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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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BOSTON, MA – OCTOBER, 1916: Eddie Collins takes a moment to talk with Jack Barry before a World Series game in 1916 in Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – OCTOBER, 1916: Eddie Collins takes a moment to talk with Jack Barry before a World Series game in 1916 in Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images) /

86. 1916 Boston Red Sox

91-63, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-1 Over Brooklyn

Before he became the Hall of Fame home run king of the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth was a young pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. His greatest season on the mound was 1916, when the 20-year old lefty went 23-12 and posted an American League best 1.75 ERA over the course of 44 games, including a league-leading 40 starts and nine shutouts. Ruth pitched 323.2 innings and struck out a career-high 170 hitters while leading Boston to the pennant with a 91-63 regular season record – two games better than the second place Chicago White Sox.

Ruth obviously wasn’t the only star for the Red Sox in 1916, who beat the Brooklyn Robins four games to one to capture the fourth World Championship in franchise history (the second in a row and third in five seasons). Dutch Leonard (18-12, 2.36), Carl Mays (18-13, 2.39) and Ernie Shore (16-10, 2.63) all started 24 games or more with sparkling results.

The Red Sox lineup was led by Hall of Famer Harry Hooper (.271/.361/.350, 37 RBI, 27 SB), as well as Larry Garder (.308/.372/.387, 62 RBI) and, occasionally, Ruth, who tied for the team lead in home runs with Tillie Walker and Hick Cady. Each had three.

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