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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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LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER, 1959: General view of the 1959 World Series with the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers in October, 1959 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by American Stock Archive/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER, 1959: General view of the 1959 World Series with the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers in October, 1959 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by American Stock Archive/Getty Images) /

100. 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers

88-68, NL Champions, Won World Series 4-2 Over Chicago

With a record of 86-68, the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers tied the Milwaukee Brewers atop the standings in the National League after 154 games, which forced a playoff for the right to play the Chicago White Sox in the World Series.

The Dodgers pitching staff featured Don Drysdale (17-13, 3.46) and Sandy Koufax (8-6, 4.08), but the Hall of Famers were just 22 and 23 years old, respectively, and had yet to reach their full greatness. Offensively, Los Angeles relied on Gil Hodges (.276/.367/.513, 25 HR, 80 RBI) and Duke Snider (.308/.400/.535, 23 HR, 88 RBI).

After beating the Braves by a single run in the first two games of the best-of-three playoff, Los Angeles fell 11-0 to the White Sox in Game 1. However, Dodgers responded by winning four of the next five games, including a 9-3 victory in Chicago in Game 6 to clinch the World Championship for the first time since the franchise moved west. Game 6 was the only contest LA won by more than two runs in the entire postseason.

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