List of Major League Baseball Franchise Postseason Droughts - World Series in Which Neither Franchise Had Won A Championship in 30-plus Seasons

World Series in Which Neither Franchise Had Won A Championship in 30-plus Seasons

Teams that had never won the World Series are included, even if they were less than 30 seasons old at the time.

Season Won Drought (seasons) Lost Drought (seasons)
2010 San Francisco Giants 55 Texas Rangers 49*
2005 Chicago White Sox 87 Houston Astros 43*
2002 Anaheim Angels 41* San Francisco Giants 47
1997 Florida Marlins 4* Cleveland Indians 48
1995 Atlanta Braves 37 Cleveland Indians 46
1992 Toronto Blue Jays 15* Atlanta Braves 34
1980 Philadelphia Phillies 77* Kansas City Royals 11*
1975 Cincinnati Reds 34 Boston Red Sox 56
1972 Oakland Athletics 40 Cincinnati Reds 31
1920 Cleveland Indians 17* Brooklyn Dodgers 17*
1909 Pittsburgh Pirates 6* Detroit Tigers 6*
1907 Chicago Cubs 4* Detroit Tigers 4*
1906 Chicago White Sox 3* Chicago Cubs 3*
1905 New York Giants 2* Philadelphia Athletics 2*
1903 Boston Americans 0* Pittsburgh Pirates 0*

Numbers marked with * indicates that the number is counted from either the franchise's first year of existence or the first year of the modern World Series (1903).

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