List of World Series champions


The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball 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 and American League. 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, and 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 115 Series have been contested, with the AL champion winning 66 and the NL champion winning 49. The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 40 World Series through 2019, winning 27 — the most championship appearances and most victories by any team in the four major North American professional sports leagues. The Los Angeles Dodgers of the NL have the most losses with 14, while the Yankees have the most losses among AL teams with 13. The St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 championships, the most championships among NL clubs and second-most all-time behind the Yankees, and have made 19 total appearances, third-most among NL clubs. Both the Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers have represented the NL in more World Series, with 20 each.
The Seattle Mariners are the only current MLB franchise that has never appeared in a World Series; the San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays, and Milwaukee Brewers have all played in the Series but have never won it. 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 and the AL, winning the Series in 2017. The current World Series champions are the Washington Nationals.

Winners

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

Series wins by franchise

In the sortable table below, teams are ordered by number of wins, then by year of first appearance. In the "Season" column, bold years indicate winning World Series appearances.
TeamWinsLossesWin %Season
New York Yankees2713,, ',, ', ', ', ', ', ', ', ',, ', ', ', ', ', ', ',, ',, ',, ', ',,,, ', ',, ', ', ', ',,, '
St. Louis Cardinals118',,, ', ', ',, ', ', ', ',, ',,,, ', ',
Philadelphia / Kansas City / Oakland Athletics
95, ', ', ',, ', ',, ', ', ',, ',
Boston Red Sox94', ', ', ', ',,,,, ', ', ', '
New York / San Francisco Giants812',,,,, ', ',,, ',,,, ',,,, ', ', '
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers614,,,,,,, ',, ', ', ',,,,, ', ',,
Cincinnati Reds54',, ',,,, ', ', '
Pittsburgh Pirates52, ', ',, ', ', '
Detroit Tigers47,,,, ',, ', ', ',,
Chicago Cubs38, ', ',,,,,,,, '
Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves36',, ',,,, ',,
St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles34, ',, ',,, '
Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins33',,,, ', '
Chicago White Sox32', ',,, '
Philadelphia Phillies25,, ',,, ',
Cleveland Indians24', ',,,,
New York Mets23',, ',,
Kansas City Royals22, ',, '
Toronto Blue Jays20', '
Miami Marlins20', '
Houston Astros12.333, ', 2019
Arizona Diamondbacks10'
Los Angeles Angels10'
Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals
10
San Diego Padres02,
/ Texas Rangers
02,
Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers
01
Colorado Rockies01
Tampa Bay Rays01
Seattle Mariners00

Appearances by franchise

In the table below, teams are ordered by number of appearances.

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 has faced an opponent more than once in a World Series.
CountMatchupRecordYears
11Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York YankeesYankees, 8–31941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1977, 1978, 1981
7New York Yankees vs. San Francisco GiantsYankees, 5–21921, 1922, 1923, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1962
5New York Yankees vs. St. Louis CardinalsCardinals, 3–21926, 1928, 1942, 1943, 1964
4Atlanta Braves vs. New York YankeesYankees, 3–11957, 1958, 1996, 1999
4Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis CardinalsTied, 2–21946, 1967, 2004, 2013
4Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit TigersTied, 2–21907, 1908, 1935, 1945
4Oakland Athletics vs. San Francisco GiantsAthletics, 3–11905, 1911, 1913, 1989
3Cincinnati Reds vs. New York YankeesYankees, 2–11939, 1961, 1976
3Detroit Tigers vs. St. Louis CardinalsCardinals, 2–11934, 1968, 2006
2Atlanta Braves vs. Cleveland IndiansTied, 1–11948, 1995
2Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh PiratesPirates, 2–01971, 1979
2Chicago Cubs vs. New York YankeesYankees, 2–01932, 1938
2Chicago Cubs vs. Oakland AthleticsAthletics, 2–01910, 1929
2Cincinnati Reds vs. Oakland AthleticsTied, 1–11972, 1990
2Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Oakland AthleticsTied, 1–11974, 1988
2Minnesota Twins vs. San Francisco GiantsTied, 1–11924, 1933
2New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia PhilliesYankees, 2–01950, 2009
2New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh PiratesTied, 1–11927, 1960
2Oakland Athletics vs. St. Louis CardinalsTied, 1–11930, 1931
2Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles DodgersRed Sox, 2–01916, 2018