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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 2002: N.Y. Mets vs. Baltimore Orioles. 1969 World Series. , Tom Seaver and J.C. Martin. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – CIRCA 2002: N.Y. Mets vs. Baltimore Orioles. 1969 World Series. , Tom Seaver and J.C. Martin. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) /

46. 1969 New York Mets

100-62, NL East Champions, Won World Series 4-1 Over Baltimore

The 1969 New York Mets – otherwise known as the “Miracle Mets” – won the National League East by eight games with a record of 100-62, and made quick work of the Atlanta Braves in the first National League Championship Series with a three-game sweep to earn a spot in the World Series just seven years after joining the big leagues as an expansion club.

Led by World Series MVP Donn Clendenon, who hit .357/.438/1.071 with three home runs, and a pitching staff that allowed a grand total of nine runs, the Mets celebrated the first World Championship in franchise history with a 4-1 series victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Hall of Fame ace Tom Seaver won his first of three NL Cy Young Award with a 25-7 record and a 2.21 ERA. The Mets ranked second in the NL with a 2.99 ERA allowed the fewest hits in the league (1,217), which was necessary because the New York lineup ranked ninth in the league in runs scored (632), eighth in home runs (109) seventh in batting average (.242), tenth in on-base percentage (.311) and eleventh in slugging percentage (.351).

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