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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 ...
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 ...
On September 27, the Detroit Tigers returned to the postseason for the first time since 2014, ending the longest current playoff drought in Major League Baseball, which was tied with the Los Angeles Angels. [3] The same day, the Kansas City Royals clinched their first playoff berth since their 2015 championship season.
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 ...
With the Dodgers' run of pain coming to an end, which teams and fan bases are most sour after another year without a World Series win?
MLB's 24-year drought without a repeat champion will continue as Rangers falln out uof the playoff race. ... After winning 90 games and the World Series last season, the club would do well to ...
The longest losing streak consisting entirely of postseason games is 18, belonging to the Minnesota Twins (2004–2023). The longest losing streak by a defending World Series Champion is 11, by the 1998 Florida Marlins and the 1986 Kansas City Royals .