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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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CHICAGO – OCTOBER 23: Paul Konerko No. 14 of the Chicago White Sox hits a grand slam home run off of Chad Qualls in the seventh inning during Game 2 of the 2005 World Series against the Houston Astros at US Cellular Field on October 23, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox defeated the Astros 7-6. (Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
CHICAGO – OCTOBER 23: Paul Konerko No. 14 of the Chicago White Sox hits a grand slam home run off of Chad Qualls in the seventh inning during Game 2 of the 2005 World Series against the Houston Astros at US Cellular Field on October 23, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox defeated the Astros 7-6. (Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /

37. 2005 Chicago White Sox

99-63, AL Central Champions, Won World Series 4-0 Over Houston

The Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox have received the bulk of the attention for historic World Championship droughts, but one season after the Red Sox snapped an 86-year losing streak, the 2005 Chicago White Sox won the Fall Classic for the first time since 1917.

With a regular season record of 99-63, which included a remarkable 52-29 record on the road, the White Sox won the American League Central by six games. Chicago was dominant in the postseason as well and beat Boston 3-0 in the Division Series before knocking off the Los Angeles Angels four games to one in the ALCS to capture the first pennant for the franchise since 1959.

Though two runs or fewer decided every game, including a 1-0 five-hit gem in Game 4, the White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series for the first time in 88 years.

Mark Buehrle (16-8, 3.12) Freddie Garcia (14-8, 3.87), Jon Garland (18-10, 3.50), Dustin Hermanson (2.04 ERA, 34 saves) and Bobby Jenks (2.75 ERA, nine saves in the regular season with two saves in the World Series) led a pitching staff that posted the best ERA in the American League and helped overcome a White Sox lineup that scored only 741 runs, which ranked ninth in the AL.

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