27 MLB records that will never be broken
Chicago Cubs. 1909-Present. A Longer World Title Drought. 24. player. 9.
“Wait ‘til next year.”
That’s what Chicago Cubs fans have been saying for 106 years (and counting). Generations and generations of Cubs fans that have yet to see Chicago’s National League franchise win a World Series championship. The Cubs haven’t won a world title since 1908 – the second of back-to-back championships that marked the high point in the club’s history.
It was a very different time.
When the Cubs last won the World Series, there were 46 states in the union. Not only were Alaska and Hawaii not part of the United States, Arizona and New Mexico weren’t yet admitted and Oklahoma was in its first full year as a member. Wrigley Field was four-years-old and the U.S. wouldn’t join World War I for nine more years. Prohibition began 12 years later and ended 13 years after that.
Simply put, it’s impossible to believe that any other franchise will surpass the Cubs for the longest drought without winning the World Series. Of course the Cleveland Indians will need to win one within 11 years of the Cubs doing so to avoid taking the record. The Indians last won in 1948. The next longest streak belongs to the Texas Rangers, who began life as the (new) Washington Senators in 1961 – only 54 years ago.
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