There are two teams that have never made it to the World Series. The teams are as follows:
The Texas Rangers will make their first World Series appearance on Wed, Oct 27th when they face the San Francisco Giants.
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The World Series was not played in 1994.
There was also no World Series in 1904, when manager John McGraw declined to let his NL champion New York Giants compete against the AL champions, the Boston Americans (now known as the Boston Red Sox), who had won it all the previous year.
Since the first World Series played in 1903 the World Series was played every year except 1904, and 1994.
There was no World Series played in 1904 because of a dispute between the leagues and in 1994 because of a player's strike.
The World Series was not played in 1904 (because the National League team refused to play the American League team) and in 1994 (because of a players' strike).
The only major league franchises that have never made a World Series appearance are the Washington Nationals (formerly the Montreal Expos) and the Seattle Mariners.