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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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American baseball player Pie Traynor (1898 – 1972, born Harold Traynor) (right) of the Pittsburgh Pirates warms up at bat prior to the first game of the World Series against the Washington Senators at at Forbes Field Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1925. Though the Pirates lost the first game of the series, they went on to win the series four games to three. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty Images)
American baseball player Pie Traynor (1898 – 1972, born Harold Traynor) (right) of the Pittsburgh Pirates warms up at bat prior to the first game of the World Series against the Washington Senators at at Forbes Field Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1925. Though the Pirates lost the first game of the series, they went on to win the series four games to three. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty Images) /

36. 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates

95-58, NL Champions, Won World Series 4-3 Over Washington

With an explosive lineup that led the National League in ten separate major statistical categories, including runs (912), hits (1,651), batting average (.307), on-base percentage (.369) and slugging percentage (.449), the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates won the National League pennant by a commanding 8.5 games with a 95-58 record.

Hall of Fame trio Kiki Cuyler (.357/.423/.598, 26 3B, 18 HR, 102 RBI, 144 R), Max Carey (.343/.418/.491, 109 R) and Pie Traynor (.320/.377/.464) led the squad that also featured Glenn Wright (.308/.341/.480, 18 HR, 121 RBI) and Clyde Barnhard (.325/.391/.447, 114 RBI). Carey was the star of the World Series, and hit .458/.552/.625 for the Pirates in the seven-game series victory over the Washington Senators.

Lee Meadows (19-10, 3.67) anchored a pitching staff that combined to produce a 3.87 ERA that ranked second in the NL, and Ray Kremer (17-8, 3.69) and Vic Aldridge (15-7, 3.63) earned two wins apiece in the Fall Classic to help the Pirates capture the second World Championship in franchise history, and the last until 1960.

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