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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CHICAGO, IL – 1908: Frank Chance, first baseman for the Chicago Cubs takes a big swing during a game in 1908 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images) /

4. 1907 Chicago Cubs

107-45, NL Champions, Won World Series 4-0 Over Detroit

Though they weren’t quite as dominant as the previous year’s squad that posted an 116-36 record before falling short of a World Championship, the 1907 Chicago Cubs won the National League pennant for the second consecutive season with a 107-45 regular season record and won the World Series in a four-game sweep over the Detroit Tigers.

With an offense headlined by the Hall of Fame double play combination of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers and first baseman Frank Chance (who also served as the team’s manager), the Cubs finished second in the National League in runs scored with 571. However, as was common during the Dead Ball Era, it was the pitching staff that led Chicago to a championship.

Orval Overall (23-7, 1.68), Mordecai Brown (20-6, 1.39), Carl Lundgren (18-7, 1.17), Jack Pfiester (14-9, 1.15) and Ed Reulbach (1.69) spearheaded one of the most dominant starting rotations of all-time. The Cubs compiled a 1.73 team ERA – an incredible 0.49 runs lower than the second best team in all of baseball. The 390 runs the staff surrendered were 85 fewer than the second-place White Sox.

The Cubs won it all again in 1908, but haven’t claimed baseball’s ultimate prize since.

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