Historic Playoff Streaks and Comebacks

The MLB postseason has seen teams achieve remarkable streaks of appearances and pull off historic comebacks, defying the odds.

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  1. Longest Consecutive Playoff Appearances: The Atlanta Braves hold the MLB record for most consecutive postseason appearances with 14 from 1991-2005, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have the longest active streak at 13 years (2013-2025).
  2. Teams Never Reaching World Series: The Seattle Mariners are the only current MLB franchise that has never appeared in a World Series, despite setting an MLB record with 116 wins in 2001.
  3. Historic 3-1 World Series Comebacks: Only two teams have successfully come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series: the 1985 Kansas City Royals and the 2016 Chicago Cubs.

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