MLB: Back-to-Back World Series Winners and Dynasties

Casey Stengel and the New York Yankees Won Five World Series in a Row (1949-1953)

It’s that time of year. October baseball.

I thought it would be interesting to look at every baseball team that won the World Series at least twice in a row. Since the late 1800′s, this has happened 15 times, nine of which by either the Yankees (6) or Athletics (3).

Only seven different franchises in total have done it: Giants, Cubs, Athletics, Red Sox, Yankees, Reds and by far the youngest one of them all, the Blue Jays.

Only the New York Yankees and the Oakland A’s have won the World Series three times in a row.

And the Yankees take it further than that. They posted two greater titular dynasties, the greatest in baseball history. New York won four in a row under Joe McCarthy in the years 1936-1939 and five in a row under Casey Stengel between 1949-1953.

The last championship baseball dynasty occurred in 1998-2000. Also, the Yankees.

The last back-to-back winners in the National League were the 1975-1976 Cincinnati Reds. They are the only NL team to achieve the feat in 90 years.

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