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Active Franchises

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If a team has played in multiple cities or under multiples names, those are also listed.
Moved teams will be listed in italics with a link to the current franchise location.
Rk Franchise From To G W L W-L% G>.500 Pnnts WS Players HOF# R AB H HR BA RA ERA
 Anaheim Angels, see Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
1 Arizona Diamondbacks 1998 2011 2,268 1,129 1,139 .498 -10 1 1 313 1 10,399 77,354 19,979 2,420 .258 10,539 4.28
2 Atlanta Braves 1876 2011 20,215 10,034 10,027 .500 7 17 3 1813 45 90,210 692,664 180,346 12,636 .260 89,411 3.65
        Also played as Milwaukee Braves, Boston Braves, Boston Bees, Boston Rustlers, Boston Doves, Boston Beaneaters and Boston Red Stockings
3 Baltimore Orioles 1901 2011 17,310 8,148 9,052 .474 -904 7 3 1666 28 74,503 587,619 152,229 11,778 .259 79,330 4.01
        Also played as St. Louis Browns and Milwaukee Brewers
 Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902), see New York Yankees
 Boston Braves, see Atlanta Braves
4 Boston Red Sox 1901 2011 17,297 8,909 8,305 .518 604 12 7 1645 34 80,345 591,127 158,035 12,256 .267 77,380 3.89
        Also played as Boston Americans
 Brooklyn Dodgers, see Los Angeles Dodgers
 California Angels, see Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
5 Chicago Cubs 1876 2011 20,250 10,311 9,779 .513 532 16 2 1895 41 93,515 693,987 182,870 12,893 .264 90,321 3.67
        Also played as Chicago Orphans, Chicago Colts and Chicago White Stockings
6 Chicago White Sox 1901 2011 17,306 8,707 8,496 .506 211 6 3 1615 27 75,591 585,685 152,809 10,142 .261 74,683 3.74
7 Cincinnati Reds 1882 2011 19,835 9,994 9,702 .507 292 10 5 1844 34 89,363 676,779 177,366 12,025 .262 88,125 3.72
        Also played as Cincinnati Redlegs and Cincinnati Red Stockings
8 Cleveland Indians 1901 2011 17,311 8,771 8,449 .509 322 5 2 1742 31 78,368 590,601 157,283 11,743 .266 76,837 3.84
        Also played as Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Bronchos and Cleveland Blues
9 Colorado Rockies 1993 2011 3,016 1,437 1,579 .476 -142 1 0 440 0 15,556 103,840 28,674 3,423 .276 16,119 5.03
10 Detroit Tigers 1901 2011 17,337 8,740 8,504 .507 236 10 4 1549 21 80,252 591,256 156,926 12,515 .265 79,217 3.96
11 Florida Marlins 1993 2011 3,010 1,435 1,575 .477 -140 2 2 406 1 13,300 102,624 26,695 2,816 .260 14,163 4.34
12 Houston Astros 1962 2011 7,976 3,944 4,027 .495 -83 1 0 757 6 33,232 270,603 69,004 5,849 .255 33,504 3.79
        Also played as Houston Colt .45's
 Kansas City Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
13 Kansas City Royals 1969 2011 6,829 3,281 3,546 .481 -265 2 1 744 4 30,283 234,072 62,072 5,136 .265 31,640 4.24
14 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1961 2011 8,135 4,053 4,079 .498 -26 1 1 866 10 35,019 276,260 71,200 6,830 .258 35,356 3.94
        Also played as Anaheim Angels, California Angels and Los Angeles Angels
15 Los Angeles Dodgers 1884 2011 19,634 10,217 9,278 .524 939 22 6 1671 46 88,014 669,394 175,353 11,507 .262 83,958 3.54
        Also played as Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Grooms, Brooklyn Grays and Brooklyn Atlantics
 Milwaukee Braves, see Atlanta Braves
16 Milwaukee Brewers 1969 2011 6,837 3,262 3,571 .477 -309 1 0 740 5 30,443 232,764 60,300 6,295 .259 31,587 4.22
        Also played as Seattle Pilots
 Milwaukee Brewers (1901), see Baltimore Orioles
17 Minnesota Twins 1901 2011 17,319 8,295 8,915 .482 -620 6 3 1534 23 75,824 590,795 155,758 9,613 .264 78,794 3.95
        Also played as Washington Senators
 Montreal Expos, see Washington Nationals
 New York Giants, see San Francisco Giants
18 New York Mets 1962 2011 7,968 3,811 4,149 .479 -338 4 2 917 11 32,493 269,745 67,684 6,246 .251 33,399 3.77
19 New York Yankees 1901 2011 17,286 9,767 7,426 .568 2341 40 27 1547 43 84,339 589,771 157,880 14,527 .268 72,578 3.64
        Also played as New York Highlanders and Baltimore Orioles
20 Oakland Athletics 1901 2011 17,271 8,344 8,840 .486 -496 15 9 1786 36 76,315 585,664 151,893 11,747 .259 79,240 3.99
        Also played as Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics
 Philadelphia Athletics, see Oakland Athletics
21 Philadelphia Phillies 1883 2011 19,644 9,237 10,292 .473 -1055 7 2 1892 32 87,456 672,751 176,042 11,950 .262 92,700 3.96
        Also played as Philadelphia Quakers
22 Pittsburgh Pirates 1882 2011 19,795 9,882 9,774 .503 108 9 5 1814 38 88,731 679,080 179,968 10,308 .265 88,166 3.72
        Also played as Pittsburgh Alleghenys
23 San Diego Padres 1969 2011 6,842 3,169 3,671 .463 -502 2 0 819 9 27,532 231,979 58,363 5,124 .252 29,931 3.94
24 San Francisco Giants 1883 2011 19,719 10,522 9,034 .538 1488 21 6 1649 55 91,922 673,255 178,030 13,646 .264 84,551 3.55
        Also played as New York Giants and New York Gothams
25 Seattle Mariners 1977 2011 5,547 2,589 2,956 .467 -367 0 0 651 3 24,957 189,907 49,910 5,305 .263 26,469 4.40
 Seattle Pilots, see Milwaukee Brewers
 St. Louis Browns, see Baltimore Orioles
26 St. Louis Cardinals 1882 2011 19,837 10,195 9,490 .518 705 22 11 1990 42 91,131 680,962 181,738 10,937 .267 87,942 3.68
        Also played as St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Brown Stockings
27 Tampa Bay Rays 1998 2011 2,265 1,013 1,252 .447 -239 1 0 305 1 10,206 77,408 20,114 2,199 .260 11,429 4.69
        Also played as Tampa Bay Devil Rays
28 Texas Rangers 1961 2011 8,121 3,843 4,272 .474 -429 2 0 935 5 36,453 277,777 72,209 7,783 .260 38,220 4.26
        Also played as Washington Senators
29 Toronto Blue Jays 1977 2011 5,548 2,755 2,790 .497 -35 2 2 586 5 25,670 190,718 50,178 5,623 .263 25,479 4.23
30 Washington Nationals 1969 2011 6,834 3,247 3,583 .475 -336 0 0 798 3 28,038 231,167 58,566 5,361 .253 29,764 3.92
        Also played as Montreal Expos
 Washington Senators (1901-1960), see Minnesota Twins
 Washington Senators (1961-1971), see Texas Rangers

Earlier Franchises

Click on a Team for team rosters, team statistics, team schedules, or team leaders.
These franchises were major league franchises, but are no longer in existence.
Many of them are franchises from the Federal or Players Leagues, or the Union or American Associations.
If a team has played in multiple cities or under multiples names, those are also listed.
Rk Franchise From To G W L W-L% G>.500 Pnnts WS Players HOF# R AB H HR BA RA ERA
1 Altoona Mountain City 1884 1884 25 6 19 .240 -13 0 0 17 0 90 899 223 2 .248 216 4.67
2 Baltimore Monumentals 1884 1884 106 58 47 .552 11 0 0 36 0 662 3,883 952 17 .245 627 3.01
3 Baltimore Orioles 1882 1899 2,238 1,133 1,049 .519 84 3 0 254 8 13,495 78,019 21,218 354 .272 12,786 3.80
4 Baltimore Terrapins 1914 1915 314 131 177 .425 -46 0 0 48 1 1,195 10,180 2,609 68 .256 1,388 3.54
5 Boston Reds 1890 1891 269 174 90 .659 84 2 0 34 5 2,020 9,515 2,647 106 .278 1,442 3.39
6 Boston Reds 1884 1884 111 58 51 .532 7 0 0 25 1 636 3,940 928 19 .236 558 2.70
7 Brooklyn Gladiators 1890 1890 100 26 72 .265 -46 0 0 22 0 492 3,475 769 13 .221 733 4.71
8 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 1914 1915 310 147 159 .480 -12 0 0 53 1 1,309 10,256 2,750 78 .268 1,350 3.35
9 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 1890 1890 133 76 56 .576 20 0 0 17 1 964 4,887 1,352 34 .277 893 3.95
10 Buffalo Bisons 1914 1915 308 154 149 .508 5 0 0 43 0 1,194 10,129 2,525 77 .249 1,236 3.27
        Also played as Buffalo Blues and Buffalo Buffeds
11 Buffalo Bisons 1890 1890 134 36 96 .273 -60 0 0 26 1 793 4,795 1,249 20 .260 1,199 6.11
12 Buffalo Bisons 1879 1885 656 314 333 .485 -19 0 0 68 4 3,474 23,841 6,194 105 .260 3,737 3.19
13 Chicago Pirates 1890 1890 138 75 62 .547 13 0 0 16 2 886 4,968 1,311 31 .264 770 3.39
14 Chicago Whales 1914 1915 312 173 133 .565 40 1 0 40 2 1,262 10,231 2,634 102 .257 1,055 2.54
        Also played as Chicago Chi-Feds
15 Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League) 1884 1884 93 41 50 .451 -9 0 0 35 0 438 3,212 742 10 .231 482 2.72
        Also played as Chicago/Pittsburgh
16 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 1891 1891 102 43 57 .430 -14 0 0 23 1 549 3,574 838 28 .234 643 3.43
17 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 1884 1884 105 69 36 .657 33 0 0 23 0 703 3,786 1,027 26 .271 466 2.38
18 Cincinnati Reds 1876 1880 348 125 217 .365 -92 0 0 53 2 1,643 12,768 3,191 30 .250 2,281 2.82
19 Cleveland Blues 1879 1884 549 242 299 .447 -57 0 0 67 1 2,437 19,506 4,690 62 .240 2,782 2.63
20 Cleveland Infants 1890 1890 131 55 75 .423 -20 0 0 21 1 849 4,804 1,370 27 .285 1,027 4.23
21 Cleveland Spiders 1887 1899 1,802 827 938 .469 -111 0 0 164 6 10,057 63,232 17,006 292 .269 10,729 4.02
        Also played as Cleveland Blues
22 Columbus Buckeyes 1883 1884 207 101 104 .493 -3 0 0 23 0 1,061 7,312 1,755 55 .240 1,118 3.28
23 Columbus Solons 1889 1891 418 200 209 .489 -9 0 0 46 0 2,312 14,254 3,585 72 .252 2,318 3.70
24 Detroit Wolverines 1881 1888 880 426 437 .494 -11 1 0 108 3 4,849 31,647 8,116 264 .256 4,762 3.14
25 Hartford Dark Blues 1876 1877 129 78 48 .619 30 0 0 20 1 770 5,022 1,348 6 .268 572 1.97
        Also played as Hartfords of Brooklyn
26 Indianapolis Blues 1878 1878 63 24 36 .400 -12 0 0 13 0 293 2,300 542 3 .236 328 2.32
27 Indianapolis Hoosiers 1887 1889 398 146 249 .370 -103 0 0 42 1 2,050 13,870 3,536 129 .255 2,590 4.62
28 Indianapolis Hoosiers 1884 1884 110 29 78 .271 -49 0 0 35 0 462 3,813 890 20 .233 755 4.21
29 Kansas City Cowboys 1888 1889 271 98 171 .364 -73 0 0 44 1 1,431 9,535 2,256 37 .237 1,927 4.32
30 Kansas City Cowboys 1886 1886 126 30 91 .248 -61 0 0 17 0 494 4,236 967 19 .228 872 4.85
31 Kansas City Cowboys 1884 1884 82 16 63 .203 -47 0 0 51 0 311 2,802 557 6 .199 618 4.05
32 Kansas City Packers 1914 1915 307 148 156 .487 -8 0 0 29 0 1,191 10,064 2,575 67 .256 1,234 3.11
33 Louisville Colonels 1882 1899 2,355 993 1,320 .429 -327 1 0 283 6 12,464 82,256 21,505 436 .261 14,354 3.93
        Also played as Louisville Eclipse
34 Louisville Grays 1876 1877 130 65 61 .516 4 0 0 25 0 619 4,925 1,300 15 .264 632 1.95
35 Milwaukee Brewers 1891 1891 36 21 15 .583 6 0 0 16 0 227 1,271 332 13 .261 156 2.50
36 Milwaukee Brewers 1884 1884 12 8 4 .667 4 0 0 12 0 53 395 88 0 .223 34 2.25
37 Milwaukee Grays 1878 1878 61 15 45 .250 -30 0 0 15 0 256 2,212 552 2 .250 386 2.60
38 New York Giants 1890 1890 132 74 57 .565 17 0 0 17 4 1,018 4,913 1,393 66 .284 875 4.17
39 New York Metropolitans 1883 1887 592 270 309 .466 -39 1 0 58 1 3,140 20,781 5,100 88 .245 3,375 3.73
40 New York Mutuals 1876 1876 57 21 35 .375 -14 0 0 24 0 260 2,180 494 2 .227 412 2.94
41 Newark Pepper 1914 1915 312 168 137 .551 31 1 0 41 2 1,347 10,273 2,757 50 .268 1,184 2.83
        Also played as Indianapolis Hoosiers
42 Philadelphia Athletics 1890 1891 275 141 129 .522 12 0 0 32 0 1,758 9,894 2,651 104 .268 1,649 4.03
43 Philadelphia Athletics 1882 1890 1,076 560 498 .529 62 1 0 141 1 6,664 38,517 9,907 229 .257 6,331 3.64
44 Philadelphia Athletics 1876 1876 60 14 45 .237 -31 0 0 21 0 378 2,387 646 7 .271 534 3.22
45 Philadelphia Keystones 1884 1884 67 21 46 .313 -25 0 0 29 0 414 2,518 618 7 .245 545 4.61
46 Pittsburgh Burghers 1890 1890 128 60 68 .469 -8 0 0 17 3 835 4,577 1,192 35 .260 892 4.22
47 Pittsburgh Rebels 1914 1915 310 150 153 .495 -3 0 0 43 0 1,197 10,154 2,657 54 .262 1,222 3.18
48 Providence Grays 1878 1885 725 438 278 .612 160 2 0 69 4 4,037 26,572 6,764 98 .255 3,128 2.18
49 Richmond Virginians 1884 1884 46 12 30 .286 -18 0 0 19 0 194 1,469 326 7 .222 294 4.52
50 Rochester Broncos 1890 1890 133 63 63 .500 0 0 0 20 0 709 4,553 1,088 31 .239 711 3.56
51 St. Louis Brown Stockings 1876 1877 124 73 51 .589 22 0 0 21 0 670 4,656 1,173 3 .252 547 1.92
52 St. Louis Maroons 1884 1886 351 173 170 .504 3 1 0 51 0 1,824 12,293 3,081 70 .251 1,734 2.86
53 St. Louis Terriers 1914 1915 313 149 156 .489 -7 0 0 34 2 1,199 10,223 2,598 49 .254 1,225 3.15
54 St. Paul Apostles 1884 1884 9 2 6 .250 -4 0 0 11 0 24 272 49 0 .180 57 3.17
        Also played as St. Paul White Caps
55 Syracuse Stars 1890 1890 128 55 72 .433 -17 0 0 30 0 698 4,469 1,158 14 .259 831 4.98
56 Syracuse Stars 1879 1879 71 22 48 .314 -26 0 0 18 0 276 2,611 592 5 .227 462 3.19
57 Toledo Blue Stockings 1884 1884 110 46 58 .442 -12 0 0 21 0 463 3,712 859 8 .231 571 3.06
58 Toledo Maumees 1890 1890 134 68 64 .515 4 0 0 20 0 739 4,575 1,152 24 .252 689 3.56
59 Troy Trojans 1879 1882 330 134 191 .412 -57 0 0 44 5 1,542 11,951 2,929 26 .245 1,930 2.90
60 Washington Nationals 1886 1889 514 163 337 .326 -174 0 0 76 1 2,160 17,337 3,944 125 .227 3,240 4.16
61 Washington Nationals 1884 1884 114 47 65 .420 -18 0 0 51 0 572 3,926 931 4 .237 679 3.43
62 Washington Senators 1891 1899 1,265 454 788 .366 -334 0 0 187 2 6,912 43,645 11,886 357 .272 8,777 4.72
        Also played as Washington Statesmen
63 Washington Statesmen 1884 1884 63 12 51 .190 -39 0 0 25 0 248 2,166 434 6 .200 481 4.00
        Also played as Washington Nationals
64 Wilmington Quicksteps 1884 1884 18 2 16 .111 -14 0 0 20 0 35 521 91 2 .175 114 3.04
65 Worcester Ruby Legs 1880 1882 252 90 159 .361 -69 0 0 46 1 1,201 9,101 2,169 31 .238 1,514 3.18

National Association Franchises

The National Association is not officially recognized as a Major League by Major League Baseball, so these teams and franchises are considered separate from the ones above, though six franchises continued playing in the National League upon the dissolution of the National Association: the Boston Red Stockings, Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Stockings, Hartford Dark Blues, New York Mutuals, and the St. Louis Brown Stockings. The Chicago and Boston franchises are the only ones who lasted more than two years. They currently play as the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves.

Click on a Team for team rosters, team statistics, team schedules, or team leaders.
If a team has played in multiple cities or under multiples names, those are also listed.

Rk Franchise From To G W L W-L% G>.500 Pnnts WS Players HOF# R AB H HR BA RA ERA
1 Baltimore Canaries 1872 1874 162 78 79 .497 -1 0 0 38 1 1,488 6,907 1,998 24 .289 1,390 3.03
2 Baltimore Marylands 1873 1873 6 0 6 .000 -6 0 0 19 0 26 211 33 0 .156 152 8.00
3 Boston Red Stockings 1871 1875 292 225 60 .789 165 4 0 22 4 3,227 12,890 4,137 55 .321 1,757 2.31
4 Brooklyn Atlantics 1872 1875 192 50 140 .263 -90 0 0 65 0 1,036 7,395 1,767 10 .239 1,910 3.39
5 Brooklyn Eckfords 1872 1872 29 3 26 .103 -23 0 0 26 0 152 1,070 248 0 .232 413 5.55
6 Chicago White Stockings 1871 1875 156 77 77 .500 0 0 0 33 0 1,099 6,343 1,707 14 .269 1,137 2.22
7 Cleveland Forest Citys 1871 1872 51 16 35 .314 -19 0 0 19 0 423 2,129 600 7 .282 595 4.83
8 Elizabeth Resolutes 1873 1873 23 2 21 .087 -19 0 0 16 0 98 869 204 0 .235 299 3.26
9 Fort Wayne Kekiongas 1871 1871 19 7 12 .368 -5 0 0 18 0 137 746 178 2 .239 243 5.17
10 Hartford Dark Blues 1874 1875 139 70 65 .519 5 0 0 27 1 928 5,500 1,462 4 .266 814 1.94
11 Keokuk Westerns 1875 1875 13 1 12 .077 -11 0 0 11 0 45 449 81 0 .180 88 1.83
12 Middletown Mansfields 1872 1872 24 5 19 .208 -14 0 0 12 1 220 1,013 275 2 .271 348 5.55
13 New Haven Elm Citys 1875 1875 47 7 40 .149 -33 0 0 25 0 170 1,714 373 2 .218 397 2.65
14 New York Mutuals 1871 1875 278 151 122 .553 29 0 0 36 1 2,078 11,456 3,042 24 .266 1,862 2.63
15 Philadelphia Athletics 1871 1875 259 165 86 .657 79 1 0 35 1 2,529 11,199 3,360 30 .300 1,764 2.73
16 Philadelphia Centennials 1875 1875 14 2 12 .143 -10 0 0 12 0 70 530 125 0 .236 138 2.71
17 Philadelphia White Stockings 1873 1875 181 102 77 .570 25 0 0 33 1 1,472 7,482 2,005 15 .268 1,200 2.30
        Also played as Philadelphia Whites
18 Rockford Forest Citys 1871 1871 25 4 21 .160 -17 0 0 11 1 231 1,036 274 3 .264 287 4.30
19 St. Louis Brown Stockings 1875 1875 70 39 29 .574 10 0 0 13 1 386 2,674 643 0 .240 369 2.10
20 St. Louis Red Stockings 1875 1875 19 4 15 .211 -11 0 0 12 0 60 688 137 0 .199 161 2.63
21 Troy Haymakers 1871 1872 54 28 25 .528 3 0 0 22 0 624 2,347 714 11 .304 553 4.13
22 Washington Blue Legs 1873 1873 39 8 31 .205 -23 0 0 15 0 283 1,560 408 2 .262 485 4.84
23 Washington Nationals 1875 1875 28 5 23 .179 -18 0 0 19 0 107 1,004 194 0 .193 338 3.77
24 Washington Nationals 1872 1872 11 0 11 .000 -11 0 0 14 0 80 451 99 0 .220 190 6.18
25 Washington Olympics 1871 1872 41 17 22 .436 -5 0 0 23 0 364 1,718 466 6 .271 443 4.81