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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	3,712	1,813	1,899	.488	-86	5	1	1	6	528	2	16,860	126,963	32,497	3,928	.256	17,099	4.24
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2021	21,656	10,774	10,728	.501	46	20	17	3	26	2048	53	96,501	741,547	192,682	14,122	.260	95,614	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	18,752	8,821	9,821	.473	-1000	9	7	3	14	1891	34	80,850	637,068	164,667	13,693	.258	86,254	4.04
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2021	18,741	9,680	8,978	.519	702	10	14	9	24	1852	37	87,501	641,391	171,361	13,903	.267	83,885	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2021	21,694	11,059	10,474	.514	585	8	17	3	21	2142	45	99,881	742,709	194,831	14,562	.262	96,326	3.68
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2021	18,747	9,369	9,275	.503	94	5	6	3	10	1816	32	81,721	634,855	165,252	11,692	.260	81,341	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2021	21,277	10,675	10,463	.505	212	10	10	5	16	2053	36	95,506	725,409	189,415	13,633	.261	94,591	3.75
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2021	18,749	9,554	9,104	.512	450	10	6	2	15	1935	34	84,902	639,302	169,602	13,328	.265	82,798	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2021	4,460	2,096	2,364	.470	-268	0	1	0	5	603	1	22,444	153,469	41,942	5,095	.273	23,534	4.98
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2021	18,775	9,409	9,273	.504	136	7	11	4	16	1733	24	86,525	640,605	169,799	13,998	.265	86,112	4.00
11	Houston Astros	1962	2021	9,419	4,684	4,730	.498	-46	10	3	1	14	939	10	39,886	319,578	81,437	7,647	.255	39,683	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2021	8,271	3,963	4,306	.479	-343	8	4	2	9	933	4	36,289	283,305	74,732	6,422	.264	38,169	4.25
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2021	9,577	4,779	4,795	.499	-16	9	1	1	10	1123	12	41,589	325,246	83,656	8,493	.257	41,895	3.99
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2021	21,078	11,070	9,869	.529	1201	19	25	7	34	1879	50	94,663	718,207	187,741	13,236	.261	89,330	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	4,449	2,059	2,390	.463	-331	0	2	2	3	649	5	18,921	151,421	38,814	4,031	.256	20,626	4.30
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2021	8,282	3,994	4,284	.482	-290	4	1	0	7	954	7	36,722	281,415	72,354	8,017	.257	37,856	4.17
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2021	18,760	8,974	9,677	.481	-703	12	6	3	17	1736	25	82,427	640,211	168,254	11,271	.263	85,782	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	9,407	4,519	4,880	.481	-361	6	5	2	9	1141	15	38,536	318,436	79,611	7,837	.250	39,555	3.79
19	New York Yankees	1903	2021	18,451	10,455	7,908	.569	2547	19	40	27	56	1719	46	89,713	629,349	167,590	16,420	.266	77,067	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2021	18,715	9,113	9,515	.489	-402	17	15	9	29	2000	41	82,952	634,760	163,964	13,485	.258	85,332	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2021	21,084	9,894	11,075	.472	-1181	12	7	2	14	2117	35	93,428	721,581	188,032	13,416	.261	99,439	3.99
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2021	21,236	10,596	10,500	.502	96	9	9	5	17	2035	40	94,764	728,006	192,235	11,685	.264	94,458	3.74
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2021	8,287	3,835	4,450	.463	-615	5	2	0	6	1069	12	33,314	280,230	69,886	6,598	.249	36,369	3.96
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2021	21,161	11,248	9,750	.536	1498	8	23	8	26	1854	57	97,990	722,577	190,564	14,890	.264	90,620	3.58
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2021	6,990	3,291	3,697	.471	-406	3	0	0	4	917	6	31,054	238,842	61,855	6,980	.259	32,951	4.34
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2021	21,279	10,991	10,136	.520	855	14	23	11	30	2156	47	97,593	729,647	194,104	12,440	.266	93,705	3.68
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2021	3,709	1,777	1,932	.479	-155	3	2	0	6	528	1	16,426	126,330	32,239	3,820	.255	17,216	4.30
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2021	9,565	4,556	5,003	.477	-447	7	2	0	8	1181	8	43,075	326,722	84,577	9,478	.259	45,094	4.28
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2021	6,988	3,459	3,526	.495	-67	6	2	2	8	861	8	32,339	239,650	62,433	7,538	.261	32,156	4.24
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2021	8,275	4,045	4,226	.489	-181	5	1	1	6	974	10	34,689	280,000	71,128	7,046	.254	35,525	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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