2017 World Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Houston Astros (4) A. J. Hinch 101–61 (.623), GA: 21 Los Angeles Dodgers (3) Dave Roberts 104–58 (.642), GA: 11
Dates	October 24 – November 1
Venue(s)	Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) Minute Maid Park (Houston)
MVP	George Springer (Houston)
Umpires	Phil Cuzzi (Games 1–2),Gerry Davis (crew chief),Laz Díaz,Dan Iassogna,Bill Miller,Paul Nauert,Mark Wegner (Games 3–7)[1]
Broadcast
Television	Fox (United States –English) Fox Deportes (United States –Spanish) MLB International (International)
TV announcers	Joe Buck,John Smoltz,Ken Rosenthal, andTom Verducci (Fox) Rolando Nichols, Carlos Álvarez,Edgar Gonzalez, and Jaime Motta (Fox Deportes) Matt Vasgersian andBuck Martinez (MLB International)
Radio	ESPN (English) ESPN Deportes (Spanish) KBME (HOU – English) KODA (HOU – Spanish) KLAC (LAD – English) KTNQ (LAD – Spanish) KMPC (LAD – Korean)
Radio announcers	Dan Shulman andAaron Boone (ESPN) Eduardo Ortega, Renato Bermúdez, José Francisco Rivera, andOrlando Hernández (ESPN Deportes) Robert Ford andSteve Sparks (KBME) Alex Treviño andFrancisco Romero (KODA) Charley Steiner andRick Monday (KLAC) Jaime Jarrín andJorge Jarrín (KTNQ) Richard Choi and Chong Ho Yim (KMPC)
ALCS	Houston Astros overNew York Yankees (4–3)
NLCS	Los Angeles Dodgers overChicago Cubs (4–1)
World Series program
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The2017 World Series was thechampionship series ofMajor League Baseball's (MLB)2017 season. The 113th edition of the World Series, it was abest-of-seven playoff played between theNational League (NL)championLos Angeles Dodgers and theAmerican League (AL)championHouston Astros. The series was played between October 24 and November 1.

The Astros defeated the Dodgers, four games to three, to win their first World Series in franchise history, also becoming the first team from Texas to do so. They became the second team in postseason history to win two Game 7s in one postseason, after the1985Kansas City Royals.^[2] It was the first time since 2001–2002 when two consecutive World Series went to seven games. Both teams set a World Series record with a combined total of 25 home runs throughout the entire series, including a team record 15home runs by the Astros, and 10 homeruns by the Dodgers, and hit a combined total of eight home runs in Game 2 to set the single game World Series mark.^[3] HoustonoutfielderGeorge Springer was named theWorld Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting five home runs in the series to tie a World Series record withReggie Jackson in1977 andChase Utley in2009.^[4][5]

This was the first World Series in which home-field advantage was decided by the regular season record of the two pennant winners. From 1903 to 2002, home-field advantage had been determined bycoin flips and by alternating between the AL and NL.^[a] From 2003 to 2016, it was determined by results from that season'sAll-Star Game, when it was awarded to the team from the winning league.^[7] The Dodgers earned home-field advantage over the Astros. The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the Dodgers hosting Games 1, 2, 6, and 7; and the Astros hosting Games 3, 4, and 5.^[8]

The Astros' victory was marred in 2019 after a league investigation revealed thatthey had illegally utilized a system to steal signs from opposing teams during their championship season.^[9] As a result, the Astros were fined $5 million and docked several top draft picks, while Astros managerA. J. Hinch and general managerJeff Luhnow were suspended for one year; both were subsequently fired. Despite the scandal, MLB CommissionerRob Manfred opted against punishing any of the players involved or revoking the Astros' World Series title.^[10]

This was the first World Series matchup, and second postseason meeting overall, between the Astros and Dodgers. Los Angeles defeated Houston in five games in the1981 National League Division Series, en route to its fifth World Series championship (and first since1965).^[11] The teams also met in the1980 National League West tie-breaker game, won by the Astros at Dodger Stadium.^[12] This was the first Fall Classic since1970, and the eighth overall, in which both participants had 100 or more wins during the regular season.^[13][14]

The two teams did not meet ininterleague play during theregular season.^[15]

The Dodgers held a 91–36 record through August 25 and ended the season with a 104–58 record; this despite an 11-game losing streak from late August through early September.^[16][17] They won their fifth consecutiveNational League West title and home-field advantage throughout the entire playoffs as the overall #1 seed.^[18] In the postseason, the Dodgers swept the 4th-seededArizona Diamondbacks in theNational League Division Series and then defeated the number 3 seed and defending World Series championChicago Cubs in the previous year's rematch of theNational League Championship Series in five games,^[19] leading to the fourth time since 2000 that two teams played each other in consecutiveLeague Championship Series. This was the first appearance in the Fall Classic for the Dodgers since 1988, the tenth since the franchise moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958, and the 19th overall.^[20]

Entering the 2017 World Series, the Dodgers bullpen had thrown 23 consecutive scoreless innings, a postseason record for a bullpen.^[21] Additionally, by outscoring the Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs by a combined 48–19 margin, the Dodgers entered the World Series with the third-bestrun differential of any pennant winner since the playoff structure was expanded in 1995.^[22]

All-Star shortstopCorey Seager, who was out for the entire National League Championship Series with a back injury, was included on the Dodgers' World Series roster.^[23] ManagerDave Roberts became first manager of Asian heritage ever in the World Series, as well as the fourth African-American manager.^[24] The Dodgers had their second consecutive Rookie of the Year,Cody Bellinger, after Seager from 2016. The Dodgers had six NL All-Stars in Bellinger, Seager,Justin Turner,Clayton Kershaw,Alex Wood, andKenley Jansen.^[25]

With a 101–61 regular season record, the team won its firstAmerican League West title, their first division title since 2001, and the #2 seed in the AL.^[26][b] In theAmerican League Division Series, they defeated the 3rd-seededBoston Red Sox in four games and then defeated the 4th-seededNew York Yankees in theAmerican League Championship Series (ALCS) in seven games.^[27] This was their second World Series appearance, first since2005, when they were swept in four games by theChicago White Sox^[28] and first appearance as a member of the American League (which the team joined in 2013), as they became the first team in history to make it to the World Series as members of both National and American Leagues.^[29]

The city of Houston in August 2017 suffered recordflooding fromHurricane Harvey. The team began to wear patches which had the logo of the team with the word "Strong" on the bottom of the patch, as well as promoting the hashtagHouston Strong.^[30][31] ManagerA. J. Hinch has stated in an interview that the team wasn't just playing for a title, but to help boost moral support for the city.^[32]

On August 31, just seconds before the midnight deadline, the Astros traded forDetroit Tigers pitcherJustin Verlander.^[33] Following the trade, including the regular season and postseason to this point, Verlander had posted a 9–0win–loss record with a 1.23earned run average.^[34] He was named theALCS MVP.^[35]

Houston won the series, 4–3.

• Game 1: Theceremonial first pitch was thrown out by members of former DodgerJackie Robinson's family, including his widowRachel.^[43] The game marked the 45th anniversary of Robinson's death, and the 2017 season was the 70th anniversary of his breaking of thebaseball color line.^[44] Keith Williams Jr., agospel singer and Dodgers anthem singer, performed "The Star-Spangled Banner", thenational anthem.^[45]
• Game 2:Fernando Valenzuela threw out the ceremonial first pitch toSteve Yeager; both were introduced by retired Dodgers broadcasterVin Scully.^[46][47]Country music'sBrad Paisley performed the national anthem.^[48]
• Game 3:Houston Texans defensive endJ. J. Watt, who had raised $37 million forHurricane Harvey victims, threw out the first pitch. The ball was given to him by Astros'Hall of FamerCraig Biggio.^[49][50] The national anthem was performed byTexas Air National GuardMaster Sergeant Promise Harris.^[51]
• Game 4:Hailey Dawson, a seven-year-old girl from Nevada, threw out the ceremonial first pitch using a3D printed hand.^[52][53] The national anthem was performed by theHouston Police Department Quartet.^[51]
• Game 5: FormerPresident of the United StatesGeorge W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch. His father, former PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush handed him the ball.^[54]Justin Verlander caught the pitch. Country singerClay Walker performed the national anthem.^[51]
• Game 6:Orel Hershiser andTommy Lasorda, celebrating the Dodgers'1988 World Series title, each threw out the ceremonial first pitch.^[55]Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer Rosalind Curry performed the national anthem.^[56]
• Game 7: The LAPD Quartet sang the National Anthem. The first pitch was thrown out bySandy Koufax andDon Newcombe.Rick Monday andSteve Garvey participated as well.^[57]

The temperature at the start of the game was 103 °F (39 °C), which made this the hottest World Series game ever recorded.^[58]Clayton Kershaw started Game 1 for the Dodgers, whileDallas Keuchel started for the Astros.^[59]

Chris Taylor hit a home run for the Dodgers on Keuchel's first pitch of the game. It was the third home run to lead off a game in Dodgers postseason history (followingDavey Lopes in1978 World Series andCarl Crawford in2013 NLDS).^[60]Alex Bregman hit a tying home run for the Astros in the fourth inning. In the sixth inning,Justin Turner hit a go-ahead two-run home run for the Dodgers. Turner tiedDuke Snider for most careerruns batted in (RBIs) in Dodgers postseason history with 26.^[61]Kershawstruck out 11 in seveninnings pitched with no walks and only three hits allowed while Keuchel allowed three runs on six hits in6+2⁄3 innings.Brandon Morrow pitched a scoreless eighth andKenley Jansen earned thesave.^[62]The two-hour, 28-minute game was the shortest World Series contest since Game 4 in1992.^[63]

The starting pitchers for Game 2 wereRich Hill for the Dodgers andJustin Verlander for the Astros. The Astros scored first when Bregman drove inJosh Reddick with a hit in the third inning. Hill struck out seven in four innings but was replaced byKenta Maeda in the fifth.Joc Pederson tied the game with a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, and the Dodgers took the lead whenCorey Seager hit a two-run home run after Taylor walked in the bottom of the sixth inning. Verlander allowed two hits, both home runs, in his six innings pitched. In the top of the eighth, Bregman hit a ground-rule double just off of Dodger right fielderYasiel Puig’s glove (Puig threw his glove down in anger over just missing the catch), andCarlos Correa drove in the Astros' second run of the game on a single. This ended the Dodgers bullpen's streak of 28 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason.Marwin González hit a home run off Jansen in the ninth to tie the game.^[64] This was only Jansen's second blown save all season and snapped his streak of converting his first 12 postseason save opportunities, a major league record.^[65]

The game went intoextra innings.Jose Altuve and Correa hit back-to-back home runs offJosh Fields in the tenth inning to put the Astros in the lead.Yuli Gurriel doubled after the home run, but Fields was replaced byTony Cingrani and Gurriel was stranded. In the bottom of the inning,Yasiel Puig hit a solo home run off ofKen Giles andEnrique Hernández drove inLogan Forsythe, who had walked and advanced on a wild pitch, to tie the game, with the latter being the Dodgers' first run that was not driven in by a home run. In the next inning, pinch-hitterCameron Maybin singled and stole second.George Springer hit a two-run home run for the Astros off ofBrandon McCarthy to retake the lead. In the bottom of the 11th inning,Charlie Culberson homered off ofChris Devenski, who later struck out Puig to end the game. This was the first ever World Series game in which a team hit home runs in the ninth, tenth and eleventh inning.^[64][66] The teams set a new record for combined home runs in a single World Series game with eight^[67] and this was the first time in MLB history, regular season or postseason, that five home runs were hit in extra innings.^[68] The Astros won their first World Series game in franchise history as they had been swept in their previous appearance in2005.^[69][70]

The starting pitchers for Game 3 wereYu Darvish for the Dodgers andLance McCullers Jr. for the Astros. The Astros scored four of their five runs in the bottom of the second inning.Yuli Gurriel led off with a home run.Josh Reddick followed with a double andEvan Gattis walked. González andBrian McCann then hit back-to-back RBI singles and Bregman hit a sacrifice fly for the final run.^[71] Darvish left the game after1+2⁄3 innings, which was the shortest outing of his career.^[72] The Dodgers scored one run in the top of the third inning as Seager grounded into a double play after McCullers loaded the bases with three consecutive walks.^[71][73] The Astros added another run in the fifth off Dodger relieverTony Watson when Reddick singled and scored on an RBI single byEvan Gattis, aided by a throwing error by Watson. The Dodgers scored two in the sixth to cut the lead to two on an RBI groundout by Puig and awild pitch. McCullers wound up pitching 51⁄3 innings and allowed three runs on four hits to earn the win.^[74][75]Brad Peacock replaced McCullers, completing the final3+2⁄3 innings with no hits allowed and four strikeouts to earn his first major league save. It was the longest hitless World Series relief outing sinceRon Taylor's four innings in Game 4 of the1964 Series, and tiedKen Clay for the longest hitless postseason save, first accomplished in the1978 ALCS.^[76]

Gurriel made a racially insensitive gesture in thedugout after his home run. He stretched the sides of his eyes and mouthing the Spanish wordchinito, which translates to "little Chinese Boy"; Darvish is from Japan.^[77][78] Gurriel apologized, and said that anyone from Asia is called achino in Cuba, although he acknowledged knowing that the term was offensive in Japan from having played there.^[77][79] As a result,Rob Manfred, theCommissioner of Baseball, suspended Gurriel for the first five games of the2018 MLB season without pay, but allowed him to continue playing in the World Series.^[80][81]

The starting pitchers for Game 4 wereAlex Wood for the Dodgers andCharlie Morton for the Astros.^[82] Springer homered off Wood in the bottom of the sixth for the first run of the ballgame. It was the only hit Wood allowed in5+2⁄3 innings pitched in the game. The Dodgers tied it in the bottom of the seventh whenCody Bellinger doubled with one out off Morton andLogan Forsythe singled off reliever Will Harris to score Bellinger. Morton struck out seven and only allowed three hits and one run in 61⁄3 innings.^[83]The game stayed tied until the Astro bullpen fell apart in the top of the ninth.Ken Giles allowed a single to Seager and hitJustin Turner with a pitch. Bellinger then drove in the go-ahead run with a double.Joe Musgrove relieved Giles and intentionally walked Forsythe to load the bases and allowed a sacrifice fly toAustin Barnes and a three-run homer to Joc Pederson. Alex Bregman hit a home run off ofKenley Jansen in the bottom of the ninth inning to cut the lead to four, but the Dodgers won the game to even up the series. The Astros had two hits in the game; both were home runs. This was the first game in World Series history where both starting pitchers allowed four or fewer baserunners.^[84]

After Game 4, both teams'pitching coaches,Rick Honeycutt for the Dodgers andBrent Strom for the Astros, commented on how the baseball being used for the World Series is slicker than the baseball used during the regular season. Pitchers on both teams noted that this difference has made it more difficult for them to throw theirsliders.^[85]

Two years after this game,when MLB sanctioned the Astros for sign stealing during the 2017 season, Alex Wood said he and catcher Austin Barnes changed signs every ten pitches because the Dodgers had suspected the Astros of sign stealing. Wood later said that the team tried to getClayton Kershaw, Game 5 starter, to follow the same method, but Kershaw did not think it was necessary and did not want to disrupt his routine.^[86]

External videos
Game 5 Full replay on the MLB's official YouTube channel

Kershaw and Keuchel started Game 5, in a rematch of the opening game of the series.^[87] Forsythe singled in two runs off of Keuchel in the first inning to put the Dodgers up early. A third run scored on a throwingerror by Gurriel. Barnes singled in the fourth to score Forsythe to put the Dodgers up. Keuchel pitched3+2⁄3 innings for the Astros, allowing five hits and four runs (three earned). The Astros scored their first run with an RBI double by Correa in the bottom of the fourth inning, followed by a three-run home run by Gurriel to tie the game. Bellinger hit a three-run home run off ofCollin McHugh in the top of the fifth to put the Dodgers back on top only for Altuve to hit his own three-run home run in the bottom of the inning offKenta Maeda to tie it back up. Kershaw pitched4+2⁄3 innings and allowed six runs on four hits and three walks.^[88]

Justin Turner led off the top of the seventh with a double. Hernandez attempted to bunt Turner over to third, but Turner was thrown out by Astro relieverBrad Peacock. Bellinger then hit aline drivetriple that Springer narrowly missed on a dive to score Hernandez from first. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Springer hit a home run off the first pitch he saw off of Morrow, who was pitching for the third consecutive day, to tie the game. Bregman hit a broken-bat single and then scored on a double by Altuve to put the Astros ahead for the first time in the game. Altuve moved to third on a wild pitch, and then Correa hit a two-run home run to extend the lead. Seager doubled in a run in the top of the eighth inning to cut the lead to two, but McCann hit a home run in the bottom of the inning to re-extend the lead to three runs. That was the 21st home run of the series, tying the record set in the2002 World Series. The Dodgers came back to tie it in the ninth. Puig broke the record with a two-run home run with Bellinger on first in the top of the ninth inning to make it a one-run game. Austin Barnes doubled with two outs, and Chris Taylor, down to his last strike, drove in Barnes to tie the game with a single. Dodgers' closerKenley Jansen entered into the game in the bottom of the ninth and survived a two-out double to Gurriel and the game went into extra innings.^[88]

Astros pitcherJoe Musgrove pitched a scoreless top of the tenth inning before the Astros ended the game in the bottom half. McCann washit by a pitch by Jansen to put him on base with two outs. Subsequently, Springer walked on five pitches to move McCann to second base. McCann was then replaced bypinch runnerDerek Fisher.^[89]On the next pitch, Bregman hit a walk-off single, scoring Fisher with the winning run.^[90] The Astros became only the second team to come back twice from three runs down in a World Series game,^[91] the other was theToronto Blue Jays in the 15–14 win duringGame 4 of the1993 World Series. The six game-tying home runs in the series to this point is the most for any World Series on record.^[92] This World Series set a new record for most players to hit a home run (14 to date in the World Series).^[91] With the teams combining to score 25 runs throughout the game, this was the highest scoring World Series game since theFlorida Marlins defeated theCleveland Indians 14–11 inGame 3 of the1997 World Series.^[93] Game 5 lasted five hours and seventeen minutes, making it the third-longest World Series game in history by time.^[94][95]

Game 6 featured the same starting pitchers as the second game: Verlander and Hill. Springer hit a home run off of Hill in the top of the third for the first run of the night.^[96] It was Springer's fourth homer of the series, tied for third all-time in a single series and joiningGene Tenace, in1972, as the only players with four game-tying or go-ahead home runs in a World Series.^[97] Springer also joinedHank Bauer in the1958 World Series andBarry Bonds in the2002 World Series with four home runs in a series.^[98] The Astros loaded the bases in the fifth inning, but did not score. Hill pitched4+2⁄3 innings, struck out five and allowed four hits and one run.^[96]

In the sixth inning, Taylor tied the game with an RBI double and Seager hit a sacrifice fly to give the Dodgers the lead.^[99] Verlander pitched six innings with nine strikeouts and only three hits allowed. Pederson hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and Jansen pitched two scoreless innings for the save, forcing a winner-take-all game seven.^[100] Dodger reliver Tony Watson earned the win, and Joc Pederson tied a World Series record with his fifth consecutive game with an extra base hit.Andre Ethier, who appeared in the game as a pinch hitter, set a new Dodgers franchise record with his 50th career postseason game.^[101]

This was the first World Series Game 7 to be played atDodger Stadium (and the first Game 7 of any postseason series at the stadium since the1988 NLCS, and the Dodgers' first World Series Game 7 since1965 against the Minnesota Twins).^[102] It was also the first time since the1931 World Series that a Game 7 occurred in a Series with both teams having won at least 100 games during the season.^[103] Besides, this was the first time since the2001 World Series and2002 World Series that back-to-back Fall Classics had a Game 7.^[104]

The starting pitchers for this game were the same as in the third game: McCullers and Darvish.^[105] Springer doubled to open the game and scored the first run on an error by Bellinger, which allowed Bregman to reach second base. Bregman stole third base and scored on an Altuve groundout. In the second, McCann walked and Marwin Gonzalez doubled to put men on second and third. A groundout by Astros pitcher McCullers scored McCann and advanced Gonzalez to third. Springer then hit a two-run home run, his fifth of the series, tyingReggie Jackson andChase Utley for most home runs in a single World Series and setting a new record with 29 total bases in any postseason series. Darvish was pulled after the home run, and as in Game 3, Darvish lasted only1+2⁄3 innings (tying the shortest outing of his career) and became the third pitcher with two starts of less than two innings in a World Series, and the first sinceArt Ditmar in the1960 World Series. Brandon Morrow relieved Darvish and escaped the inning. In the process, Morrow became only the second pitcher to pitch in all seven games of a single World Series, joining the Athletics'Darold Knowles in the1973 World Series. McCullers lasted only 21⁄3 innings himself but did not allow run; he allowed three hits and hit a World Series record four batters. This was the first Game 7 in World Series history where neither starting pitcher got past the third inning.^[106]

The Dodgers failed to score a run and left eight men on base through five innings.^[107]Andre Ethier hit a pinch-hit RBI single that scored Pederson in the sixth inning for the Dodgers' only run. They only had one hit in 13 chances with runners in scoring position in the game.^[106] Kershaw pitched four scoreless innings of relief in the game, and in the process, he brokeOrel Hershiser's Dodgers postseason record with his 33rd strikeout.^[108] Morton pitched four innings of relief to earn the win, asCorey Seager grounded out toJose Altuve, who threw toYuli Gurriel to end the game, with the Astros winning their first championship in franchise history, and ending their 56-year drought.^[106] Springer won theWorld Series MVP Award.^[4]

After Game 7, the trophy presentation, usually taking place in the locker room whenever the visiting team clinches the series, took place on the losing team's field for the first time ever before a small crowd of mostly Astros fans that remained as most Dodgers fans left the stadium. Correa proposed to his girlfriend, 2016Miss Texas USA winner Daniella Rodríguez, on live television during a postgame interview conducted by Rosenthal. She accepted.^[109]

More than a month later, aSports Illustrated article revealed that the Astros had figured out how Darvish was tipping his pitches: "Darvish holds the ball at his side when he gets the sign from the catcher. Whether he re-grips or not as he brings the ball into his glove was the tip-off whether he was going to throw a slider/cutter or a fastball." This unnamed Astros player said the Astros had known about this going into Game 3 which they also won, but that they had an even better game plan for Game 7.^[110] After this revelation, 14-year veteranChase Utley watched the film and later reported to Dodgers president of baseball operationsAndrew Friedman that Darvish was not giving off any pitch-tipping cues.^[111]

2017 World Series(4–3):Houston Astros (AL) beatLos Angeles Dodgers (NL).

Fox broadcast the series in theUnited States, withJoe Buck serving as theplay-by-play announcer, along withJohn Smoltz ascolor commentator andKen Rosenthal andTom Verducci as field reporters.^[112] ForFox Deportes, Rolando Nichols provided play-by-play while Carlos Álvarez andEdgar Gonzalez provided color commentary.^[113]

Kevin Burkhardt hosted the pregame shows, joined by analystsKeith Hernandez,David Ortiz,Alex Rodriguez, andFrank Thomas.^[114] Outside the United States,MLB International televised the series, withMatt Vasgersian on play-by-play andBuck Martinez doing color commentary.^[115]

In September 2017,American Spirit Media removed the signals of their Fox affiliates fromDirecTV andU-verse systems.^[116] As a result, some DirecTV subscribers in portions of theSoutheastern United States (as well as those in theToledo market) were unable to watch the World Series.^[117][118]

According toNielsen ratings, this series was the third highest rated since 2005, trailing only the2009 World Series and the2016 World Series.^[119] For the second straight year, a World Series game, Game 5, beat outNBC Sunday Night Football in ratings.^[120] Until2024, no other World Series would average more viewers.

ESPN Radio broadcast the series nationally in English, withDan Shulman providing the play-by-play andAaron Boone serving as color analyst.Tim Kurkjian andBuster Olney served as reporters for the network, whileMarc Kestecher hosted the pre-game and post-game coverage along with analystChris Singleton. The ESPN Radio coverage was carried on affiliated stations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as online at ESPN.com and via the ESPN mobile app. Spanish-language coverage was provided byESPN Deportes Radio, withEduardo Ortega, Renato Bermúdez, José Francisco Rivera, andOrlando Hernández announcing.^[135]

Locally, both teams'flagship radio stations broadcast the series with their regular announcers.Sportstalk 790 aired the English-language broadcast for the Houston area, withRobert Ford andSteve Sparks calling the games.^[115] In Los Angeles,AM 570 LA Sports aired the English-language broadcast, withCharley Steiner andRick Monday announcing.^[115] In Spanish,Univision America 1020 carried the broadcast, withJaime Jarrín andJorge Jarrín on the call. In Korean,Radio Korea 1540 aired the series, with Richard Choi and Chong Ho Yim in the booth.^[136]

For the first time, MLB soldpresenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series;^[137] the internet television serviceYouTube TV is the first-ever presenting sponsor of the World Series. The series is officially known as the2017 World Series Presented by YouTube TV.^[138] This sponsorship includes logo branding in-stadium and on official digital properties, as well as commercial inventory during Fox's telecasts of the games.^[139]

Since 2017, the Astros and Dodgers have consistently boasted the teams with among the most regular season wins in their respective leagues.^[140] Every postseason from 2017 to 2024 featured both teams. Furthermore, all but one World Series from 2017 through 2025 had also featured either the Astros or Dodgers. The Astros to that point had made four World Series appearances, winning two in 2017, and2022, while also losing two in2019, and2021. On the other hand, the Dodgers to that point had made five World Series appearances, winning three in2020,2024, and2025, while losing two in 2017, and2018. There have been quite a few chances at a much anticipated rematch between the two clubs in the World Series, but this has not occurred as of 2025.^[141][142]

The 2017 World Series broke many records, most of which still stands today:

• The 25 combined home runs is a World Series record that was previously set in the2002 World Series at 21 home runs. The Astros also hold the team record for 15 home runs in a single World Series.^[143]
• Brandon Morrow's relief appearances in all seven games of the World Series tied a record withDarold Knowles as the most in World Series history. Coincidentally, Darold Knowles was the pitching coach at High-ADunedin, theToronto Blue Jays' Florida State League affiliate, during Morrow's tenure with the club.^[144]
• George Springer tied or claimed a number of individual records. His 5 home runs tiedChase Utley andReggie Jackson for most in a single World Series. His total bases and extra-bases records still stand today with 29 and 8, respectively. In2024,Freddie Freeman tied Springer with most consecutive home runs in a single World Series with 4.^[145]
• Dave Roberts surpassedTony La Russa's pitching changes record with 32 in total. With pitching change rules that went in effect before the2020 season (pitchers were now to face at minimum three batters before a pitching change), this record will likely stay intact.^[146]
• Dodgers' rookieCody Bellinger finished with 17 strikeouts establishing a new World Series and overall postseason record. The previous World Series record was tied withJavier Báez (2016) andRyan Howard (2009) with 13 strikeouts.^[143]
• Both Game 7 starters,Lance McCullers andYu Darvish, combined to pitch four innings, which was the fewest combined innings pitched in a winner-take-all game in World Series history. Additionally, Darvish was the second pitcher ever to fail to complete a second inning in two or more starts within the same World Series. The other wasArt Ditmar, who did not complete two innings for the Yankees in Games 1 and 5 of the1960 World Series against the Pirates. Later,Tony Gonsolin would join this list in the2020 World Series. For McCullers, his 4 hit batters in Game 7 shattered a record for the most HBPs by any pitcher in a World Series game. The only pitchers to hit multiple batters in a postseason game wereRoger Clemens (1986 ALCS) andOrel Hershiser (1988 NLCS).^[143]

This was Houston's first professional sports championship since theHouston Dynamo won theMLS Cup in2007, and the first in one of the traditional "Big Four" American sports leagues since theHouston Rockets won back-to-back NBA championships in1994 and1995.^[147]

The Astros earned $30,420,155.57 from postseason pool money to split among team personnel; each share was worth $438,901.57. The Dodgers received $20,280,103.72, with shares of $259,722.14^[148] Thesportsbooks inNevada lost $11.4 million in November 2017, a record for baseball-related betting.^[149]

Thecity of Houston held a parade for the Astros on November 3, 2017, which MayorSylvester Turner proclaimed was "Houston Astros' Day". Schools in Houston were closed for the day. An estimated 750,000 to one million attended the parade.^[150] Springer and Altuve appeared on the cover ofSports Illustrated's November 13, 2017, issue, with Altuve holding theCommissioner's Trophy and Springer holding a copy of aSports Illustrated from 2014 that predicted the Astros would win the 2017 World Series.^[151] The Astros' win has been seen as a morale boost for the city of Houston, which 9 weeks earlier had suffered tremendous damage due toHurricane Harvey. According to Manny Fernandez and Paul Debenedetto of theNew York Times, "Every city wants a World Series victory. Houston, post-Harvey, needed one."^[152]

From 2017 to 2023, the Astros made it to theAmerican League Championship Series seven consecutive times; this set the record for most consecutive ALCS appearances, and second-most LCS appearances after the 1991–1999Atlanta Braves.^[153] Of these, the Astros won four out of seven pennants, losing in 2018 against theBoston Red Sox, 2020 against theTampa Bay Rays, and 2023 against theTexas Rangers, while winning in 2017, 2019, and 2022 against theNew York Yankees and 2021 against the Red Sox. They would further lose the2019 World Series against theWashington Nationals and the2021 World Series against theAtlanta Braves before winning their second World Series in 2022 against thePhiladelphia Phillies. Five players –Jose Altuve,Alex Bregman,Yuli Gurriel,Lance McCullers, Jr. andJustin Verlander – were on both championship teams; furthermore, 2017 Astros pitcherCharlie Morton was on the champion 2021 Braves. The Astros’ ALCS streak ended in 2024 by the hands of former manager A.J Hinch, and theDetroit Tigers.^[154]

After the season,Yu Darvish became afree agent for the first time in his career, and he chose not to re-sign with the Dodgers, as there was much fan ire against him for his disappointing World Series outings that many felt had cost the Dodgers the title.^[155] Darvish signed with theCubs and continued to struggle with performance and injury in 2018 and early in the season in 2019, before returning to his pre-2017 World Series form for the second half of 2019 and the entire 2020 season. He was traded to theSan Diego Padres, adivision rival of the Dodgers, prior to the2021 season.^[156]

The Dodgers returned to the World Series in2018, where they lost to the Boston Red Sox in five games to become the first MLB team to lose the World Series in consecutive years since the 2010–2011Texas Rangers, and the second time in Los Angeles Dodgers history that they lost consecutive World Series titles, with the other occurrence being in1977, and1978, both against Boston's chief rival, theNew York Yankees.^[157] After losing in the2019 National League Division Series against theWashington Nationals,^[158] the Dodgers won their seventh championship in 2020 against theTampa Bay Rays in theCOVID-19-affected season.^[159] The Dodgers hit a postseason rut and did not return to the World Series for three seasons, losing the2021 NLCS to the Braves, the2022 NLDS to the Padres, and the2023 NLDS in a sweep to theArizona Diamondbacks. Every Dodger team from 2021 to 2023 won 100 games or more, but they won two combined playoff series in those years, all in 2021.^[160] In2024, they won theWorld Series over theNew York Yankees in five games.^[161] They repeated as champions thefollowing season by defeating theToronto Blue Jays in seven games, becoming the first repeat champions since theYankees a quarter of a century ago.^[162] In the series, the Dodgers won a Game 7 on the road eight years to the day of their 2017 Game 7 defeat.

Before the2019 World Series, several Dodgers reached out to Washington Nationals second basemanBrian Dozier and pitcherDaniel Hudson, who had been with Los Angeles the previous year, to warn them that the Astros were elaborately stealing signs.^[163]

After the 2019 season, former Houston pitcherMike Fiers alleged that the 2017 Astros used technology to illicitlysteal their opponents' signs and relay them to their hitters. His claims were later confirmed by numerous citizen sleuths, who discovered that the Astros used this method throughout the 2017 season, and part of the 2018 season.^[164] MLB and the Astros opened an investigation into thissign stealing allegation.^[165] MLB found the Astros used technology to cheat during their 2017 season and suspended Hinch and Astrosgeneral managerJeff Luhnow for one season;^[166] the Astros fired Luhnow and Hinch the same day.Alex Cora, who was the Astros' bench coach in 2017 and the Red Sox' manager from 2018 to 2019, parted ways with the Red Sox after the scandal broke.^[167][168]Carlos Beltran, a member of the 2017 team who had recently been hired by theNew York Mets, was also fired for his involvement in the cheating scandal before getting the chance to manage the team. Cora was re-hired for the2021 season in Boston, while Beltran eventually joined the Mets’ front office.^[169] Furthermore, Hinch was named the Tigers' manager a few days after the conclusion of his season-long suspensions. Besides Beltran, no other Astros players were punished. On November 8, 2020, ex-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow sued the Astros, alleging that Astros ownerJim Crane and Major League Baseball CommissionerRob Manfred negotiated penalties for the sign-stealing scandal that enabled the team to paint Luhnow as “the scapegoat for the organization and fire its general manager in order to save more than $22 million in guaranteed salary.”^[170]

Long time baseball writerBuster Olney said, "front-office staffers around baseball cannot remember a circumstance of such widespread and loud player-to-player condemnation."^[171] Frustrated comments from players increased when spring training began in February. Many players criticized the Astros, especially after their press conference at the beginning of camp.^[172] Many of the condemnations came from members of the Dodgers, whom the Astros defeated in the 2017 World Series, and the Yankees, whom the Astros defeated in the ALCS in both 2017 and 2019.^[173] The Dodgers were the only team to release a statement the week the report was released, merely stating that they had been ordered by MLB not to comment on the punishments or "any wrongdoing during the 2017 World Series."^[174]

On July 29, 2020, Dodgers relieverJoe Kelly was issued an eight-game suspension afterthrowing atAlex Bregman andCarlos Correa of the Houston Astros and inciting a benches-clearing incident after a strikeout of Correa.^[175] This incident occurred on the first meeting between the Astros and Dodgers after the MLB completed their investigation. Kelly's pouting face as he mocked Correa complaining about the near hit by pitch became aninternet meme.^[176][177]

In 2020,ESPN writer Sam Miller ranked the 2017 Series the 23rd best World Series of all-time (and the fifth best since 2000), noting the prowess of both teams and the intensity of all seven games, but also noting the sign stealing scandal has tainted the series, comparing it to the1919 World Series.^[178]

Before the start of the 2023 season, Red Sox managerAlex Cora, one of the alleged ring leaders in the sign-stealing scandal, personally apologized to 2017 DodgersKenley Jansen,Justin Turner, andKiké Hernandez—all of whom were members of Cora's Red Sox by this time. "I just felt like I wanted to cry at that moment when he said that," Jansen toldWEEI. "Because I felt like that was the best season I ever had in my whole career because I dominated the whole year, dominated the playoffs, and the Houston Astros were the only ones who put the ball in play. It’s over with, and you can’t change stuff, but what we can do is appreciate when someone steps up and comes forward and be accountable for what they did."^[179]

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