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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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(Original Caption) 1951- (Left to Right) Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams. Group photo, all of them holding bats and in Yankees uniforms on the diamond. Undated Photograph.
(Original Caption) 1951- (Left to Right) Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams. Group photo, all of them holding bats and in Yankees uniforms on the diamond. Undated Photograph. /

64. 1951 New York Yankees

98-56, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-2 Over New York

Though many interesting things happened over the course of the 1951 season, the end of the season was very familiar to baseball fans as the New York Yankees captured the World Championship.

The 1951 New York Yankees were the only team in team history in which Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle crossed paths. The 36-year old DiMaggio hit .263/.365/.422 with 12 home runs and 71 RBI before retiring, while the 19-year old Mantle made his big league debut and hit .267/.349/.443 with 13 homers and 65 RBI in 96 games before becoming a permanent fixture in the Yankee outfield for the next 18 years. It was also the first of Yogi Berra’s three MVP seasons and the 26-year old catcher hit .294/.350/.492 with 27 long balls and 88 RBI.

Vic Raschi (21-19, 3.27) and Eddie Lopat (21-9, 2.91) led the pitching staff, and on September 28, the Yankees captured the AL pennant in dramatic fashion when Allie Reynolds (17-8, 3.05) threw a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox in the first game of a double-header. The team rode the momentum with a five-game winning streak to end the regular season, then earned a 4-2 victory over the New York Giants in the World Series.

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