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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	2020	3,604	1,778	1,826	.493	-48	5	1	1	6	507	2	16,386	123,301	31,629	3,826	.257	16,514	4.22
2	Atlanta Braves	1876	2020	21,549	10,720	10,675	.501	45	19	17	3	25	2030	53	95,959	737,980	191,802	13,965	.260	95,114	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	2020	18,645	8,786	9,749	.474	-963	9	7	3	14	1870	34	80,408	633,505	163,808	13,572	.259	85,684	4.04
	Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
	Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4	Boston Red Sox	1901	2020	18,634	9,616	8,935	.518	681	10	14	9	24	1832	37	86,953	637,733	170,406	13,763	.267	83,404	3.91
	Also played as Boston Americans
	Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
	California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels
5	Chicago Cubs	1876	2020	21,587	11,005	10,421	.514	584	7	17	3	20	2111	45	99,434	739,248	194,064	14,432	.263	95,876	3.68
	Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6	Chicago White Sox	1901	2020	18,641	9,308	9,230	.502	78	5	6	3	9	1804	32	81,196	631,381	164,371	11,580	.260	80,928	3.78
7	Cincinnati Reds	1882	2020	21,171	10,617	10,415	.505	202	10	10	5	15	2033	36	94,999	721,899	188,564	13,495	.261	94,112	3.75
	Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8	Cleveland Indians	1901	2020	18,644	9,501	9,052	.512	449	10	6	2	14	1916	34	84,461	635,902	168,830	13,209	.265	82,320	3.83
	Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9	Colorado Rockies	1993	2020	4,352	2,052	2,300	.472	-248	0	1	0	5	590	1	21,989	149,888	41,062	4,998	.274	22,980	4.98
10	Detroit Tigers	1901	2020	18,667	9,363	9,211	.504	152	7	11	4	16	1715	24	86,090	637,069	168,967	13,889	.265	85,558	3.99
11	Houston Astros	1962	2020	9,311	4,622	4,684	.497	-62	10	3	1	13	928	10	39,331	315,911	80,476	7,511	.255	39,249	3.81
	Also played as Houston Colt .45s
	Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
12	Kansas City Royals	1969	2020	8,165	3,915	4,248	.480	-333	8	4	2	9	920	4	35,843	279,783	73,865	6,315	.264	37,654	4.24
13	Los Angeles Angels	1961	2020	9,472	4,725	4,744	.499	-19	9	1	1	10	1099	12	41,070	321,679	82,731	8,346	.257	41,347	3.97
	Also played as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels and California Angels
14	Los Angeles Dodgers	1884	2020	20,972	11,004	9,829	.528	1175	18	24	6	33	1859	50	94,105	714,645	186,871	13,081	.261	88,925	3.53
	Also played as Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays and Brooklyn Atlantics
15	Miami Marlins	1993	2020	4,338	2,007	2,331	.463	-324	0	2	2	2	627	5	18,460	147,757	37,941	3,918	.257	20,157	4.31
	Also played as Florida Marlins
	Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16	Milwaukee Brewers	1969	2020	8,172	3,931	4,237	.481	-306	4	1	0	6	930	7	36,244	277,865	71,566	7,883	.258	37,441	4.18
	Also played as Seattle Pilots
	Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17	Minnesota Twins	1901	2020	18,656	8,928	9,619	.481	-691	11	6	3	16	1713	25	81,946	636,720	167,399	11,113	.263	85,250	3.99
	Also played as Washington Senators
	Montreal Expos, see Washington Nationals
	New York Giants, see San Francisco Giants
18	New York Mets	1962	2020	9,304	4,466	4,830	.480	-364	6	5	2	9	1109	15	38,129	315,145	78,825	7,722	.250	39,141	3.79
19	New York Yankees	1903	2020	18,345	10,399	7,858	.570	2541	19	40	27	55	1709	46	89,226	625,849	166,742	16,273	.266	76,613	3.65
	Also played as New York Highlanders
20	Oakland Athletics	1901	2020	18,603	9,051	9,465	.489	-414	16	15	9	28	1984	41	82,458	631,132	163,122	13,355	.258	84,872	3.98
	Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
	Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21	Philadelphia Phillies	1883	2020	20,975	9,844	11,016	.472	-1172	12	7	2	14	2097	35	92,938	718,006	187,164	13,291	.261	98,913	3.98
	Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22	Pittsburgh Pirates	1882	2020	21,128	10,557	10,431	.503	126	9	9	5	17	2008	40	94,395	724,489	191,433	11,594	.264	93,947	3.73
	Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23	San Diego Padres	1969	2020	8,179	3,771	4,406	.461	-635	5	2	0	5	1047	12	32,808	276,700	69,033	6,468	.249	35,973	3.97
24	San Francisco Giants	1883	2020	21,055	11,184	9,708	.535	1476	8	23	8	26	1831	57	97,478	719,076	189,708	14,735	.264	90,220	3.58
	Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25	Seattle Mariners	1977	2020	6,882	3,236	3,644	.470	-408	3	0	0	4	890	6	30,610	235,378	61,107	6,855	.260	32,442	4.34
	Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
	St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26	St. Louis Cardinals	1882	2020	21,164	10,934	10,078	.520	856	14	23	11	29	2143	47	97,142	725,970	193,269	12,327	.266	93,202	3.67
	Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27	Tampa Bay Rays	1998	2020	3,602	1,713	1,889	.476	-176	2	1	0	5	509	1	15,914	122,733	31,409	3,687	.256	16,803	4.32
	Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28	Texas Rangers	1961	2020	9,456	4,513	4,937	.478	-424	7	2	0	8	1158	8	42,627	323,103	83,735	9,344	.259	44,572	4.28
	Also played as Washington Senators
29	Toronto Blue Jays	1977	2020	6,883	3,404	3,476	.495	-72	6	2	2	7	839	8	31,785	236,075	61,484	7,384	.260	31,654	4.24
30	Washington Nationals	1969	2020	8,168	3,991	4,173	.489	-182	5	1	1	6	957	10	34,221	276,532	70,247	6,932	.254	35,061	3.88
	Also played as Montreal Expos
	Washington Senators (1901-1960), see Minnesota Twins
	Washington Senators (1961-1971), see Texas Rangers

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