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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ST. LOUIS, MO – APRIL 3: Chris Carpenter No. 29 of the St. Louis Cardinals is presented with his 2006 World Series Championship ring by manager Tony LaRussa No. 10 as G.M. Walt Jocketty looks on before playing the New York Mets at Busch Stadium April 3, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) /

110. 2006 St. Louis Cardinals

83-78, AL Central Champions, Won World Series 4-1 Over Detroit

No World Series winner has ever posted a lower winning percentage (.516) in the regular season than the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals, who were 83-78 and won the National League Central by 1.5 games.

St. Louis – who won more than 100 games in both 2004 and 2005 – still managed to control the division all year and didn’t fall out of first place after May 12, but also limped to the finish line. After pushing their division lead to seven games on September 18, St. Louis lost 10 of their final 14 games, including a seven-game losing streak. Four of those ten losses came in heartbreaking walk-off fashion.

Nevertheless, a division title gave St. Louis a ticket to the dance, and the Cardinals made the most of it by beating the San Diego Padres 3-1 in the Division Series and outlasting the Mets in seven games in the NLCS. With strong pitching performances from starters Chris Carpenter, Anthony Reyes and closer Adam Wainwright, as well as home runs by Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen, St. Louis beat the Detroit Tigers in five games in the Fall Classic.

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