The 1919 and 2017 World Series were both marred with cheating scandals: the Black Sox Scandal and the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal. The most recent World Series champions are the Los Angeles Dodgers. The last team to repeat as champions were the Yankees in 2000.

On November 2, 2022, in Game 4 of the 2022 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies at the Citizens Bank Park, the Astros became the first team to throw a combined no-hitter in postseason history, and the second team to throw a no-hitter in World Series history after Don Larsen's perfect game with the New York Yankees in 1956.

Oct 22, 2022 · The Astros beat the Dodgers in seven games, and George Springer (now with the Blue Jays) was named World Series MVP. Jose Altuve won the 2017 MVP award for the regular season.

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The Houston Astros last won the World Series in the 2022 season. The Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies in 6 games, clinching on Nov 5, 2022.

The Astros in total have completed 61 seasons in Major League Baseball, qualifying for the postseason sixteen times and reaching the World Series five times (2005, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022) with two world championships (2017, 2022). The team was established as an expansion franchise in 1962, one of eight teams that was created in the decade.

Nov 6, 2022 · Powered by Alvarez’s game-changing 450-foot homer to dead center, the Astros are World Series champions for the second time in six seasons.

Nov 5, 2022 · Dogged by criticism that they could not win without sign-stealing, Houston beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games to complete a truly dominant postseason. The Astros were able to celebrate...

Nov 6, 2022 · Yordan Alvarez hit a towering three-run homer and the Houston Astros clinched their second World Series title in six seasons with a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6.

Nov 2, 2017 · When Jose Altuve fielded a ground ball off the bat of Corey Seager and threw to first base for the final out in Wednesday's game, the Astros left the Rangers as the only original expansion team yet to claim a World Series title.