Ranking every World Series winners in history

By Staff | Nov 3, 2015

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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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – OCTOBER 31: World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner No. 40 of the San Francisco Giants, waves to the crowd along the parade route during the San Francisco Giants World Series victory parade on October 31, 2014 in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals to win the 2014 World Series. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

107. 2014 San Francisco Giants

88-74, NL Wild Card, Won World Series 4-3 Over Kansas City

The 2014 World Series had its fair share of drama – such as two one-run games in a seven-game series, including Game 7 – but because the Series featured a pair of Wild Card teams, it was arguably the weakest Fall Classic in history. That means the San Francisco Giants, who beat the Royals 3-2 in Kansas City in Game 7, were the winners of the weakest World Series of all-time and are destined for one of the lowest slots on our list.

The team’s best player all year, Madison Bumgarner (18-10, 2.98 ERA in the regular season) was a beast in the postseason, including a shutout performance in the Wild Card win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and MVP performances in the NLCS (1-0, 1.72 in 15.2 innings across two starts) and World Series (2-0, 0.43 ERA in 21.0 innings in three games, including two starts).

Overall, San Francisco was 88-74 during the 2014 regular season, and finished six games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, but coasted through the Wild Card Game (an 8-0 victory over Pittsburgh) and beat the Nationals 3-1 in the Division Series and St. Louis 4-1 in the NLCS.

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