By Zane Miller

The Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros will play each other in the 117th World Series, with both teams looking to become champions for the 2021 MLB season. The two teams have never played against each other previously in the World Series.

The Braves are 3 for 9 in their previous World Series appearances, winning in 1914, 1957 and 1995, but also taking losses in 1948, 1958, 1991, 1992, 1996 and 1999. The Astros also have a 33% success rate in the World Series at 1 for 3, winning their lone championship in 2017 while also losing in 2005 and 2019.

Out of the 225 potential World Series matchups that would be possible under the current playoff format, 68 of them have occurred so far.

The most common matchup out of the ones that could still be possible to re-occur is the New York Yankees v. Los Angeles Dodgers, as the franchises have faced each other 11 times, coming in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1977, 1978 and 1981.

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