what mlb team won the most world series before 1961

Before 1961, the New York Yankees had the most series wins by a team in the World Series, with 18 wins.

TEAM SERIES W SERIES G W% W L AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Yankees
Yankees
18
World Series
142
.624
88
53
4,746
662
1,206
167
43
141
621
500
29
715
42
44
5,348
1,882
351
67
6
44
90
.254
.329
.397
.725
2 Cardinals
Cardinals
6
World Series
54
.500
27
27
1,815
182
442
89
13
19
172
119
5
282
20
16
1,986
614
121
47
20
22
.244
.292
.338
.630
3 Giants
Giants
5
World Series
82
.488
39
41
2,731
272
674
95
21
28
245
221
18
387
50
55
3,022
895
144
50
2
17
50
.247
.307
.328
.635
4 Athletics
Athletics
5
World Series
43
.558
24
19
1,415
163
332
72
8
21
146
111
6
229
20
21
1,570
483
101
38
8
18
.235
.293
.341
.634
5 Red Sox
Red Sox
5
World Series
39
.632
24
14
1,282
126
298
36
34
12
108
100
7
164
17
21
1,428
438
82
39
10
18
.232
.292
.342
.633
6 Pirates
Pirates
3
World Series
33
.455
15
18
1,087
120
264
49
13
11
108
67
15
144
36
12
1,191
372
73
22
0
2
19
.243
.296
.342
.638
7 Indians
Indians
2
World Series
17
.529
9
8
545
47
117
21
3
9
43
49
2
70
4
6
604
171
33
8
0
6
7
.215
.282
.314
.596
8 Reds
Reds
2
World Series
19
.474
9
10
616
65
149
27
8
2
63
46
6
74
9
13
685
198
37
17
4
12
.242
.301
.321
.622
9 Dodgers
Dodgers
2
World Series
62
.387
24
38
2,019
199
460
73
14
40
187
199
9
321
25
22
2,268
681
127
36
5
20
43
.228
.299
.337
.637
10 Braves
Braves
2
World Series
24
.542
13
11
787
81
183
28
4
16
76
80
4
133
12
4
893
267
48
19
3
4
18
.233
.305
.339
.645
11 Tigers
Tigers
2
World Series
44
.419
18
25
1,488
153
343
66
7
11
140
154
13
192
26
21
1,682
456
84
27
14
21
.231
.308
.306
.615
12 Cubs
Cubs
2
World Series
53
.365
19
33
1,752
178
426
75
15
13
152
140
9
302
53
42
1,960
570
103
59
4
25
.243
.302
.325
.628
13 White Sox
White Sox
2
World Series
26
.500
13
13
846
86
202
36
6
6
73
64
8
126
19
22
937
268
48
18
1
2
10
.239
.298
.317
.615
14 Senators
Senators
1
World Series
19
.421
8
11
646
63
157
21
0
15
62
59
2
91
8
12
723
223
36
16
3
7
.243
.308
.345
.654
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

More Yankees Stats

Team Rankings

HR

88

1st

R

305

3rd

SO

528

2nd

ERA

3.25

6th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
35
20
.636
Rays Rays
28
27
.509
7.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
27
28
.491
8.0
Red Sox Red Sox
27
31
.466
9.5
Orioles Orioles
19
36
.345
16.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/30
NYY NYY
@
LAD LAD
10:10 PM
Sat
5/31
NYY NYY
@
LAD LAD
7:15 PM
Sun
6/1
NYY NYY
@
LAD LAD
7:10 PM
Tue
6/3
CLE CLE
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Wed
6/4
CLE CLE
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Last Game
LAA Angels

25 - 30

0

Final

1

NYY Yankees

35 - 20

Wed 28 May 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Division Standings

AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
35
20
.636
Rays Rays
28
27
.509
7.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
37
20
.649
Guardians Guardians
30
25
.545
6.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
30
24
.556
Astros Astros
30
25
.545
0.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
35
19
.648
Mets Mets
34
22
.607
2.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
35
21
.625
Cardinals Cardinals
32
24
.571
3.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
34
22
.607
Padres Padres
31
23
.574
2.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
5/13
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
6-3
Tue
5/13
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
1-2
Tue
5/13
MIL MIL
@
CLE CLE
9-5
Tue
5/13
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
8-6
Tue
5/13
NYY NYY
@
SEA SEA
3-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/29
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
1:05 PM
Thu
5/29
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Thu
5/29
ATH ATH
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Thu
5/29
TBR TBR
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Thu
5/29
WSH WSH
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM