Ranking every World Series winners in history

By Staff | Nov 3, 2015

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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DETROIT, MI – OCTOBER 1984: Alan Wiggins No. 2 of the San Diego Padres is tagged out at the plate by Lance Parrish No. 13 of the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium during Game 5 of the 1984 World Series on October 14, l984 in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers defeated the Padres 8-4. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty Images) /

20. 1984 Detroit Tigers

104-58, AL East Champions, Won World Series 4-1 Over San Diego

The most beloved team in franchise history, and the last to win a World Championship, is the 1984 Detroit Tigers. The Tigers rolled to the American League Eastern Division title with a 104-58 record that season – a full 15 games better than second place Toronto.

With a 3-0 sweep over the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS, the Tigers earned their first AL pennant since 1968, and a 4-1 series win over the San Diego Padres in the World Series capped the season with the fourth World Series title in franchise history.

World Series MVP Alan Trammell hit .314/.382/.468 with 14 home runs and 69 RBI during the regular season, and added two homers and six RBI in the Fall Classic. Trammell, Lou Whitaker (.289/.357/.407, 13 HR, 56 RBI), Kirk Gibson (.282/.363/.516, 27 HR, 91 RBI), Lance Parrish (33 HR, 98 RBI) and Chet Lemon (.287/.357/.495, 20 HR, 76 RBI) headlined baseball’s most explosive lineup. Detroit led the Major Leagues in runs (829) and home runs (187).

Jack Morris (19-11, 3.60) and Dan Petry (18-8, 3.24) led the Detroit starting rotation, but AL Cy Young and MVP Award Winner Willie Hernandez was the relief ace of the staff and posted a 9-3 record with a 1.92 ERA and 32 saves in 140.1 innings spread across 80 appearances. Overall, Detroit allowed the fewest runs in the AL (643) and posted the lowest ERA (3.49).

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