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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	3,747	1,829	1,918	.488	-89	5	1	1	6	536	2	17,006	128,128	32,788	3,957	.256	17,293	4.25
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2021	21,692	10,798	10,740	.501	58	20	17	3	26	2052	53	96,698	742,778	192,992	14,181	.260	95,738	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	18,787	8,831	9,846	.473	-1015	9	7	3	14	1897	34	80,976	638,238	164,941	13,736	.258	86,490	4.05
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2021	18,777	9,696	8,998	.519	698	10	14	9	24	1856	37	87,671	642,577	171,673	13,950	.267	84,058	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2021	21,731	11,070	10,500	.513	570	8	17	3	21	2153	45	100,027	743,941	195,126	14,603	.262	96,549	3.69
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2021	18,784	9,390	9,291	.503	99	5	6	3	10	1820	32	81,905	636,096	165,553	11,752	.260	81,484	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2021	21,315	10,697	10,479	.505	218	10	10	5	16	2057	36	95,710	726,711	189,751	13,694	.261	94,766	3.75
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2021	18,785	9,571	9,123	.512	448	10	6	2	15	1939	34	85,074	640,538	169,912	13,377	.265	82,968	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2021	4,495	2,115	2,380	.471	-265	0	1	0	5	605	1	22,625	154,664	42,262	5,146	.273	23,693	4.97
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2021	18,812	9,428	9,291	.504	137	7	11	4	16	1736	24	86,710	641,839	170,112	14,043	.265	86,290	4.00
11	Houston Astros	1962	2021	9,454	4,702	4,747	.498	-45	10	3	1	14	947	10	40,053	320,769	81,738	7,695	.255	39,818	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2021	8,306	3,980	4,324	.479	-344	8	4	2	9	935	4	36,431	284,464	75,009	6,462	.264	38,329	4.25
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2021	9,615	4,797	4,815	.499	-18	9	1	1	10	1130	12	41,728	326,519	83,954	8,526	.257	42,058	3.99
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2021	21,114	11,094	9,881	.529	1213	19	25	7	34	1891	50	94,865	719,462	188,068	13,295	.261	89,440	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	4,487	2,072	2,415	.462	-343	0	2	2	3	658	5	19,074	152,694	39,126	4,069	.256	20,834	4.30
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2021	8,317	4,016	4,297	.483	-281	4	1	0	7	960	7	36,905	282,617	72,672	8,062	.257	37,978	4.17
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2021	18,798	8,993	9,696	.481	-703	12	6	3	17	1743	25	82,603	641,475	168,555	11,323	.263	85,973	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	9,446	4,534	4,904	.480	-370	6	5	2	9	1151	15	38,692	319,722	79,925	7,884	.250	39,742	3.80
19	New York Yankees	1903	2021	18,489	10,482	7,919	.570	2563	19	40	27	56	1735	46	89,885	630,585	167,885	16,463	.266	77,203	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2021	18,750	9,134	9,529	.489	-395	17	15	9	29	2005	41	83,115	635,945	164,250	13,533	.258	85,447	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2021	21,122	9,915	11,092	.472	-1177	12	7	2	14	2122	35	93,598	722,810	188,323	13,463	.261	99,612	3.99
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2021	21,272	10,607	10,525	.502	82	9	9	5	17	2041	40	94,898	729,187	192,514	11,711	.264	94,663	3.74
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2021	8,322	3,851	4,469	.463	-618	5	2	0	6	1074	12	33,483	281,393	70,185	6,638	.249	36,533	3.97
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2021	21,197	11,272	9,762	.536	1510	8	23	8	26	1857	57	98,162	723,811	190,878	14,945	.264	90,758	3.58
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2021	7,026	3,312	3,712	.472	-400	3	0	0	4	923	6	31,213	240,044	62,135	7,028	.259	33,107	4.34
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2021	21,312	11,010	10,150	.520	860	14	23	11	30	2160	47	97,740	730,770	194,398	12,483	.266	93,836	3.68
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2021	3,745	1,801	1,944	.481	-143	3	2	0	6	538	1	16,646	127,567	32,549	3,883	.255	17,377	4.30
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2021	9,600	4,564	5,030	.476	-466	7	2	0	8	1188	8	43,169	327,835	84,790	9,505	.259	45,288	4.29
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2021	7,024	3,478	3,543	.495	-65	6	2	2	8	869	8	32,517	240,810	62,733	7,594	.261	32,298	4.24
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2021	8,311	4,056	4,251	.488	-195	5	1	1	6	982	10	34,869	281,189	71,447	7,087	.254	35,746	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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