Phillies on verge of joining select group

If the Philadelphia Phillies reach the World Series this year, which they are just two wins away from doing, they will join select company.
You see, the Phillies would not only be the rare team to reach the Fall Classic in back-to-back seasons, but they would be doing so without ever having won 95 games in either seasons.
In all of baseball history there have been just three teams that have reached the Series in consecutive seasons while never winning 95 games in either.
Charlie Finley's Oakland Athletics won 93, 94 and 90 games but earned trips each year from 1972 to 1974.
John McGraw's New York Giants won 94 and 91 games while reaching the World Series in 1921 and '22.
Then there were Ty Cobb and his Tigers in 1907-08. They won 92 and 90 games respectively.
However, history bodes well for the Phils.
The Athletics and Giants won all of the series they played in even though the Tigers did not.