The 2022 World Series is set. The Phillies and the Astros punched their tickets in convincing fashion to win the NL and AL respectively. Baseball fans know what's next: the Fall Classic.
Indeed, the World Series is just around the corner.
Here's everything you need to know for this year's World Series, including the starting date, TV schedule and ticket prices.
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When is the World Series in 2022?
- Start date: Friday, Oct. 28, 2022
- End date: Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 (possible Game 7)
The 2022 World Series will begin Friday, Oct. 28. It will end Nov. 1 if the series lasts just four games, Nov. 2 if it goes five games, Nov. 4 if it goes six games and Nov. 5 if it goes the full seven games.
World Series schedule 2022
Here is the schedule for this year's World Series. All games are scheduled to start at 8:03 p.m. ET, which is 7:03 p.m. in Houston.
| Date | Matchup | Time (ET) |
| Oct. 28 | Phillies at Astros | 8:03 p.m. |
| Oct. 29 | Phillies at Astros | 8:03 p.m. |
| Oct. 31 | Astros at Phillies | 8:03 p.m. |
| Nov. 1 | Astros at Phillies | 8:03 p.m. |
| Nov. 2* | Astros at Phillies | 8:03 p.m. |
| Nov. 4* | Phillies at Astros | 8:03 p.m. |
| Nov. 5* | Phillies at Astros | 8:03 p.m. |
* - if necessary
How to watch World Series games
- TV channel: Fox
- Live stream: FoxSports.com | fuboTV
All World Series games will be broadcast on Fox, with Fox's A-Team at the helm. For the first time, Joe Buck won't be doing the play-by-play, one of the effects of Buck moving to ESPN to do "Monday Night Football." Instead, Joe Davis will join John Smoltz in the broadcast booth. Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci will report from the field.
World Series tickets 2022
- Game 1 in Houston: $591
- Game 2 in Houston: $613
- Game 3 in Philadelphia: $1,379
- Game 4 in Philadelphia: $1,599
- Game 5* in Philadelphia: $1,799
- Game 6* in Houston: $870
- Game 7* in Houston: $933
* - Games 5, 6, and 7 are if necessary
Astros fans, with their back in the World Series for the fourth time in seven seasons, will have cheaper access to games than Phillies fans, with the average ticket price in Houston nearly half as expensive as games in Philadelphia.
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World Series odds 2022
The Astros are favored to win the World Series over the Phillies, according to Caesars Sportsbook:
- Astros: -180
- Phillies: +150
World Series winners by year
| Season | Winner | Opponent | Series |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves | Houston Astros | 4-2 |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Tampa Bay Rays | 4-2 |
| 2019 | Washington Nationals | Houston Astros | 4-3 |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-1 |
| 2017 | Houston Astros | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-3 |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs | Cleveland Indians | 4-3 |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals | New York Mets | 4-1 |
| 2014 | San Francisco Giants | Kansas City Royals | 4-3 |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-2 |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants | Detroit Tigers | 4-0 |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals | Texas Rangers | 4-3 |
| 2010 | San Francisco Giants | Texas Rangers | 4-1 |
| 2009 | New York Yankees | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-2 |
| 2008 | Philadelphia Phillies | Tampa Bay Rays | 4-1 |
| 2007 | Boston Red Sox | Colorado Rockies | 4-0 |
| 2006 | St. Louis Cardinals | Detroit Tigers | 4-1 |
| 2005 | Chicago White Sox | Houston Astros | 4-0 |
| 2004 | Boston Red Sox | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-0 |
| 2003 | Florida Marlins | New York Yankees | 4-2 |
| 2002 | Anaheim Angels | San Francisco Giants | 4-3 |
| 2001 | Arizona Diamondbacks | New York Yankees | 4-3 |
| 2000 | New York Yankees | New York Mets | 4-1 |
| 1999 | New York Yankees | Atlanta Braves | 4-0 |
| 1998 | New York Yankees | San Diego Padres | 4-0 |
| 1997 | Florida Marlins | Cleveland Indians | 4-3 |
| 1996 | New York Yankees | Atlanta Braves | 4-2 |
| 1995 | Atlanta Braves | Cleveland Indians | 4-2 |
| 1993 | Toronto Blue Jays | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-2 |
| 1992 | Toronto Blue Jays | Atlanta Braves | 4-2 |
| 1991 | Minnesota Twins | Atlanta Braves | 4-3 |
| 1990 | Cincinnati Reds | Oakland Athletics | 4-0 |
| 1989 | Oakland Athletics | San Francisco Giants | 4-0 |
| 1988 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Oakland Athletics | 4-1 |
| 1987 | Minnesota Twins | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 |
| 1986 | New York Mets | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 |
| 1985 | Kansas City Royals | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 |
| 1984 | Detroit Tigers | San Diego Padres | 4-1 |
| 1983 | Baltimore Orioles | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-1 |
| 1982 | St. Louis Cardinals | Milwaukee Brewers | 4-3 |
| 1981 | Los Angeles Dodgers | New York Yankees | 4-2 |
| 1980 | Philadelphia Phillies | Kansas City Royals | 4-2 |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Baltimore Orioles | 4-3 |
| 1978 | New York Yankees | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 |
| 1977 | New York Yankees | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 |
| 1976 | Cincinnati Reds | New York Yankees | 4-0 |
| 1975 | Cincinnati Reds | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 |
| 1974 | Oakland Athletics | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-1 |
| 1973 | Oakland Athletics | New York Mets | 4-3 |
| 1972 | Oakland Athletics | Cincinnati Reds | 4-3 |
| 1971 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Baltimore Orioles | 4-3 |
| 1970 | Baltimore Orioles | Cincinnati Reds | 4-1 |
| 1969 | New York Mets | Baltimore Orioles | 4-1 |
| 1968 | Detroit Tigers | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 |
| 1967 | St. Louis Cardinals | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 |
| 1966 | Baltimore Orioles | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-0 |
| 1965 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Minnesota Twins | 4-3 |
| 1964 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Yankees | 4-3 |
| 1963 | Los Angeles Dodgers | New York Yankees | 4-0 |
| 1962 | New York Yankees | San Francisco Giants | 4-3 |
| 1961 | New York Yankees | Cincinnati Reds | 4-1 |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | New York Yankees | 4-3 |
| 1959 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Chicago White Sox | 4-2 |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | Milwaukee Braves | 4-3 |
| 1957 | Milwaukee Braves | New York Yankees | 4-3 |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-3 |
| 1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers | New York Yankees | 4-3 |
| 1954 | New York Giants | Cleveland Indians | 4-0 |
| 1953 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-2 |
| 1952 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-3 |
| 1951 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-2 |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-0 |
| 1949 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-1 |
| 1948 | Cleveland Indians | Boston Braves | 4-2 |
| 1947 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-3 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | Chicago Cubs | 4-3 |
| 1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | St. Louis Browns | 4-2 |
| 1943 | New York Yankees | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-1 |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Yankees | 4-1 |
| 1941 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-1 |
| 1940 | Cincinnati Reds | Detroit Tigers | 4-3 |
| 1939 | New York Yankees | Cincinnati Reds | 4-0 |
| 1938 | New York Yankees | Chicago Cubs | 4-0 |
| 1937 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-1 |
| 1936 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-2 |
| 1935 | Detroit Tigers | Chicago Cubs | 4-2 |
| 1934 | St. Louis Cardinals | Detroit Tigers | 4-3 |
| 1933 | New York Giants | Washington Senators | 4-1 |
| 1932 | New York Yankees | Chicago Cubs | 4-0 |
| 1931 | St. Louis Cardinals | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-3 |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-2 |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | Chicago Cubs | 4-1 |
| 1928 | New York Yankees | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-0 |
| 1927 | New York Yankees | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4-0 |
| 1926 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Yankees | 4-3 |
| 1925 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Washington Senators | 4-3 |
| 1924 | Washington Senators | New York Giants | 4-3 |
| 1923 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-2 |
| 1922 | New York Giants | New York Yankees | 4-0 |
| 1921 | New York Giants | New York Yankees | 5-3 |
| 1920 | Cleveland Indians | Brooklyn Robins | 5-2 |
| 1919 | Cincinnati Reds | Chicago White Sox | 5-3 |
| 1918 | Boston Red Sox | Chicago Cubs | 4-2 |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | New York Giants | 4-2 |
| 1916 | Boston Red Sox | Brooklyn Robins | 4-1 |
| 1915 | Boston Red Sox | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-1 |
| 1914 | Boston Braves | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-0 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | New York Giants | 4-1 |
| 1912 | Boston Red Sox | New York Giants | 4-3 |
| 1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | New York Giants | 4-2 |
| 1910 | Philadelphia Athletics | Chicago Cubs | 4-1 |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Detroit Tigers | 4-3 |
| 1908 | Chicago Cubs | Detroit Tigers | 4-1 |
| 1907 | Chicago Cubs | Detroit Tigers | 4-0 |
| 1906 | Chicago White Sox | Chicago Cubs | 4-2 |
| 1905 | New York Giants | Philadelphia Athletics | 4-1 |
| 1903 | Boston Americans | Pittsburgh Pirates | 5-3 |