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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).
This marked the first time that the Cubs had won the World Series while playing at Wrigley Field. After the loss, the Indians now became the team with the longest active World Series title drought as well as the second longest active championship drought in North American sports, which stood at 68 years, and is now 76 years.
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 ...
The most successful postseason team in MLB history is the New York Yankees, who have achieved three of the four instances of a franchise winning more than two World Series championships in a row (one streak each of durations 3, 4, and 5 seasons) and five of the six instances of a franchise winning the league pennant (i.e., an appearance in the ...
The New York Yankees are on a streak of having avoided the World Series for 14 seasons. This equals the stretch from 1982 through 1995, when they failed to play in a World Series. The 2010s was a ...
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This was the first World Series, and the last until 2016, in which both teams scored the same number of total runs. This would be the final World Series to feature a team helmed by a player-manager. This World Series also marks the longest active championship drought for the winning team.
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