List of Major League Baseball franchise post-season droughts

Table of contents

1 Major League Baseball franchises with the longest post-season drought 2 Major League Baseball franchises with the longest World Series drought 3 Major League Baseball franchises with the longest World Series crown drought

Major League Baseball franchises with the longest post-season drought

Team, last appearance in post-season

Montreal Expos, 1981

Milwaukee Brewers, 1982

Kansas City Royals, 1985

Detroit Tigers, 1987

Pittsburgh Pirates, 1992

Philadelphia Phillies, 1993

Toronto Blue Jays, 1993

Cincinnati Reds, 1995

Colorado Rockies, 1995

Los Angeles Dodgers, 1996

Baltimore Orioles, 1997

Tampa Bay Devil Rays, never (franchise started in 1998)

San Diego Padres, 1998

Texas Rangers, 1999

Chicago White Sox, 2000

New York Mets, 2000

Cleveland Indians, 2001

Houston Astros, 2001

Seattle Mariners, 2001

Arizona Diamondbacks, 2002

Anaheim Angels, 2002

St. Louis Cardinals, 2002

Atlanta Braves, 2003

Chicago Cubs, 2003

Florida Marlins, 2003

Boston Red Sox, 2003

New York Yankees, 2003

Oakland Athletics, 2003

San Francisco Giants, 2003

Minnesota Twins, 2003

Team, last appearance in World Series

Chicago Cubs, 1945

Chicago White Sox, 1959

Texas Rangers, never (franchise started in 1961)

Houston Astros, never (franchise started in 1962)

Montreal Expos, never (franchise started in 1969)

Seattle Mariners, never (franchise started in 1977)

Pittsburgh Pirates, 1979

Milwaukee Brewers, 1982

Baltimore Orioles, 1983

Detroit Tigers, 1984

Kansas City Royals, 1985

Boston Red Sox, 1986

St. Louis Cardinals, 1987

Los Angeles Dodgers, 1988

San Diego Padres, 1998

Cincinnati Reds, 1990

Oakland Athletics, 1990

Minnesota Twins, 1991

Toronto Blue Jays, 1993

Philadelphia Phillies, 1993

Colorado Rockies, never (franchise started in 1993)

Cleveland Indians, 1997

Tampa Bay Devil Rays, never (franchise started in 1998)

Atlanta Braves, 1999

New York Mets, 2000

Arizona Diamondbacks, 2001

Anaheim Angels, 2002

San Francisco Giants, 2002

Florida Marlins, 2003

New York Yankees, 2003

Team, last World Series crown

Chicago Cubs, 1908

Chicago White Sox, 1917

Boston Red Sox, 1918

Cleveland Indians, 1948

San Francisco Giants, 1954

Texas Rangers, never (franchise started in 1961)

Houston Astros, never (franchise started in 1962)

Milwaukee Brewers, never (franchise started in 1969)

Montreal Expos, never (franchise started in 1969)

San Diego Padres, never (franchise started in 1969)

Seattle Mariners, never (franchise started in 1977)

Pittsburgh Pirates, 1979

Philadelphia Phillies, 1980

St. Louis Cardinals, 1982

Baltimore Orioles, 1983

Detroit Tigers, 1984

Kansas City Royals, 1985

New York Mets, 1986

Los Angeles Dodgers, 1988

Oakland Athletics, 1989

Cincinnati Reds, 1990

Minnesota Twins, 1991

Toronto Blue Jays, 1993

Colorado Rockies, never (franchise started in 1993)

Atlanta Braves, 1995

Tampa Bay Devil Rays, never (franchise started in 1998)

New York Yankees, 2000

Arizona Diamondbacks, 2001

Anaheim Angels, 2002

Florida Marlins, 2003