List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts
League division champion droughts -- Longest current division champion droughts
Table:
Seasons

Team

Division

Last division champion

31
Colorado Rockies
NL West
Never (franchise began in 1993)

31
Miami Marlins*
NL East
Never (franchise began in 1993)

31
Pittsburgh Pirates**
NL Central
1992 (never since moved from NL East in 1994)

22
Seattle Mariners
AL West
2001

17
San Diego Padres
NL West
2006

15
Chicago White Sox
AL Central
2008

13
Tampa Bay Rays
AL East
2010

12
Arizona Diamondbacks
NL West
2011

12
Philadelphia Phillies
NL East
2011

11
Cincinnati Reds
NL Central
2012

11
San Francisco Giants
NL West
2012

10
Oakland Athletics
AL West
2013

9
Baltimore Orioles
AL East
2014

9
Detroit Tigers
AL Central
2014

9
Los Angeles Angels
AL West
2014

8
Kansas City Royals
AL Central
2015

8
New York Mets
NL East
2015

8
Toronto Blue Jays
AL East
2015

7
Texas Rangers
AL West
2016

6
Chicago Cubs
NL Central
2017

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The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver , Colorado . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . The team 's home venue is Coors Field , located in the Lower Downtown area of Denver . The team is owned by the Monfort brothers and managed by Bud Black . The Rockies began play as an expansion team for the 1993 season , and played their home games for their first two seasons at Mile High Stadium . Since 1995 , they have played at Coors Field , which has earned a reputation as a hitter 's park . The Rockies have qualified for the postseason five times , each time as a Wild Card winner . In 2007 , the team earned its first ( and only ) NL pennant after winning 14 of their final 15 games in the regular season to secure a Wild Card position . In the 2007 World Series , they were swept by the American League ( AL ) champions Boston Red Sox in four games .
The National League West is one of the three divisions of the National League of Major League Baseball in North America ( including Canada ) . This Division was formed for the 1969 season when the National League expanded to 12 teams by adding the San Diego Padres and the Montreal Expos . For purpose of keeping a regular-season of 162 games , half of the teams were put into the new East Division and half into the new West Division . Within each division , the teams played 18 games each against their five division mates ( 90 games ) , and also 12 games against the teams in the opposite division ( 72 games ) , totaling 162 games .
The 1993 Major League Baseball season was the final season of two-division play in each league , before the Central Division was added the following season , giving both the NL and AL three divisions each . Sixteen years after the American League expanded from 12 to 14 teams , the National League finally followed suit , with the Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins ( now the Miami Marlins ) joining the NL . It was also the first season since 1976 that both leagues had the same number of teams . The Toronto Blue Jays capped off the season by winning their second consecutive World Series title , beating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games . The World Series was clinched when , in one of the most famous moments in baseball , Joe Carter hit a three-run walk off home run in the 9th to seal the victory at home .
The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami , Florida . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . Their home park is Marlins Park . Though one of only two MLB franchises to have never won a division title ( the other being the Colorado Rockies ) , the Marlins have won two World Series championships as a wild card team . The team began play as an expansion team in the 1993 season as the Florida Marlins and played home games from their inaugural season to the 2012 season at what was originally called Joe Robbie Stadium , which they shared with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Since the 2012 season , they have played at Marlins Park in downtown Miami , on the site of the former Orange Bowl . The new park , unlike their previous home ( which was criticized in its baseball configuration for poor sight lines in some locations ) , was designed foremost as a baseball park . Per an agreement with the city and Miami-Dade County ( which owns the park ) , the Marlins officially changed their name to the Miami Marlins on November 11 , 2011 . They also adopted a new logo , color scheme , and uniforms . The Marlins have the distinction of winning a World Series championship in every postseason they have qualified for to date , having won the World Series in 1997 and 2003 as National League wild card team . They also have the distinction of being the only franchise in the major four North American professional sports leagues ( MLB , NBA , NFL , NHL ) to have never lost a playoff round . They defeated the American League ( AL ) champion Cleveland Indians in the 1997 World Series , with shortstop Édgar Rentería driving in second baseman Craig Counsell for the series-clinching run in the 11th inning of the seventh and deciding game .
The National League East is one of Major League Baseball 's six divisions . The Atlanta Braves have the most National League East titles ( 14 ) . Most of Atlanta 's NL East titles came during a record stretch of reaching MLB playoffs 14 consecutive times ( there were no playoffs in 1994 and the first three titles of that streak came when the Braves were in the National League West . ) Along with the American League Central it is one of two divisions to have every member win at least one World Series title . The division was created when the National League ( along with the American League ) added two expansion teams and divided into two divisions , East and West effective for the 1969 season . The National League 's geographical alignment was rather peculiar as its partitioning was really more north and south instead of east and west . Two teams in the Eastern Time Zone , the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds , were in the same division as teams on the Pacific coast . This was due to the demands of the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals , who refused to support expansion unless they were promised they would be kept together in the newly created East division . During the two-division era , from 1969 to 1993 , the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates together owned more than half of the division titles , having won a combined 15 of 25 championships during that span . They were also the only teams in the division to have won consecutive titles during that span . When the National League realigned into three divisions in 1994 , the Pittsburgh Pirates were originally supposed to stay in the East while the Braves were to be moved to the newly created National League Central . However , the Braves , wanting to form a natural rivalry with the expansion Florida Marlins , elected to be placed in the East .
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . Founded in 1881 under the name Pittsburgh Allegheny , the franchise has won five World Series championships . The Pirates are also often referred to as the Bucs or the Buccos ( derived from buccaneer , a synonym for pirate ) . The team plays its home games at PNC Park , its home since 2001 . The Pirates previously played at Forbes Field from 1909-1970 and at Three Rivers Stadium , so named because of its location near the confluence of the Allegheny , Monongahela , and Ohio rivers , from 1970-2000 . The franchise joined the NL in its eighth season in 1887 and was competitive from its early years , winning three NL titles from 1901 to 1903 , playing in the inaugural World Series in 1903 and winning their first World Series in 1909 behind Honus Wagner . The Pirates have had many ups and downs during their long history , most famously winning the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees on a series-winning walk-off home run by Bill Mazeroski , the only time that Game 7 of the World Series has ever ended with a home run . They also won the 1971 World Series , led by the talent of Roberto Clemente , and the 1979 World Series under the slogan We Are Family , led by Pops Willie Stargell . After a run of regular-season success in the early 1990s ( winning three straight NL East Division titles ) , the Pirates struggled mightily over the following 20 years , with 20 consecutive losing seasons from 1993 to 2012 - the longest such streak in American professional sports history - before posting a winning record in 2013 of 94-68 , qualifying them for the NL Wild Card . They advanced to the NL Division Series round , where they lost in 5 games to the St. Louis Cardinals . The Pirates made the playoffs in both 2014 and 2015 , losing in the Wild Card Game both times .
The National League Central is one of Major League Baseball 's six divisions . This division was created in 1994 , by moving two teams from the National League West ( the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Astros ) and three teams from the National League East ( the Chicago Cubs , the Pittsburgh Pirates , and the St. Louis Cardinals ) . When the division was created in 1994 , the Pirates were originally supposed to stay in the East while the Atlanta Braves were to be moved to the Central from the West . However , the Braves , wanting to form a natural rivalry with the expansion Florida Marlins , requested to remain in the East . Despite the Marlins offering to go to the Central , the Pirates instead gave up their spot in the East to the Braves . Since then , the Pirates have tried several times unsuccessfully to be placed back in the East . In 1998 , the NL Central became the largest division in Major League Baseball when the Milwaukee Brewers were moved in from the American League Central . In 2013 , the Astros moved to the American League West . This division has been dominated by the Cardinals , who have accounted for eleven of the 24 division championships , plus three wild card wins . Aside from the Cardinals , the Cubs have the second most division championships with five , as well as two wild card wins . The Astros have four division titles and two wild card wins . The Reds have three division titles , along with one wild card win .
The 1992 Major League Baseball season saw the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Atlanta Braves in the World Series , becoming the first team outside the United States to win the World Series . A resurgence in pitching dominance occurred during this season . On average , one out of every seven games pitched that season was a shutout ; in 2,106 MLB regular-season games , 298 shutouts were pitched ( up from 272 in 2,104 regular-season games in 1991 ) . Two teams pitched at least 20 shutouts each ; the Atlanta Braves led the Majors with 24 and the Pittsburgh Pirates finished second with 20 . In the National League , no team hit more than 138 home runs and no team scored 700 runs . The San Francisco Giants were shut out 18 times , the most in the Majors . The effect was similar in the American League . In 1991 , two AL teams had scored at least 800 runs and three had collected 1,500 hits . In 1992 , no team scored 800 runs and only one reached 1,500 hits . The California Angels were shut out 15 times , the most in the AL .
The 1994 Major League Baseball season ended on August 11 , 1994 , with the 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike . It was the first season played under the current three-division format in each league . It was also the first with an Opening Night game involving two National League teams , which did not become permanent until 1996 .
The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle , Washington . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division . The team joined the American League as an expansion team in 1977 playing their home games in the Kingdome . Since July 1999 , the Mariners ' home ballpark has been T-Mobile Park ( formerly Safeco Field ) , located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle . The Mariners name originates from the prominence of marine culture in the city of Seattle . They are nicknamed the M 's , a title featured in their primary logo from 1987 to 1992 . They adopted their current team colors - navy blue , northwest green ( teal ) , and silver - prior to the 1993 season , after having been royal blue and gold since the team 's inception . Their mascot is the Mariner Moose . The organization did not field a winning team until 1991 , and any real success eluded them until 1995 when they won their first division championship and defeated the New York Yankees in the ALDS . The game-winning hit in Game 5 , in which Edgar Martínez drove home Ken Griffey Jr. to win the game in the 11th inning , clinched a series win for the Mariners , served as a powerful impetus to preserve baseball in Seattle , and has since become an iconic moment in team history . The Mariners won 116 games in 2001 , which set the American League record for most wins in a single season and tied the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the Major League record for most wins in a single season . Through the end of the 2019 season , the franchise has finished with a losing record in 29 of 43 seasons .
The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball 's American League . The division has five teams as of the 2013 season , but had four teams from 1994 to 2012 , and had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment . Although its teams currently only reside along the west coast and in Texas , historically the division has had teams as far east as Chicago . From 1998 ( when the NL West expanded to five teams ) to 2012 , the AL West was the only MLB division with four teams . The current champion of this division is the Houston Astros . In 2013 , the Houston Astros went from the National League Central to the AL West . That move gives all six MLB divisions an equal five teams and both leagues an equal 15 teams each .
The 2001 Major League Baseball season finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in seven games for the World Series championship . The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington , D.C. pushed the end of the regular-season from September 30 to October 7 . Because of the attack , the World Series was not completed until November 4 . The 2001 World Series was the first World Series to end in November . This season was memorable for the Seattle Mariners equaling the Major League regular season record of 116 wins , Barry Bonds breaking Mark McGwire 's single-season home run record , and baseball 's patriotic return after a week 's worth of games being postponed due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks .
The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . Founded in 1969 , the Padres have won two NL pennants - in 1984 and 1998 , losing in the World Series both years . As of 2018 , they have had 14 winning seasons in franchise history . The Padres are one of two Major League Baseball teams ( the other being the Los Angeles Angels ) in California to originate from that state ; the Athletics were originally from Philadelphia ( and moved to the state from Kansas City ) , and the Dodgers and Giants are originally from two New York City boroughs - Brooklyn and Manhattan , respectively . The Padres are the only MLB team that does not share its city with another franchise in the four major American professional sports leagues . The Padres are the only major professional sports franchise to be located in San Diego , following the relocation of the Chargers to Los Angeles in 2017 . They are also the only franchise in the MLB not to have a no-hitter , having gone 8,020 games without throwing one , a major league record to begin a franchise .
The 2006 Major League Baseball season ended with the National League 's St. Louis Cardinals winning the World Series with the lowest regular season victory total in a non-strike season in history . The American League continued its domination at the All-Star Game by winning its fourth straight game ; the A.L . has won nine of the last ten contests ( the 2002 game was a tie ) . This season , the Atlanta Braves failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 1990 . Individual achievements included Barry Bonds who , despite questions surrounding his alleged steroid use and involvement in the BALCO scandal , surpassed Babe Ruth for second place on the career home runs list .
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago , Illinois . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The White Sox are owned by Jerry Reinsdorf , and play their home games at Guaranteed Rate Field , located on the city 's South Side . They are one of two major league clubs in Chicago ; the other is the Chicago Cubs of the National League ( NL ) Central division . One of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the franchise was established as a major league baseball club in 1901 . The club was originally called the Chicago White Stockings , but this was soon shortened to Chicago White Sox . The team originally played home games at South Side Park before moving to Comiskey Park in 1910 , where they played until Guaranteed Rate Field ( originally known as Comiskey Park and then known as U.S. Cellular Field ) opened in 1991 . The White Sox won the 1906 World Series with a defense-oriented team dubbed the Hitless Wonders , and the 1917 World Series led by Eddie Cicotte , Eddie Collins , and Shoeless Joe Jackson . The 1919 World Series was marred by the Black Sox Scandal , in which several members of the White Sox were accused of conspiring with gamblers to fix games . In response , Major League Baseball 's new Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the players from Major League Baseball for life . In 1959 , led by Early Wynn , Nellie Fox , Luis Aparicio and manager Al López , the White Sox won the American League pennant . They won the AL pennant in 2005 , and went on to win the World Series , led by World Series MVP Jermaine Dye , Paul Konerko , Mark Buehrle , catcher A. J. Pierzynski , and the first Latino manager to win the World Series , Ozzie Guillén .
The American League Central is one of six divisions in Major League Baseball . This division was formed in the realignment of 1994 , and its teams are all located in the Midwestern United States . The AL Central is one of two divisions in the Major Leagues in which all of its members have won a World Series title . In fact , each team has captured at least two World Series championships .
The 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25 , 2008 , in Tokyo , Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6-5 ( in 10 innings ) in the first game of a two-game series , and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to win the AL Central division . The Civil Rights Game , an exhibition , in Memphis , Tennessee , took place March 29 when the New York Mets beat the Chicago White Sox , 3-2 . The Tampa Bay Devil Rays shortened their name to Tampa Bay Rays . The All-Star Game was played on July 15 at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx , New York City , with the AL winning 4 to 3 in 15 innings . The Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series 4 games to 1 over the Tampa Bay Rays . This was Philadelphia 's second championship , and also the first World Series appearance for the Rays .
The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg , Florida . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the American League ( AL ) East division . Since its inception , the team 's home venue has been Tropicana Field . Following nearly three decades of unsuccessfully trying to gain an expansion franchise or enticing existing teams to relocate to the Tampa Bay Area , an ownership group led by Vince Naimoli was approved on March 9 , 1995 . The Tampa Bay Devil Rays began play in the 1998 Major League Baseball season . Their first decade of play , however , was marked by futility ; they finished in last place in the AL East in all but the 2004 season , when they finished second to last . Following the 2007 season , Stuart Sternberg , who had purchased controlling interest in the team from Vince Naimoli two years earlier , changed the team 's name from Devil Rays to Rays , now meant to primarily refer to a burst of sunshine rather than a manta ray , though a manta ray logo remains on the uniform sleeves . The 2008 season saw the Tampa Bay Rays post their first winning season , their first AL East championship , and their first pennant ( defeating the rival Boston Red Sox in the ALCS ) , though they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in that year 's World Series . Since then , the Rays have played in the postseason in 2010 , 2011 , 2013 , and 2019 . The Tampa Bay Rays ' chief rivals are the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees . Regarding the former , there have been several notable on-field incidents . The Rays also have an intrastate interleague rivalry with the National League ( NL ) 's Miami Marlins ( originally the Florida Marlins ) , whom they play in the Citrus Series .
The American League East is one of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) 's six divisions ( an East , Central , and West division for each of the two leagues ) . This division was created before the start of the 1969 season along with the American League West division . Before that time the American League ( AL ) had existed as a single league of 10 teams . Four of its five teams are located in the Eastern United States , with the other in Central Canada . It is currently the only division to contain a non-American team . At the end of the MLB season , the team with the best record in the division earns one of the American League 's five playoff spots . The most recent team to win this division was the New York Yankees in 2019 .
The 2010 Major League Baseball season began April 4 , with the regular season ending on October 3 . The 2010 All-Star Game was played on July 13 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim , California . The National League ended a 13-game winless streak with a 3-1 victory . Due to this result , the World Series began October 27 in the city of the National League Champion , the San Francisco Giants , and ended November 1 when the Giants defeated the American League Champion Texas Rangers , four games to one .
The Arizona Diamondbacks , often shortened as the D-backs , are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix , Arizona . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the National League ( NL ) West division . The team plays its home games at Chase Field , formerly known as Bank One Ballpark . The Diamondbacks have won one World Series championship ( defeating the New York Yankees in 2001 ) - becoming the fastest expansion team in Major League history to win a championship , which it did in only the fourth season since the franchise 's inception .
The 2011 Major League Baseball season began on Thursday , March 31 , and ended on Wednesday , September 28 . This marked the first time a season began on a Thursday since 1976 , and the first time a regular season ended on a Wednesday since 1990 . The 82nd edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Chase Field in Phoenix , Arizona , on July 12 with the National League defeating the American League for the second straight year , by a score of 5-1 . As has been the case since 2003 , the league winning that game has home field advantage in the World Series . Accordingly , the World Series began on October 19 , and ended on October 28 , with the St. Louis Cardinals winning in seven games over the Texas Rangers . Only two teams were unable to complete the entire 162-game regular season schedule , as the make-up game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on September 8 was cancelled due to rain and not made up , owing to scheduling constraints and the game being inconsequential to the playoffs .
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the National League ( NL ) East division . Since 2004 , the team 's home stadium has been Citizens Bank Park , located in South Philadelphia . The Phillies are the oldest , continuous , one-name , one-city franchise in American professional sports . The Phillies have won two World Series championships ( against the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008 ) and seven National League pennants , the first of which came in 1915 . Since the first modern World Series was played in 1903 , the Phillies played 77 consecutive seasons ( and 97 seasons from the club 's establishment ) before they won their first World Series - longer than any of the other 16 teams that made up the major leagues for the first half of the 20th century . They are one of the more successful franchises since the start of the Divisional Era in Major League Baseball . The Phillies have won 11 division titles , including five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011 ; these are ranked sixth among all teams and fourth in the National League . The franchise was founded in Philadelphia in 1883 , replacing the team from Worcester , Massachusetts , in the National League . The team has played at several stadiums in the city , beginning with Recreation Park and continuing at Baker Bowl ; Shibe Park , which was later renamed Connie Mack Stadium in honor of the longtime Philadelphia Athletics manager ; Veterans Stadium , and now Citizens Bank Park . The team 's spring training facilities are located in Clearwater , Florida , where its Class-A minor league affiliate Clearwater Threshers plays at Spectrum Field . Other Class-A affiliates are the Lakewood BlueClaws , who play in Lakewood , New Jersey , and the Williamsport Crosscutters , who play in Williamsport , Pennsylvania .
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati , Ohio . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . They were a charter member of the American Association in 1882 and joined the NL in 1890 . The Reds played in the NL West division from 1969 to 1993 , before joining the Central division in 1994 . They have won five World Series championships , nine NL pennants , one AA pennant , and 10 division titles . The team plays its home games at Great American Ball Park , which opened in 2003 replacing Riverfront Stadium . Bob Castellini has been chief executive officer since 2006 . From 1882 to 2019 , the Reds ' overall win-loss record is 10,599-10,393 ( a 0.505 winning percentage ) .
The 2012 Major League Baseball season began on March 28 with the first of a two-game series between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome in Japan . On November 22 , 2011 , a new contract between Major League Baseball and its players union was ratified , and as a result , an expanded playoff format adding two clubs will be adopted no later than 2013 according to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement . The new format was finalized for the 2012 season on March 2 , 2012 , and will use the 2-3 game schedule format for the Division Series for the 2012 season only . The restriction against divisional rivals playing against each other in the Division Series round that had existed in previous years was eliminated , as the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees squared off in one of the best-of-5 LDS series in the American League . The stateside portion of the regular season started April 4 in Miami with the opening of the new Marlins Park , as the newly renamed Miami Marlins hosted the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals . The regular season ended on Wednesday , October 3 . The entire master schedule was released on September 14 , 2011 . The Major League Baseball postseason was expanded to include a second wild card team in each league beginning in the 2012 season . The season marked the last for the Houston Astros as a member of the National League . Following the sale to new owner Jim Crane , the Astros agreed to move to the American League effective in the 2013 season , and would be assigned to the American League West , joining their in-state rivals , the Texas Rangers . The Major League Baseball All-Star Game 's 83rd edition was held on July 10 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri , with the National League winning the All-Star Game for the third consecutive year in an 8-0 shutout of the American League . With the win , the National League champion earned home field advantage for the World Series , which began on October 24 and ended on October 28 when the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers .
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) West division . Founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams , and renamed three years later the New York Giants , the team eventually moved to San Francisco in 1958 . As one of the longest-established and most successful professional baseball teams , the franchise has won the most games of any team in the history of American baseball . The team was the first major league team based in New York City , most memorably playing at the legendary Polo Grounds . They have won 23 NL pennants and have played in 20 World Series competitions - both NL records . The Giants ' eight World Series championships rank second in the National League and fifth overall ( the New York Yankees are first with 27 , then the St. Louis Cardinals ( the National League record-holders ) with 11 , and the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox both with 9 ) . The Giants have played in the World Series 20 times - 14 times in New York , six in San Francisco - but boycotted the event in 1904 . Playing as the New York Giants , they won 14 pennants and five World Series championships behind managers such as John McGraw and Bill Terry and players such as Christy Mathewson , Carl Hubbell , Mel Ott , Bobby Thomson , and Willie Mays . The Giants ' franchise has the most Hall of Fame players in all of professional baseball . The Giants ' rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers is one of the longest-standing and biggest rivalries in American sports . The teams began their rivalry as the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers , respectively , before both franchises moved west for the 1958 season .
The Oakland Athletics , often referred to as the A 's , are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland , California . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division . The team plays its home games at the Oakland Coliseum . They have won nine World Series championships . One of the American League 's eight charter franchises , the team was founded in Philadelphia in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics . They won three World Series championships from 1910 to 1913 and back-to-back titles in 1929 and 1930 . The team 's owner and manager for its first 50 years was Connie Mack and Hall of Fame players included Chief Bender , Frank Home Run Baker , Jimmie Foxx , and Lefty Grove . The team left Philadelphia for Kansas City in 1955 and became the Kansas City Athletics before moving to Oakland in 1968 . They won three consecutive World Championships between 1972 and 1974 , led by players including Vida Blue , Catfish Hunter , Reggie Jackson , ace reliever Rollie Fingers , and colorful owner Charlie O. Finley . After being sold by Finley to Walter A. Haas Jr. , the team won three consecutive pennants and the 1989 World Series behind the Bash Brothers , Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire , as well as Hall of Famers Dennis Eckersley , Rickey Henderson and manager Tony La Russa . From 1901 to 2019 , the Athletics ' overall win-loss record is 9,028-9,452 ( .489 ) .
The 2013 Major League Baseball season started on March 31 with a Sunday night game between the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros . Opening Day for most clubs was a day later on April 1 . The regular season ended on September 30 , extended one day for a one-game playoff between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers to decide the second American League Wild Card winner . The 2013 season was the first with the Houston Astros as a member of the American League ( AL ) in the West Division . This marks the first growth in the number of American League teams since the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion added the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays . When the then-named Tampa Bay Devil Rays were added to the AL in 1998 , the Milwaukee Brewers were reassigned to the National League ( NL ) the same year , keeping the AL at 14 teams . Owing to the Astros ' league switch , both leagues have fifteen teams , necessitating inter-league games to be played throughout the entire season for the first time in MLB history . The Major League Baseball All-Star Game 's 84th edition was held on July 16 at Citi Field in Queens , New York City , home of the New York Mets with the American League winning the All-Star Game with a 3-0 shutout of the National League . With the win , the American League champion earned home field advantage for the World Series .
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore , Maryland . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . As one of the American League 's eight charter teams in 1901 , this particular franchise spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis , Missouri , to become the St. Louis Browns in 1902 . After 52 years in St. Louis , the franchise was purchased in November 1953 by a syndicate of Baltimore business and civic interests led by attorney and civic activist Clarence Miles and Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro , Jr . The team 's current owner is American trial lawyer Peter Angelos . The Orioles adopted their team name in honor of the official state bird of Maryland ; it had also been used by several previous major and minor league baseball clubs in Baltimore , including another AL charter member franchise also named the Baltimore Orioles , which moved north in 1903 to eventually become the New York Yankees . Nicknames for the team include the O 's and the Birds . The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1966 to 1983 , when they made six World Series appearances , winning three of them ( 1966 , 1970 , 1983 ) . This era of the club featured several future Hall of Famers who would later be inducted representing the Orioles , such as third baseman Brooks Robinson , outfielder Frank Robinson , starting pitcher Jim Palmer , first baseman Eddie Murray , shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. , and manager Earl Weaver . The Orioles have won a total of nine division championships ( 1969-1971 , 1973-1974 , 1979 , 1983 , 1997 , 2014 ) , six pennants ( 1966 , 1969-1971 , 1979 , 1983 ) , and three wild card berths ( 1996 , 2012 , 2016 ) . Since moving to Baltimore in 1954 , the franchise has a win-loss record of 5306-5174 ( with a winning percentage of .506 ) as of the end of the 2019 season . After suffering a stretch of 14 straight losing seasons from 1998 to 2011 , the team qualified for the postseason three times under manager Buck Showalter and general manager Dan Duquette , including a division title and advancement to the American League Championship Series for the first time in 17 years in 2014 .
The 2014 Major League Baseball season began on March 22 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney , Australia , between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks . The North American part of the season started on March 30 and ended on September 28 . The Major League Baseball All-Star Game 's 85th edition was held on July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis , Minnesota , home of the Minnesota Twins . The American League ( AL ) beat the National League ( NL ) 5-3 . With the win , the AL champion earned home-field advantage during the World Series . This year the Houston Astros hosted the Civil Rights Game on May 30 at Minute Maid Park . They played host to the Baltimore Orioles . This was also the final season of Bud Selig as the Commissioner of Baseball . Selig served as the Executive Council Chairman from 1992 to 1998 , acting as the commissioner , and then was appointed as the official commissioner in 1998 . On August 14 , 2014 , the franchise owners selected Rob Manfred to become the new Commissioner , starting in 2015 .
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit , Michigan . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . One of the AL 's eight charter franchises , the club was founded in Detroit as a member of the minor league Western League in 1894 and is the only Western League team still in its original city . They are also the oldest continuous one name , one city franchise in the AL . Since their establishment as a major league franchise in 1901 , the Tigers have won four World Series championships ( 1935 , 1945 , 1968 , and 1984 ) , 11 AL pennants ( 1907 , 1908 , 1909 , 1934 , 1935 , 1940 , 1945 , 1968 , 1984 , 2006 , 2012 ) , and four AL Central division championships ( 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , and 2014 ) . They also won division titles in 1972 , 1984 , and 1987 as a member of the AL East . The team currently plays its home games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit . The Tigers constructed Bennett Park at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue in Corktown ( just west of Downtown Detroit ) and began playing there in 1896 . In 1912 , the team moved into Navin Field , which was built on the same location . It was expanded in 1938 and renamed Briggs Stadium . It was renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961 and the Tigers played there until moving to Comerica Park in 2000 . From 1901 to 2019 , the Tigers ' overall win-loss record is 9,346-9,191 ( a winning percentage of .504 ) .
The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the city of Anaheim , California , part of Orange County and the Los Angeles metropolitan area . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division . The Angels have played home games at Angel Stadium since 1966 . The current MLB franchise was established as one of the league 's first two expansion teams in 1961 by Gene Autry , the team 's first owner . Autry was a famous singing cowboy actor in a series of films in the 1930s to 1950s , and later was the subject of the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum . The Angels name was taken by Autry in tribute to the previous original Los Angeles Angels , a Minor League franchise in the Pacific Coast League ( PCL ) , which played in South Central Los Angeles from 1903 to 1957 . He bought the rights to the Angels name from Walter O'Malley , the then-Los Angeles Dodgers owner , who acquired the PCL franchise from Philip K. Wrigley , also the owner of the parent Chicago Cubs at the time , as part of the Dodgers ' move to Southern California .
The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City , Missouri . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member team of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The team was founded as an expansion franchise in 1969 , and has participated in four World Series , winning in 1985 and 2015 , and losing in 1980 and 2014 . The name Royals pays homage to the American Royal , a livestock show , horse show , rodeo , and championship barbeque competition held annually in Kansas City since 1899 as well as the identical names of two former negro league baseball teams that played in the first half of the 20th century ( one a semi-pro team based in Kansas City in the 1910s and 1920s that toured the Midwest and a California Winter League team based in Los Angeles in the 1940s that was managed by Chet Brewer and included Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson on its roster ) . The Los Angeles team had personnel connections to the Monarchs but could not use the Monarchs name . The name also fits into something of a theme for other professional sports franchises in the city , including the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL , the former Kansas City Kings of the NBA , and the former Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro National League . In 1968 , the team held a name-the-team contest that received more than 17,000 entries . Sanford Porte , a bridge engineer from the suburb of Overland Park , Kansas was named the winner for his Royals entry . His reason had nothing to do with royalty . Kansas Citys new baseball team should be called the Royals because of Missouris billion-dollar livestock income , Kansas Citys position as the nations leading stocker and feeder market and the nationally known American Royal parade and pageant , Porte wrote . The team 's board voted 6-1 on the name , with the only opposition coming from team owner Ewing Kauffman , who eventually changed his vote and said the name had grown on him . Entering the American League in 1969 along with the Seattle Pilots , the club was founded by Kansas City businessman Ewing Kauffman .
The 2015 Major League Baseball season began on April 5 with a Sunday night game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field , and ended on November 1 with the Kansas City Royals winning the World Series . This was Rob Manfred 's first season serving as Commissioner of Baseball . The Major League Baseball All-Star Game 's 86th edition was held on Tuesday , July 14 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati , Ohio , home of the Cincinnati Reds . The American League won the game 6-3 , to give the American League home-field advantage in the World Series . The series was won by the Kansas City Royals .
The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) East division . They are one of two MLB teams based in New York City , the other being the New York Yankees of the American League ( AL ) . One of baseball 's first expansion teams , the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York 's departed NL teams , the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants . The team 's colors combine the Dodgers ' blue and the Giants ' orange . For the 1962 and 1963 seasons , the Mets played home games at the Polo Grounds . From 1964 to 2008 , their home ballpark was Shea Stadium . In 2009 , they moved into their current ballpark , Citi Field . In their inaugural season , the Mets posted a record of 40-120 , the worst regular season record since MLB went to a 162-game schedule . The team never finished better than second-to-last until the Miracle Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series , one of the biggest upsets in World Series history . Since then , they have played in four World Series , including a dramatic run in 1973 that ended in a seven-game loss to the Oakland Athletics , a second championship in 1986 over the Boston Red Sox , a Subway Series loss against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in 2000 , and a five-game loss to the Kansas City Royals in 2015 . The Mets qualified to play in the MLB postseason in 1988 and 2006 , coming within one game of the World Series both years .
The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto , Ontario . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) East division . The team plays its home games at Rogers Centre . The name Blue Jays originates from the bird of the same name , and blue is also the traditional colour of two of Toronto 's other professional sports teams : the Maple Leafs ( ice hockey ) and the Argonauts ( Canadian football ) . In addition , the team was originally owned by the Labatt Brewing Company , makers of the popular beer Labatt 's Blue . Colloquially nicknamed the Jays , the team 's official colours are royal blue , navy blue , red , and white . An expansion franchise , the club was founded in Toronto in 1977 . Originally based at Exhibition Stadium , the team began playing its home games at SkyDome upon its opening in 1989 . Since 2000 , the Blue Jays have been owned by Rogers Communications and in 2004 , SkyDome was purchased by that company , which renamed it Rogers Centre . They are the second MLB franchise to be based outside the United States , and currently the only team based outside the U.S. after the first Canadian franchise , the Montreal Expos , became the Washington Nationals in 2005 . In the late 1970s and early 1980s , the Blue Jays went through struggles typical of an expansion team , frequently finishing in last place in its division . In 1983 , the team had its first winning season and two years later , they became division champions .
The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington , Texas , located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division . In 2020 , they will move to the new Globe Life Field after having played at Globe Life Park in Arlington from 1994 to 2019 . The team 's name is borrowed from the famous law enforcement agency of the same name . The franchise was established in 1961 as the Washington Senators , an expansion team awarded to Washington , D.C. , after the city 's first AL ballclub , the second Washington Senators , moved to Minnesota and became the Twins ( the original Washington Senators played primarily in the National League during the 1890s ) . After the 1971 season , the new Senators moved to Arlington , and debuted as the Rangers the following spring . The Rangers have made eight appearances in the MLB postseason , seven following division championships in 1996 , 1998 , 1999 , 2010 , 2011 , 2015 , and 2016 and as a wild card team in 2012 . In 2010 , the Rangers advanced past the Division Series for the first time , defeating the Tampa Bay Rays . The team then brought home their first American League pennant after beating the New York Yankees in six games . In the 2010 World Series , the franchise 's first , the Rangers fell to the San Francisco Giants in five games . They repeated as American League champions the following year , then lost the 2011 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games .
The 2016 Major League Baseball season began on April 3 , 2016 with a Sunday afternoon matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates , the two teams with the best regular-season records in 2015 , at PNC Park in Pittsburgh . The regular season ended on Sunday , October 2 , 2016 , and the postseason on Wednesday , November 2 , 2016 , with the Chicago Cubs coming back from a three games to one deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series and win their first championship since 1908 . The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim shorten their name to its original Los Angeles Angels . The Major League Baseball All-Star Game 's 87th edition was played on July 12 at Petco Park in San Diego , California , home of the San Diego Padres . The American League was awarded home-field advantage in the World Series by winning the game 4-2 .
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago , Illinois . The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the National League ( NL ) Central division . The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field , located on the city 's North Side . The Cubs are one of two major league teams in Chicago ; the other , the Chicago White Sox , is a member of the American League ( AL ) Central division . The Cubs , first known as the White Stockings , were a founding member of the NL in 1876 , becoming the Chicago Cubs in 1903 . The Cubs have appeared in a total of eleven World Series . The 1906 Cubs won 116 games , finishing 116-36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of .763 , before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox ( The Hitless Wonders ) by four games to two . The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908 , becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series , and the first to win it twice . Most recently , the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series , which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and a 108-year World Series championship drought , both of which are record droughts in Major League Baseball . The 108-year drought was also the longest such occurrence in all major North American sports . Since the start of divisional play in 1969 , the Cubs have appeared in the postseason ten times through the 2019 season . The Cubs are known as the North Siders , a reference to the location of Wrigley Field within the city of Chicago , and in contrast to the White Sox , whose home field ( Guaranteed Rate Field ) is located on the South Side .
The 2017 Major League Baseball season began on April 2 with three games , including the 2016 World Series champions Chicago Cubs facing off against the St. Louis Cardinals , and ended on November 1 . The postseason began on October 3 . The World Series began October 24 and Game 7 was played on November 1 , in which the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games , to capture their first World Series championship in franchise history . The 88th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held on July 11 at Marlins Park , the home of the Miami Marlins . For the first time since 2002 when the game ended in a tie , the All Star Game did not determine home field advantage for the World Series . Instead , home field advantage was awarded to the team with the better regular season record . The American League won 2-1 in 10 innings .