The Los Angeles Dodgers are on the cusp of another World Series trip.
The defending world champions have reached the NLCS for the second straight year. No. 3-seeded Los Angeles opened the 2025 MLB playoffs with a Wild Card Series sweep of the No. 6 Cincinnati Reds before outlasting the No. 2 Philadelphia Phillies in a tightly contested, four-game Division Series.
The star-studded Dodgers will now try to capture a second straight National League pennant, as they take on the top-seeded Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee, coming off a five-game NLDS win over the rival No. 4 Chicago Cubs, is looking to make just its second-ever World Series with the franchise still in search of its first championship.
The Dodgers last season took down the New York Yankees to win the franchise’s second World Series title in five years and first in a full season since 1988. Los Angeles’ 2020 championship triumph came in a COVID-shortened campaign.
And Dave Roberts’ club has a chance this postseason to snap MLB‘s decades-long drought without a back-to-back World Series winner.
Has an MLB team won back-to-back World Series?
There have been several repeat champions in MLB history, but it’s been over two decades since the last one.
Who was the last MLB team to win back-to-back World Series?
The Yankees won three straight World Series titles from 1998-2000, standing as the most recent team to win consecutive championships.
How many MLB teams have won back-to-back World Series?
Since the Fall Classic debuted in 1903, there have been 14 instances of a team winning at least two straight World Series.
What are the most World Series won in a row?
The longest championship streak belongs to the Yankees, who won five straight World Series from 1949-53. The Yankees also own the second-longest World Series title streak, winning four straight from 1936-39.
List of back-to-back World Series champions
Here’s a full look at all of the World Series championship streaks in MLB history:
- New York Yankees: 3 straight from 1998-2000
- Toronto Blue Jays: 2 straight from 1992-93
- New York Yankees: 2 straight from 1977-78
- Cincinnati Reds: 2 straight from 1975-76
- Oakland Athletics: 3 straight from 1972-74
- New York Yankees: 2 straight from 1961-62
- New York Yankees: 5 straight from 1949-53
- New York Yankees: 4 straight from 1936-39
- Philadelphia Athletics: 2 straight from 1929-30
- New York Yankees: 2 straight from 1927-28
- New York Giants: 2 straight from 1921-22
- Boston Red Sox: 2 straight from 1915-16
- Philadelphia Athletics: 2 straight from 1910-11
- Chicago Cubs: 2 straight from 1907-08
How many World Series have the Dodgers won?
The Dodgers own eight World Series titles: 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2020 and 2024.
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