MLB World Series Winners By Year

A complete list of every team to win the MLB World Series, from the Boston Americans in 1903 to the Texas Rangers in 2023.

The MLB World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It has been contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff, and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy.

World Series Winners

2023	Texas Rangers
2022	Houston Astros
2021	Atlanta Braves
2020	Los Angeles Dodgers
2019	Washington Nationals
2018	Boston Red Sox
2017	Houston Astros
2016	Chicago Cubs
2015	Kansas City Royals
2014	San Francisco Giants
2013	Boston Red Sox
2012	San Francisco Giants
2011	St. Louis Cardinals
2010	San Francisco Giants
2009	New York Yankees
2008	Philadelphia Phillies
2007	Boston Red Sox
2006	St. Louis Cardinals
2005	Chicago White Sox
2004	Boston Red Sox
2003	Florida Marlins
2002	Anaheim Angels
2001	Arizona Diamondbacks
2000	New York Yankees
1999	New York Yankees
1998	New York Yankees
1997	Florida Marlins
1996	New York Yankees
1995	Atlanta Braves
1994	*No World Series
1993	Toronto Blue Jays
1992	Toronto Blue Jays
1991	Minnesota Twins
1990	Cincinnati Reds
1989	Oakland Athletics
1988	Los Angeles Dodgers
1987	Minnesota Twins
1986	New York Mets
1985	Kansas City
1984	Detroit Tigers
1983	Baltimore Orioles
1982	St. Louis Cardinals
1981	Los Angeles Dodgers
1980	Philadelphia Phillies
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates
1978	New York Yankees
1977	New York Yankees
1976	Cincinnati Reds
1975	Cincinnati Reds
1974	Oakland Athletics
1973	Oakland Athletics
1972	Oakland Athletics
1971	Pittsburgh Pirates
1970	Baltimore Orioles
1969	New York Mets
1968	Detroit Tigers
1967	St. Louis Cardinals
1966	Baltimore Orioles
1965	Los Angeles Dodgers
1964	St. Louis Cardinals
1963	Los Angeles Dodgers
1962	New York Yankees
1961	New York Yankees
1960	Pittsburgh Pirates
1959	Los Angeles Dodgers
1958	New York Yankees
1957	Milwaukee Braves
1956	New York Yankees
1955	Brooklyn Dodgers
1954	New York Giants
1953	New York Yankees
1952	New York Yankees
1951	New York Yankees
1950	New York Yankees
1949	New York Yankees
1948	Cleveland Indians
1947	New York Yankees
1946	St. Louis Cardinals
1945	Detroit Tigers
1944	St. Louis Cardinals
1943	New York Yankees
1942	St. Louis Cardinals
1941	New York Yankees
1940	Cincinnati Reds
1939	New York Yankees
1938	New York Yankees
1937	New York Yankees
1936	New York Yankees
1935	Detroit Tigers
1934	St. Louis Cardinals
1933	New York Giants
1932	New York Yankees
1931	St. Louis Cardinals
1930	Philadelphia Athletics
1929	Philadelphia Athletics
1928	New York Yankees
1927	New York Yankees
1926	St. Louis Cardinals
1925	Pittsburgh Pirates
1924	Washington Senators
1923	New York Yankees
1922	New York Giants
1921	New York Giants
1920	Cleveland Indians
1919	Cincinnati Reds
1918	Boston Red Sox
1917	Chicago White Sox
1916	Boston Red Sox
1915	Boston Red Sox
1914	Boston Braves
1913	Philadelphia Athletics
1912	Boston Red Sox
1911	Philadelphia Athletics
1910	Philadelphia Athletics
1909	Pittsburgh Pirates
1908	Chicago Cubs
1907	Chicago Cubs
1906	Chicago White Sox
1905	New York Giants
1904	**No World Series
1903	Boston Americans

*No World Series was held in 1994 because of an ongoing strike by the players.

**No World Series was held in 1904 because the owner of the National League Champions (New York Giants), refused to allow his team to play the “Inferior” American League Champions (Boston Americans).

Most World Series wins by team

The New York Yankees have won the most MLB World Series championships in history, with 27. The St. Louis Cardinals are second with 11, and the Boston Red Sox are third with 9.

Here is a list of the top 10 teams with the most MLB World Series wins:

1. New York Yankees (27)
2. St. Louis Cardinals (11)
3. Boston Red Sox (9)
4. Oakland Athletics (9)
5. San Francisco Giants (8)
6. Los Angeles Dodgers (7)
7. Cincinnati Reds (5)
8. Pittsburgh Pirates (5)
9. Detroit Tigers (4)
10. Atlanta Braves (4)

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Most World Series wins by player

Yogi Berra has won the most World Series championships in MLB history, with 10. Berra played for the New York Yankees from 1946 to 1965, and he was a key member of their legendary dynasty that won 14 World Series championships in 20 years.

Here is a list of the top 10 players with the most MLB World Series wins:

1. Yogi Berra (10)
2. Joe DiMaggio (9)
3. Bill Dickey (8)
4. Phil Rizzuto (8)
5. Frankie Crosetti (8)
6. Lou Gehrig (8)
7. Hank Bauer (7)
8. Mickey Mantle (7)
9. Babe Ruth (7)
10. Tommy Henrich (7)

Most World Series appearances by team

The New York Yankees have the most World Series appearances of any team in Major League Baseball, with 40. 

Here is a list of the top 10 teams with the most World Series appearances:

1. New York Yankees (40)
2. Los Angeles Dodgers (25)
3. San Francisco Giants (23)
4. St. Louis Cardinals (19)
5. Atlanta Braves (18)
6. Chicago Cubs (17)
7. Oakland Athletics (15)
8. Boston Red Sox (14)
9. Detroit Tigers (11)
10. Cincinnati Reds (10)

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