Frozen: when the MLB belt sat out the playoffs

95 seasons the belt holder missed the playoffs and carried the belt into the next season.

The belt only moves when its holder plays. When the holder's season ends early, the belt freezes: the champions get crowned in the playoffs, and the belt waits for next season. It has happened 95 times in MLB belt history.

Every frozen season, newest first

1. 2026: Minnesota Twins sat out the playoffs with the belt while Milwaukee Brewers won the title.
2. 2025: Chicago White Sox sat out the playoffs with the belt while Los Angeles Dodgers won the title.
3. 2024: Chicago White Sox sat out the playoffs with the belt while Los Angeles Dodgers won the title.
4. 2023: San Diego Padres sat out the playoffs with the belt while Texas Rangers won the title.
5. 2022: San Francisco Giants sat out the playoffs with the belt while Houston Astros won the title.
6. 2019: Chicago White Sox sat out the playoffs with the belt while Washington Nationals won the title.
7. 2017: Philadelphia Phillies sat out the playoffs with the belt while Houston Astros won the title.
8. 2016: Philadelphia Phillies sat out the playoffs with the belt while Chicago Cubs won the title.
9. 2013: Baltimore Orioles sat out the playoffs with the belt while Boston Red Sox won the title.
10. 2010: Chicago White Sox sat out the playoffs with the belt while San Francisco Giants won the title.
11. 2009: Baltimore Orioles sat out the playoffs with the belt while New York Yankees won the title.
12. 2008: Houston Astros sat out the playoffs with the belt while Philadelphia Phillies won the title.
13. 2007: Seattle Mariners sat out the playoffs with the belt while Boston Red Sox won the title.
14. 2003: Tampa Bay Devil Rays sat out the playoffs with the belt while Florida Marlins won the title.
15. 2001: Pittsburgh Pirates sat out the playoffs with the belt while Arizona Diamondbacks won the title.
16. 2000: Detroit Tigers sat out the playoffs with the belt while New York Yankees won the title.
17. 1999: Chicago White Sox sat out the playoffs with the belt while New York Yankees won the title.
18. 1998: Minnesota Twins sat out the playoffs with the belt while New York Yankees won the title.
19. 1997: Toronto Blue Jays sat out the playoffs with the belt while Florida Marlins won the title.
20. 1996: Boston Red Sox sat out the playoffs with the belt while New York Yankees won the title.
21. 1995: Baltimore Orioles sat out the playoffs with the belt while Atlanta Braves won the title.
22. 1992: Houston Astros sat out the playoffs with the belt while Toronto Blue Jays won the title.
23. 1991: Houston Astros sat out the playoffs with the belt while Minnesota Twins won the title.
24. 1987: Boston Red Sox sat out the playoffs with the belt while Minnesota Twins won the title.
25. 1986: Oakland Athletics sat out the playoffs with the belt while New York Mets won the title.
26. 1985: Oakland Athletics sat out the playoffs with the belt while Kansas City Royals won the title.
27. 1983: Pittsburgh Pirates sat out the playoffs with the belt while Baltimore Orioles won the title.
28. 1981: New York Mets sat out the playoffs with the belt while Los Angeles Dodgers won the title.
29. 1980: Cincinnati Reds sat out the playoffs with the belt while Philadelphia Phillies won the title.
30. 1979: New York Mets sat out the playoffs with the belt while Pittsburgh Pirates won the title.

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