Taylor Wins Second World Series Title With Los Angeles Dodgers

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Former Virginia baseball standout Chris Taylor (2010-12) and the Los Angeles Dodgers claimed their eighth World Series in franchise history and first since 2020 on Wednesday night (Oct. 30) with a dramatic come-from-behind 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees.

With his second world championship, Taylor joins Javier Lopez as the only former Cavaliers with multiple World Series rings. Lopez won his first with the 2007 Boston Red Sox before teaming up with the San Francisco Giants for their sting of titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

Taylor has seen action in 23 MLB World Series games across four Fall Classics for the Dodgers. The Virginia Beach native has had a knack for the dramatics throughout his collegiate and professional career, starting with a walk-off single in the ninth inning against UC Irvine that sent UVA to the College World Series in 2011. He had an incredible over-the-shoulder catch in game seven of the 2019 NLCS, hit three home runs in a game in the 2021 NLCS and hit a walk-off homer in game one of the 2021 Wild Card Game against the Cardinals.

Virginia World Series Facts

• UVA has been represented in the World Series in all but two years since 2016.
• Seven different Cavaliers have been on a team that has won a World Series title.
• 12 Cavaliers have been on teams that have reached the World Series.
• Hall of Famer Eppa Rixey was the first Cavalier to appear in a World Series pitching for the Cincinnati Reds in 1915, eventually losing to Babe Ruth’s 1915 Red Sox, the first of Ruth’s seven career World Championships.