Active Major League Baseball non-playoff appearance streaks
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The following is a list of Major League Baseball teams with the most consecutive (active) seasons without appearing in the playoffs:
- Note: Last playoff series result can be found in parentheses
25 seasons
- Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos (lost 2-3 in 1981 NLCS)
24 seasons
- Milwaukee Brewers (lost 3-4 in 1982 World Series)
21 seasons
- Kansas City Royals (won 4-3 in 1985 World Series)
14 seasons
- Pittsburgh Pirates (lost 3-4 in 1992 NLCS)
13 seasons
- Toronto Blue Jays (won 4-2 in 1993 World Series)
12 seasons
- Cincinnati Reds (swept 0-4 in 1995 NLCS; Lost one-game playoff tiebreaker in 1999)
10 seasons
- Baltimore Orioles (lost 2-4 in 1997 ALCS)
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Never reached playoffs – debuted 1998 season)
8 seasons
- Texas Rangers (swept 0-3 in 1999 ALDS)
6 seasons
- Seattle Mariners (lost 1-4 in 2001 ALCS)
4 seasons
- Florida Marlins (won 4-2 in 2003 World Series)
- San Francisco Giants (lost 1-3 in 2003 NLDS)
2 seasons
- Atlanta Braves (lost 1-3 in 2005 NLDS)
- Chicago White Sox (won 4-0 in 2005 World Series)
- Houston Astros (swept 0-4 in 2005 World Series)
1 season
- Detroit Tigers (lost 1-4 in 2006 World Series)
- Los Angeles Dodgers (swept 0-3 in 2006 NLDS)
- Minnesota Twins (swept 0-3 in 2006 ALDS)
- New York Mets (lost 3-4 in 2006 NLCS)
- Oakland Athletics (swept 0-4 in 2006 ALCS)
- San Diego Padres (lost 1-3 in 2006 NLDS; Lost one-game playoff tiebreaker in 2007)
- St. Louis Cardinals (won 4-1 in 2006 World Series)
