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Last Title by Town, Fall 2015

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  • Now that the World Series for the 2015 baseball season has been played , here is the last year that each major league city won a professional sports championship, or for those markets with no titles, the year they first had a major sports franchise there. In other words, it tells how long each area has been waiting for a title. This includes NHL/WHA, NBA/ABA, NFL/AFL/AAFC, and MLB:

    2015 Kansas City (Royals MLB)

    2015 San Fran/Oakland/San Jose (Warriors NBA

    2015 Chicago (Blackhawks NHL)

    2014 Boston/New England (Patriots NFL)

    2014 San Antonio (Spurs NBA)

    2014 Los Angeles (Kings NHL)

    2013 Seattle (Seahawks NFL)

    2013 Miami (Heat NBA)
    2012 Baltimore (Ravens NFL
    2011 New York/New Jersey (Giants NFL)
    2011 St. Louis (Cardinals MLB)
    2011 Dallas/Ft. Worth (Mavericks NBA)
    2010 Green Bay (Packers NFL)
    2009 New Orleans (Saints NFL)
    2009 Pittsburgh (Penguins NHL)
    2008 Oklahoma City, no titles, year the "Thunder" began play.
    2008 Philadelphia (Phillies MLB)
    2008 Detroit (Redwings NHL)
    2006 Indianapolis (Colts NFL)
    2006 Raleigh (Hurricane NHL)
    2004 Tampa/St. Pete (Lightning NHL)
    2001 Phoenix (Diamondbacks MLB)
    2001 Denver (Avalanche NHL)
    2001 Memphis, no titles, first year "Grizzlies" played there
    2000 Columbus, no titles, first year "Bluejackets" began play
    1997 Nashville, no titles, first year "Titans" played there
    1995 Houston (Rockets NBA)
    1995 Jacksonville, no titles, first year "Jaguars" began play
    1995 Atlanta (Braves MLB)
    1993 Toronto (Blue Jays MLB)
    1993 Montreal (Canadiennes NHL)
    1992 Washington D.C. (Redskins NFL)
    1991 Minneapolis/St. Paul (Twins MLB)
    1990 Cincinnati (Reds MLB)
    1990 Edmonton (Oilers NHL)
    1989 Calgary (Flames NHL)
    1989 Orlando, no titles, first year "Magic" played there
    1988 Charlotte, no titles, first year "Hornets" played there
    1985 Sacramento, no titles, first year "Kings" played there
    1979 Winnipeg (Jets, WHA)
    1977 Portland (Blazers NBA)
    1971 Milwaukee (Bucks NBA)
    1971 Salt Lake City (Stars ABA)
    1965 Buffalo (Bills AFL)
    1964 Cleveland (Browns NFL)
    1963 San Diego (Chargers AFL)
    1927 Ottawa (Senators NHL)
    1915 Vancouver (Millionaires, Stanley Cup)

  • Note, there are 48 "big league" markets listed here. Kansas City was # 10 among cities that had waited the longest for a title before last night.

    Of those 10, 6 of the cities that have waited longest are considered "one horse" towns....i.e. having only one franchise in the 4 major sports: Vancouver, Ottawa, Salt Lake City, Portland, Winnipeg and Sacramento. (3 hockey, 3 basketball). San Diego, Buffalo and Milwaukee are 2 horse towns....though, San Diego may become a one horse town before long it appears And you know who is the only 3 horse town.

    Minneapolis/St. Paul 1991 and Wash. DC 1992 are the cities with teams in all 4 sports that have waited the longest.

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