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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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American professional baseball player Johnny Blanchard (No. 38, lower right) of the New York Yankees walks off the field as the crowd rushes onto the field to celebrate Bill Mazeroski’s ninth inning home run which won the game and the series for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1960. (Photo by Robert Riger/Getty Images)
American professional baseball player Johnny Blanchard (No. 38, lower right) of the New York Yankees walks off the field as the crowd rushes onto the field to celebrate Bill Mazeroski’s ninth inning home run which won the game and the series for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1960. (Photo by Robert Riger/Getty Images) /

74. 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates

95-59, NL Champions, Won World Series 4-3 Over New York

The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates are one of the most beloved in franchise history. After a run of 33 seasons without winning an NL pennant, the Pirates clobbered the rest of the league and finished with a seven-game lead over the Milwaukee Braves with a record of 95-59.

Pittsburgh featured a fearsome lineup that led the league in most major statistical categories, including runs (734), batting average (.276) and on-base percentage (.335) despite hitting only 120 home runs, which ranked sixth out of the eight teams in the league.

Roberto Clemente hit .314/.357/.458 with what was then a career-high 16 home runs and 94 RBI. The 25-year old Clemente made the All-Star team for the first time, and also finished in the top ten of the NL MVP voting for the first time in his Hall of Fame career.

Fellow future Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski hit just .273/.320/.392 with 11 home runs and 64 RBI for the season, but came up big when it mattered most with a walk-off home run in Game 7, which gave the Pirates a World Championship for the first time since 1925.

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