| Season | Winners | Manager | Games Won | Games Lost | Win Pct |
| 1968 | St. Louis Cardinals | Red Schoendienst | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| 1967 | St. Louis Cardinals | Red Schoendienst | 101 | 60 | .627 |
| 1966 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Walter Alston | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| 1965 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Walter Alston | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| 1964 | St. Louis Cardinals | Johnny Keane | 93 | 69 | .574 |
| 1963 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Walter Alston | 99 | 63 | .611 |
| 1962 | San Francisco Giants | Al Dark | 103 | 62 | .624 |
| 1961 | Cincinnati Reds | Fred Hutchinson | 93 | 61 | .604 |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Danny Murtaugh | 95 | 59 | .617 |
| 1959 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Walter Alston | 88 | 68 | .564 |
| 1958 | Milwaukee Braves | Fred Haney | 92 | 62 | .597 |
| 1957 | Milwaukee Braves | Fred Haney | 95 | 59 | .617 |
| 1956 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Walter Alston | 93 | 61 | .604 |
| 1955 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Walter Alston | 98 | 55 | .641 |
| 1954 | New York Giants | Leo Durocher | 97 | 57 | .630 |
| 1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Charlie Dressen | 105 | 49 | .682 |
| 1952 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Charlie Dressen | 96 | 57 | .627 |
| 1951 | New York Giants | Leo Durocher | 98 | 59 | .624 |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Phillies | Eddie Sawyer | 91 | 63 | .591 |
| 1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Burt Shotton | 97 | 57 | .630 |
| 1948 | Boston Braves | Billy Southworth | 91 | 62 | .595 |
| 1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Clyde Sukeforth, Burt Shotton | 94 | 60 | .610 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | Eddie Dyer | 98 | 58 | .628 |
| 1945 | Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | 98 | 56 | .636 |
| 1944 | St. Louis Cardinals | Billy Southworth | 105 | 49 | .682 |
| 1943 | St. Louis Cardinals | Billy Southworth | 105 | 49 | .682 |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | Billy Southworth | 106 | 48 | .688 |
| 1941 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Leo Durocher | 100 | 54 | .649 |
| 1940 | Cincinnati Reds | Bill McKechnie | 100 | 53 | .654 |
| 1939 | Cincinnati Reds | Bill McKechnie | 97 | 57 | .630 |
| 1938 | Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm, Gabby Hartnett | 89 | 63 | .586 |
| 1937 | New York Giants | Bill Terry | 95 | 57 | .625 |
| 1936 | New York Giants | Bill Terry | 92 | 62 | .597 |
| 1935 | Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | 100 | 54 | .649 |
| 1934 | St. Louis Cardinals | Frank Frisch | 95 | 58 | .621 |
| 1933 | New York Giants | Bill Terry | 91 | 61 | .599 |
| 1932 | Chicago Cubs | Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm | 90 | 64 | .584 |
| 1931 | St. Louis Cardinals | Gabby Street | 101 | 53 | .656 |
| 1930 | St. Louis Cardinals | Gabby Street | 92 | 62 | .597 |
| 1929 | Chicago Cubs | Joe McCarthy | 98 | 54 | .645 |
| 1928 | St. Louis Cardinals | Bill McKechnie | 95 | 59 | .617 |
| 1927 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Donie Bush | 94 | 60 | .610 |
| 1926 | St. Louis Cardinals | Rogers Hornsby | 89 | 65 | .578 |
| 1925 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Bill McKechnie | 95 | 58 | .621 |
| 1924 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 93 | 60 | .608 |
| 1923 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 95 | 58 | .621 |
| 1922 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 93 | 61 | .604 |
| 1921 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 94 | 59 | .614 |
| 1920 | Brooklyn Superbas | Wilbert Robinson | 93 | 61 | .604 |
| 1919 | Cincinnati Reds | Pat Moran | 96 | 44 | .686 |
| 1918 | Chicago Cubs | Fred Mitchell | 84 | 45 | .651 |
| 1917 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 98 | 56 | .636 |
| 1916 | Brooklyn Superbas | Wilbert Robinson | 94 | 60 | .610 |
| 1915 | Philadelphia Phillies | Pat Moran | 90 | 62 | .592 |
| 1914 | Boston Braves | George Stallings | 94 | 59 | .614 |
| 1913 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 101 | 51 | .664 |
| 1912 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 103 | 48 | .682 |
| 1911 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 99 | 54 | .647 |
| 1910 | Chicago Cubs | Frank Chance | 104 | 50 | .675 |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Clarke | 110 | 42 | .724 |
| 1908 | Chicago Cubs | Frank Chance | 99 | 55 | .643 |
| 1907 | Chicago Cubs | Frank Chance | 107 | 45 | .704 |
| 1906 | Chicago Cubs | Frank Chance | 93 | 58 | .616 |
| 1905 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 105 | 48 | .686 |
| 1904 | New York Giants | John McGraw | 106 | 47 | .693 |
| 1903 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Clarke | 91 | 49 | .650 |
| 1902 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Clarke | 103 | 36 | .741 |
| 1901 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Fred Clarke | 90 | 49 | .647 |
| 1900 | Brooklyn Bridegrooms | Ned Hanlon | 82 | 54 | .603 |
| 1899 | Brooklyn Bridegrooms | Ned Hanlon | 101 | 47 | .682 |
| 1898 | Boston Beaneaters | Frank Selee | 102 | 47 | .685 |
| 1897 | Boston Beaneaters | Frank Selee | 93 | 39 | .705 |
| 1896 | Baltimore Orioles | Ned Hanlon | 90 | 39 | .698 |
| 1895 | Baltimore Orioles | Ned Hanlon | 87 | 43 | .669 |
| 1894 | Baltimore Orioles | Ned Hanlon | 89 | 39 | .695 |
| 1893 | Boston Beaneaters | Frank Selee | 86 | 43 | .667 |
| 1892 | Boston Beaneaters | Frank Selee | 102 | 48 | .680 |
| 1891 | Boston Beaneaters | Frank Selee | 87 | 51 | .630 |
| 1890 | Brooklyn Bridegrooms | William McGuinnigle | 86 | 43 | .667 |
| 1889 | New York Giants | James Mutrie | 83 | 43 | .659 |
| 1888 | New York Giants | James Mutrie | 84 | 47 | .641 |
| 1887 | Detroit Wolverines | William Watkins | 79 | 45 | .637 |
| 1886 | Chicago White Stockings | Cap Anon | 90 | 34 | .726 |
| 1885 | Chicago White Stockings | Cap Anon | 87 | 25 | .777 |
| 1884 | Providence Grays | Frank Bancroft | 84 | 28 | .750 |
| 1883 | Boston Beaneaters | Jack Burdock, John Morrill | 63 | 35 | .643 |
| 1882 | Chicago White Stockings | Cap Anon | 55 | 29 | .655 |
| 1881 | Chicago White Stockings | Cap Anon | 56 | 28 | .667 |
| 1880 | Chicago White Stockings | Cap Anon | 67 | 17 | .798 |
| 1879 | Providence Grays | George Wright | 59 | 25 | .702 |
| 1878 | Boston Red Stockings | Harry Wright | 41 | 19 | .683 |
| 1877 | Boston Red Stockings | Harry Wright | 42 | 18 | .700 |
| 1876 | Chicago White Stockings | Albert Spalding | 52 | 14 | .788 |
