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and the old

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. The Giants won, 6 games to 4. Hall of Fame pitcher

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went 4–0. This was the Browns' last appearance in a championship tournament and pre-modern-era World Series, the last of their four consecutive AA pennants. The club would later join the NL in 1892 and be renamed as the

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by 1900. It would be 1926 before they would win their next league pennant.

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