As of 2017, which Major League Baseball team in the U.S. has the longest World Series championship drought?

The 2016 World Series matched the two teams in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the longest championship droughts, the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians.

When the Cubs rallied to win the best-of-seven championship series, it ended 108 years of waiting in Chicago. It also extended Cleveland's decades-long wait, which dates back to 1948.

As such, the Indians are the new owners of MLB's longest World Series drought.

The Texas Rangers have gone the second-most years without a World Series championship, at 55 years. The third-longest timespan belongs to the Houston Astros, at 54 years, followed by the Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Nationals (formerly the Montreal Expos) and San Diego Padres, all at 47 years.

The difference is, unlike Cleveland, none of the aforementioned teams have ever won a World Series championship — though the Rangers did come one out away from winning it all in 2011.

The good news is that history suggests many of these droughts could soon end. Like the Cubs in 2016, the Boston Red Sox ended their infamous 86-year drought in 2004. The Chicago White Sox, meanwhile, ended their 88-year drought in 2005.