Who has appeared in the most World Series games? With 26 titles and 39 trips to the Series overall, the New York Yankees have taken the field a whopping 212 times in the Fall Classic.

Here’s a list of AL franchises by number of World Series games played, with record included:

212 — New York Yankees (127-84-1)
  64 — Boston Red Sox (37-26-1)
  60 — Detroit Tigers (27-33-1)
  43 — Philadelphia Athletics (24-19)
  33 — Baltimore Orioles (19-14) 
  32 — Oakland Athletics (17-15)
  30 — Chicago White Sox (17-13)
  30 — Cleveland Indians (14-16)
  21 — Minnesota Twins (11-10)
  19 — Washington Senators (8-11)
  13 — Kansas City Royals (6-7)
  12 — Toronto Blue Jays (8-4)
    7 — Anaheim Angels (4-3)
    7 — Milwaukee Brewers (3-4)

Source: MLB.com

The denizens of Wrigleyville, however, are hardly alone in their misery. Plenty of other sports franchises and their faithful fans have endured impressive runs of futility.

Forbes set out to identify the big losers — lovable and otherwise — of the jock kingdom. Here’s part of what they came up with:

– Los Angeles Clippers: 12 consecutive losing seasons (1993-2005)

– Golden State Warriors: 12 consecutive losing seasons (1994-2006)

– Detroit Tigers: 12 consecutive losing seasons (1994-2005)

– Milwaukee Brewers: 12 consecutive losing seasons (1993-2004)

– Chicago Blackhawks: 14 consecutive losing seasons (1946-60)

– Detroit Red Wings: 14 consecutive losing seasons (1973-87)

– Detroit-Fort Wayne Pistons: 14 consecutive losing seasons (1956-70)

– Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 14 consecutive losing seasons (1983-96)

– Philadelphia-Kansas City Athletics: 15 consecutive losing seasons (1953-67)

– Vancouver Canucks: 15 consecutive losing seasons (1976-91)

– Sacramento Kings: 15 consecutive losing seasons (1983-98)

– Philadelphia Phillies: 16 consecutive losing seasons (1933-48)

– Pittsburgh Pirates: 16 consecutive losing seasons (1993-2008)

To read about these epic losers, and to see a slideshow, visit Forbes.com.