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Rk	Franchise	From	To	G	W	L	W-L%	G>.500	Divs	Pnnts	WS	Playoffs	Players	HOF#	R	AB	H	HR	BA	RA	ERA
	Anaheim Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	1998	2021	3,664	1,806	1,858	.493	-52	5	1	1	6	520	2	16,686	125,341	32,131	3,898	.256	16,819	4.23
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2021	21,609	10,751	10,704	.501	47	20	17	3	26	2041	53	96,273	740,006	192,302	14,061	.260	95,416	3.67
	Also played as Milwaukee Braves, Boston Braves, Boston Bees, Boston Rustlers, Boston Doves, Boston Beaneaters and Boston Red Stockings
3	Baltimore Orioles	1901	2021	18,705	8,809	9,786	.474	-977	9	7	3	14	1883	34	80,639	635,492	164,279	13,633	.259	85,950	4.04
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2021	18,694	9,651	8,960	.519	691	10	14	9	24	1848	37	87,266	639,796	170,958	13,844	.267	83,665	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2021	21,645	11,034	10,450	.514	584	8	17	3	21	2131	45	99,685	741,132	194,478	14,493	.262	96,121	3.68
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2021	18,699	9,341	9,255	.502	86	5	6	3	10	1813	32	81,488	633,294	164,856	11,641	.260	81,147	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2021	21,228	10,648	10,441	.505	207	10	10	5	16	2044	36	95,281	723,791	189,012	13,576	.261	94,370	3.75
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2021	18,702	9,533	9,078	.512	455	10	6	2	15	1927	34	84,697	637,786	169,238	13,274	.265	82,554	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2021	4,413	2,074	2,339	.470	-265	0	1	0	5	603	1	22,264	151,934	41,573	5,054	.274	23,322	4.98
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2021	18,727	9,383	9,251	.504	132	7	11	4	16	1728	24	86,303	639,012	169,405	13,940	.265	85,888	4.00
11	Houston Astros	1962	2021	9,372	4,653	4,714	.497	-61	10	3	1	14	936	10	39,609	317,954	80,984	7,582	.255	39,495	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2021	8,224	3,945	4,277	.480	-332	8	4	2	9	930	4	36,097	281,724	74,335	6,375	.264	37,919	4.24
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2021	9,529	4,751	4,775	.499	-24	9	1	1	10	1121	12	41,331	323,619	83,226	8,421	.257	41,659	3.98
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2021	21,030	11,039	9,852	.528	1187	19	25	7	34	1871	50	94,427	716,631	187,370	13,168	.261	89,160	3.53
	Also played as Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays and Brooklyn Atlantics
15	Miami Marlins	1993	2021	4,403	2,038	2,365	.463	-327	0	2	2	3	643	5	18,735	149,890	38,454	3,982	.257	20,461	4.31
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2021	8,234	3,962	4,268	.481	-306	4	1	0	7	944	7	36,480	279,859	72,001	7,954	.257	37,680	4.18
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2021	18,712	8,952	9,651	.481	-699	12	6	3	17	1732	25	82,205	638,592	167,852	11,198	.263	85,510	3.99
	Also played as Washington Senators
	Montreal Expos, see Washington Nationals
	New York Giants, see San Francisco Giants
18	New York Mets	1962	2021	9,357	4,492	4,857	.480	-365	6	5	2	9	1129	15	38,351	316,893	79,264	7,783	.250	39,377	3.79
19	New York Yankees	1903	2021	18,405	10,433	7,884	.570	2549	19	40	27	56	1716	46	89,511	627,825	167,209	16,361	.266	76,851	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2021	18,668	9,088	9,493	.489	-405	17	15	9	29	1996	41	82,728	633,189	163,580	13,431	.258	85,142	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2021	21,040	9,874	11,051	.472	-1177	12	7	2	14	2112	35	93,217	720,109	187,676	13,362	.261	99,212	3.98
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2021	21,189	10,581	10,468	.503	113	9	9	5	17	2031	40	94,600	726,459	191,874	11,644	.264	94,219	3.73
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2021	8,238	3,807	4,429	.462	-622	5	2	0	6	1065	12	33,072	278,614	69,490	6,529	.249	36,166	3.96
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2021	21,114	11,217	9,734	.535	1483	8	23	8	26	1847	57	97,736	720,969	190,151	14,815	.264	90,442	3.58
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2021	6,943	3,266	3,675	.471	-409	3	0	0	4	906	6	30,860	237,290	61,503	6,923	.259	32,720	4.34
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2021	21,231	10,971	10,108	.520	863	14	23	11	30	2150	47	97,423	728,076	193,749	12,402	.266	93,478	3.68
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2021	3,663	1,748	1,915	.477	-167	3	2	0	6	522	1	16,177	124,760	31,865	3,755	.255	17,031	4.31
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2021	9,519	4,540	4,973	.477	-433	7	2	0	8	1177	8	42,887	325,178	84,224	9,423	.259	44,869	4.28
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2021	6,942	3,436	3,503	.495	-67	6	2	2	8	852	8	32,083	238,049	61,974	7,463	.260	31,945	4.24
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2021	8,225	4,018	4,203	.489	-185	5	1	1	6	970	10	34,472	278,402	70,724	6,987	.254	35,316	3.89
	Also played as Montreal Expos
	Washington Senators (1901-1960), see Minnesota Twins
	Washington Senators (1961-1971), see Texas Rangers

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