MLB World Series matchups between No. 1 teams

This year’s Brewers-Rays World Series matchup is not only a meeting between franchises that have never won a World Series title. It’s also a matchup between the No. 1 team in each league.

And that’s rare. Including this year’s Fall Classic, the two top teams have gone head-to-head in the World Series only six times in the Wild Card Era (since 1995).

In the era of expanded playoffs, even a…