<Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2016 </Td> <Td> World Series </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2016 </Td> <Td> World Series </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2017 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2017 season . The 113th edition of the World Series was played between October 24 and November 1 . It was a best - of - seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros . It was sponsored by the internet television service YouTube TV and officially known as the World Series presented by YouTube TV . </P> <P> The Astros defeated the Dodgers, four games to three, to win their first World Series in franchise history, and the first team from Texas to do so . Both teams set a World Series record with a combined total of 25 home runs throughout the entire series, including a team record 15 home runs by the Astros, and hit a combined total of eight home runs in Game 2 to set the single game World Series mark . Houston outfielder George Springer was named as the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting five home runs in the series to tie a World Series record with Reggie Jackson in 1977 and Dodgers' 2017 World Series representative Chase Utley in 2009 when he played for the Philadelphia Phillies . </P>

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