The Series started on October 28 , 2009 , which was the latest start in World Series history , beating the previous record held by the 2001 World Series ( October 27 ) . Game 4 was played on Sunday , November 1 and the series-winning Game 6 took place on November 4 . The Series was only the third to end in a month other than October . The first came in , which was played entirely in September after the regular season was cut short due to World War I . The other such series was in when the September 11 attacks caused a delay in the baseball season that eventually forced the end of the World Series into November
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
2009 World Series