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Ranking every World Series winners in history

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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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BRONX, NY – OCTOBER 5: Whitey Kurowski No. 1 (1918 – 1999) of the St. Louis Cardinals runs across home plate after hitting a home run as his teammates Marty Marion No. 4 and Walker Cooper No. 15 congratulate him during Game 5 of the 1942 World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, New York on October 5, 1942. The Cardinals won game five 4-2 and wrapped up the series. (Photo by B Bennett/Getty Images)
BRONX, NY – OCTOBER 5: Whitey Kurowski No. 1 (1918 – 1999) of the St. Louis Cardinals runs across home plate after hitting a home run as his teammates Marty Marion No. 4 and Walker Cooper No. 15 congratulate him during Game 5 of the 1942 World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, New York on October 5, 1942. The Cardinals won game five 4-2 and wrapped up the series. (Photo by B Bennett/Getty Images) /

25. 1942 St. Louis Cardinals

106-48, NL Champions, Won World Series 4-1 Over New York

The 1942 St. Louis Cardinals won the American League pennant with a 106-48 regular season record, but it wasn’t easy. The Brooklyn Dodgers won 104 games, and led the Cardinals by ten games in the standings on August 4, but St. Louis stormed back with a 45-11 record down the stretch to earn a spot in the World Series in historic fashion.

After needing every ounce of energy to overcome the Dodgers, St. Louis dropped Game 1 of the Fall Classic to the New York Yankees before winning four in a row to capture the fourth World Championship in franchise history, and the first since 1934.

Mort Cooper (22-7, 1.78) won the NL MVP Award and led a Cardinal’s pitching staff that posted the lowest ERA (2.55) in the league. Johnny Beazley (21-6, 2.13) was a solid No. 2 starter, and won two games in the World Series. Hall of Fame outfielders Stan Musial (.318/.397/.490, 10 HR, 72 RBI) and Enos Slaughter (.318/.412/.494, 13 HR, 98 RBI, 100 R) led the Cardinals offensively.

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