Saturday, November 28, 2020

Cleveland 72 year championship drought. Pittsburgh 41 years.

Cleveland most recently won the old World Series in 1948, 72 years ago. Pittsburgh most recently won the major league championship in 1979, 41 years ago. Cleveland's drought is 31 years longer than Pittsburgh's; 31 is one less than that just ended by the Dodgers. The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates ended a 35 year drought.

There are 30 major league teams. In 1960 there were 16 teams. By then only the Orioles and Phillies had not won the World Series at least once. Of the 14 expansion teams these six have never won the World Series:

startWSWS
new Washington Senators/Texas Rangers196120102011
Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers19691982
San Diego Padres196919841998
Seattle Mariners1977
Colorado Rockies19932007
Tampa Rays199820082020

In 1998 the Yankees set a record for most regular season wins with 114. In 2001 the Seattle Mariners broke that record with 116 wins; the Mariners then lost the ALCS to the Yankees. 2001 is the most recent season that the Mariners played in the post season tournament. The Mariners have played in the tournament only four times 1977-2020, never advancing to the finals, the World Series.

2014-2020: in those seven seasons, seven different teams have won the tournament. Those are the most recent championship seasons for those seven teams. See the table below with championship teams going back to 1948 to include the most recent by Cleveland.

The table has the number of years from the current year when a team won the championship. Another column has the number of years since that team's previous championship. If none, that field contains an x. The largest number by far is 108 for the 2016 Chicago Cubs. Next largest: White Sox and Red Sox: 88 and 86.

The Giants had a drought of 56 years between the 1954 New York Giants and the 2010 San Francisco Giants. Once the Giants finally won in San Francisco, they also won in 2012 and 2014.

The 1948 Cleveland Indians ended a 28 year drought since they beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1920.

The Brooklyn Dodgers won their only World Series in 1955. In Los Angeles the Dodgers then won in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988. In 2020 the Dodgers ended a 32 year drought.

The 1957 Milwaukee Braves ended a 43 year drought since the Boston Braves last won the World Series. The 1995 Atlanta Braves ended a 38 year team drought. But the Braves have now gone 25 years since their most recent championship.

The Yankees have won just one 2001-2020: in 2009

The Tigers since 1948 won in 1968 and 1984.

The Oakland Athletics won three in a row 1972, 1973, 1974 ending a 42 year drought since the Philadelphia Athletics last won. The Athletics have not won since 1989, 31 years ago.

The Reds won in 1975 and 1976, ending a 35 year drought. The Reds won most recently in 1990, 30 years ago.

The 1987 Minnesota Twins ended a 63 year drought since they previously won ... as the Washington Senators. The Twins won again in 1991, 29 years ago.

The Phillies won in 1980 and 2008.

The Royals won in 2015, ending a 30 year drought.

Two teams in recent years won their first:

2017 Houston, which started in 1962 in the NL.

2019 Washington/Montreal, which started in 1969.

Scan the table and make your own observations:

BOLD: most recentYearsYears
sincesinceprevious
2020WS winnernowpreviousWLname
1948Cleveland Indians7228CLEBSN
1949New York Yankees712NYABRO
1950New York Yankees701NYAPHI
1951New York Yankees691NYANY1
1952New York Yankees681NYABRO
1953New York Yankees671NYABRO
1954New York Giants6621NY1CLE
1955Brooklyn Dodgers65xBRONYA
1956New York Yankees643NYABRO
1957Milwaukee Braves6343ML1NYABoston Braves
1958New York Yankees622NYAML1
1959Los Angeles Dodgers614LANCHABrooklyn Dodgers
1960Pittsburgh Pirates6035PITNYA
1961New York Yankees593NYACIN
1962New York Yankees581NYASFN
1963Los Angeles Dodgers574LANNYABrooklyn Dodgers
1964St. Louis Cardinals5618SLNNYA
1965Los Angeles Dodgers552LANMINBrooklyn Dodgers
1966Baltimore Orioles54xBALLANSt. Louis Browns
1967St. Louis Cardinals533SLNBOS
1968Detroit Tigers5223DETSLN
1969New York Mets51xNYNBAL
1970Baltimore Orioles504BALCINSt. Louis Browns
1971Pittsburgh Pirates4911PITBAL
1972Oakland Athletics4842OAKCINPhiladelphia Athletics
1973Oakland Athletics471OAKNYNPhiladelphia Athletics
1974Oakland Athletics461OAKLANPhiladelphia Athletics
1975Cincinnati Reds4535CINBOS
1976Cincinnati Reds441CINNYA
1977New York Yankees4315NYALAN
1978New York Yankees421NYALAN
1979Pittsburgh Pirates418PITBAL
1980Philadelphia Phillies40xPHIKCA
1981Los Angeles Dodgers3916LANNYABrooklyn Dodgers
1982St. Louis Cardinals3815SLNML4
1983Baltimore Orioles3713BALPHISt. Louis Browns
1984Detroit Tigers3616DETSDN
1985Kansas City Royals35xKCASLN
1986New York Mets3417NYNBOS
1987Minnesota Twins3363MINSLNWashington Senators
1988Los Angeles Dodgers327LANOAKBrooklyn Dodgers
1989Oakland Athletics3115OAKSFNPhiladelphia Athletics
1990Cincinnati Reds3014CINOAK
1991Minnesota Twins294MINATLWashington Senators
1992Toronto Blue Jays28xTORATL
1993Toronto Blue Jays271TORPHI
1995Atlanta Braves2538ATLCLEMilwaukee Braves
1996New York Yankees2418NYAATL
1997Marlins23xFLOCLE
1998New York Yankees222NYASDN
1999New York Yankees211NYAATL
2000New York Yankees201NYANYN
2001Arizona19xARINYA
2002Angels18xANASFN
2003Marlins176FLONYA
2004Boston Red Sox1686BOSSLN
2005Chicago White Sox1588CHAHOU
2006St. Louis Cardinals1429SLNDET
2007Boston Red Sox133BOSCOL
2008Philadelphia Phillies1228PHITBA
2009New York Yankees119NYAPHI
2010San Francisco Giants1056SFNTEXNew York Giants
2011St. Louis Cardinals95SLNTEX
2012San Francisco Giants82SFNDETNew York Giants
2013Boston Red Sox76BOSSLN
2014San Francisco Giants62SFNKCANew York Giants
2015Kansas City Royals530KCANYN
2016Chicago Cubs4108CHCCLE
2017Houston Astros3xHOULAN
2018Boston Red Sox25BOSLAN
2019Washington Nationals1xWSNHOUMontreal Expos
2020Los Angeles Dodgers032LANTBABrooklyn Dodgers
WS winnerYearsYearsWLprevious
sincesincename
BOLD: most recentnowprevious


Expansion teams since 1961 are dead weight. Super League!
Tuesday, March 28, 2017


Of the 30 teams, 13 won more regular season games than they lost. The table below is sorted on percent of games won. Of the 13 winning teams, only number 13, the Angels, is an expansion team.

Cruise through the table and you'll see a clear pattern. While the teams in existence in 1960 are saddled with the Chicago teams, which have each won only one WS since 1961, most have been uniformly successful.

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Expansion teams since 1961 in World Series. Saturday, October 24, 2015

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