▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁List ▁of ▁pre - World ▁Series ▁baseball ▁champions ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁▁ ▁Edward . ▁Ach orn , ▁Fif ty - n ine ▁in ▁' 8 4 : ▁B are hand ed ▁Baseball ▁and ▁the ▁Great est ▁Season ▁a ▁P itch er ▁Ever ▁Had . ▁New ▁York : ▁Smith son ian ▁Books / Har per ▁Collins , ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁Larry ▁G . ▁Bow man , ▁Before ▁the ▁World ▁Series : ▁P ride , ▁Prof its ▁and ▁Baseball ' s ▁First ▁Championship . ▁De K al b , ▁IL : ▁Northern ▁Illinois ▁University ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁Thomas ▁Car son , ▁" Base ball ' s ▁First ▁World ▁Champions : ▁The ▁Prov idence ▁Gre ys ," ▁repr int ed ▁in ▁Ken ▁La Z eb nik ▁and ▁Steve ▁Le h man ▁( eds .), ▁Base ▁Path s : ▁The ▁Best ▁of ▁the ▁Min ne apolis ▁Review ▁of ▁Baseball : ▁Volume ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 1 - 1 9 8 7 . ▁Dub u que , ▁I A : ▁William ▁C . ▁Brown , ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁ ▁Peter ▁Man cus o , ▁" Oct ober ▁ 2 3 - 2 5 , ▁ 1 8 8 4 : ▁The ▁First ▁' World ▁Series ,' " ▁in ▁Bill ▁Fe iber ▁( ed .), ▁In vent ing ▁Baseball : ▁The ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Great est ▁Games ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁Century . ▁Phoenix , ▁A