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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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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – MARCH 1, 1947: (L to R) Outfielders Joe DiMaggio No. 5, Nick Etten No. 9, Charlie Keller No. 12 and Tommy Henrich No. 15 of the New York Yankees pose for a portrait while sitting on the back of the backstop during Spring Training in March, 1947 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images)
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – MARCH 1, 1947: (L to R) Outfielders Joe DiMaggio No. 5, Nick Etten No. 9, Charlie Keller No. 12 and Tommy Henrich No. 15 of the New York Yankees pose for a portrait while sitting on the back of the backstop during Spring Training in March, 1947 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images) /

65. 1947 New York Yankees

97-57, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-3 Over Brooklyn

The 1947 New York Yankees were a dominant club that posted a 97-57 regular season record and won the American League by a resounding 12 games with the league’s highest scoring offense and its best pitching staff, then defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 in the World Series.

Led by MVP Joe DiMaggio (.315/.391/.522, 20 HR, 97 RBI), outfielder Tommy Henrich (.287/.327/.485, 16 HR, 98 RBI), and first baseman George McQueen (.304/.395/.437, 13 HR, 80 RBI), the Yankees scored 794 runs and also led the AL in hits (1,439), triples (72), home runs (115), batting average (.271), slugging percentage (.407) and OPS (.756).

The pitching staff was just as good and allowed the fewest runs (568), hits (1,221), most strikeouts (691) and posted the lowest ERA in the AL (3.39). Allie Reynolds led the starting rotation with a 19-8 record and a 3.20 ERA across 34 games (30 starts), but reliever Joe Page finished fourth in the MVP voting for a season that included a 14-8 record and 2.48 ERA with 17 saves in 141.1 innings spread across 56 appearances.

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