Eight Major League Baseball teams have never won a World Series: the Seattle Mariners, the Texas Rangers, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Milwaukee Brewers, the Houston Astros, the Washington Nationals, the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres.
Two of the teams -- Seattle and Washington -- have yet to appear in a World Series.
There are eight teams that have never won a World Series title. Two have never made it to the World Series. The teams are as follows:
There are 8 teams in MLB which have never won a World Series:
San Diego Padres (est. 1969, 2 WS appearances)
Colorado Rockies (est. 1993, 1 WS appearance)
Houston Astros (est. 1962 as Houston Colt .45's, 1 WS appearance)
Milwaukee Brewers (est. 1969 as Seattle Pilots, 1 WS appearance)
Tampa Bay Rays (est. 1998 as Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1 WS appearance)
Texas Rangers (est. 1961 as Washington Senators, 1 World Series appearance)
Seattle Mariners (est. 1977, 0 WS appearances)
Washington Nationals (est. 1969 as Montreal Expos, 0 WS appearances)
Out of the 16 original teams, every single one has won the World Series twice. The lat to win their first was the Phillies, doing so in 1980. The second to last was the Orioles, in 1966. The Phillies were also the last to win their second, in 2008.The second to last was the Minnesota Twins, doing so in 1987-- just seven years after the Phillies' first championship!
Anyhow, every team that hasn't won a World Series is an expansion team:
San Diego Padres (came up short in 1984 and 1998)
Texas Rangers (came up short in 2010 and 2011, and might do it again this year judging by their record)
Milwaukee Brewers (came up short in 1982)
Houston Astros (came up short in 2005)
Colorado Rockies (came up short in 2007)
Tampa Bay Rays (came up short in 2008)
Seattle Mariners (never won a pennant)
Montreal Expos (1969-2004; never won a pennant)
Washington Nationals (never been to the playoffs)
1.) New York Yankees 27 world series wins 2.) st. Louis cardinals 10 world series wins 3.) Oakland athletics 9 world series wins
The divisional playoff series are a best of 3 of 5. Whichever team wins 3 games first wins the series. The League Championship Series and the World Series are both the best 4 of 7 series. Whichever team wins 4 games first wins the series.
There is no other team close to the Yankees in World Series wins. The Yankees have 27 and the second place team is the St. Louis Cardinals with 10.
First team to win 4 out of 7 wins the world series
New York Yankees
Between 4 and 7. The two teams in the World Series play each other a maximum of 7 games with the team that wins 4 of those games declared the winner. If one team wins the first 4 games, the Series is over. Like in 2010, if one team wins their fourth game in the fifth game of the Series, the Series is over.
either they have swept the other team, or just moved on in the play offs ex: the world series
the Yankees
The NY Yankees have 27 world series wins and the NY Mets have only two world series wins.
Athletics with 9.
Athletics with 9.
Players on the winning team for the 2009 World Series each received $365,052.73.