First 1-3 comeback
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The first time a professional team came back to win a 7-game series after being down 1-3 was the Pittsburgh Pirates when they won the 1925 World Series. The opponent was the defending champion, the Washington Senators, who had Walter Johnson, who many considered the greatest pitcher. Walter was the opposing pitcher in game 7; he had already won games 1 and 4 in the series by allowing only one run in 18 innings.
The Senators would quickly jump to a 4-0 lead in the first; the game and the series seemed over at that point, but the Pirates would score three runs in the third. In the bottom of the 7th, Pittsburgh would score two runs to tie the game before scoring three in the eighth to take a 9-7 lead. The Pirates would hang on and win their second World Series.
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Baseball Reference
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These teams came back from 3-1 postseason deficits
Entering the 2022 World Series, only 14 teams out of 92 have come back to win a best-of-seven series after dropping three of the first four contests.
MLB
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A Dark, Rainy Game Seven: The Pirates Defeat the Big Train in the 1925 World Series
And when Game Seven had concluded, it was considered “the wettest, weirdest and wildest game ever seen.” It was also described as one of the most exiting games ever witnessed.
SABR
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Game 5 loss for Washington Nationals echoes Senators’ 1925 World Series defeat...
The ’25 World Series would be a mirror image: The Big Train, 37, won his first two starts against the Pittsburgh Pirates, helping Washington to a three games to one lead, but lost Game 7, which was played a day later than scheduled because of a rainout.
Federal Baseball
