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Ranking every World Series winners in history

By Staff

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 05: Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley and his manager, Walter Alston, exchange hugs and grins after bringing Brooklyn its first World Series championship in history. Flock did it the hard way, winning the final game in Yankee Stadium. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 05: Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley and his manager, Walter Alston, exchange hugs and grins after bringing Brooklyn its first World Series championship in history. Flock did it the hard way, winning the final game in Yankee Stadium. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 10, 1937: (L-R) Tony Lazzeri, Lefty Gomez and Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees, , celebrate their World Series victory of the NY Giants in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 10, 1937. (Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 10, 1937: (L-R) Tony Lazzeri, Lefty Gomez and Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees, , celebrate their World Series victory of the NY Giants in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 10, 1937. (Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images) /

14. 1937 New York Yankees

102-52, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-1 Over New York Giants

The 1937 New York Yankees won the American League pennant by a whopping 13 games after posting a 102-52 record in the regular season – the best record in the big leagues by a full seven games over their World Series opponents, the New York Giants.

The Bronx Bombers scored 979 runs and hit 174 home runs, both of which were more than any other team in baseball. Joe DiMaggio (.346/.412/.673, 35 2B, 15 3B, 46 HR, 167 RBI, 151 R), Lou Gehrig (.351/.473/.643, 37 HR, 127 RBI, 138 R) and Bill Dickey (.332/.417/.570, 29 HR, 133 RBI) all finished in the top five of the AL MVP race.

Lefty Gomez (21-11, 2.33) and Red Ruffing headlined a pitching staff that posted the best ERA in the American League (3.65), allowed the fewest runs (671), with the most shutouts (15), and helped the Yankees claim the sixth World Championship in franchise history and the second of what would be four consecutive titles.

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