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MLB franchises with the longest current World Series crown drought

Tue, 11/02/2010 - 01:24 — donghyuk-jung
Seasons Team Last championship
102 Chicago Cubs 1908
62 Cleveland Indians 1948
50 Texas Rangers (Washington Senators) never (franchise started in 1961)
49 Houston Astros (Houston Colt .45s) never (franchise started in 1962)
42 Milwaukee Brewers (Seattle Pilots) never (franchise started in 1969)
42 San Diego Padres never (franchise started in 1969)
42 Washington Nationals (Montreal Expos) never (franchise started in 1969)
34 Seattle Mariners never (franchise started in 1977)
31 Pittsburgh Pirates 1979
27 Baltimore Orioles 1983
26 Detroit Tigers 1984
25 Kansas City Royals 1985
24 New York Mets 1986
22 Los Angeles Dodgers 1988
21 Oakland Athletics 1989
20 Cincinnati Reds 1990
19 Minnesota Twins 1991
18 Colorado Rockies never (franchise started in 1993)
17 Toronto Blue Jays 1993
15 Atlanta Braves 1995
13 Tampa Bay Rays never (franchise started in 1998)
9 Arizona Diamondbacks 2001
8 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2002
7 Florida Marlins 2003
5 Chicago White Sox 2005
4 St. Louis Cardinals 2006
3 Boston Red Sox 2007
2 Philadelphia Phillies 2008
1 New York Yankees 2009
-- San Francisco Giants 2010

The Giants defeat the Rangers through the efforts of a three-run homer by Renteria and a dominant eight innings from Lincecum. As a result, San Francisco finally won their first World Series since 1954 and it was also the Giant’s first title after they moved from New York.

As one of huge baseball fans, I was surprised that MLB or broadcasting companies use a various classification (or categorization) from its long history. For example, “MLB franchises with the longest current World Series crown drought”
 I’ve never seen these kinds of organization because there are not only eight professional baseball teams in Korean Baseball League, but also it’s been over 30 years since the league has been started. My team is favored to win the Korean series but lost final round three years in a row. Anyway, go! Bears. (I’m not refering to UC Berkeley at this time.)

You can see the various categorizations related with World Series the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MLB_franchise_postseason_droughts