This was the Athletics' fifth World Series championship win (following , , and ), and their last in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then Oakland in 1968—where they have since won four more World Series titles (, , , and ). Their win this year tied them with the Boston Red Sox for most World Series wins as of that point (five) until , when the New York Yankees surged ahead of both in World Series wins and have gone on to amass 27 World Series championships as of 2020.