<P> The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's ( MLB ) 2009 season . The 105th edition of the World Series , it was a best - of - seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies , champions of the National League ( NL ) and defending World Series champions , and the New York Yankees , champions of the American League ( AL ) . The Yankees defeated the Phillies , 4 games to 2 , to win their 27th World Series championship . The series was played between October 28 and November 4 , broadcast on Fox , and watched by an average of roughly 19 million viewers . Due to the start of the season being pushed back by the 2009 World Baseball Classic in March , this was the first World Series regularly scheduled to be played into the month of November . This series was a rematch of the 1950 World Series . </P>
<P> The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's ( MLB ) 2009 season . The 105th edition of the World Series , it was a best - of - seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies , champions of the National League ( NL ) and defending World Series champions , and the New York Yankees , champions of the American League ( AL ) . The Yankees defeated the Phillies , 4 games to 2 , to win their 27th World Series championship . The series was played between October 28 and November 4 , broadcast on Fox , and watched by an average of roughly 19 million viewers . Due to the start of the season being pushed back by the 2009 World Baseball Classic in March , this was the first World Series regularly scheduled to be played into the month of November . This series was a rematch of the 1950 World Series . </P>
who did the yankees play in 2009 world series
who did the yankees play in 2009 world series
Philadelphia Phillies
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