Whether they care to admit it publicly or not, there is only one reason professional baseballers get out of bed every day: the pursuit of a World Series ring.

And for the franchise that can tread the shark-infested depths of a 162-game regular season and come out alive with a winning record, the arduous sprint of the post-season awaits them.

From the wild cards to the World Series, the steeled unit that runs with the bulls and wins earns the right to raise a banner and bump jewel-encrusted knuckles.

However, for the teams mangled in the shallows well before the post-season, it is back to the drawing board as another year of a championship drought is chalked up.

From a ticked-off tribe on the banks of Lake Erie to a bad brew in Wisconsin, here is the ordered list of active World Series droughts for every Major League Baseball franchise.

Franchise Seasons Last World Series win Last World Series appearance
Cleveland Guardians 75 1948 2016
Milwaukee Brewers 55 - 1982
San Diego Padres 55 - 1998
Seattle Mariners 47 - -
Pittsburgh Pirates 44 1979 1979
Baltimore Orioles 40 1983 1983
Detroit Tigers 39 1984 2012
New York Mets 37 1986 2015
Oakland Athletics 34 1989 1990
Cincinnati Reds 33 1990 1990
Minnesota Twins 32 1991 1991
Colorado Rockies 31 - 2007
Toronto Blue Jays 30 1993 1993
Tampa Bay Rays 26 - 2020
Arizona Diamondbacks 22 2001 2023
Los Angeles Angels 21 2002 2002
Miami Marlins 20 2003 2003
Chicago White Sox 18 2005 2005
Philadelphia Phillies 15 2008 2022
New York Yankees 14 2009 2009
St. Louis Cardinals 12 2011 2013
San Francisco Giants 9 2014 2014
Kansas City Royals 8 2015 2015
Chicago Cubs 7 2016 2016
Boston Red Sox 5 2018 2018
Washington Nationals 4 2019 2019
Los Angeles Dodgers 3 2020 2020
Atlanta Braves 2 2021 2021
Houston Astros 1 2022 2022
Texas Rangers 0 2023 2023