A version of this story was first published in 2019.

In 1909, the Pirates beat the Tigers in the first seven-game World Series. It was uninspiring. Only one game was within a run, none went into extras, and Game 7 was a blowout.

Three years later, the Red Sox and Giants played their own seven-game series (eight, if you count Game 2, which ended in a tie), and this one was a classic. There were four one-run games and two extra-inning games (including the tie). And Game 7 was an all-timer, with Boston scoring two runs to walk off vs. Christy Mathewson in the 10th.

The point is, a seven-game World Series can be many things. In that spirit, we came up with a system to rank every seven-game Fall Classic. We ask five questions:

Much of this is subjective, but we did the math and ranked all 4

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