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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	3,786	1,840	1,946	.486	-106	5	1	1	6	542	2	17,171	129,462	33,101	3,995	.256	17,501	4.26
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2021	21,731	10,820	10,757	.501	63	21	18	4	27	2055	53	96,885	744,097	193,317	14,242	.260	95,880	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	18,828	8,845	9,873	.473	-1028	9	7	3	14	1906	34	81,154	639,617	165,279	13,790	.258	86,735	4.05
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2021	18,815	9,718	9,014	.519	704	10	14	9	25	1866	37	87,883	643,901	172,025	14,012	.267	84,248	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2021	21,769	11,087	10,521	.513	566	8	17	3	21	2161	45	100,218	745,201	195,449	14,659	.262	96,782	3.69
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2021	18,823	9,411	9,309	.503	102	6	6	3	11	1821	34	82,088	637,409	165,910	11,796	.260	81,647	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2021	21,353	10,713	10,501	.505	212	10	10	5	16	2063	36	95,869	727,939	190,044	13,744	.261	94,933	3.75
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Guardians	1901	2021	18,827	9,592	9,144	.512	448	10	6	2	15	1940	35	85,263	641,912	170,255	13,431	.265	83,141	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2021	4,534	2,133	2,401	.470	-268	0	1	0	5	609	1	22,810	155,980	42,581	5,195	.273	23,900	4.98
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2021	18,850	9,446	9,311	.504	135	7	11	4	16	1737	24	86,862	643,128	170,425	14,083	.265	86,441	4.00
11	Houston Astros	1962	2021	9,494	4,725	4,764	.498	-39	11	4	1	15	949	10	40,262	322,180	82,117	7,755	.255	39,995	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2021	8,347	4,001	4,344	.479	-343	8	4	2	9	938	4	36,622	285,881	75,386	6,501	.264	38,517	4.25
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2021	9,653	4,812	4,838	.499	-26	9	1	1	10	1139	12	41,887	327,770	84,236	8,563	.257	42,248	3.99
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2021	21,153	11,123	9,891	.529	1232	19	25	7	35	1894	51	95,054	720,746	188,374	13,361	.261	89,568	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	4,526	2,088	2,438	.461	-350	0	2	2	3	662	5	19,203	153,943	39,400	4,104	.256	21,011	4.30
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2021	8,356	4,037	4,315	.483	-278	5	1	0	8	961	7	37,075	283,900	72,973	8,104	.257	38,143	4.17
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2021	18,837	9,012	9,716	.481	-704	12	6	3	17	1746	27	82,765	642,769	168,860	11,377	.263	86,156	4.00
	Also played as Washington Senators
	Montreal Expos, see Washington Nationals
	New York Giants, see San Francisco Giants
18	New York Mets	1962	2021	9,486	4,551	4,927	.480	-376	6	5	2	9	1153	16	38,869	321,047	80,258	7,933	.250	39,923	3.80
19	New York Yankees	1903	2021	18,528	10,503	7,937	.570	2566	19	40	27	57	1735	47	90,066	631,883	168,191	16,531	.266	77,379	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2021	18,789	9,150	9,552	.489	-402	17	15	9	29	2007	41	83,303	637,264	164,573	13,577	.258	85,652	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2021	21,162	9,935	11,112	.472	-1177	12	7	2	14	2125	36	93,789	724,161	188,655	13,519	.261	99,790	3.99
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2021	21,312	10,625	10,547	.502	78	9	9	5	17	2048	40	95,072	730,499	192,840	11,742	.264	94,874	3.74
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2021	8,360	3,863	4,495	.462	-632	5	2	0	6	1077	12	33,629	282,677	70,481	6,670	.249	36,740	3.97
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2021	21,237	11,301	9,773	.536	1528	9	23	8	27	1859	57	98,371	725,180	191,231	15,004	.264	90,897	3.57
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2021	7,065	3,336	3,727	.472	-391	3	0	0	4	927	6	31,394	241,384	62,453	7,073	.259	33,288	4.34
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2021	21,353	11,038	10,163	.521	875	14	23	11	31	2160	49	97,952	732,122	194,750	12,548	.266	93,989	3.68
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2021	3,784	1,826	1,958	.483	-132	4	2	0	7	543	1	16,856	128,889	32,893	3,936	.255	17,518	4.29
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2021	9,640	4,582	5,052	.476	-470	7	2	0	8	1193	9	43,339	329,212	85,147	9,540	.259	45,495	4.29
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2021	7,066	3,506	3,557	.496	-51	6	2	2	8	872	8	32,747	242,248	63,121	7,672	.261	32,460	4.23
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2021	8,352	4,068	4,280	.487	-212	5	1	1	6	988	10	35,057	282,613	71,814	7,133	.254	35,985	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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