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The '''1987 [[Minnesota Twins]]''' won the [[1987 World Series|World Series]] for the first time since moving from [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] in 1961, the second time that the franchise won the [[World Series]] (the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] won it in [[1924 World Series|1924]]). Having won only 85 games during the [[1987 Major League Baseball season|1987 regular season]], they won the World Series with the fewest regular season wins since Major League Baseball expanded to a 162-game season in [[1961 Major League Baseball season|1961]], and the fewest of any team since the [[1889 New York Giants season|1889 New York Giants]] (excluding the strike-shortened [[1981 Major League Baseball season|1981]] and the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]-shortened [[2020 Major League Baseball season|2020]] seasons). They also became the first team to win the World Series despite being outscored by their opponents in the regular season, having scored 786 runs and allowed 806.
[[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom Kelly]] became the fifth [[Manager (baseball)|manager]] to win a World Series in his first full season on the job, and one of seven total, as of 2019, to accomplish the feat.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Simon |first1=Andrew |last2=Kelly |first2=Matt |title=Rookie managers who won the World Series |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/rookie-managers-who-won-the-world-series-c299658998 |publisher=MLB |access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>
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