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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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Thousands of loyal Angel fans celebrated with the World Series Champions Tuesday at two parades and a victory party held in front of the stadium. Confetti, streamers and fireworks helped the fans and team to celebrate their historic win. (Photo by Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Thousands of loyal Angel fans celebrated with the World Series Champions Tuesday at two parades and a victory party held in front of the stadium. Confetti, streamers and fireworks helped the fans and team to celebrate their historic win. (Photo by Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) /

67. 2002 Anaheim Angels

99-63, AL Wild Card, Won World Series 4-3 Over San Francisco

A 99-win regular season is usually enough for a team to rank among the top 50 of our rankings, but the 2002 Anaheim Angels lose big points for finishing four games behind the Oakland A’s in the American League West and for beating fellow Wild Card-winner San Francisco in a seven-game World Series.

The only Angels team to win a World Championship was, of course, a terrific ball club. Led by a largely homegrown lineup featuring Garrett Anderson (.306/.332/.539, 29 HR, 123 RBI), Tim Salmon (.286/.380/.503, 22 HR, 88 RBI), Troy Glaus (30 HR, 111 RBI), Anaheim led the American League with a .282 team batting average and with 1,603 hits, and ranked fourth in runs scored (851).

The pitching staff was just as good, and allowed the fewest runs (644) in the American League and ranked second in ERA (3.69) thanks to a solid starting rotation led by Ramon Ortiz (15-9, 3.77) and Jarrod Washburn (18-6, 3.15), and a bullpen with dominant closer Troy Percival (1.92, 40 saves) handling the ninth inning.

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