List of World Series champions

Two rows of men in white baseball uniforms. Those in the back row wear dark baseball caps with "P" on them while the men in the front row wear white hats and have "BOSTON" on the chest of their uniforms.

In the first World Series in 1903, the Boston Americans (front row) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates (back row) 5–3 in an eight-game series.

The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). Often referred to as the "Fall Classic", the modern World Series 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 the players' strike. The best-of-seven style has been the format of all World Series except in 1903, 1919, 1920, 1921, when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff. Although the large majority of contests have been played entirely during the month of October, a small number of Series have also had games played during September and November. The Series-winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy. Players, coaches and others associated with the team are generally given World Series rings to commemorate their victory; however, they have received other items such as pocket watches and medallions in the past. The winning team is traditionally invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States.

A total of 120 World Series have been contested through 2024, with the AL champion winning 68 and the NL champion winning 52. The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 41 World Series, winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any MLB team. The Dodgers and the Yankees are tied for the most losses with 14 each. The St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 championships, the most among NL clubs and second-most all-time behind the Yankees. The Dodgers have represented the NL the most in the World Series with 22 appearances. The Seattle Mariners are the only MLB franchise that has never appeared in a World Series; the Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, and Colorado Rockies have all played in the Series but have never won it, with the Padres and the Rays appearing twice. The Los Angeles Angels and Washington Nationals are the only teams who have won their only World Series appearance, and the Toronto Blue Jays and Miami Marlins are the only teams with multiple World Series appearances and no losses with two each. The Toronto Blue Jays are the only franchise from outside the United States to appear in and win a World Series, winning in 1992 and 1993. The Houston Astros are the only franchise to have represented both the NL (2005) and the AL (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022), winning the Series in 2017 and 2022. The 1919 and 2017 World Series were both marred with cheating scandals: the Black Sox Scandal and the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal. The most recent World Series champions are the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The last team to repeat as champions were the Yankees in 2000. Two World Series matchups (in 1982 and 2005) have no current possibility of a rematch due to one of the contending teams switching to the opposing league – the Milwaukee Brewers moved to the NL in 1998, and the Houston Astros moved to the AL in 2013.

Results

Numbers in parentheses in the table are World Series appearances as of the date of that World Series, and are used as follows:

• Winning team and Losing team columns indicate the number of times that team has appeared in a World Series as well as each respective team's World Series record to date.

  National League team (NL)

  American League team (AL)

Year	Winning team	Manager	Series	Losing team	Manager
1903	Boston Americans (1, 1–0)		5–3[V]	Pittsburgh Pirates (1, 0–1)
1904	(not played)
1905	New York Giants (1, 1–0)		4–1	Philadelphia Athletics (1, 0–1)
1906	Chicago White Sox (1, 1–0)		4–2	Chicago Cubs (1, 0–1)
1907	Chicago Cubs (2, 1–1)		4–0–(1)[T]	Detroit Tigers (1, 0–1)
1908	Chicago Cubs (3, 2–1)		4–1	Detroit Tigers (2, 0–2)
1909	Pittsburgh Pirates (2, 1–1)		4–3	Detroit Tigers (3, 0–3)
1910	Philadelphia Athletics (2, 1–1)		4–1	Chicago Cubs (4, 2–2)
1911	Philadelphia Athletics (3, 2–1)		4–2	New York Giants (2, 1–1)
1912	Boston Red Sox (2, 2–0)		4–3–(1)[T]	New York Giants (3, 1–2)
1913	Philadelphia Athletics (4, 3–1)		4–1	New York Giants (4, 1–3)
1914	Boston Braves (1, 1–0)		4–0	Philadelphia Athletics (5, 3–2)
1915	Boston Red Sox (3, 3–0)		4–1	Philadelphia Phillies (1, 0–1)
1916	Boston Red Sox (4, 4–0)		4–1	Brooklyn Robins (1, 0–1)
1917	Chicago White Sox (2, 2–0)		4–2	New York Giants (5, 1–4)
1918	Boston Red Sox (5, 5–0)		4–2	Chicago Cubs (5, 2–3)
1919	Cincinnati Reds (1, 1–0)		5–3[V]	Chicago White Sox (3, 2–1)
1920	Cleveland Indians (1, 1–0)		5–2[V]	Brooklyn Robins (2, 0–2)
1921	New York Giants (6, 2–4)		5–3[V]	New York Yankees (1, 0–1)
1922	New York Giants (7, 3–4)		4–0–(1)[T]	New York Yankees (2, 0–2)
1923	New York Yankees (3, 1–2)		4–2	New York Giants (8, 3–5)
1924	Washington Senators (1, 1–0)		4–3	New York Giants (9, 3–6)
1925	Pittsburgh Pirates (3, 2–1)		4–3	Washington Senators (2, 1–1)
1926	St. Louis Cardinals (1, 1–0)		4–3	New York Yankees (4, 1–3)
1927	New York Yankees (5, 2–3)		4–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (4, 2–2)
1928	New York Yankees (6, 3–3)		4–0	St. Louis Cardinals (2, 1–1)
1929	Philadelphia Athletics (6, 4–2)		4–1	Chicago Cubs (6, 2–4)
1930	Philadelphia Athletics (7, 5–2)		4–2	St. Louis Cardinals (3, 1–2)
1931	St. Louis Cardinals (4, 2–2)		4–3	Philadelphia Athletics (8, 5–3)
1932	New York Yankees (7, 4–3)		4–0	Chicago Cubs (7, 2–5)
1933	New York Giants (10, 4–6)		4–1	Washington Senators (3, 1–2)
1934	St. Louis Cardinals (5, 3–2)		4–3	Detroit Tigers (4, 0–4)
1935	Detroit Tigers (5, 1–4)		4–2	Chicago Cubs (8, 2–6)
1936	New York Yankees (8, 5–3)		4–2	New York Giants (11, 4–7)
1937	New York Yankees (9, 6–3)		4–1	New York Giants (12, 4–8)
1938	New York Yankees (10, 7–3)		4–0	Chicago Cubs (9, 2–7)
1939	New York Yankees (11, 8–3)		4–0	Cincinnati Reds (2, 1–1)
1940	Cincinnati Reds (3, 2–1)		4–3	Detroit Tigers (6, 1–5)
1941	New York Yankees (12, 9–3)		4–1	Brooklyn Dodgers (3, 0–3)
1942	St. Louis Cardinals (6, 4–2)		4–1	New York Yankees (13, 9–4)
1943	New York Yankees (14, 10–4)		4–1	St. Louis Cardinals (7, 4–3)
1944	St. Louis Cardinals (8, 5–3)		4–2	St. Louis Browns (1, 0–1)
1945	Detroit Tigers (7, 2–5)		4–3	Chicago Cubs (10, 2–8)
1946	St. Louis Cardinals (9, 6–3)		4–3	Boston Red Sox (6, 5–1)
1947	New York Yankees (15, 11–4)		4–3	Brooklyn Dodgers (4, 0–4)
1948	Cleveland Indians (2, 2–0)		4–2	Boston Braves (2, 1–1)
1949	New York Yankees (16, 12–4)		4–1	Brooklyn Dodgers (5, 0–5)
1950	New York Yankees (17, 13–4)		4–0	Philadelphia Phillies (2, 0–2)
1951	New York Yankees (18, 14–4)		4–2	New York Giants (13, 4–9)
1952	New York Yankees (19, 15–4)		4–3	Brooklyn Dodgers (6, 0–6)
1953	New York Yankees (20, 16–4)		4–2	Brooklyn Dodgers (7, 0–7)
1954	New York Giants (14, 5–9)		4–0	Cleveland Indians (3, 2–1)
1955	Brooklyn Dodgers (8, 1–7)		4–3	New York Yankees (21, 16–5)
1956	New York Yankees (22, 17–5)		4–3	Brooklyn Dodgers (9, 1–8)
1957	Milwaukee Braves (3, 2–1)		4–3	New York Yankees (23, 17–6)
1958	New York Yankees (24, 18–6)		4–3	Milwaukee Braves (4, 2–2)
1959	Los Angeles Dodgers (10, 2–8)		4–2	Chicago White Sox (4, 2–2)
1960	Pittsburgh Pirates (5, 3–2)		4–3	New York Yankees (25, 18–7)
1961	New York Yankees (26, 19–7)		4–1	Cincinnati Reds (4, 2–2)
1962	New York Yankees (27, 20–7)		4–3	San Francisco Giants (15, 5–10)
1963	Los Angeles Dodgers (11, 3–8)		4–0	New York Yankees (28, 20–8)
1964	St. Louis Cardinals (10, 7–3)		4–3	New York Yankees (29, 20–9)
1965	Los Angeles Dodgers (12, 4–8)		4–3	Minnesota Twins (4, 1–3)
1966	Baltimore Orioles (2, 1–1)		4–0	Los Angeles Dodgers (13, 4–9)
1967	St. Louis Cardinals (11, 8–3)		4–3	Boston Red Sox (7, 5–2)
1968	Detroit Tigers (8, 3–5)		4–3	St. Louis Cardinals (12, 8–4)
1969	New York Mets (1, 1–0)		4–1	Baltimore Orioles (3, 1–2)
1970	Baltimore Orioles (4, 2–2)		4–1	Cincinnati Reds (5, 2–3)
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates (6, 4–2)		4–3	Baltimore Orioles (5, 2–3)
1972	Oakland Athletics (9, 6–3)		4–3	Cincinnati Reds (6, 2–4)
1973	Oakland Athletics (10, 7–3)		4–3	New York Mets (2, 1–1)
1974	Oakland Athletics (11, 8–3)		4–1	Los Angeles Dodgers (14, 4–10)
1975	Cincinnati Reds (7, 3–4)		4–3	Boston Red Sox (8, 5–3)
1976	Cincinnati Reds (8, 4–4)		4–0	New York Yankees (30, 20–10)
1977	New York Yankees (31, 21–10)		4–2	Los Angeles Dodgers (15, 4–11)
1978	New York Yankees (32, 22–10)		4–2	Los Angeles Dodgers (16, 4–12)
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates (7, 5–2)		4–3	Baltimore Orioles (6, 2–4)
1980	Philadelphia Phillies (3, 1–2)		4–2	Kansas City Royals (1, 0–1)
1981	Los Angeles Dodgers (17, 5–12)		4–2	New York Yankees (33, 22–11)
1982	St. Louis Cardinals (13, 9–4)		4–3	Milwaukee Brewers[A] (1, 0–1)
1983	Baltimore Orioles (7, 3–4)		4–1	Philadelphia Phillies (4, 1–3)
1984	Detroit Tigers (9, 4–5)		4–1	San Diego Padres (1, 0–1)
1985	Kansas City Royals (2, 1–1)		4–3	St. Louis Cardinals (14, 9–5)
1986	New York Mets (3, 2–1)		4–3	Boston Red Sox (9, 5–4)
1987	Minnesota Twins (5, 2–3)		4–3	St. Louis Cardinals (15, 9–6)
1988	Los Angeles Dodgers (18, 6–12)		4–1	Oakland Athletics (12, 8–4)
1989	Oakland Athletics (13, 9–4)		4–0	San Francisco Giants (16, 5–11)
1990	Cincinnati Reds (9, 5–4)		4–0	Oakland Athletics (14, 9–5)
1991	Minnesota Twins (6, 3–3)		4–3	Atlanta Braves (5, 2–3)
1992	Toronto Blue Jays (1, 1–0)		4–2	Atlanta Braves (6, 2–4)
1993	Toronto Blue Jays (2, 2–0)		4–2	Philadelphia Phillies (5, 1–4)
1994	Cancelled due to a players' strike.
1995	Atlanta Braves (7, 3–4)		4–2	Cleveland Indians (4, 2–2)
1996	New York Yankees (34, 23–11)		4–2	Atlanta Braves (8, 3–5)
1997	Florida Marlins[W] (1, 1–0)		4–3	Cleveland Indians (5, 2–3)
1998	New York Yankees (35, 24–11)		4–0	San Diego Padres (2, 0–2)
1999	New York Yankees (36, 25–11)		4–0	Atlanta Braves (9, 3–6)
2000	New York Yankees (37, 26–11)		4–1	New York Mets[W] (4, 2–2)
2001	Arizona Diamondbacks (1, 1–0)		4–3	New York Yankees (38, 26–12)
2002	Anaheim Angels[W] (1, 1–0)		4–3	San Francisco Giants[W] (17, 5–12)
2003	Florida Marlins[W] (2, 2–0)		4–2	New York Yankees (39, 26–13)
2004	Boston Red Sox[W] (10, 6–4)		4–0	St. Louis Cardinals (16, 9–7)
2005	Chicago White Sox (5, 3–2)		4–0	Houston Astros[W][N] (1, 0–1)
2006	St. Louis Cardinals (17, 10–7)		4–1	Detroit Tigers[W] (10, 4–6)
2007	Boston Red Sox (11, 7–4)		4–0	Colorado Rockies[W] (1, 0–1)
2008	Philadelphia Phillies (6, 2–4)		4–1	Tampa Bay Rays (1, 0–1)
2009	New York Yankees (40, 27–13)		4–2	Philadelphia Phillies (7, 2–5)
2010	San Francisco Giants (18, 6–12)		4–1	Texas Rangers (1, 0–1)
2011	St. Louis Cardinals[W] (18, 11–7)		4–3	Texas Rangers (2, 0–2)
2012	San Francisco Giants (19, 7–12)		4–0	Detroit Tigers (11, 4–7)
2013	Boston Red Sox (12, 8–4)		4–2	St. Louis Cardinals (19, 11–8)
2014	San Francisco Giants[W] (20, 8–12)		4–3	Kansas City Royals[W] (3, 1–2)
2015	Kansas City Royals (4, 2–2)		4–1	New York Mets (5, 2–3)
2016	Chicago Cubs (11, 3–8)		4–3	Cleveland Indians (6, 2–4)
2017	Houston Astros (2, 1–1)		4–3	Los Angeles Dodgers (19, 6–13)
2018	Boston Red Sox (13, 9–4)		4–1	Los Angeles Dodgers (20, 6–14)
2019	Washington Nationals[W] (1, 1–0)		4–3	Houston Astros (3, 1–2)
2020	Los Angeles Dodgers (21, 7–14)		4–2	Tampa Bay Rays (2, 0–2)
2021	Atlanta Braves (10, 4–6)		4–2	Houston Astros (4, 1–3)
2022	Houston Astros (5, 2–3)		4–2	Philadelphia Phillies[W] (8, 2–6)
2023	Texas Rangers[W] (3, 1–2)		4–1	Arizona Diamondbacks[W] (2, 1–1)
2024	Los Angeles Dodgers (22, 8–14)		4–1	New York Yankees (41, 27–14)

Legend

• ^V The 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were in a best-of-nine format (carried by the first team to win five games).
• ^T The 1907, 1912, and 1922 World Series each included one tied game.
• ^A The Brewers were in the American League from 1969 to 1997, after which they moved to the National League.
• ^N The Astros were in the National League from 1962 to 2012, after which they moved to the American League.
• ^W Indicates a team that made the playoffs as a wild card team (rather than by winning a division).

Source for this Table

Records by franchise

In the sortable table below, teams are ordered first by number of wins, then by number of appearances, and finally by year of first appearance. In the "Season(s)" column, bold years indicate winning appearances.

Team	Wins	Losses	Apps	Win %	Season(s)
New York Yankees	27	14	41	Template:Winpct	1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2024
St. Louis Cardinals	11	8	19	Template:Winpct	1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013
Philadelphia / Kansas City / Oakland / Athletics	9	5	14	Template:Winpct	1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1988, 1989, 1990
Boston Americans / Red Sox	9	4	13	Template:Winpct	1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers	8	14	22	Template:Winpct	1916, 1920, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2024
New York / San Francisco Giants	8	12	20	Template:Winpct	1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1989, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2014
Cincinnati Reds	5	4	9	Template:Winpct	1919, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1990
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	2	7	Template:Winpct	1903, 1909, 1925, 1927, 1960, 1971, 1979
Detroit Tigers	4	7	11	Template:Winpct	1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012
Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves	4	6	10	Template:Winpct	1914, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2021
Chicago Cubs	3	8	11	Template:Winpct	1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1945, 2016
Milwaukee Brewers / St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles	3	4	7	Template:Winpct	1944, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1983
Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins	3	3	6	Template:Winpct	1924, 1925, 1933, 1965, 1987, 1991
Chicago White Sox	3	2	5	Template:Winpct	1906, 1917, 1919, 1959, 2005
Philadelphia Phillies	2	6	8	Template:Winpct	1915, 1950, 1980, 1983, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2022
Cleveland Indians / Guardians	2	4	6	Template:Winpct	1920, 1948, 1954, 1995, 1997, 2016
New York Mets	2	3	5	Template:Winpct	1969, 1973, 1986, 2000, 2015
Houston Colt .45s / Astros	2	3	5	.400	2005, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
Kansas City Royals	2	2	4	Template:Winpct	1980, 1985, 2014, 2015
Toronto Blue Jays	2	0	2	Template:Winpct	1992, 1993
Florida / Miami Marlins	2	0	2	Template:Winpct	1997, 2003
Washington Senators / Texas Rangers	1	2	3	Template:Winpct	2010, 2011, 2023
Arizona Diamondbacks	1	1	2	Template:Winpct	2001, 2023
California / Anaheim / Los Angeles Angels	1	0	1	Template:Winpct	2002
Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals	1	0	1	Template:Winpct	2019
San Diego Padres	0	2	2	Template:Winpct	1984, 1998
Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays	0	2	2	Template:Winpct	2008, 2020
Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers	0	1	1	Template:Winpct	1982
Colorado Rockies	0	1	1	Template:Winpct	2007
Seattle Mariners	0	0	0

Frequent matchups

The following are the 20 matchups of teams that have occurred two or more times in the World Series. All teams that have participated in these were "Classic Eight" members of either the American or National League; no expansion team (created in 1961 or later) has faced the same opponent more than once in a World Series.

Count	Matchup	Record	Years	Notes
12	New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers	Yankees, 8Template:Nbnd4	1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1977, 1978, 1981, 2024	Dodgers were the Brooklyn Dodgers for the 1941–1956 matchups
7	New York Yankees vs. San Francisco Giants	Yankees, 5Template:Nbnd2	1921, 1922, 1923, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1962	Giants were the New York Giants for the 1921–1951 matchups
5	St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Yankees	Cardinals, 3Template:Nbnd2	1926, 1928, 1942, 1943, 1964
4	Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers	Tied, 2Template:Nbnd2	1907, 1908, 1935, 1945
4	Athletics vs. San Francisco Giants	Athletics, 3Template:Nbnd1	1905, 1911, 1913, 1989	Athletics were the Philadelphia Athletics for the 1905–1913 matchups, Oakland Athletics for the 1989 matchup; Giants were the New York Giants for the 1905–1913 matchups
4	New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves	Yankees, 3Template:Nbnd1	1957, 1958, 1996, 1999	Braves were the Milwaukee Braves for the 1957–1958 matchups
4	Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals	Tied, 2Template:Nbnd2	1946, 1967, 2004, 2013
3	New York Yankees vs. Cincinnati Reds	Yankees, 2Template:Nbnd1	1939, 1961, 1976
3	St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers	Cardinals, 2Template:Nbnd1	1934, 1968, 2006
2	Athletics vs. Chicago Cubs	Athletics, 2Template:Nbnd0	1910, 1929	Athletics were the Philadelphia Athletics for the matchups
2	Athletics vs. St. Louis Cardinals	Tied, 1Template:Nbnd1	1930, 1931	Athletics were the Philadelphia Athletics for the matchups
2	Minnesota Twins vs. San Francisco Giants	Tied, 1Template:Nbnd1	1924, 1933	Twins were the Washington Senators; Giants were the New York Giants for the matchups
2	New York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs	Yankees, 2Template:Nbnd0	1932, 1938
2	New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates	Tied, 1Template:Nbnd1	1927, 1960
2	Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles	Pirates, 2Template:Nbnd0	1971, 1979
2	Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Athletics	Tied, 1Template:Nbnd1	1974, 1988	Athletics were the Oakland Athletics for the matchups
2	Cincinnati Reds vs. Athletics	Tied, 1Template:Nbnd1	1972, 1990	Athletics were the Oakland Athletics for the matchups
2	Atlanta Braves vs. Cleveland Guardians	Tied, 1Template:Nbnd1	1948, 1995	Braves were the Boston Braves for the 1948 matchup; Guardians were the Cleveland Indians for the matchups
2	New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies	Yankees, 2Template:Nbnd0	1950, 2009
2	Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Dodgers	Red Sox, 2Template:Nbnd0	1916, 2018	Dodgers were the Brooklyn Dodgers for the 1916 matchup

See also

• List of World Series sweeps
• List of National League pennant winners
• List of American League pennant winners
• List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason streaks
• List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts
• List of pre-World Series baseball champions

External links

• WorldSeries.com – official website
• List of World Series winning rosters