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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 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 team's World Series championship drought since 1948 is the longest active among all 30 current Major League teams. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The team's name references the Guardians of Traffic , eight monolithic 1932 Art Deco sculptures by Henry Hering on the city's Hope Memorial Bridge , [ 4 ] which is adjacent to Progressive Field.
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 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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The Pirates currently have the fifth-longest World Series championship drought, the longest pennant drought in the National League, [6] and the longest League Championship Series appearance and division championship drought in all of baseball.
The Charlotte Hornets own the current title of the NBA franchise with the longest active postseason drought (since 2015-16) and the longest drought without a playoff series win (since 2003-04).