Ticket price minimums were set at 50 cents
When the American League started play in 1901, there was no agreement in place to meet the well-established National League. In fact, even during the 1903 season, there were no plans for a championship series between the two. But in August, with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Americans both cruising toward pennants, Pirates president Barney Dreyfuss and Boston president Henry Killilea made a deal, agreeing to a best-of-nine series between the two following the season. On September 16, they officially recognized the “World’s Championship Games” of 1903. Ticket price minimums were set at 50 cents, with the visiting club receiving 25 cents per ticket sold and each league furnishing one umpire.
That fall, Boston topped Pittsburgh in what is now recognized as the first modern World Series, five games to three. More than 100,000 fans attended the eight dates, including a “monster crowd” for Game Three in Boston with 18,801 paid that day (thousands more were reportedly turned away). Gate receipts topped $100,000 with each of the Boston players taking home $1,182 each ($43,000 in 2025), while the losing Pirates players each got $150 more after Dreyfuss contributed his personal share to the players’ pool. It remains the only time in World Series history that the runners-up earned more than the champions.
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