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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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NEW YORK – OCTOBER 9, 1938: Thirdbaseman Red Rolfe No. 2 of the New York Yankees steals secondbase as shortstop Billy Jurges of the Chicago Cubs retrieves the errant throw from catcher Ken O’Dea during the bottom of the first inning of game four of the World Series on October 9, 1938 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. The umpire is Lou Kolls. (Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – OCTOBER 9, 1938: Thirdbaseman Red Rolfe No. 2 of the New York Yankees steals secondbase as shortstop Billy Jurges of the Chicago Cubs retrieves the errant throw from catcher Ken O’Dea during the bottom of the first inning of game four of the World Series on October 9, 1938 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. The umpire is Lou Kolls. (Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty Images) /

16. 1938 New York Yankees

99-53, AL Champions, Won World Series 4-0 Over Chicago

The 1938 Yankees continued New York’s dominance of Major League Baseball with the club’s third straight AL pennant and World Championship. A 99-53 record in the regular season earned the Yankees a spot in the Fall Classic, and the four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs marked the first time in history that a team won three straight World Series championships.

It was another well-rounded and dominant performance for the Yankees, who led the American League in runs scored (966), home runs (174), slugging percentage (.446), stolen bases (91), ERA (3.91), complete games (91), shutouts (11), runs allowed (711) and home runs allowed (85).

Lou Gehrig (.295/.410/.523, 29 HR, 114 RBI) and Joe DiMaggio (.324/.386/.581, 32 HR, 140 RBI) were firmly established as the biggest stars of the Yankees during the late 1930s, but fellow future Hall of Famers Bill Dickey (.313/.412/.568, 27 HR, 115 RBI) and Red Ruffing (21-7, 3.31) finished second and fourth, respectively, in the voting for the AL MVP Award in 1938.

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