The Indians are headed back to the World Series for the sixth time in their 116-year history. It's been 19 years since their last pennant, a drought that's notable but was just the majors' 12th-longest coming into the season—shorter than those of all three other teams in the two League Championship Series. Cleveland's 68-year championship drought, on the other hand, is the sport's second-longest active one behind the Cubs' 108-year dry spell and the fourth-longest in MLB history, behind those of the White Sox (87 years), Red Sox (85 years) and Phillies (77 years).
What follow here is a look back at the team's five previous trips to the Fall Classic, where tragedy begat triumph and juggernauts ran aground.