The Los Angeles Dodgers earned back-to-back World Series appearances in 2024 and 2025. Check out other fun facts from World Series history now.

With the second quarter of the 21st century ready to crown another baseball king, USA TODAY Sports ranks the 25 World Series champions from least-accomplished to the very best:

The last two World Series were decided in five games, so they don't apply in this situation. In the 2022 Fall Classic between the Astros and Phillies, with the series tied 2-2, the Astros took Game 5 in Philadelphia before going on to clinch the title two days later at home in Game 6's 4-1 win.

Author Stephen King on Sunday shared a social media post incorrectly claiming that President Donald Trump said he would not invite this year's World Series champions to the White House. Newsweek reached out to King's management for comment via email.

The Dodgers had two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell on the mound for Game 5 of the World Series with a chance to take a 3-2 lead. It didn't happen.

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The home run marked the second World Series win in Toronto Blue Jays history. The Blue Jays achieved the feat in consecutive years, 1992 and 1993. The franchise then had a 32-year drought from reaching the Fall Classic before Toronto made it there again in 2025. This just adds more lore to Carter's iconic game and series winner.

Hall of Famer Dave Winfield got a lot of hits and played for a lot of teams, he noted, but the only World Series he won was in 1992 with the Blue Jays. “It was my favorite year,” he