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Throughout the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), franchises have had various postseason and World Series droughts.. All 16 of the original Major League franchises (i.e., those in place when the first World Series was played in 1903) have won the World Series, with the longest wait for a franchise's first championship being for the Phillies (77 seasons, ending in 1980).
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The Yankees also achieved a remarkable run of appearing in 15 of the 18 World Series from 1947 to 1964. Beginning in 1969, MLB split into four divisions, and the winners of each competed in the League Championship Series, with the winners advancing to the World Series. When a multi-tier playoff system was implemented in 1995, the LCS remained ...
That last World Series trip was the most painful, as the Guardians held a 3-1 series lead over the Chicago Cubs — a team trying to break a 107-year drought at the time — and took the lead in ...
Cleveland can tie the series with a win Friday. The Guardians still have a chance to end baseball's current longest World Series drought, stretching to 1948. Judge homered in Game 2 but was batting just .143 (3 of 21) with eight strikeouts this October before coming to the plate against Clase, the AL’s saves leader and MLB’s most feared ...
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Recent World Series champions and their regular season standing 2023: Texas Rangers (90-72, tied for third best record in AL). Wild card team (second in AL West) then beat Rays 2-0, Orioles 3-0 ...
Major League Baseball is the oldest of North America's major professional sports organizations, with roots dating back to the 1870s. The final series to determine its champion has been called the "World Series" (originally "World's Championship Series" and then "World's Series") as far back as the National League's contests with the American Association starting at the beginning of the 1880s.