molitor Jack Morris (DNP) Phillies: none
Broadcast
Television	CBS, simulcast in Canada onCTV
TV announcers	Sean McDonough andTim McCarver
Radio	CBS CJCL (TOR) WOGL (PHI)
Radio announcers	Vin Scully andJohnny Bench (CBS) Tom Cheek andJerry Howarth (CJCL) Harry Kalas,Richie Ashburn,Chris Wheeler,Andy Musser andGarry Maddox (WOGL)
ALCS	Toronto Blue Jays overChicago White Sox (4–2)
NLCS	Philadelphia Phillies overAtlanta Braves (4–2)
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The1993 World Series was thechampionship series ofMajor League Baseball's (MLB)1993 season. The 90th edition of the World Series, it was abest-of-seven playoff played between thedefending World Series champion andAmerican League (AL)championToronto Blue Jays and theNational League (NL)championPhiladelphia Phillies. The Blue Jays defeated the Phillies in six games, becoming the seventh franchise in MLB history to win back-to-back championships.^[1]

With Toronto ahead three games to two in the Series, but trailing Game 6 by a score of 6–5 in the bottom of the ninthinning,Joe Carter hit agame-winning three-runhome run to clinch Toronto's second consecutive championship (the first team to repeat as champions since the1977–78 Yankees).

This was only the second Series concluded by such a home run (the first was on aBill Mazeroski home run for thePittsburgh Pirates, in the bottom of the ninth in the seventh game of the1960 World Series), and the first such occasion where a come-from-behind walk-off home run won a World Series. This victory was the lastmajor North American professional sports championship won by a Canadian team until theToronto Raptors won the2019 NBA Finals.^[2][3]

This was the fourth World Series with games played entirely onartificial turf, following the series of1980,1985, and1987. A fifth occurred in2020, although that was a neutral-site series during theCOVID-19 pandemic. The sixth would be the2023 World Series.

Larry Andersen was the only member of the Phillies who had played for theteam in its previous World Series appearance in1983 (although he played for several other teams from 1986 to 1992).Darren Daulton had been a late season call-up in 1983, but only served as the bullpen catcher in the World Series that year.

To date, this remains Toronto's last World Series victory. The Jays would not return to the World Series until 32 years later, in2025.

ALToronto Blue Jays (4) vs. NLPhiladelphia Phillies (2)

The Series' first game sent two staff aces—Curt Schilling for Philadelphia andJuan Guzman for Toronto—against one another. The result was less than a pitcher's duel, however, as both teams scored early and often. The Philles struck first in the top of the first on RBIsingles byJohn Kruk andDarren Daulton aided by twowalks. In the bottom of the second, after two singles and awild pitch,Paul Molitor's single andTony Fernandez's groundout scored a run each to tie the game. The Phillies took a 3–2 lead in the thirdinning whenMariano Duncan hit aleadoff single,stole second and scored on Kruk's single, but the Blue Jays tied the game in the bottom half of the inning whenDevon White reachedthird base on left fielder'sMilt Thompson'serror and scored onJoe Carter'ssacrifice fly. The Phillies retook the lead in the fifth inning when Duncantripled with one out and scored on a wild pitch, but White hit a home run to tie the game in the bottom of the inning. The next inning,John Olerud hit a home run to put Toronto on top 5–4. In the seventh, after two one-out singles, Schilling was relieved byDavid West, who allowed an RBIdouble to White and two-run double toRoberto Alomar to pad Toronto's lead to 8–4. The Phillies got a run in the ninth when Kruk hit a leadoff single, moved to second on an error and scored onJim Eisenreich's two-out single, butDuane Ward gotRicky Jordan to fly out to end the game as Toronto won 8–5.Al Leiter pitched2+2⁄3 innings—in relief of an erraticJuan Guzman, who walked four in just five innings—for his first World Series win. Kruk had three hits for Philadelphia. Alomar made an amazing diving catch on aLenny Dykstra looper behind first in the top of the fifth.

In the second game of the Series, ALCS MVPDave Stewart was on the mound for Toronto andTerry Mulholland started for Philadelphia. Philadelphia jumped out to an early lead: in the third inning, After two walks,John Kruk andDave Hollins hit back-to-back RBI singles, thenJim Eisenreich followed with a three-run home run to deep right-center to put them up 5–0. Toronto got on the scoreboard in the fourth inning courtesy of aJoe Carter two-run home run to left, then cut the Phillies' lead to 5–3 in the sixth whenRoberto Alomar singled with two outs and scored onTony Fernandez's double, but the Phillies got that run back in the seventh onLenny Dykstra's home run offTony Castillo. Toronto cut the lead to 6–4 in the eighth whenPaul Molitor hit a leadoff double offRoger Mason, stole third and scored onJohn Olerud's sacrifice fly offMitch Williams. Alomar then walked and stole second, but was caught stealing third to end the inning. Williams then pitched a scoreless ninth as the Phillies won to tie the series. Mulholland pitched5+2⁄3 innings, allowing three earned runs, for the win.

As he had in the preceding World Series, when the 1993 edition moved into the National League ballpark Toronto managerCito Gaston was faced with a decision regarding hisdesignated hitter. In 1992,Dave Winfield was Gaston’s regular DH but in the three games the series was played in Atlanta, he inserted him into the lineup in his natural position of right field; in two of those games Gaston moved his regular right fielder,Joe Carter, to first base and keptJohn Olerud out of his lineup. This time, withPaul Molitor in his lineup, Gaston again had to decide whether or not to keep Olerud, who led the major leagues with a .363 batting average and was a good defensive first baseman, in the lineup or replace him with the veteran Molitor, who at this point in his career had mostly been a regular DH and could only play first base if needed. Against a left-handed pitcher, Gaston decided to stick with the right-handed veteran Molitor, but had left-hitting Olerud on the bench if needed later in the game.

The Blue Jays sent future Cy Young winnerPat Hentgen to the mound for Game 3. The Phillies countered with veteranDanny Jackson, who was one of the few Phillies that had pitched in a World Series; he was part of the1985 Kansas City and1990 Cincinnati teams that won World Series championships.

The Blue Jays struck for two runs before recording an out. AfterRickey Henderson’s leadoff single andDevon White’s walk, Molitor tripled to drive them both in.Joe Carter then extended the Toronto lead to 3–0 with a sacrifice fly, but Jackson got out of the inning by retiringRoberto Alomar andTony Fernandez.

The Phillies got two runners in scoring position with one out in their half of the first, withMariano Duncan andJohn Kruk singling and an error by Carter enabling both runners to advance a base. Hentgen ended the threat by striking outDave Hollins andDarren Daulton; the Phillies only got one more man on base before the sixth inning.

Molitor struck again with two out in the fourth, hitting a solo home run to extend the lead to four. Carter, Alomar, and Fernandez followed with singles to load the bases, but Jackson struck outEd Sprague Jr. to end the inning without further damage. Jackson would be lifted for a pinch hitter in the fifth.

In the sixth, Phillies relieverBen Rivera gave up a leadoff single to Alomar. With Fernandez up, the speedy second baseman stole second and third and scored on a sacrifice fly by his double-play partner. The Phillies got on the board in the bottom of the inning on a single byJim Eisenreich that drove in Kruk. This was Hentgen’s last inning of work;Danny Cox would come on for the seventh.

In the top of the seventh, Henderson hit a leadoff double, then scored on a triple by White. After a walk by Molitor and a Carter strikeout, Alomar's RBI single made it 7–1 in favor of Toronto.Bobby Thigpen relieved Rivera and walked Fernandez before Sprague's sacrifice fly made it 8–1.

The Phillies managed a run off Cox in the seventh, with a string of singles byMilt Thompson,Lenny Dykstra, and Duncan with one out resulting in Thompson scoring. The Blue Jays finished their offensive output in the top of the ninth with an RBI triple by Alomar that scored Molitor and a single by Fernandez that followed to bring in Alomar. Thompson hit a solo home run against Toronto closerDuane Ward in the bottom of the ninth to finish out the scoring, and the Blue Jays emerged with a 10–3 victory and a two-games-to-one lead in the series.

In the fourth game of the Series, Toronto sentTodd Stottlemyre to the mound while Philadelphia countered withTommy Greene. It had been a rainy day in Philadelphia, which water-logged the aging turf at Veterans Stadium, making for particularly slippery conditions.

Toronto loaded the bases in the first on a double, walk and single.Paul Molitor walked to force in a run beforeTony Fernandez's single scored two more. In the bottom half, three walks loaded the bases for the Phillies beforeJim Eisenreich walked to force in a run, thenMilt Thompson's three-run triple put the Phillies up 4–3.Lenny Dykstra's two-run home run next inning made it 6–3 Phillies. In the top of the third, after a one-out walk and single, consecutive RBI singles byTony Fernandez andPat Borders cut the lead to 6–5.Roger Mason relieved Greene and after a groundout and walk,Devon White's two-run single put Toronto up 7–6, but the Phillies tied the game in the fourth when Dykstra doubled with two outs offAl Leiter and scored onMariano Duncan's single. Next inning, after a leadoff single,Darren Daulton's two-run home run put the Phillies up 9–7. After another single, Thompson's RBI double made it 10–7, then Dykstra's second home run of the game made it 12–7 Phillies.

In the sixth, White hit a leadoff double before scoring onRoberto Alomar's single offDavid West. After a single and hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, Fernandez's RBI groundout cut the Phillies' lead to 12–9, but they added a run in the bottom half whenDave Hollins hit a leadoff double offTony Castillo and scored on Thompson's two-out single. Next inning, a hit-by-pitch to Daulton with the bases loaded made it 14–9 Phillies. In the eighth, though, after a one-out single and walk offLarry Andersen, Molitor's RBI double made it 14–10 Phillies. Fernandez then hit an RBI single offMitch Williams. A walk loaded the bases, then after a strikeout,Rickey Henderson's single and White's triple scored two runs each to put Toronto ahead 15–14.Duane Ward earned the save, retiring the last four Phillies batters.

Three new World Series records were set, including the longest game (4:14), most total runs scored in a single game (29), and most runs scored by a losing team (14). Also,Charlie Williams became the firstAfrican American to serve as the home plateumpire for a World Series game.

Twodeath threats directed towards Mitch Williams were phoned into Veterans Stadium as soon as it became evident that Williams was going to be the losing pitcher of Game 4. Williams was not aware of the death threats until after Game 5.

The offenses were due for an off-day, and it came in Game 5 courtesy of aCurt Schilling (Philadelphia) andJuan Guzman (Toronto) pitching duel. With the Phillies' backs to the wall, Schilling shut down the previously unstoppable Toronto offense, limiting the team to just five hits, three walks, no extra-base hits (although catcherPat Borders had two hits) and no runs in a complete-game shutout. It was only the second time all season that Toronto had been shut out. Guzman pitched well in a losing effort, allowing only two runs and five hits in seven innings of work.

The two runs scored as a result of scrappy baserunning play from the Philadelphia offense. In the first inning,Lenny Dykstra walked, stole second, moved to third on aPat Borders throwing error during the steal, and scored on aJohn Kruk ground out. In the second inning,Darren Daulton opened with a double, took third on a groundout, and scored on aKevin Stocker single.

As it turned out, it was the final postseason baseball game inVeterans Stadium. It was demolished after the2003 season.

The sixth game in the Series was a rematch between Game 2 startersTerry Mulholland andDave Stewart, who would have similar results. Toronto scored in the bottom of the first with a run-scoringPaul Molitor triple after a walk,Joe Carter sacrifice fly to score Molitor, andRoberto Alomar RBI single after a double. The Phillies got on the board in the fourth whenDarren Daulton doubled with two outs and scored onJim Eisenreich's single, but the Blue Jays got that run back in the bottom of the inning when Alomar hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout and scored onEd Sprague Jr.'s sacrifice fly.Paul Molitor added a home run in the fifth inning while the Toronto fans were chanting "MVP" for Paul, bringing the score to 5–1 for Toronto. Molitor became the first player in World Series history to have at least two home runs, two doubles, and two triples.

In the seventh inning, Philadelphia fought back with five runs. After a walk and single,Lenny Dykstra hit a three-run home run to knock Stewart out of the game.Mariano Duncan singled off relieverDanny Cox, stole second, and scored onDave Hollins's RBI single to tie the game. A walk and single loaded the bases beforePete Incaviglia hit a sacrifice fly to put the Phillies up 6–5.

The Blue Jays would try to threaten in the bottom of the eighth.John Olerud drew a one-out walk and the Phillies brought inLarry Andersen to faceRoberto Alomar. After Alomar grounded out, Andersen then hitTony Fernandez with a pitch and walkedEd Sprague Jr. to load the bases. Andersen got out of the inning by inducing a pop-fly toPat Borders. This became significant in the next inning, with the batting order reset to the top withRickey Henderson leading off.

Philadelphia closerMitch Williams came on to pitch the bottom of the ninth with his team clinging to a 6–5 lead. After beginning the inning by walkingRickey Henderson, Williams tried to counter Henderson's speed by using a slide-step style of pitching delivery. Prior to the game, Williams had never used the slide-step delivery in his career, and this may have cut back on his velocity. The walk to Henderson was followed by aDevon White flyout and aPaul Molitor single that moved Henderson to second.

Joe Carter came up next and, with the count 2–2, he hit a three-run home run to win the game and the World Series. Just before the fifth and final pitch to Joe Carter,CBS Sports announcerTim McCarver commented that Carter (relatively unproductive in the Series to date) looked awkward and uncomfortable at the plate. The same pitch allowed Blue Jays radio announcerTom Cheek the opportunity to utter his famous "Touch 'em all, Joe" quote, when Joe Carter clinched the series. Carter joinedBill Mazeroski as the only two players to win a World Series with a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning (Mazeroski hit his home run in the deciding Game 7, while Carter hit his in Game 6).

Carter was actively involved in the final play of the World Series for the second year in a row. In theprevious year, Carter caught the final out as first baseman after relief pitcherMike Timlin fieldedOtis Nixon's bunt. Taking the 1993 ALCS into account (where he caught the final out in the outfield), he had been involved in the final play of three straight postseason championship series.

American League presidentBobby Brown presented theWorld Series Trophy instead of theCommissioner of Baseball; this event also occurred inthe year before.

1993 World Series(4–2):Toronto Blue Jays (A.L.) overPhiladelphia Phillies (N.L.)

The Blue Jays became the second expansion team to win two World Series championships, following theNew York Mets in1986. This has since been achieved by theFlorida Marlins in2003, theKansas City Royals in2015, and theHouston Astros in2022. With theMontreal Canadiens winning the1993 Stanley Cup Final five months earlier, it marked the only time Canadian teams won multiple league championships among the four major North American team sports in a calendar year.

Mitch Williams would later place blame on himself for the World Series loss:

Everybody saw what happened,. . . . I made a mistake, and he hit the mistake. I let my team down today. I'm not going to go home and commit suicide or anything....They did what they had to do to win this series. And I let us down in big situations. I carry that burden. No excuses. I didn't get the job done.

—Mitch Williams on his feelings about surrendering the home run to Joe Carter.^[11] Williams would be traded that off-season by the Phillies to theAstros.

Roger Angell's review of the World Series inThe New Yorker was entitled "Oh, What a Lovely War".^[12]

When Joe Carter appeared in the1996 All-Star Game atVeterans Stadium, he was booed by the crowd for his aforementioned home run that won him this World Series.

Both teams would experience absences from the postseason; the Phillies did not return to the postseason until2007, or appear in another World Series until their championship season of2008, bringing the city of Philadelphia its first championship since the76ers swept the1983 NBA Finals.^[13] The general manager of the Blue Jays,Pat Gillick, was general manager of thePhillies team that won the 2008 World Series. The Blue Jays did not qualify for the playoffs again until the2015 season. This was the last time a Toronto team made it to the championship round in one of the four major sports until theToronto Raptors in their2019 championship season. The Blue Jays would never return to the World Series until2025, when they ultimately lost to theLos Angeles Dodgers in a seven-game thriller.

By accumulating 45 runs over the course of the series, the Blue Jays scored the highest number of runs of anyseries-winning team in World Series history. Only the series-losing1960 New York Yankees accumulated more runs in a series (55). Coincidentally, that series also ended on a walk-off home run.

1993 was the last postseason played under a two-division, two post-season round format. After the season, MLB owners agreed to a new three-division setup, with extra post-season round (League Division Series).^[14] The extra round format had been used once before during the1981 strike shortened season.

CBS Sports covered the World Series on television for the fourth consecutive year; it was also the final World Series in CBS's contract to air Major League Baseball games. For the second consecutive year,Sean McDonough served as lead announcer, withTim McCarver serving as analyst for the fourth consecutive year. Pregame and postgame shows sawAndrea Joyce andPat O'Brien as hosts, whileLesley Visser andJim Gray were field level reporters.

CBS Radio was once again the nationwide radio partner (in the US) for the World Series.Vin Scully led the broadcast for a fourth consecutive year, withJohnny Bench serving as analyst for the fifth and last time.John Rooney served as the pregame and postgame show host.

The game was heard on radio throughout Canada on a series of stations picking up the feed ofCJCL-AM in Toronto, with the game being called byJerry Howarth andTom Cheek. Cheek's famous call of the Carter home run ("Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!") lives on in Blue Jays folklore. Tom Cheek never called another postseason game in his role as voice of the Blue Jays, from which he retired in2005 prior to his death frombrain cancer.

Locally in Philadelphia, the World Series was called onWOGL-AM byHarry Kalas,Richie Ashburn,Chris Wheeler,Andy Musser, andGarry Maddox.

The 1993 series was Richie Ashburn's last as a Phillies broadcaster, as he died in1997. Andy Musser also called his last World Series as a member of the Phillies' broadcast team; he retired in2001 and died eleven years later. Game 6 also marked Johnny Bench's final broadcast for CBS Radio after nine years (he would be replaced on CBS Radio's World Series broadcasts byJeff Torborg), while Harry Kalas would not call another World Series until2008. Kalas later died in2009 prior to a game atNationals Park inWashington, D.C. Chris Wheeler continued to call games for the Phillies until being released in2014 and Jerry Howarth continued to call Blue Jays games, moving into the primary play-by-play position following the death of Cheek, until his retirement before the2018 season. Howarth would return to call postseason games when the Blue Jays qualified in2015 and2016, where they were eliminated in theALCS both years.

• CBS Radio, withVin Scully:

Fastball, it's hit to left field, down the line, in the corner, home run! Joe Carter, who took the 2 and 0 pitch for a strike right down the middle, hits the 2 and 1 (sic) pitch over the left field wall and the Toronto Blue Jays come back with 3 in the bottom of the ninth inning to become the World Champions yet again. The final score: Toronto 8, Philadelphia 6.

• CJCL-AM Radio inToronto byTom Cheek:

Joe has had his moments. Trying to lay off that ball, low to the outside part of the plate, he just went after one. Two balls and two strikes on him. Here's a pitch on the way, a swing and a belt! Left field, way back, BLUE JAYS WIN IT! The Blue Jays are World Series champions, as Joe Carter hits a three-run home run in the ninth inning and the Blue Jays have repeated as World Series champions! Touch 'em all, Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!

• WOGL-AM Radio inPhiladelphia byHarry Kalas:

The 2–2 pitch, line drive in deep left, this ball is outta here. Three-run home run, Joe Carter, and the Toronto Blue Jays are the world champions of baseball for the second straight year. A three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth by Joe Carter who's being mobbed at home plate.

• CBS Television.Sean McDonough:

Now the 2-2. Well-hit down the left-field line, way back and GONE! Joe Carter with a three-run homer! The winners and still world champions, the Toronto Blue Jays!

TheWest Chester University "Incomparable" Golden Rams Marching Band performed the pregame show for Game 3.

Toronto rapperChoclair refers to Joe Carter's walk-off home run in his 1999 song, "Let's Ride".

On July 29, 2015, Toronto rapperDrake released adiss track against Philadelphia rapperMeek Mill entitled "Back to Back". The cover of the diss track features a picture of Joe Carter, just after hitting the series-clinching home run.

• 1993 Japan Series

• Forman, Sean L."1993 World Series".Baseball-Reference.com – Major League Statistics and Information.Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. RetrievedDecember 9, 2007.

External videos
1993 World Series Game 6 onYouTube

• 1993 World Series atWorldSeries.com viaMLB.com
• 1993 World Series atBaseball Almanac
• 1993 World Series atBaseball-Reference.com
• The 1993 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) atRetrosheet
• History of the World Series - 1993 atThe Sporting News. Archived fromthe original in May 2006.
• Seattle Times article about Roberto Alomar's game 1 catch
• 1993 Toronto Blue Jays
• 1993 Philadelphia Phillies
• MP3 download of Blue Jays' radio broadcaster Tom Cheek calling Joe Carter's World Series winning home run
• Video of Carter's 1993 World Series winning home run onYouTube

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