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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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CHICAGO, IL – JUNE 23: The Chicago White Sox logo painted on the field of the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox on June 23, 2017 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – JUNE 23: The Chicago White Sox logo painted on the field of the game between the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox on June 23, 2017 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

81. 1906 Chicago White Sox

93-58, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-3 Over Chicago

Sure, it was the middle of the dead-ball era in baseball, but even by those standards the 1906 Chicago White Sox struggled to collect base hits. Nicknamed the “Hitless Wonders,” the 93-58 White Sox captured the American League pennant despite finishing dead last in the league batting average (.230), slugging percentage (.286), OPS (.588), and home runs (7), but led the league in walks (453) and made the most of the base runners they had to finish third in runs scored (567).

A great pitching staff certainly helped as well. Frank Owen (22-13, 2.33) and Nick Altrock (20-13, 2.06) headlined a pitching staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league. Ed Walsh (17-13, 1.88) and Doc White (18-6, 1.52) were also key members of the rotation that tossed an American League best 32 shutouts – ten by Walsh alone.

That pitching staff also neutralized the powerful Chicago Cubs in the crosstown World Series, with the White Sox winning four games to two and limiting the 116-win Cubs to 18 runs total.

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