Most World Series Championships by Teams

These teams or franchises have won the most number of World Series Championships. Every team that has won at least six World Series Championships is listed. The list is dominated by one team - the New York Yankees - and one player - Babe Ruth. The Yankees have by far won the most championships while Babe Ruth played a big part in both the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox being on this list.

New York Yankees - 27

The New York Yankees have often dominated baseball and have won the World Series an incredible 27 times. The Yankees won their first World Series Championship in 1923 with Babe Ruth leading the way and in 2009 with Derek Jeter as the Captain. Since 1923 the New York Yankees have won the World Series 31% of the time it was played or 27 out of 85 years (the World Series was not played in 1994 due to the players strike).

St. Louis Cardinals - 10

With 10 World Series Championships the St. Louis Cardinals are the second most successful franchise in baseball history. The Cardinals last won the World Series in 2006 when they upset the Detroit Tigers with star Albert Pujols leading the way after having had a very mediocre regular season record of just 83-78.

Oakland A's - 9

The A's won 5 World Series when they were based in Philadelphia including back-to-back titles in 1929-1930 behind Lefty Grove who went 48-11 (.814) during the those two years while the A's went 206-98 (.678). The A's didn't win again for 42 years until 1972 when they were in Oakland and then won 3 straight behind Reggie Jackson and Catfish Hunter.

The Oakland A's won their last World Series in 1989 with Mark McGwire on the team. McGwire has admitted steroid use but it's unclear if he was using steroids in 1989 though teammate Jose Canseco admittedly was.

Boston Red Sox - 7

The Boston Red Sox have had a wild World Series history. The Red Sox won the very first World Series in 1903 and won 4 more World Series including the 1915, 1916 and 1918 series with Babe Ruth pitching them to the titles and then went 86 years without another win.

Even with Ted Williams they only managed to make it to the series once which they lost and then with Roger Clemens leading them the Red Sox lost the 1986 World Series on Bill Buckner's error. But the Boston Red Sox finally ended the drought in 2004 and then came back to win another World Series in 2007 thanks in large part to Manny Ramirez who was later suspended for failing a Major League Baseball drug test for a drug linked to steroid use.

Los Angeles Dodgers - 6

As the Brooklyn Dodgers this team appeared in 9 World Series and managed to win a championship in 1955. Most of the time the Brooklyn Dodgers met and lost to the New York Yankees in those World Series. After moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles the Dodgers won 5 World Series while appearing in 9 more fall classics.

Altogether the Dodgers have appeared in 18 World Series and have a combined record of 6-12. The last time the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series was in 1988 when Kirk Gibson hit a dramatic walk-off game winning home run off Oakland A's Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley to win Game 1 of the series.

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