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World Series Champions by Regular Season Record (extreme)

Can you guess the World Series Champions by their regular season winning percentage?
Try the shorter, post-1950 version of this quiz here.
As of the end of the 2021 season.
Answering with the current franchise name is sufficient for previous corresponding incarnations.
Where W% is identical over different lengths of seasons, teams are ranked by the total number of regular season games and then listed by date of World Series win (earliest first).
Source: Wikipedia.
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Pos
Year
League
W-L
W%
Franchise
1
1909
NL
110-42
72.4
Pittsburgh Pirates
2
2020*
NL
43-17
71.7
Los Angeles Dodgers
3
1927
AL
110-44
71.4
New York Yankees
4
1907
NL
107-45
.704
Chicago Cubs
5
1998
AL
114-48
.704
New York Yankees
6
1939
AL
106-45
70.2
New York Yankees
7
1932
AL
107-47
69.5
New York Yankees
8
1929
AL
104-46
69.3
Philadelphia Athletics
9
1912
AL
105-47
69.1
Boston Red Sox
10
1942
NL
106-48
68.8
St. Louis Cardinals
11
1905
NL
105-48
68.63
New York Giants
12
1919
NL
96-44
68.57
Cincinnati Reds
13
1944
NL
105-49
68.2
St. Louis Cardinals
14
1910
AL
102-48
68
Philadelphia Athletics
15
1961
AL
109-53
67.3
New York Yankees
16-17
1911
AL
101-50
66.9
Philadelphia Athletics
1915
AL
Boston Red Sox
18-21
1970
AL
108-54
66.7
Baltimore Orioles
1975
NL
Cincinnati Reds
1986
NL
New York Mets
2018
AL
Boston Red Sox
22
1936
AL
102-51
66.7
New York Yankees
23-24
1930
AL
102-52
66.2
Philadelphia Athletics
1937
AL
New York Yankees
25
1903
AL
91-47
65.9
Boston Americans
26-28
1928
AL
101-53
65.58
New York Yankees
1931
NL
St. Louis Cardinals
1941
AL
New York Yankees
29
1953
AL
99-52
65.56
New York Yankees
30
1940
NL
100-53
65.4
Cincinnati Reds
31
1938
AL
99-53
65.1
New York Yankees
32
1917
AL
100-54
64.9
Chicago White Sox
33
1923
AL
98-54
65.5
New York Yankees
34
1908
NL
99-55
64.3
Chicago Cubs
35
1984
AL
104-58
64.2
Detroit Tigers
36
1955
NL
98-55
64.1
Brooklyn Dodgers
37
2016
NL
103-58
64
Chicago Cubs
38-41
1920
AL
98-56
63.6
Cleveland Indians
1943
AL
New York Yankees
1950
AL
New York Yankees
1951
AL
New York Yankees
42-43
1968
AL
103-59
63.58
Detroit Tigers
2009
AL
New York Yankees
44-47
1947
AL
97-57
62.99
New York Yankees
1949
AL
New York Yankees
1954
NL
New York Giants
1956
AL
New York Yankees
48
1976
NL
102-60
62.96
Cincinnati Reds
49
1946
NL
98-58
62.8
St. Louis Cardinals
50
1913
AL
96-57
62.75
Philadelphia Athletics
51
1967
NL
101-60
62.73
St. Louis Cardinals
52
1948
AL
97-58
62.6
Cleveland Indians
53
1995
NL
90-54
62.5
Atlanta Braves
54
2017
AL
101-61
62.3
Houston Astros
55-56
1925
NL
95-58
62.1
Pittsburgh Pirates
1934
NL
St. Louis Cardinals
57-58
1969
NL
100-62
61.7
New York Mets
1977
AL
New York Yankees
59-61
1952
AL
95-59
61.69
New York Yankees
1957
NL
Milwaukee Braves
1960
NL
Pittsburgh Pirates
62-63
1906
AL
93-58
61.6
Chicago White Sox
1935
AL
Detroit Tigers
64-65
1914
NL
94-59
61.4
Boston Braves
1921
NL
New York Giants
66
1978
AL
100-63
.613
New York Yankees
67-70
1963
NL
99-63
61.1
Los Angeles Dodgers
1989
AL
Oakland Athletics
2002
AL
Anaheim Angels
2005
AL
Chicago White Sox
71
1966
AL
97-63
60.6
Baltimore Orioles
72-75
1979
NL
98-64
60.5
Pittsburgh Pirates
1983
AL
Baltimore Orioles
1999
AL
New York Yankees
2004
AL
Boston Red Sox
76
1922
NL
93-61
60.4
New York Giants
77
1972
AL
93-62
60
Oakland Athletics
78-80
1965
NL
97-65
59.88
Los Angeles Dodgers
1971
NL
Pittsburgh Pirates
2013
AL
Boston Red Sox
81
1933
NL
91-61
59.87
New York Giants
82
1958
AL
92-62
59.7
New York Yankees
83
1918
AL
71-51
59.5
Boston Red Sox
84-86
1962
AL
96-66
59.3
New York Yankees
1992
AL
Toronto Blue Jays
2007
AL
Boston Red Sox
87
1916
AL
91-63
59.1
Boston Red Sox
88-90
1991
AL
95-67
58.6
Minnesota Twins
1993
AL
Toronto Blue Jays
2015
AL
Kansas City Royals
91
1988
NL
94-67
58.4
Los Angeles Dodgers
92-93
1973
AL
94-68
58
Oakland Athletics
2012
NL
San Francisco Giants
94
1926
NL
89-65
57.8
St. Louis Cardinals
95
1945
AL
88-65
57.5
Detroit Tigers
96-97
1964
NL
93-69
57.4
St. Louis Cardinals
2019
NL
Washington Nationals
98
1981
NL
63-47
57.3
Los Angeles Dodgers
99-104
1982
NL
92-70
56.8
St. Louis Cardinals
1996
AL
New York Yankees
1997
NL
Florida Marlins
2001
NL
Arizona Diamondbacks
2008
NL
Philadelphia Phillies
2010
NL
San Francisco Giants
105
1959
NL
88-68
.564
Los Angeles Dodgers
106-109
1980
NL
91-71
56.2
Philadelphia Phillies
1985
AL
Kansas City Royals
1990
NL
Cincinnati Reds
2003
NL
Florida Marlins
110-111
1974
AL
90-72
55.6
Oakland Athletics
2011
NL
St. Louis Cardinals
112
2021
NL
88-73
54.7
Atlanta Braves
113
2014
NL
88-74
54.3
San Francisco Giants
114
2000
AL
87-74
54
New York Yankees
115
1987
AL
85-77
52.5
Minnesota Twins
116
2006
NL
83-78
51.6
St. Louis Cardinals
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