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Ranking every World Series winners in history

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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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PHILADELPHIA – 1929. The Philadelphia Athletics pose for a team photo in 1929. Connie Mack appears in street clothes, while team stars are Lefty Grove, back row, second from left, and in the front row, Al Simmons, fifth from right, Jimmy Foxx, third from right, and Eddie Collins, second from right.. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA – 1929. The Philadelphia Athletics pose for a team photo in 1929. Connie Mack appears in street clothes, while team stars are Lefty Grove, back row, second from left, and in the front row, Al Simmons, fifth from right, Jimmy Foxx, third from right, and Eddie Collins, second from right.. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) /

11. 1929 Philadelphia Athletics

104-46, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-1 Over Chicago

The New York Yankees rose to power in the 1920s and largely dominated the decade thanks to the awesome offensive production of legendary sluggers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, but the Philadelphia Athletics (who were the runner-up for the AL pennant in 1927 and 1928) broke through with a dominant season in 1929 and won the American League by a whopping 18 games with a record of 104-46.  With the Yankees finally off their backs, the Athletics beat the Cubs 4-1 in the World Series for the fourth World Championship in franchise history and first since 1913.

Al Simmons (.365/.398/.642, 34 HR, 157 RBI, 114 R) and Jimmie Foxx (.354/.463/.625, 33 HR, 118 RBI, 123 R) were Philadelphia’s answer to Ruth and Gehrig, and Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane (.331/.412/.475) helped guide the American League’s toughest pitching staff.

Hall of Famer Lefty Grove led the AL with a 2.81 ERA and also struck out more hitters (170) than anyone else in baseball while posting a 20-6 record and Rube Walberg (18-11, 3.60) and George Earnshaw (24-8, 3.29) combined to form one of the best starting rotations in baseball. The A’s 3.44 team ERA was the lowest in the league.

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