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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.
Cleveland has made it to baseball's biggest stage four more times over the last 75 years, but came up short in 1954, 1995, 1997, and most recently in 2016. ... Longest active World Series droughts.
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.
Only one franchise, Cleveland, has a longer active World Series drought than the Brewers. Milwaukee hasn’t even made it to the Fall Classic in 42 years. There isn’t an active player on 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 ...
The Rangers were heading in as the favorites to win the series for the first time all postseason while also seeking their first World Series title in franchise history, which would put an end to their World Series championship title drought of 62 seasons since their franchise began, the second-longest active championship drought in Major League ...
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).