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Ranking every World Series winners in history

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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) /
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UNITED STATES – CIRCA 2000: New York Yankees’ Mickey Mantle is all smiles scoring on homer in the eighth inning. Yanks defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2 in Game 2 of the 1953 World Series at Yankee Stadium. (Photo by Charles Hoff/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – CIRCA 2000: New York Yankees’ Mickey Mantle is all smiles scoring on homer in the eighth inning. Yanks defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2 in Game 2 of the 1953 World Series at Yankee Stadium. (Photo by Charles Hoff/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) /

50. 1953 New York Yankees

99-52, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-2 Over Brooklyn

Only one Major League Baseball franchise has won five consecutive World Series titles, and the 1953 New York Yankees hold the distinction as the only team in big league history to cap the season with a World Championship for a fifth straight year.

With a 99-52 regular season record, the Yankees blew through the American League and won the pennant by 8.5 games. Led by Yogi Berra (.296/.363/.523, 27 HR, 108 RBI), Mickey Mantle (.295/.398/.497, 21 HR, 92 RBI), Phil Rizzuto (.271/.383/.351) and World Series hero Billy Martin (who hit .500/.520/.958 with two homers in the Fall Classic), the Bronx Bombers led the American League in runs (801), batting average (.273), on-base percentage (.358) and slugging percentage (.417).

The Yankees also had the league’s best pitching staff and led the AL in ERA (3.20), allowed the fewest runs (547) and hits (1,286) in the league while also posting the most saves (37) and shutouts (16). Whitey Ford, who spent the previous two seasons out of baseball due to his military commitment and returned as a 24-year old, won 18 games and produced a 3.00 ERA, teamed with veterans Eddie Lopat (16-4, 2.42), Vic Raschi (13-6, 3.33), Allie Reynolds (13-7, 3.41) and Johnny Sain (14-7, 3.00) to lead the Yankees over the Brooklyn Dodgers with a 4-2 series victory.

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