Major League Baseball: Teams with Back-to-Back World Series Losses
The 2010 and 2011 Texas Rangers Were the Latest Back-to-Back World Series Victims
Losing one World Series is bad enough, but losing two in a row as the Texas Rangers did in 2010 and 2011? That’s painful.
At least they have some company. And it gets worse too.
What about, egad man, losing three World Series in a row? Two teams have done that – the Detroit Tigers and the New York Giants.
All together, 11 teams* boast back-to-back World Series losses.
The New York Yankees had a hand in six of the occurrences. Makes sense. The Yanks have been in 40 of the 108 official* World Series.
Follow @VinGetz| YEAR | WINNER | LOSER | SERIES | |
| 1. | 1887 | Detroit Wolverines | St. Louis Browns | 10-5 |
| 1888 | New York Giants | St. Louis Browns | 6-4 | |
| 2. | 1907 | Chicago Cubs | Detroit Tigers | 4-0 |
| 1908 | Chicago Cubs | Detroit Tigers | 4-1 | |
| 1908 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Detroit Tigers | 4-3 | |
| 3. | 1911 | Philadelphia Athletics | New York Giants | 4-2 |
| 1912 | Boston Red Sox | New York Giants | 4-3 | |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | New York Giants | 4-1 | |
| 4. | 1921 | New York Giants | New York Yankees | 5-3 |
| 1922 | New York Giants | New York Yankees | 4-0 | |
| 5. | 1923 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-2 |
| 1924 | Washington Senators | New York Giants | 4-3 | |
| 6. | 1936 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-2 |
| 1937 | New York Yankees | New York Giants | 4-1 | |
| 7. | 1952 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-3 |
| 1953 | New York Yankees | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4-2 | |
| 8. | 1963 | Los Angeles Dodgers | New York Yankees | 4-0 |
| 1964 | St. Louis Cardinals | New York Yankees | 4-3 | |
| 9. | 1977 | New York Yankees | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 |
| 1978 | New York Yankees | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 | |
| 10. | 1991 | Minnesota Twins | Atlanta Braves | 4-3 |
| 1992 | Toronto Blue Jays | Atlanta Braves | 4-2 | |
| 11. | 2010 | San Francisco Giants | Texas Rangers | 4-1 |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals | Texas Rangers | 4-3 |
* The first official World Series was in 1903, so technically it’s 10 teams.
Thanks to baseball-reference.com!
Photo: bleacherreport.com
Posted on October 12, 2012, in MLB and tagged Back-to-Back, baseball, Consecutive, List, lose, losses, mlb, sports list of the day, teams, world series. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a Comment.
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