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A total of 120 World Series have been contested through 2024, with the AL champion winning 68 and the NL champion winning 52. The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 41 World Series, winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any MLB team.
The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers have appeared in the World Series 22 times, while the New York/San Francisco Giants have appeared in the World Series 20 times. The Dodgers and Giants are tied with (8) World Series titles. When the two teams were based in New York, the Giants won five World Series championships, and the Dodgers one.
The Dodgers have multiple periods of sustained excellence throughout their history. The franchise’s first successful period, between 1947 ( Jackie Robinson’s first season ) through 1966 ( Sandy Koufax's final season), featured four championships ( 1955 , 1959 , 1963 , 1965 ), ten World Series appearances ( 1947 , 1949 , 1952 , 1953 , 1955 ...
A series-by-series look at each of the World Series the Dodgers franchise played in before winning it all again in 2024.
Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series history. New York and Los Angeles met in 11 of the World Series in a 41-year span from 1941-81 that started when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn.
The Dodgers have faced the New York Yankees in the World Series 11 times prior to 2024, with the Yankees winning eight of those meetings. The Yankees won in 1978, 1977, 1956, 1953, 1952, 1949 ...
The teams have met 12 times in the World Series, more than any other two teams, with the Yankees winning eight times. [6] The rivalry began in New York City, when the Dodgers played in Brooklyn and the Yankees in the Bronx .
In 1959, the season ended in a tie between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves.The Dodgers won the tie-breaking playoff. 1959 also saw a team other than the Yankees win the A.L. pennant, one of only two such years in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964, and because of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, this resulted in the first World Series since 1948 to have no games in New York City.