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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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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) /

53. 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers

98-55, NL Champions, Won World Series 4-3 Over New York

Despite appearing in the World Series seven previous times, the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers were the first team in franchise history to capture a World Championship.

With a 98-55 regular season record, the Dodgers dominated the National League and captured the pennant with a 13.5-game cushion in the standings. Don Newcombe (20-5, 3.20) was the star of a pitching staff that led the NL with a 3.68 ERA, and also included a couple of little-used future Dodger legends in Sandy Koufax and Tom Lasorda.

Catcher Roy Campanella was voted NL MVP after hitting .318/.395/.583 with 32 home runs and 107 RBI. Teammate Duke Snider was a close runner-up having hit .309/.418/.628 with 42 homers and a league-leading 136 RBI and 126 runs scored.

Gil Hodges (.289/.377/.500, 27 HR, 102 RBI) and Carl Furillo (.314/.371/.520, 26 HR, 95 RBI) had terrific seasons in a lineup that led the NL in runs scored (857), home runs (201), batting average (.271), on-base percentage (.356), and slugging percentage (.448), and 36-year old Hall of Fame veterans Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson each played vital roles and were finally able to celebrate a World Series title when the Dodgers outlasted the New York Yankees in the seven-game Fall Classic.

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