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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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UNITED STATES – CIRCA 2000: The Iceman Cometh– Returning to Ebbets Field dugout following his two-on homer which iced game for Yankees in sixth inning of second game of the 1952 World Series, second baseman Billy Martin is besieged by teammates. Greeters are (l. to r.) Turner, Babe, Mantle, Miller, trainer Mauch, Gorman, Rizzuto, Mize (in dugout) and Woodling. McDougald (r.) tallied on blow. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 7-1, to even Series. Classic will resume at Stadium tomorrow. (Photo by Charles Hoff/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – CIRCA 2000: The Iceman Cometh– Returning to Ebbets Field dugout following his two-on homer which iced game for Yankees in sixth inning of second game of the 1952 World Series, second baseman Billy Martin is besieged by teammates. Greeters are (l. to r.) Turner, Babe, Mantle, Miller, trainer Mauch, Gorman, Rizzuto, Mize (in dugout) and Woodling. McDougald (r.) tallied on blow. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 7-1, to even Series. Classic will resume at Stadium tomorrow. (Photo by Charles Hoff/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) /

75. 1952 New York Yankees

95-59, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-3 Over Brooklyn

The 1952 New York Yankees were the third of four consecutive World Series Championship teams from the Bronx, and beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 in the World Series.

Yogi Berra led the Yankees with 30 home runs and 98 RBI, though a 20-year old Mickey Mantle wasn’t far behind with 23 long balls and 87 runs batted in, and also posted a .311/.394/.530 in his first full season with the big league club. The pair, along with Hank Bauer (.293/.355/.463, 17 HR, 74 RBI), Joe Collins (.280/.364/.481, 18 HR, 59 RBI) and Phil Rizzuto (.254/.337/.341, 17 SB) helped New York finish with the best batting average in the AL (.267) and the second-best home run (129) and run (727) totals.

Allie Reynolds (20-8, 2.06) headlined the pitching staff, which posted the AL’s lowest ERA (3.14). Reynolds started 29 games, 24 of them complete including six shutouts, and also came in relief in six contests – earning a save in each. The 35-year old MVP runner-up made four appearances in the World Series, and posted a 2-1 record (including the victory in Game 7) with a 1.77 ERA across 20.1 innings and also earned a save.

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