Baseball Trivia (General)/WS HR Records

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What is the record for total homeruns hit in a world seies game, and total in the series?

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Hi Caleb,

 Most HR in World Series game, both teams:  7, Oakland+San Francisco, October 27, 1989

 Most HR in World Series, all games, both teams:  

                                               4 games: 13, Oakland+San Francisco, 1989
                                               5 games: 15, Baltimore+Cincinnati, 1970
                                               6 games: 17, New York+Brooklyn, 1953
                                                            Los Angeles(N)+New York, 1977
                                               7 games: 21, Anaheim+San Francisco, 2002

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