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Ranking every World Series winners in history

ByFanSided 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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BRONX, NY – OCTOBER 7, 1962: (L-R) Bill Stafford and Roger Maris of the New York Yankees celebrate in the locker room after they won Game Three of the 1962 World Series 3-2 against the San Francisco Giants October 7, 1962 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx Borough of New York City. (Photo by WM. C. Greene/Sporting News via Getty Images)
BRONX, NY – OCTOBER 7, 1962: (L-R) Bill Stafford and Roger Maris of the New York Yankees celebrate in the locker room after they won Game Three of the 1962 World Series 3-2 against the San Francisco Giants October 7, 1962 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx Borough of New York City. (Photo by WM. C. Greene/Sporting News via Getty Images)

73. 1962 New York Yankees

96-66, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-3 Over San Francisco

The 1962 New York Yankees won the American League with a regular season record of 96-66, which earned the franchise its 27th trip to the World Series in 41 years. A 1-0 victory in Game 7 over the San Francisco Giants gave the Yankees an unprecedented 20th World Championship over that same time period. The win also marked the end of an era as it would be 15 years before the Bronx Bombers won it all again.

One year after Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle captivated the world with a historic home run chase, Maris led the Yankees with 33 homers and 100 RBI, but Mantle was named AL MVP after hitting .321/.486/.605 with 30 home runs and 89 RBI.

The powerful Yankees hit 199 home runs as a team, which was the second most in the American League. Elston Howard (21 HR, 91 RBI), Bill Skowron (23 HR, 80 RBI), and Tom Tresh (20 HR, 93 RBI) helped New York to lead the league in runs (817), hits (1,509), batting average (.267) and slugging percentage (.426).

Ralph Terry (23-12, 3.19) had a career year on the mound, including a 1-0 four-hit shutout in Game 7, and Whitey Ford (17-8, 2.90) was his regular Hall of Fame self.

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