Ranking every World Series winners in history

By Staff | Nov 3, 2015

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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Unidentified New York Giants baseball player sliding into home plate during a game at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, 1928. An unidentified catcher of Chicago Cubs is standing in front of home plate. (Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images) /

10. 1905 New York Giants

105-48, NL Champions, Won World Series 4-1 Over Philadelphia

The Boston Americans won the very first World Series in 1903, but because of a feud between New York Giants Hall of Fame manager John McGraw and American League president Ban Johnson, there was no World Series the following season. After finally agreeing to a formal set of rules to govern the post-season series, the Giants agreed to meet the Philadelphia Athletics in 1905 after winning the NL pennant with a 105-48 record.

Christy Mathewson was the greatest pitcher in baseball in 1905, and the 24-year old future Hall of Famer led all of baseball with 31 wins, a 1.28 ERA, eight shutouts and struck out 206 hitters, which was the most in the National League. In a historic performance in the World Series, Mathewson tossed three shutouts over a period of just six days, including a five-hitter in the Game 5 clincher.

After taking the loss in Game 2, Hall of Famer Joe McGinnity also tossed a five-hit shutout in Game 4 for the Giants, who claimed just the second World Championship ever, and the first in franchise history.

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