Sad streaks

Hopes aren’t working excessive in Cleveland.

The Guardians have been strumbling alongside at (or close to) a .500 tempo all the season. They could qualify for the playoffs — something is feasible within the atrociously weak American League Central — however solely the truest diehards in Cleveland can think about their staff successful a world title.

Which means the streak will roll on.

The Guardians (previously the Indians) final received a World Sequence in 1948, so their championship drought at the moment stands at 74 years. In the event that they fall quick once more this season, they’ll attain three-quarters of a century, far and away the longest present stretch in Main League Baseball.

Solely three different franchises have performed greater than half a century with out securing MLB’s final honor. All three, in truth, have by no means received a World Sequence in any respect. The Texas Rangers (born because the Washington Senators) have fallen quick in 62 straight seasons, whereas the Milwaukee Brewers (as soon as the Seattle Pilots) and the San Diego Padres have each gone oh-for-54.

It is a easy matter to calculate the chances of any franchise failing to win a world championship over any time frame. There’s solely a 4.2 % likelihood, for instance, of a staff putting out yearly since 1949, as Cleveland has. Texas comes subsequent with a statistical chance of 9.1 % for its 1961-2022 streak.

Listed under are the ten golf equipment which are at the moment ensnared within the longest World Sequence droughts. Every profile consists of the yr the franchise was based, its world titles thoughout its historical past, the preliminary yr and size of its present drought, its greatest and worst seasons throughout that interval (with win-loss data and successful percentages in parentheses), its variety of playoff and World Sequence appearances over the drought, and its odds of lacking a world title for such a prolonged interval.

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1. Cleveland Guardians

• Franchise based: 1901

• World titles received: 2 (1920, 1948)

• Begin of present title drought: 1949

• Size of drought: 74 years

• Finest season: 1954 (111-43, .721)

• Worst season: 1991 (57-105, .352)

• Drought playoff appearances: 14

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 4

• Odds of lacking title for 74 straight years: 4.2%

2. Texas Rangers

• Franchise based: 1961

• World titles received: 0

• Begin of present title drought: 1961

• Size of drought: 62 years

• Finest season: 2011 (96-66, .593)

• Worst season: 1963 (56-106, .346)

• Drought playoff appearances: 8

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 2

• Odds of lacking title for 62 straight years: 9.1%

3. (tie) Milwaukee Brewers

• Franchise based: 1969

• World titles received: 0

• Begin of present title drought: 1969

• Size of drought: 54 years

• Finest season: 2011 (96-66, .593)

• Worst season: 2002 (56-106, .346)

• Drought playoff appearances: 8

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 1

• Odds of lacking title for 54 straight years: 13.7%

3. (tie) San Diego Padres

• Franchise based: 1969

• World titles received: 0

• Begin of present title drought: 1969

• Size of drought: 54 years

• Finest season: 2020 (37-23, .617)

• Worst season: 1969 (52-110, .321)

• Drought playoff appearances: 7

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 2

• Odds of lacking title for 54 straight years: 13.7%

5. Seattle Mariners

• Franchise based: 1977

• World titles received: 0

• Begin of present title drought: 1977

• Size of drought: 46 years

• Finest season: 2001 (116-46, .716)

• Worst season: 1978 (56-104, .350)

• Drought playoff appearances: 5

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 0

• Odds of lacking title for 46 straight years: 19.2%

6. Pittsburgh Pirates

• Franchise based: 1882

• World titles received: 5 (1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, 1979)

• Begin of present title drought: 1980

• Size of drought: 43 years

• Finest season: 1991 and 2015 (98-64, .605)

• Worst season: 2020 (19-41, .317)

• Drought playoff appearances: 6

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 0

• Odds of lacking title for 43 straight years: 21.6%

7. Baltimore Orioles

• Franchise based: 1901

• World titles received: 3 (1966, 1970, 1983)

• Begin of present title drought: 1984

• Size of drought: 39 years

• Finest season: 1997 (98-64, .605)

• Worst season: 2018 (47-115, .290)

• Drought playoff appearances: 5

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 0

• Odds of lacking title for 39 straight years: 25.3%

8. Detroit Tigers

• Franchise based: 1901

• World titles received: 4 (1935, 1945, 1968. 1984)

• Begin of present title drought: 1985

• Size of drought: 38 years

• Finest season: 1987 (98-64, .605)

• Worst season: 2003 (43-119, .265)

• Drought playoff appearances: 6

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 2

• Odds of lacking title for 38 straight years: 26.3%

9. New York Mets

• Franchise based: 1962

• World titles received: 2 (1969, 1986)

• Begin of present title drought: 1987

• Size of drought: 36 years

• Finest season: 1988 (100-60, .625)

• Worst season: 1993 (59-103, .364)

• Drought playoff appearances: 7

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 2

• Odds of lacking title for 36 straight years: 28.4%

10. Oakland Athletics

• Franchise based: 1901

• World titles received: 9 (1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989)

• Begin of present title drought: 1990

• Size of drought: 33 years

• Finest season: 1990 and 2002 (103-59, .636)

• Worst season: 2022 (60-102, .370)

• Drought playoff appearances: 13

• Drought World Sequence appearances: 1

• Odds of lacking title for 33 straight years: 31.9%