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The Clevelandhave never appeared or won a World Series. The end.
OK, obviously, that's not quite true. Although it is now working under a new name, Cleveland's baseball team has made quite a few showings in the Fall Classic. Here is a quick look at that history.
Guardians' history in the World Series
History was made when Cleveland was last in the World Series – it was just in the other dugout. In 2016, Cleveland squandered a 3-1 series lead to the Cubs and lost in extra innings in Game 7. The Cubs' curse-concluding victory did give Cleveland one title, however: Team with the longest active World Series drought. That's because the team now known as the Guardians hasn't tasted World Series triumph since 1948.
Cleveland's first two World Series appearances – 1920 and 1948 – were both victorious ventures. Since then, it is 0-4 in the Fall Classic. Those losses came in 1954, 1995, 1997 and '16.