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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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PHILADELPHIA – OCTOBER 1, 1930. A group of American League Champion and soon to be World Champion Philadelphia Athletics pose for a dugout photo before game one of the World Series in the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia in October of 1930. Lefty Grove is standing tall at the back, and Jimmy Foxx is leaning on Mule Haas’ shoulders. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA – OCTOBER 1, 1930. A group of American League Champion and soon to be World Champion Philadelphia Athletics pose for a dugout photo before game one of the World Series in the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia in October of 1930. Lefty Grove is standing tall at the back, and Jimmy Foxx is leaning on Mule Haas’ shoulders. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) /

31. 1930 Philadelphia Athletics

102-52, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-2 Over St. Louis

The 1930 Philadelphia Athletics were stocked full of star players that would eventually become Hall of Famers, and won 102 regular season games to capture the American League pennant for the second consecutive season. The A’s beat the St. Louis Cardinals four games to two in the World Series to capture the team’s second straight World Championship and the fifth in franchise history.

Lefty Grove was named AL MVP following a dominant season in which he posted a big league-best record of 28-5 and led all of baseball with 209 strikeouts. Both a starter and a reliever, Grove appeared in 50 games, which was more than any pitcher in the Majors that season, and also saved nine games.

Fellow Hall of Famers Al Simmons (.381/.423/.708, 36 HR, 165 RBI, 152 R), Jimmie Foxx (.335/.429/.637, 37 HR, 156 RBI, 127 R) and Mickey Cochrane (.357/.424/.526, 10 HR, 85 RBI, 110 R) were the nucleus of a fearsome lineup that scored 951 runs, which was the second most in the AL.

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