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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) After smashing the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-6, in the fifth World Series game, October 9, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, these 1949 World Champion New York Yankees have good cause to cheer. Gathered here are: (left to right) Gene Woodling, Phil Rizzuto, Cliff Mapes, manager Casey Stengel, and Gus Niarhos with Joe Page in front of him.
(Original Caption) After smashing the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-6, in the fifth World Series game, October 9, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, these 1949 World Champion New York Yankees have good cause to cheer. Gathered here are: (left to right) Gene Woodling, Phil Rizzuto, Cliff Mapes, manager Casey Stengel, and Gus Niarhos with Joe Page in front of him. /

63. 1949 New York Yankees

97-57, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-1 Over Brooklyn

The 1949 New York Yankees captured the 16th AL pennant in franchise history in one of the tightest pennant chases in Major League Baseball history. After leading the AL standings every day until September 26, the Yankees fell one game behind the rival Boston Red Sox with only five games left on the schedule. By winning four of those five games – including two over Boston – New York survived by a single game with a record of 97-57.

Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto (.275/.352/.358, 110 R, 65 RBI, 18 SB) put together one of the best years of his Hall of Fame career and finished second in MVP voting to Ted Williams. Yogi Berra (.277/.323/.480, 20 HR, 91 RBI), Tommy Henrich (.287/.416/.526, 24 HR, 85 RBI) and Joe DiMaggio (.346/.459/.596, 13 HR, 67 RBI in only 76 games) gave New York one of the fiercest lineups in the American League.

The World Series, however, was dominated by pitching with the Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers splitting a pair of 1-0 decisions in Games 1 and 2. The Yankees won the final three games of the Fall Classic, and the lineup broke loose for a 10-6 win in Game 5 to secure the club’s 12th World Championship, and the first of four straight.

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