Just the Facts

The San Francisco Giants are your 2010 World Series Champions. Its their first championship since 1954, when they were the New York Giants. Its been an interesting decade of champions. Here are the last 10

2001: Arizona Diamondbacks
2002: Los Angeles Angels
2003: Florida Marlins
2004: Boston Red Sox
2005: Chicago White Sox
2006: St Louis Cardinals
2007: Boston Red Sox
2008: Philadelphia Phillies
2009: New York Yankees
2010: San Francisco Giants

Here are some interesting WS facts

Three droughts of more the 50 years without championships have been broken during this time (SF 56 years, BOS 86 years, CWS 88 years)

The Texas Rangers became the 28th different team to play in the World Series. Only Seattle and Washington have yet to appear.

The City of Washington D.C. has the longest current World Series drought. The city's last appearence was the Washington Senators 1924 win in 7 over the Giants. (86 years)

The Giants became the 5th different team to win a World Series in two different cities joining the Dodgers, A's, Braves and Twins.

Speaking of droughts, here is a list of current WS droughts by division
AL East: TB (2 years), NYY (1 year), BOS (3 years), TOR (17 years), BAL (27 years)
AL Central: MIN (19 years), CWS (5 years), DET (4 years), CLE (13 years), KC (25 years)
AL West: TEX (2010), OAK (20 years), LAA (8 years), SEA (34 years)

NL East: PHI (1 year), ATL (11 years), FLA (7 years), NYM (10 years), WSH (41 years)
NL Central: CIN (20 years), STL (4 years), MIL (28 years), HOU (5 years), CHC (65 years), PIT (31 years)
NL WEST: SF (2010), SD (12 years), COL (3 years), LAD (22 years), ARZ (9 years)