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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	3,780	1,838	1,942	.486	-104	5	1	1	6	542	2	17,140	129,252	33,043	3,990	.256	17,474	4.26
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2021	21,725	10,815	10,756	.501	59	20	17	3	26	2053	53	96,857	743,909	193,272	14,235	.260	95,865	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	18,822	8,843	9,869	.473	-1026	9	7	3	14	1906	34	81,135	639,421	165,233	13,785	.258	86,697	4.05
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2021	18,809	9,714	9,012	.519	702	10	14	9	24	1866	37	87,857	643,698	171,977	14,001	.267	84,228	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2021	21,763	11,083	10,519	.513	564	8	17	3	21	2156	45	100,188	745,000	195,391	14,654	.262	96,761	3.69
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2021	18,817	9,406	9,308	.503	98	5	6	3	10	1821	32	82,052	637,211	165,853	11,785	.260	81,628	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2021	21,347	10,711	10,497	.505	214	10	10	5	16	2061	36	95,840	727,737	189,994	13,734	.261	94,899	3.75
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2021	18,820	9,588	9,141	.512	447	10	6	2	15	1940	34	85,223	641,671	170,193	13,426	.265	83,108	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2021	4,528	2,130	2,398	.470	-268	0	1	0	5	609	1	22,778	155,773	42,522	5,189	.273	23,866	4.97
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2021	18,843	9,444	9,306	.504	138	7	11	4	16	1737	24	86,831	642,888	170,364	14,078	.265	86,403	4.00
11	Houston Astros	1962	2021	9,488	4,721	4,762	.498	-41	10	3	1	14	949	10	40,232	321,977	82,063	7,743	.255	39,965	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2021	8,340	3,998	4,340	.479	-342	8	4	2	9	937	4	36,588	285,649	75,325	6,497	.264	38,477	4.24
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2021	9,647	4,809	4,835	.499	-26	9	1	1	10	1139	12	41,859	327,570	84,187	8,558	.257	42,224	3.99
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2021	21,147	11,117	9,891	.529	1226	19	25	7	34	1894	50	95,007	720,551	188,316	13,342	.261	89,543	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	4,519	2,085	2,434	.461	-349	0	2	2	3	662	5	19,186	153,738	39,359	4,099	.256	20,980	4.30
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2021	8,350	4,036	4,310	.484	-274	4	1	0	7	960	7	37,054	283,693	72,924	8,099	.257	38,107	4.16
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2021	18,831	9,008	9,714	.481	-706	12	6	3	17	1746	25	82,733	642,567	168,805	11,367	.263	86,128	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	9,479	4,547	4,924	.480	-377	6	5	2	9	1153	15	38,839	320,829	80,203	7,925	.250	39,900	3.80
19	New York Yankees	1903	2021	18,522	10,500	7,934	.570	2566	19	40	27	56	1735	46	90,042	631,686	168,150	16,522	.266	77,353	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2021	18,783	9,149	9,547	.489	-398	17	15	9	29	2006	41	83,277	637,056	164,527	13,567	.258	85,608	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2021	21,156	9,934	11,107	.472	-1173	12	7	2	14	2124	35	93,773	723,968	188,619	13,513	.261	99,768	3.99
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2021	21,305	10,622	10,543	.502	79	9	9	5	17	2046	40	95,041	730,269	192,776	11,739	.264	94,829	3.74
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2021	8,354	3,862	4,490	.462	-628	5	2	0	6	1077	12	33,609	282,475	70,432	6,665	.249	36,703	3.97
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2021	21,231	11,296	9,772	.536	1524	8	23	8	26	1859	57	98,343	724,988	191,184	15,000	.264	90,882	3.57
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2021	7,059	3,332	3,725	.472	-393	3	0	0	4	926	6	31,363	241,186	62,402	7,068	.259	33,267	4.34
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2021	21,347	11,035	10,160	.521	875	14	23	11	30	2160	47	97,931	731,943	194,708	12,539	.266	93,968	3.68
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2021	3,778	1,823	1,955	.483	-132	3	2	0	6	543	1	16,828	128,684	32,838	3,925	.255	17,505	4.29
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2021	9,634	4,579	5,049	.476	-470	7	2	0	8	1193	8	43,312	329,015	85,097	9,533	.259	45,463	4.29
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2021	7,060	3,502	3,555	.496	-53	6	2	2	8	872	8	32,709	242,040	63,060	7,658	.261	32,433	4.23
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2021	8,346	4,067	4,275	.488	-208	5	1	1	6	987	10	35,036	282,414	71,766	7,130	.254	35,952	3.90
	Also played as Montreal Expos
	Washington Senators (1901-1960), see Minnesota Twins
	Washington Senators (1961-1971), see Texas Rangers

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