What Price Glory?
Except for 1904 and 1994, the World Series has been played every other year from 1903 through the presently unfolding 2016 version between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. Those two cancellations were factually quite different, but they stand tall as excellent examples of how little the human ego had changed over 90 years when it came down to how selfish decisions gaining power over what probably would have been best for the common good of baseball – not killing the World Series each time – but that’s a much more complicated story for another day.
Today’s column is as simple or complex as your individual minds care to make it.
The chart shows each of the 16 original and 14 expansion franchises by their current names and league affiliations, plus, in the case of franchise clubs, the year they each came into being.
It’s a good perspective on the big picture of how clubs have fared – or not fared at all – in the World Series by the four bottom line column factors, moving left to right:
1) How many World Series has each franchise won?
2) How many World series has each team played?
3) In what year did each franchise last win, if at all?
4) In what year did each franchise last play?
Have fun looking things are over. It won’t be hard to find the one team that has best demonstrated the results one might expect when money, power, talent, and time are the lightly shaken, not stirred, results of a mogul culture’s favorite cocktail recipe for success.
Your own observations, comments, or questions will provide the heart of how the bare facts here either reinforce, or alter, your own perspective on what it takes to reach and collect baseball’s big prize – a World Series win.
World Series record by team or franchise, 1903–2016 *
* Compliments of Wikipedia
| Teams † |
Series
Wins |
Series
Played |
Last
Won |
Last
Played |
| Arizona Diamondbacks (NL, 1998) * |
1 |
1 |
2001 |
2001 |
Atlanta Braves (NL)
[previously Boston Red Stockings, Beaneaters, Doves, Rustlers, Braves/Milwaukee] |
3 |
9 |
1995 |
1999 |
Baltimore Orioles (AL)
[previously Milwaukee Brewers/St. Louis Browns] |
3 |
7 |
1983 |
1983 |
Boston Red Sox (AL)
[previously Americans] |
8 |
12 |
2013 |
2013 |
| Chicago Cubs (NL) |
2 |
11 |
1908 |
2016 |
| Chicago White Sox (AL) |
3 |
5 |
2005 |
2005 |
Cincinnati Reds (NL)
[previously Redlegs, Red Stockings] |
5 |
9 |
1990 |
1990 |
| Cleveland Indians (AL) |
2 |
6 |
1948 |
2016 |
| Colorado Rockies (NL, 1993) * |
0 |
1 |
— |
2007 |
| Detroit Tigers (AL) |
4 |
11 |
1984 |
2012 |
Houston Astros (NL, 1962; AL, 2013) *
[previously Colt .45’s, NL] |
0 |
1 |
— |
2005 |
| Kansas City Royals (AL, 1969) * |
2 |
4 |
2015 |
2015 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (AL, 1961) *
[previously Los Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels] |
1 |
1 |
2002 |
2002 |
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
[previously Brooklyn] |
6 |
18 |
1988 |
1988 |
Miami Marlins (NL, 1993) *
[previously Florida] |
2 |
2 |
2003 |
2003 |
Milwaukee Brewers (AL, 1969; NL, 1998) *
[previously Seattle Pilots, AL] |
0 |
1 |
— |
1982 |
Minnesota Twins (AL)
[previously 1st Washington Senators] |
3 |
6 |
1991 |
1991 |
| New York Mets (NL, 1962) * |
2 |
5 |
1986 |
2015 |
New York Yankees (AL)
[previously New York Highlanders/Baltimore Orioles] |
27 |
40 |
2009 |
2009 |
Oakland Athletics (AL)
[previously Philadelphia/Kansas City] |
9 |
14 |
1989 |
1990 |
| Philadelphia Phillies (NL) |
2 |
7 |
2008 |
2009 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) |
5 |
7 |
1979 |
1979 |
| San Diego Padres (NL, 1969) * |
0 |
2 |
— |
1998 |
San Francisco Giants (NL)
[previously New York] |
8 |
20 |
2014 |
2014 |
| Seattle Mariners (AL, 1977) * |
0 |
0 |
— |
— |
| St. Louis Cardinals (NL) |
11 |
19 |
2011 |
2013 |
Tampa Bay Rays (AL, 1998) *
[previously Devil Rays] |
0 |
1 |
— |
2008 |
Texas Rangers (AL, 1961) *
[previously 2nd Washington Senators] |
0 |
2 |
— |
2011 |
| Toronto Blue Jays (AL, 1977) * |
2 |
2 |
1993 |
1993 |
Washington Nationals (NL, 1969) *
[previously Montreal Expos] |
0 |
0 |
— |
— |
|
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Bill McCurdy
Publisher, Editor, Writer
The Pecan Park Eagle
Houston, Texas
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The Pecan Park Eagle 
October 27, 2016 at 3:19 am |
I knew the Yankees would be at the top of the list, but not by so many games played or won in the World Series. Go Cubs!!!
October 27, 2016 at 4:14 am |
I’m rooting for the Cubs like a lot of others, The thing that has impressed me most is the success of manager Terry Francona. I know he has good pitching and outstanding relief pitching, especially with the lefthander Miller. Sweeping the Red Sox and beating the Blue Jays four out of five games after having a lot of injuries to his players during the season, and beating these two teams was amazing, since both of these teams had superior lineups to the Indians, This is a testimony to Francona as a manager.
Finally, he won two World Series with the Red Sox by sweeping both opponents. His World Series record was 9 and 0 until he lost tonight for the first time!
He should be a shoo-in to make the Hall of Fame as a manager as soon as he is eligible after he retires.