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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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Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees celebrate winning the 1950 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. (Photo by Sporting News/Sporting News via Getty Images)
Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees celebrate winning the 1950 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies. (Photo by Sporting News/Sporting News via Getty Images) /

32. 1950 New York Yankees

98-56, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-0 Over Philadelphia

The 1950 American League baseball season was one of the toughest and hardest fought in history. The Cleveland Indians (92-62), Boston Red Sox (94-60) and Detroit Tigers (95-59) all won 92 games or more – giving each a better regular season record than the NL pennant-winning Philadelphia Phillies (91-63), but no one could catch the New York Yankees, who posted a 98-56 record and won a spot in the World Series for the second of what would become five consecutive seasons.

With a 4-0 sweep over the Phillies, the Yankees claimed the 13th World Championship in franchise history.

Phil Rizzuto (.324/.418/.439, 125 R, 200 H) won the only AL MVP Award of his Hall of Fame career, while fellow New York legends Joe DiMaggio (.301/.394/.585, 32 HR, 122 RBI, 114 R) and Yogi Berra (.322/.383/.533, 28 HR, 124 RBI) provided plenty of fireworks for the AL’s second highest scoring team.

Just a 21-year old rookie, Whitey Ford posted a 9-1 record and 2.81 ERA in the regular season, then became a World Series hero by pitching 8.2 brilliant innings in the Game 4 clincher.

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