The Blue Jays defeated the Phillies in six games, becoming the seventh franchise in MLB history to win back-to-back championships.

The Phillies took a 3–2 lead in the third inning when Mariano Duncan hit a leadoff single, stole second and scored on Kruk's single, but the Blue Jays tied the game in the bottom half of the inning when Devon White reached third base on left fielder's Milt Thompson's error and scored on Joe Carter's sacrifice fly.

In the second game of the Series, ALCS MVP Dave Stewart was on the mound for Toronto and Terry Mulholland started for Philadelphia.

Philadelphia jumped out to an early lead: in the third inning, After two walks, John Kruk and Dave Hollins hit back-to-back RBI singles, then Jim Eisenreich followed with a three-run home run to deep right-center to put them up 5–0.

Toronto cut the lead to 6–4 in the eighth when Paul Molitor hit a leadoff double off Roger Mason, stole third and scored on John Olerud's sacrifice fly off Mitch Williams.

As he had in the preceding World Series, when the 1993 edition moved into the National League ballpark Toronto manager Cito Gaston was faced with a decision regarding his designated hitter.

In 1992, Dave Winfield was Gaston’s regular DH but in the three games the series was played in Atlanta, he inserted him into the lineup in his natural position of right field; in two of those games Gaston moved his regular right fielder, Joe Carter, to first base and kept John Olerud out of his lineup.

Against a left-handed pitcher, Gaston decided to stick with the right-handed veteran Molitor, but had left-hitting Olerud on the bench if needed later in the game.

Joe Carter then extended the Toronto lead to 3–0 with a sacrifice fly, but Jackson got out of the inning by retiring Roberto Alomar and Tony Fernandez.

Hentgen ended the threat by striking out Dave Hollins and Darren Daulton; the Phillies only got one more man on base before the sixth inning.

Carter, Alomar, and Fernandez followed with singles to load the bases, but Jackson struck out Ed Sprague Jr. to end the inning without further damage.

Thompson hit a solo home run against Toronto closer Duane Ward in the bottom of the ninth to finish out the scoring, and the Blue Jays emerged with a 10–3 victory and a two-games-to-one lead in the series.

A walk loaded the bases, then after a strikeout, Rickey Henderson's single and White's triple scored two runs each to put Toronto ahead 15–14.

The offenses were due for an off-day, and it came in Game 5 courtesy of a Curt Schilling (Philadelphia) and Juan Guzman (Toronto) pitching duel.

In the first inning, Lenny Dykstra walked, stole second, moved to third on a Pat Borders throwing error during the steal, and scored on a John Kruk ground out.

The Phillies got on the board in the fourth when Darren Daulton doubled with two outs and scored on Jim Eisenreich's single, but the Blue Jays got that run back in the bottom of the inning on when Alomar hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Ed Sprague Jr.'s sacrifice fly.

After a walk and single, Lenny Dykstra hit a three-run home run to knock Stewart out of the game.

John Olerud drew a one-out walk and the Phillies brought in Larry Andersen to face Roberto Alomar.

After Alomar grounded out, Andersen then hit Tony Fernandez with a pitch and walked Ed Sprague Jr. to load the bases.

Joe Carter came up next and, with the count 2–2, he hit a three-run home run to win the game and the World Series.

In the previous year, Carter caught the final out as first baseman after relief pitcher Mike Timlin fielded Otis Nixon's bunt.

American League president Dr. Bobby Brown presented the World Series Trophy instead of the Commissioner of Baseball; this event also occurred in the year before.

[12] When Joe Carter appeared in the 1996 All-Star Game at Veterans Stadium, he was booed by the crowd for his aforementioned home run that won him this World Series.

After the season, MLB owners agreed to a new three-division setup, with extra post-season round (League Division Series).

Pregame and postgame shows saw Andrea Joyce and Pat O'Brien as hosts, while Lesley Visser and Jim Gray were field level reporters.

Vin Scully led the broadcast for a fourth consecutive year, with Johnny Bench serving as analyst for the fifth and last time.

Locally, the World Series was called on WOGL-AM in Philadelphia by Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Chris Wheeler, Andy Musser, and Garry Maddox and on CJCL-AM in Toronto by Jerry Howarth and Tom Cheek.

Tom Cheek never called another postseason game in his role as voice of the Blue Jays, from which he retired in 2005 prior to his death from brain cancer.

Andy Musser also called his last World Series as a member of the Phillies' broadcast team; he retired in 2001 and died eleven years later.

The West Chester University "Incomparable" Golden Rams Marching Band performed the pregame show for Game 3.