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Matt Williams did it in 1989, 1997, and 2001.
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No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win the World Series.
George "Sparky" Anderson won two World Series titles with the Cincinnati Reds (1975-76) and one with the Detroit Tigers (1984). Tony La Russa won the 1989 World Series as manager of the Oakland A's and the 2006 Series at the helm of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Teams Without World Series TitlesThere are eight teams that never won a World Series title. Two of which three have never made it to the World Series. The teams are as follows:San Diego Padres - 2 WS appearancesMilwaukee Brewers - 1 WS appearance (AL)Houston Astros - 1 WS appearanceTampa Bay Rays - 1 WS appearanceColorado Rockies - 1 WS appearanceTexas Rangers - 1 WS appearanceSeattle Mariners - 0 WS appearancesWashington Nationals - 0 WS appearances
More Than TwoThe Yankees and one of three National League teams would have appeared in the World Series at one time or another. Most resent The Yankees played the Mets in the 2000 World Series. Before 1958, the Yankees could have played the Dodgers, or the Giants.
Teams Without World Series TitlesThere are 8 teams (franchise) that never won a World Series title of which three have never made it to the World Series. The teams are as follows:San Diego Padres - 2 WS appearancesMilwaukee Brewers - 1 WS appearance (AL)Houston Astros - 1 WS appearanceTampa Bay Rays - 1 WS appearanceColorado Rockies - 1 WS appearanceSeattle Mariners - 0 WS appearancesWashington Nationals - 0 WS appearancesTexas Rangers - 0 WS appearances
There are 4 teams in each the American, and National League that make the playoffs. Each league has three division winners, and a wild card team that play each other in the playoffs. The winning team of each league plays in the World Series in a best of 7 format. The team that wins 4 games first are the World Champions..
You get to the World Series by being the division champion. To get this, you have to win the most games in your division. Three teams get to the play offs. There is also a Wild Card in which the team with most wins in the league besides the division champion gets to be. The Wild Card also gets to go to the play offs. At the play offs, the eight teams verse each other in a first-to-win-three games series. The winner gets to go to the league championship series where there is a first-to-win-four games series. The winner of that gets to go to the World Series.
The Pittsburgh Pirates Won a World Series title in the years 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, and 1979.
Teams Without World Series TitlesThere are 8 teams (franchise) that never won a World Series title of which three have never made it to the World Series. The teams are as follows:San Diego Padres - 2 WS appearancesMilwaukee Brewers - 1 WS appearance (AL)Houston Astros - 1 WS appearanceTampa Bay Rays - 1 WS appearanceColorado Rockies - 1 WS appearanceSeattle Mariners - 0 WS appearancesWashington Nationals - 0 WS appearancesTexas Rangers - 0 WS appearances