The Fall Classic is underway as the World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers features two unexpected teams figuring to match up for an exciting series.

But did you know about St. Bonaventure's ties to the World Series?

Multiple Bonnies Baseball alums have made their mark on the Fall Classic over the years.

In fact, of the first 22 World Series played, a St. Bonaventure product managed in 12 of them.

John McGraw and Hugh Jennings – the namesakes for McGraw-Jennings Field on campus – are today remembered forever in Cooperstown as members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

McGraw captured three World Series titles, leading the New York Giants to the crown in 1905, 1921 and 1922. His Giants squads also came up short in three straight World Series between 1911-13, including a seven-game heartbreaker at the hands of the Boston Red Sox in 1912.

Jennings led the Detroit Tigers to the pennant in three straight years from 1907-09, though the Tigers would come up short in the World Series each of those years.

McGraw began his professional career as a player in Olean in 1890 and spent his offseasons attending Bonaventure from 1892-95. He would be the reason his longtime friend Jennings came to the area, arriving at St. Bonaventure in 1894. Jennings served as a player-coach at Bona's from 1894-97.

Paul Owens, a St. Bonaventure Class of 1951 graduate, was nicknamed "The Pope" and his work in the front office with the Philadelphia Phillies was fitting of such a moniker.

A lifetime baseball man, he became a scout after his playing days were over, rising to the ranks of general manager. He also served as the club's manager in 1972 and again in 1983-84. The Phillies won just two pennants in their first 88 years, but then won three straight National League East crowns with Owens as GM in 1976-78 and reached the top of the baseball world as World Series champs in 1980. He was back in the manager's chair in 1983 when the Phillies again won the pennant before falling to the Baltimore Orioles in the Fall Classic that year.

Owens is remembered by the Phillies today with the Paul Owens Award given to the organization's top player and pitcher in their minor league system each year.

Most recently, Marc Tramuta, '91, was a member of the New York Mets front office when they reached the World Series in 2015. An All-Atlantic 10 performer as a middle infielder with the Bonnies, he was drafted by the Dodgers in 1991 and after his playing days were done he would transition to the scouting world, first with Baltimore. He moved to Toronto as a national cross checker, then went to the Mets in 2012 and was honored as cross checker of the year in 2014 by the Mid-Atlantic Scouts Association. His work in scouting played a role in creating the Mets squad that won the pennant in 2015 when he was the organization's assistant scouting director.

He would later serve as director of amateur scouting for the Mets for several years before taking a front office role with the Toronto Blue Jays earlier this fall.