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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	3,639	1,793	1,846	.493	-53	5	1	1	6	517	2	16,560	124,498	31,918	3,871	.256	16,689	4.22
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2021	21,585	10,738	10,693	.501	45	20	17	3	26	2038	53	96,163	739,219	192,119	14,023	.260	95,303	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	18,681	8,800	9,771	.474	-971	9	7	3	14	1880	34	80,559	634,692	164,095	13,610	.259	85,847	4.04
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2021	18,667	9,636	8,948	.519	688	10	14	9	24	1848	37	87,136	638,890	170,727	13,810	.267	83,555	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2021	21,621	11,022	10,438	.514	584	8	17	3	21	2128	45	99,560	740,324	194,273	14,469	.262	96,004	3.68
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2021	18,675	9,324	9,248	.502	76	5	6	3	10	1813	32	81,361	632,528	164,649	11,619	.260	81,067	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2021	21,205	10,639	10,427	.505	212	10	10	5	16	2041	36	95,171	722,992	188,820	13,545	.261	94,234	3.75
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2021	18,679	9,519	9,069	.512	450	10	6	2	15	1923	34	84,597	637,029	169,079	13,247	.265	82,463	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2021	4,388	2,063	2,325	.470	-262	0	1	0	5	599	1	22,136	151,102	41,355	5,030	.274	23,178	4.98
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2021	18,703	9,375	9,235	.504	140	7	11	4	16	1727	24	86,218	638,242	169,231	13,924	.265	85,765	4.00
11	Houston Astros	1962	2021	9,346	4,637	4,704	.496	-67	10	3	1	14	934	10	39,469	317,076	80,751	7,553	.255	39,396	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2021	8,198	3,935	4,261	.480	-326	8	4	2	9	928	4	35,996	280,870	74,138	6,350	.264	37,788	4.24
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2021	9,504	4,743	4,758	.499	-15	9	1	1	10	1117	12	41,235	322,785	83,025	8,390	.257	41,512	3.98
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2021	21,006	11,030	9,837	.529	1193	19	25	7	34	1865	50	94,312	715,821	187,185	13,145	.261	89,054	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	4,378	2,028	2,350	.463	-322	0	2	2	3	638	5	18,646	149,080	38,276	3,957	.257	20,372	4.31
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2021	8,208	3,950	4,254	.481	-304	4	1	0	7	935	7	36,398	278,999	71,819	7,923	.257	37,566	4.18
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2021	18,689	8,945	9,635	.481	-690	12	6	3	17	1724	25	82,103	637,811	167,668	11,163	.263	85,383	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	9,334	4,480	4,846	.480	-366	6	5	2	9	1122	15	38,268	316,140	79,091	7,763	.250	39,291	3.80
19	New York Yankees	1903	2021	18,380	10,416	7,876	.569	2540	19	40	27	56	1715	46	89,408	627,013	167,025	16,324	.266	76,770	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2021	18,642	9,072	9,483	.489	-411	17	15	9	29	1996	41	82,626	632,362	163,397	13,396	.258	85,043	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2021	21,014	9,860	11,039	.472	-1179	12	7	2	14	2110	35	93,110	719,237	187,472	13,333	.261	99,104	3.98
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2021	21,165	10,570	10,455	.503	115	9	9	5	17	2022	40	94,522	725,666	191,698	11,630	.264	94,117	3.73
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2021	8,214	3,793	4,419	.462	-626	5	2	0	6	1061	12	32,964	277,827	69,307	6,506	.249	36,086	3.97
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2021	21,089	11,202	9,724	.535	1478	8	23	8	26	1840	57	97,615	720,165	189,964	14,782	.264	90,349	3.58
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2021	6,918	3,255	3,661	.471	-406	3	0	0	4	900	6	30,760	236,502	61,353	6,890	.259	32,611	4.34
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2021	21,205	10,955	10,098	.520	857	14	23	11	30	2147	47	97,317	727,235	193,554	12,370	.266	93,393	3.68
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2021	3,637	1,733	1,904	.476	-171	3	2	0	6	519	1	16,063	123,890	31,670	3,730	.256	16,946	4.32
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2021	9,493	4,528	4,959	.477	-431	7	2	0	8	1173	8	42,772	324,303	84,005	9,389	.259	44,751	4.28
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2021	6,919	3,422	3,494	.495	-72	6	2	2	8	850	8	31,967	237,268	61,785	7,429	.260	31,852	4.24
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2021	8,202	4,008	4,190	.489	-182	5	1	1	6	969	10	34,377	277,623	70,534	6,962	.254	35,221	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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