List Of World Series Winners By Year

World Series Winners
List of World Series Winners by year

World Series winners are the champions of MLB. Teams like the Yankees and Dodgers have claimed multiple titles, with legends made on the biggest stage.

World Series is Major League Baseball’s (MLB) annual championship series, which culminates the MLB postseason. It was first played in the year 1903.

The World Series championship is a best of 7 playoff between the winners of baseball’s National League (NL) and American League. The modern World Series, commonly referred to as the “Fall Classic,” has been played every year since 1903, with two exceptions: in 1904, when the NL champion New York Giants declined to play the AL champion Boston Americans, and in 1994, when the series was canceled due to a player strike.

All World Series have been best-of-seven, except for 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921, when the victor was selected by a best-of-nine playoff.

 

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World Series Winners By Year

Here is the list of World Series champions since 2000:

  • 2023: Texas Rangers def. Arizona Diamondbacks
  • 2022: Houston Astros def. Philadelphia Phillies
  • 2021: Atlanta Braves def. Houston Astros
  • 2020: Los Angeles Dodgers def. Tampa Bay Rays
  • 2019: Washington Nationals def. Houston Astros
  • 2018: Boston Red Sox def. Los Angeles Dodgers
  • 2017: Houston Astros def. Los Angeles Dodgers
  • 2016: Chicago Cubs def. Cleveland Indians
  • 2015: Kansas City Royals def. New York Mets
  • 2014: San Francisco Giants def. Kansas City Royals
  • 2013: Boston Red Sox def. St. Louis Cardinals
  • 2012: San Francisco Giants def. Detroit Tigers
  • 2011: St. Louis Cardinals def. Texas Rangers
  • 2010: San Francisco Giants def. Texas Rangers
  • 2009: New York Yankees def. Philadelphia Phillies
  • 2008: Philadelphia Phillies def. Tampa Bay Rays
  • 2007: Boston Red Sox def. Colorado Rockies
  • 2006: St. Louis Cardinals def. Detroit Tigers
  • 2005: Chicago White Sox def. Houston Astros
  • 2004: Boston Red Sox def. St. Louis Cardinals
  • 2003: Florida Marlins def. New York Yankees
  • 2002: Anaheim Angels def. San Francisco Giants
  • 2001: Arizona Diamondbacks def. New York Yankees
  • 2000: New York Yankees def. New York Mets

World Series Title Winners from 1975 to 1999

  • 1999: New York Yankees def. Atlanta Braves
  • 1998: New York Yankees def. San Diego Padres
  • 1997: Florida Marlins def. Cleveland Indians
  • 1996: New York Yankees def. Atlanta Braves
  • 1995: Atlanta Braves def. Cleveland Indians
  • 1994: No World Series was played due to a players’ strike
  • 1993: Toronto Blue Jays def. Philadelphia Phillies
  • 1992: Toronto Blue Jays def. Atlanta Braves
  • 1991: Minnesota Twins def. Atlanta Braves
  • 1990: Cincinnati Reds def. Oakland Athletics
  • 1989: Oakland Athletics def. San Francisco Giants
  • 1988: Los Angeles Dodgers def. Oakland Athletics
  • 1987: Minnesota Twins def. St. Louis Cardinals
  • 1986: New York Mets def. Boston Red Sox
  • 1985: Kansas City Royals def. St. Louis Cardinals
  • 1984: Detroit Tigers def. San Diego Padres
  • 1983: Baltimore Orioles def. Philadelphia Phillies
  • 1982: St. Louis Cardinals def. Milwaukee Brewers
  • 1981: Los Angeles Dodgers def. New York Yankees
  • 1980: Philadelphia Phillies def. Kansas City Royals
  • 1979: Pittsburgh Pirates def. Baltimore Orioles
  • 1978: New York Yankees def. Los Angeles Dodgers
  • 1977: New York Yankees def. Los Angeles Dodgers
  • 1976: Cincinnati Reds def. New York Yankees
  • 1975: Cincinnati Reds def. Boston Red Sox

List of WS Champions From 1950 to 1974

  • 1974: Oakland Athletics def. Los Angeles Dodgers
  • 1973: Oakland Athletics def. New York Mets
  • 1972: Oakland Athletics def. Cincinnati Reds
  • 1971: Pittsburgh Pirates def. Baltimore Orioles
  • 1970: Baltimore Orioles def. Cincinnati Reds
  • 1969: New York Mets def. Baltimore Orioles
  • 1968: Detroit Tigers def. St. Louis Cardinals
  • 1967: St. Louis Cardinals def. Boston Red Sox
  • 1966: Baltimore Orioles def. Los Angeles Dodgers
  • 1965: Los Angeles Dodgers def. Minnesota Twins
  • 1964: St. Louis Cardinals def. New York Yankees
  • 1963: Los Angeles Dodgers def. New York Yankees
  • 1962: New York Yankees def. San Francisco Giants
  • 1961: New York Yankees def. Cincinnati Reds
  • 1960: Pittsburgh Pirates def. New York Yankees
  • 1959: Los Angeles Dodgers def. Chicago White Sox
  • 1958: New York Yankees def. Milwaukee Braves
  • 1957: Milwaukee Braves def. New York Yankees
  • 1956: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers
  • 1955: Brooklyn Dodgers def. New York Yankees
  • 1954: New York Giants def. Cleveland Indians
  • 1953: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers
  • 1952: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers
  • 1951: New York Yankees def. New York Giants
  • 1950: New York Yankees def. Philadelphia Phillies

World Series Title Champions Since 1930

  • 1949: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers
  • 1948: Cleveland Indians def. Boston Braves
  • 1947: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers
  • 1946: St. Louis Cardinals def. Boston Red Sox
  • 1945: Detroit Tigers def. Chicago Cubs
  • 1944: St. Louis Cardinals def. St. Louis Browns
  • 1943: New York Yankees def. St. Louis Cardinals
  • 1942: St. Louis Cardinals def. New York Yankees
  • 1941: New York Yankees def. Brooklyn Dodgers
  • 1940: Cincinnati Reds def. Detroit Tigers
  • 1939: New York Yankees def. Cincinnati Reds
  • 1938: New York Yankees def. Chicago Cubs
  • 1937: New York Yankees def. New York Giants
  • 1936: New York Yankees def. New York Giants
  • 1935: Detroit Tigers def. Chicago Cubs
  • 1934: St. Louis Cardinals def. Detroit Tigers
  • 1933: New York Giants def. Washington Senators
  • 1932: New York Yankees def. Chicago Cubs
  • 1931: St. Louis Cardinals def. Philadelphia Athletics
  • 1930: Philadelphia Athletics def. St. Louis Cardinals

Winners of World Series Since 1903

  • 1929: Philadelphia Athletics def. Chicago Cubs
  • 1928: New York Yankees def. St. Louis Cardinals
  • 1927: New York Yankees def. Pittsburgh Pirates
  • 1926: St. Louis Cardinals def. New York Yankees
  • 1925: Pittsburgh Pirates def. Washington Senators
  • 1924: Washington Senators def. New York Giants
  • 1923: New York Yankees def. New York Giants
  • 1922: New York Giants def. New York Yankees
  • 1921: New York Giants def. New York Yankees
  • 1920: Cleveland Indians def. Brooklyn Robins (now Dodgers)
  • 1919: Cincinnati Reds def. Chicago White Sox
  • 1918: Boston Red Sox def. Chicago Cubs
  • 1917: Chicago White Sox def. New York Giants
  • 1916: Boston Red Sox def. Brooklyn Robins (now Dodgers)
  • 1915: Boston Red Sox def. Philadelphia Phillies
  • 1914: Boston Braves def. Philadelphia Athletics
  • 1913: Philadelphia Athletics def. New York Giants
  • 1912: Boston Red Sox def. New York Giants
  • 1911: Philadelphia Athletics def. New York Giants
  • 1910: Philadelphia Athletics def. Chicago Cubs
  • 1909: Pittsburgh Pirates def. Detroit Tigers
  • 1908: Chicago Cubs def. Detroit Tigers
  • 1907: Chicago Cubs def. Detroit Tigers
  • 1906: Chicago White Sox def. Chicago Cubs
  • 1905: New York Giants def. Philadelphia Athletics
  • 1904: No World Series was played
  • 1903: Boston Americans (now Red Sox) def. Pittsburgh Pirates

Eight teams have won five or more World Series titles, and in 2024, two of those teams will square off for a sixth championship. Either the Dodgers World Series wins equal the rival Giants for sixth place with eight titles, or the Yankees championships will increase their record to 28 titles.

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