Who’s better: the New York Mets‘ pitchers or the Kansas City Royals‘ hitters? Does either team have the edge defensively? Which unlikely offensive star is more likely to keep up his otherworldly act? We ran the numbers on the two World Series foes to find out.

A NEW WORLD SERIES ORDER?

This is the first World Series ever played that won’t feature at least one of the 16 original MLB franchises that existed at the time of the first World Series in 1903. The Mets, who joined the National League in 1962 and in 1969 became the first expansion team to play in and win the World Series, will meet the Royals (established in 1969) in the first all-expansion-era-team World Series.

Read the article “Mets vs. Royals By the Numbers” on espn.go.com.