Tonight's tedious baseball stats post is about the distribution of the last time teams won the World Series. I started thinking about it on the way home and decided to see how it worked out. If a team has never won a World Series (believe it or not, there are 8 of them), then I count from the year the team was created. The last year the team won is in parentheses.

10 years or less (8 teams): Phillies (2008), Red Sox (2007), Cardinals (2006), White Sox (2005), Marlins (2003), Angels (2002), Diamondbacks (2001), Yankees (2000)

11-20 years (7 teams): Rays (none, started in 1998), Braves (1995), Blue Jays (1993), Rockies (none, started 1993), Twins (1991), Reds (1990), A's (1989)

21-30 years (6 teams): Dodgers (1988), Mets (1986), Royals (1985), Tigers (1984), Orioles (1983), Pirates (1979)

31-40 years (4 teams): All these teams have never won a World Series - Mariners (1977), Nationals (1969), Brewers (1969), Padres (1969)

40-50 years (2 teams): Neither of these teams has ever won a World Series - Rangers (1961), Astros (1962). Texas appears to have been a spectacularly unsuccessful place as far as winning championships, with only one World Series appearance between the two teams.

More than 50 years (3 teams): Giants (1954), Indians (1948), Cubs (1908)